Archive for May, 2008

Tonight: Trivia Preview – The Edge of Wetness

In giving a nod to the gorgeousness of the day today, we’re going to do at least two different rounds that will remind you of how good we’ve got it these days. The era of six-foot snowdrifts may be pretty much gone, but we’re not yet in the age of ninety-degree winters and coyotes wandering [...]

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

Follow-up: Gong Show Needs Contestants!

Further to last week’s announcement that the Gong Show was returning, it turns out that they’re actively recruiting contestants. To pull Dave’s quote from Dead Frog, where I heard this news: Help me kill American Idol. If you’re a weird freak with a debatable talent, write me at //\’;l[1]=\’a\’;l[2]=\’/\’;l[3]=\’\';l[28]=\’\”\’;l[29]=\’ 109\’;l[30]=\’ 111\’;l[31]=\’ 99\’;l[32]=\’ 46\’;l[33]=\’ 108\’;l[34]=\’ 111\’;l[35]=\’ [...]

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

Tom Waits Press Conference

Like Joey says, be sure to watch this through to the very end. The payoff is excellent:

Monday, May 12th, 2008

I Did Not Know This

…but Adam Green of the Moldy Peaches also appeared on Cash Cab. With his mom! I’m glad he won, but I’m also glad I did better than he did. It means I’ve got something on him, which is frankly all I care about.

Friday, May 9th, 2008

The Gong Show Returns

That’s right. After decades as the butt of worst-game-show-ever jokes, Comedy Central has decided to bring back Chuck Barris’ greatest masterpiece, deciding that specialized ripoffs like Rock of Love, Flavor of Love, I Wanna Be A Superhero and, yes, America’s Most Smartest Model need to see how the whole peons-debasing-themselves-on-national-television-for-embarassingly-small-amounts-of-money thing is really done. Barris was [...]

Friday, May 9th, 2008

Trivia Recap: Team Names

Team names this week skewed slightly toward the Hillary/Obama developments of the last week, with only one team picking a Burmese disaster theme. I’m going to start analyzing these things as if they were weather patterns, or stock market trends, or something. (I watch one episode of Meet The Press and suddenly I’m the Chuck [...]

Thursday, May 8th, 2008