I hate clowns. The creep me out in ways I can’t quite describe. There’s just something about them that brings out a true primal fear in me. People used to laugh at me, but I’m evidently not the only one to have this fear. It even has an official sounding name (though I don’t think mine is bad enough to be called a phobia).
Scary clowns can be funny though, it seems. A friend showed me the new Wal-Mart clown ad and I just about peed myself laughing. So, below are some of the best clown ads I can find!
What in the hell is wrong with you? Are you striving to drive your network into the ground?!
Yes, I’m a big fan of Conan O’Brien. No, this entry is not just about him.
You all remember when NBC decided that it’d be a great idea to cash in on our childhood memories with Knight Rider? If you do, you’d also remember that it sucked horribly. It stunk so badly they didn’t air more than four episodes despite the fact they paid for a whole season. Because Knight Rider had a car as it’s central figure, some genius at NBC figured that people must not like cars and shows about cars. With that logic in mind, NBC decided to drop Top Gear America without even showing the pilot. For those of you who aren’t in the know, Top Gear is a BBC program in the UK that is one of the most widely distributed shows in the world. It has been spun off into Top Gear: Germany, Top Gear: Russia, and Top Gear: Australia. We were inches from joining the rest of the civilized world in getting Top Gear: America! I guess people just don’t like car shows enough to watch them on TV (we do, however download Top Gear UK so much that it is the most BitTorrent’s show in the world).
On a recent cruise vacation up the coast of the Western United States I found myself in Seattle WA. After the normal visits to the Space Needle, and Pike’s Place market, we found ourselves back at the Seattle Center. While there we found an incredible building. It was the Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame. They had numerous authentic, and replica, pieces of memorabilia from throughout the history of Sci-Fi. Despite their lack of Doctor Who it is a must for any geek.
As I’ve posted here before, I’ve never been a huge American Idol fan. After watching parts of last season with my wife, however, I’ve started to warm up to catching it every week. Despite not being a die hard fan, I have noticed some changes in the show that have happened over the years.
Based upon my observations, I’d like to make some predictions about what the show holds for the future:
Randy Jackson has become more and more “gangsta” each year. By season 11, he has gone fully ‘Flavor Flav’ on everyone. By season 13, his speech has degraded to almost Boomhower levels with “Dawg” being the only distinguishable word left.
The final 6 each have to sing a song about their favorite Ford car while drinking a Coke.
Votes will be tallied by counting how many iTunes downloads each contestant gets.
I recently discovered a television show that is almost finished with its second season. How I went almost two full seasons without watching The Big Bang Theory is beyond me but I’m so glad that a friend recommended it to me because it’s one of the funniest shows I’ve ever seen.
In case you’re unfamiliar with the show’s premise, it’s about two male Caltech prodigies in their twenties, one an experimental physicist (Leonard) and the other a theoretical physicist (Sheldon), who live across the hall from a blonde waitress with show-biz aspirations (Penny). Like a typical sitcom, they engage in zany antics but with a geeky twist. It’s the geeky twists that I can appreciate and usually find myself laughing out loud at.
The show has been renewed for two more seasons so I’d highly recommend getting caught up and joining in on the fun every Monday night. Here is a small sample to get you started.
Just in case you hadn’t already heard, I’ll give you all the quick rundown: SciFi network has decided that it doesn’t like the Science Fiction genre and believes that fans of the genre are weird. So, to help distance themselves from the identity they spent 17 years creating they are naming themselves “Syfy” (or “Venereal Disease” if you speak Polish).
This confuses me greatly. Yes, I get the idea that SciFi is technically an entire genre of entertainment and so branding it can be quite hard. I guess I could pretend that most people don’t know how to capitalize the name of a network that isn’t just a bunch of letters. I could even humor the idea that they want to broaden their horizons and start showing programming with a different target audience. But that’s where I start to choke.
I figure this would be a good place to share any thoughts, ideas, feelings, ratings, rantings, etc about the finale of the show. Feel free to put in any spoilers you want into your comments so that we can discuss what happened. BE WARNED!!! There WILL be spoilers in the comments so either don’t read them or don’t complain if it gets spoiled.
(This is edited from the Los Angeles Times website.)
While watching tonights finale of geek fav Battlestar Galactica take a drink of your beverage of choice each time on the the following happens:
·Gaius is talks to imaginary Six and another character looks at him like he’s loony.
·Admiral Adama cries.
·Anders gets rejected by Starbuck.
·Anyone yells “Gods damnit!”
·Someone on the show takes a drink.
·Every time Grace Park is on screen… Shout the character you think she is: Eight, Sharon, Athena or Boomer. If you’re correct, hand your drink to someone who got it wrong.
·Someone says “toaster.”
·When you think you hear Jamie Bamber’s British accent. (drink two if you didn’t know he’s a Brit)
·Any time you wonder why more people watch “Lost.”
·Every time you’re weirded out by the late-blooming Saul-Six relationship.
I think that there is some sort of code that states that if you are a geek then you must find the British funny. Whether it is Mr. Bean or Monty Python, you need to laugh when people from across the pond do something. If you disagree with me, then your geek card may be revoked by whomever it is that issues them.
My job allows for me to see all sorts of technology before other people. It also allows for me to watch television shows and movies on one monitor while I do work on another. This is very convenient because I am able to stay current on a lot of the shows that I enjoy watching. I also get to watch a lot of stuff that I wouldn’t otherwise have the time to. No, I don’t just watch TV all day. I do get to see an episode here or there though.
For the past millenia, The Simpsons has started with the same opening sequence. Sure, there was always some witty remark on the blackboard and the couch gag was usually new, but for the most part, things have gone unchanged since the beginning. Well, that all came to an end yesterday. Unfortunately, since it’s been the same since the dawn of man, I didn’t pay attention to the changes until I found them online. I gotta say that they’re kinda cool.
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