More than a decade after the Internet went mainstream, the world's richest information source hasn't necessarily made its users any more informed. Americans know less about politics than they did in 1989.
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Thursday, January 10, 2008
BREAKING: Lost to end after two more seasons!
ABC insiders confirm: "The network and producers have reached a decision on an end date and they are expected to announce it in the next two weeks. This is meant to be a good thing, because now the producers finally can start mapping out the remaining episodes and start rolling out some of the major reveals and answers we have been waiting for."
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Family Guy Starts Web Only Episodes
Stewie and Brian moonlight online as late-night talk show hosts. Future 10 minute episodes will be released periodically throughout the year as part of a viral marketing campaign.
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Matt Groening on the Simpsons Movie and return of Futurama.
You'll probably find no greater Simpsons fan than me. Frankly, I will go through serious withdrawals when the show finally ends. I told creator Matt Groening that and I think he thought I was being sarcastic. But he let me interview him anyway. There are 18 years of show to cover, plus the upcoming movie and the return of Futurama.
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The Ninja Is Going To Be On Mythbusters!
On Tuesday, Douglas, the Ninja, and myself went up to San Francisco and spent the day with the guys from Mythbusters. We should have a special delivery out by the end of the month. They're doing a whole episode on Ninja Myths that will air on the Discovery Channel here in the states around then.
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Robot Chicken: Star Wars Trailer
A first look at Robot Chicken: Star Wars special that premieres on June 17 on Adult Swim.
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Top Five TV Shows that Should be Canceled
MSNBC's list of TV shows that should be canceled. I have a feeling a lot of people aren't going to agree with the top three.
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Firefly: The lost tapes of River Tam
These sessions shed some light on the on what happened to River while she was at "The Academy". The counselor in the video is played by Joss Whedon.
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‘South Park’ To Stick It To Scientology Again - Southpark Scientology II
With the beginning of the show’s 11th season, is a photo of the boys spray-painting grafitti on the church’s LA headquarters sign. It reads “The Church of Scientology is dumb” and “Hi Tom” with a depiction of “South Park” character Eric Cartman’s head.
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GoDaddy Superbowl Commericial - Extended Internet Edition!
Here is the extended version of the GoDaddy Superbowl Commercial, starring Kevin Rose, Alex Albrecht, and Cali Lewis. This is not yet posted on their website, but I was able to figure out the link. This is over 2 minutes long, so just go watch it!
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FUTURAMA: BENDER’S BIG SCORE - Title to new Futurama movie!
Obey the Hypno-Toad!With production chugging on the new FUTURAMA direct-to-DVD movies, Matt Groening spilled to iF Magazine about what's to come and the extras that'll be added to make them into a new season of FUTURAMA for Comedy Central. The first movie, BENDER'S BIG SCORE, hits in December. "Everybody Loves Hyptno-Toad," is in your future!
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FOX News asks: Did Mr. Rogers destroy an entire generation?
Cardigan sweaters and wearing sneakers apparently had quite a negative influence on a generation. Fox News hosts blame Mr. Rogers for a generation of kids who have a sense of entitlement rather than a work ethic to try hard.
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Countdown Special Comment: Olbermann gets it right again!
Kieth Olbermann is right on target as ususal. The neocons hate government and want to detroy it by starting wars and spending money until the government ceases to function. Mr. Bush has destroyed the constitution as we knew it. The lies, the corruption, just blows my mind. It's time to impeach him but, nobody has enough votes to carry it out.
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"Heroes" renewed for 2nd Season!
Tim Kring, creator and executive producer of NBC's hit series Heroes, told SCI FI Wire that the network's announcement of a renewal for a full second season allows the writers to explore more story possibilities
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When Exactly Did "The Simpsons" Start Sucking?
"Once, it was the greatest show on TV. Every episode was brimming with imagination, excitement and some of the sharpest one-liners to come out of America for decades. But above all it was smart. Then it all changed. A new guard took over and ripped up the rules." Great read on the destruction of this once-beloved show.
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Matt Groening talks about Futurama's comeback
Groening gives the show's loyal fans all the credit in the world for helping the show come back. "The continued devotion of the fans, chiefly on the Internet, kept us thinking that maybe we could bring this back," he said.
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Save Jericho NUTS! Campaign Almost to 10,000lbs of Nuts to CBS!
Jericho fans have send almost 10,00lbs of nuts to CBS to protest the show's cancelation. So far the cost is over $13K JUST TO MAKE A STATEMENT. They show no signs of slowing down. The nuts are a reference to a line from the finale and CBS's rationale to cancel. The donation page has a log of whats happened to far, LEND YOUR SUPPORT!
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Google Declares Stephen Colbert As Greatest Living American
Colbert Google bombing himself. Bathtub dedicated to the Greatest Living American
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Best LOST Theory
Take the time to read it, it's worth it. "The island is largely black rock - a naturally occurring magnetic mineral. It has the uncanny property of storing electromagnetic currents - like a big magnetic tape. Magnus Hanso - grandfather of Alvar Hanso and venture capitalist - captained his ship The Black Rock to the island in the nineteenth century"
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I'm Nathan Petrelli and I'm Running For Congress
Welcome to the Nathan Petrelli for Congress campaign site. Through this site, you can learn about me, the issues facing our district, and how you can become a part of the campaign.
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15 (Painfully) Unforgettable Cartoon Theme Songs
For every math formula or anniversary forgotten, there's a cartoon theme song from our youth, tenaciously hogging our limited mental hard drive space. In what is perhaps some sort of small attempt to exorcise these demonically persistent tunes from the depths of our consciousness, we've ranked 15 of of the most memorable.
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TBS has gone too far!
As many know, TV stations are starting to put "Advertisements" at the bottoms of the shows, to advertise products or other items. TBS has been one of the worse with added sound to the ads, or taking up 2/3 of the screen. I was angry with them... but... they have gone to far.
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Three More Years of Lewd Humor for South Park Lovers and Haters
$75 million for three more years of cartoons! Do people really like Kenny, Cartman, and Stan that much?
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Why do mafia hit men drop their guns at the scene of a crime?
On Sunday's episode of The Sopranos, the Italians shoot a man they have mistaken for New York boss Phil Leotardo. Later, Bobby Bacala is killed at the model-train store. Both times, the killers drop their guns at the scene of the crime. As Clemenza says in The Godfather "Leave the gun, take the cannoli." How come mafia hit men always drop the guns?
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Why "Lost" is Lost
The top 5 ways "Lost" went all wrong, how it could be fixed, and why it won't be.Fellow disillusioned "Lost" fans should identify with it and get all riled up again. Those "Lost" fans remaining will probably just get annoyed that some of us understand the difference between exposition and character development.
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Bob Barker takes final bow on "The Price Is Right"
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Giving away one more car to an ecstatic contestant, TV host Bob Barker taped his last round of "The Price Is Right" on Wednesday, ending 35 years as host of America's longest-running game show and five decades on network television. "I thank you for inviting me into your homes for more than 50 years," Barker said.
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Lost Finale Review -- If you stopped watching, come back
After a wildly uneven season, the writers of Lost delivered on their promises and delivered one of the best episodes ever. Sure, there's still the one-eyed guy who refuses to die, but everything else was nearly pitch perfect. And it all built to one of the coolest endings in Lost history. If you've stopped watching this show, come back!
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Tim Kring to Heroes fans, "Sorry it's sucked so far this season"
Tim Kring, creator of Heroes, told EW recently that he and his team are aware that the second season has been less than spectacular. He outlines some things that they are going to fix after the writer's strike and going into Volume 3. Such things as the BS love stories of Claire and Hiro, too much feudal Japan and more.
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"Daily Show" and "Colbert Report" To Return In January
“We would like to return to work with our writers. If we cannot, we would like to express our ambivalence, but without our writers we are unable to express something as nuanced as ambivalence.” — Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert
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The 7 Most Useless Transformers Ever
Ah, the '80s. They gave us so much: Reagan, crack, AIDS, cocaine, Huey Lewis—the list goes on. But most importantly, the '80s gave us poorly designed cartoons that inspired us to become Dino-Riders, travel through the Spiral Zone or try and defy God's natural order and transform into a semi truck.
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PICTURE: What's wrong with mainstream media
I took a screenshot of CNN's frontpage at around 10:00AM this morning, and of the major headlines such as the Gonzales attorney scandal, or the story of the UK soldiers arrested by Iran, which story made the front page?
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10 of the Most Awkward TV Interviews
Going all the way back to Barbara Walters in 1981, and as recently as last month, this list presents the most awkward interview moments of all time.
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Lost: Real-time Airplane Crash edit
A Must SEE! Someone took all the footage of the plane crash from seasons 1,2 and 3. Put it together as it happened. it's really awesome stuff, brings back a nostalgic feel. Hope its hold you over till season 4!
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The Colbert Report: Colbert Interviews O'Reilly
Colbert has achieved his ultimate goal of Interviewing Papa Bear, Bill O'Reilly.
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Schrute Bucks!!
Digg if you saw the office finale. Print out your own Schrute Bucks! If you get 1000 you get an extra 5 minutes for lunch.
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Sherri Shepherd Doesn't Get That Whole BC Thing
Why are people this stupid on tv?????/ Jesus came before the Ancient Greeks, HAHAHAHAHA
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South Park has a silent partner
Trey Parker writes and directs every episode. So what does co-creator Matt Stone do?
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Man Vs Wild Exposed as more BBC programming frauds unfold.
Grylls was filmed building a raft by himself, whereas the crew had actually put it together and dismantled it beforehand, to ensure that it worked. And in a further episode, supposedly "wild" horses rounded up by Grylls had come from a local trekking facility. So why eat the bugs??
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NBC Fires 102 People who work on The Office!
There were also 2 cameramen, 2 camera assistants, 4 hair stylists, 4 makeup artists, 7 wardrobe people, 4 grips, 4 electricians, 2 craft service, 4 props people, 6 construction, 1 medic, 3 art department, 5 set dressers, 3 sound men, 3 stand-ins, 3 accountants, 4 caterers and a producer who's not a writer. All 102 of us are now out of work.
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The 10 Worst Powers to Have on Heroes
Not everyone can have cool powers, like the ability to manipulate time or steal powers. Someone has to be Maya and Alejandro Herrera.
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"Daily Show" and "Colbert Report" To Return In January
“We would like to return to work with our writers. If we cannot, we would like to express our ambivalence, but without our writers we are unable to express something as nuanced as ambivalence.” — Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert
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