When Bobby Bonsey and Egan Orion wanted to come up with a special event for the Seattle Pride Fest, they turned to one of their favorite programs and one of the Internet’s favorite activities for their inspiration. They decided to mash up the Fox hit Glee and the flash mob! Here’s the plan: The flash […]
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The Jaw-Locking Wicked Which Wich Sandwich!
Posted 4/08/2010 10:30 am by Ron HoganChad Ettmueller is a hungry man. When he skipped a couple of meals and felt extra ravenous, there was only one solution, or so he thought. He headed over to his local Which Wich and got his favorite sandwich. Called the Wicked, it features five meats, three cheeses, and lots and lots of bread. Since […]
Read »Slash Forgives, Doesn’t Forget, About Jay Leno
Posted 4/08/2010 10:00 am by Ron HoganSlash, best known as the mop-headed, top-hatted guitar slinger for 80’s and 90’s hard rock band Guns and Roses, has shown that the late night wars aren’t over. Just because Jay Leno is back on the Tonight Show, that doesn’t mean Slash is ready to make nice while promoting his self-titled solo debut album Slash. […]
Read »Google Fiber’s Weirdness Abounds
Posted 4/05/2010 10:00 am by Ron HoganEveryone wants faster high speed Internet. Once Topeka, Kansas, changed its name for the day to Google, Kansas, the flood gates opened and now everybody is racing to be as weird and interesting as possible in an attempt to lure Google to their town. The resulting flood of freaky, odd, funny, and just plain dumb […]
Read »Stand By Me, Muppets Style
Posted 4/02/2010 9:00 am by Ron HoganAnother week, another Muppet cover song. After having their way with Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody and Kansas’ Dust In The Wind, The Muppets and the mad folks over at Jim Henson Studios have gotten the band back together, blown the dust off the karaoke machine, and muppetized another classic song. This time, they’re doing Stand By […]
Read »Jay Leno says, “Conan Got Screwed. I Got Screwed”
Posted 4/01/2010 7:30 am by Ron HoganMonths after Jay Leno took over The Tonight Show from Conan O’Brien, only to discover that ratings aren’t what they used to be before Jay burned off all his good will with most of America by stabbing Conan in the back like he stabbed Johnny Carson in the back, Jay’s doing interviews on the subject. […]
Read »Scarface, Elementary School Version
Posted 3/30/2010 7:00 am by Ron HoganSo, apparently, someone did a version of Scarface as a kids’ elementary school play. At least, that’s the theory behind this video that’s going viral even as we speak. Imagine it, little kids running around with plastic blaster guns, saying “fudge” every other word, and generally being completely inappropriate. No wonder the video is starting […]
Read »Mars, Live And In 3D!
Posted 3/18/2010 9:00 am by Ron HoganMost of us will never get into space. No matter how quickly or safely Bigelow Aerospace gets their commercial space station off the ground, do you really think you’ll be able to hop aboard Virgin Space and pop out to the Moon for a visit? Probably not. However, thanks to the University of Arizona’s High […]
Read »Catching Waves With An Alpaca
Posted 3/18/2010 7:00 am by Ron HoganFor over 10 years, Domingo Pianezzi has trained surfers on the Peruvian beach town of San Bartolo. Mostly people, but sometimes he’s also helped train animals to surf. In his case, he has a dog that he’s trained to surf with him, and he even participates in international pet surfing competitions. Since he knew he […]
Read »“Figga Please” Makes Men’s Figure Skating… Macho?
Posted 3/16/2010 7:30 am by Ron HoganI have a good friend of mine who, during the Vancouver Olympics, became the world’s biggest fan of men’s figure skating. Weird, right? I mean, I think most people are aware of figure skating during the Winter Olympics, but like she skipped past curling and other Internet favorites and just latched onto men’s figure skating, […]
Read »Purple Snow Blankets Eastern Russia
Posted 3/12/2010 9:30 am by Ron HoganLike something out of a Jimi Hendrix song, the citizens of Stavropol, Russia, are surrounded by a purple haze. It’s not LSD or smoke-machine related; this purple haze is actually purple snow, which blanketed the region earlier this week. The snow isn’t actually all purple, it actually ranges in color from red to brown. The […]
Read »Twilight: Eclipse Trailer Released
Posted 3/12/2010 6:00 am by Ron HoganI have to say, I’m excited about the new Twilight movie. The latest in the series, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, has been given both a trailer and a release date and I cannot wait for it. You see, I’m decidedly not a fan of the Twilight movies as movies, but as wonderlands of potential comedy, […]
Read »Beastie Boys And Battlestar Galactica: A Mash Made In Heaven
Posted 3/11/2010 6:00 am by Ron HoganEnjoy this one while it’s around, gang, because I have no idea how long it’ll manage to stay online (though Battlestar Rhapsody is still around, thankfully). From the credit montage to the fighter ship doing doughnuts, some creative genius has completely remade the famous Beastie Boys video “Sabotage” featuring an all-Battlestar Galactica cast. The title […]
Read »The Endless Night: A Film Noir Tribute
Posted 3/05/2010 8:00 am by Ron HoganThere’s just something about old Hollywood that speaks to me, and there’s no style of movie more elemental, more vital, and more impressive than film noir. Those old black and white detective mysteries from the 1930’s and 1940’s still captivate audiences, and still influence modern filmmakers, cartoonists, and comic book writers to this day. There’s […]
Read »Brittney Griner’s Punch-Out
Posted 3/05/2010 7:30 am by Ron HoganThere’s nothing better than a good old-fashioned sports controversy, and boy, is this one big. Like, 6’8 women’s basketball player Brittney Griner big. Given that she’s bigger than most everyone else on the court, Brittney Griner gets a lot of aggressive defense, but during a game versus Texas Tech, this giant proved she is not […]
Read »This Too Shall Pass
Posted 3/03/2010 10:30 am by Ron HoganA lot of companies are struggling to adjust to the new way of things, and while the USPS is bad, they look like progressives next to your average record company. For example, consider the case of “This Too Shall Pass.” It’s the first single off the latest OK Go album, Of the Blue Colour of […]
Read »World Record Motorcycle Jump
Posted 3/03/2010 7:30 am by Ron HoganHe flies through the air with the greatest of ease. Seth Enslow isn’t a man on a flying trapeze, however; he’s more like a tattooed madman on the back of a specialized Harley Davidson. Enslow took a Harley-Davidson XR1200, put a dirt bike suspension and handlebars on it, and then used that bike to […]
Read »Rickroll Video Removed Then Restored
Posted 2/25/2010 9:30 am by Ron HoganYesterday, the collective heart of the Internet skipped a beat when that old reliable video, Rick Astley singing “Never Gonna Give You Up” that launched a worldwide sensation known as Rickrolling, got taken down by YouTube and parent company Sony/BMG for copyright violations. However, rest assured that YouTube is never gonna give Rickrolling up. Calling […]
Read »Dirty Dancing Teachers Land School In Hot Water
Posted 2/25/2010 7:30 am by Ron HoganTwo teachers, when asked to perform at a high school pep rally, took things from the gym to the strip club with their routine. Chrystie Fitchner, a physical education teacher, and an unnamed male teacher performed a little routine students dubbed Two Teachers, One Chair, which featured Fitchner receiving a lap dance from a male […]
Read »Frozen Animal Head Found In Green Beans
Posted 2/24/2010 8:00 am by Ron HoganAll Ernestine Jamison wanted to do was make a nutritious meal. It was nutritious, all right; when she tore open her bag of Pictsweet green beans and poured the contents into a bowl, she found a little more than green beany goodness in her bag. The frozen vegetables also contained the frozen head of an […]
Read »3-D Hurts Your Brain
Posted 2/23/2010 7:00 am by Ron HoganIt’s one of my biggest problems with 3-D movies. I don’t mind paying extra, nor do I mind wearing goofy plastic eyeglasses. However, I do mind the headaches and blurred vision that usually accompanies 3-D movies. I figured I was in the minority on this, but VOA News suggests that 3-D headaches, eye strain, and […]
Read »Pelican Attacks Weatherman, Becomes Hero To Millions
Posted 2/18/2010 9:00 am by Ron HoganIt was just supposed to be a silly little remote piece. You know, they take the wacky weatherman, in this case Channel Nine’s Steve Jacobs, and they put him in the zoo and have the handlers show off some of the various animals. Like, for instance, a pelican named Marnie. However, things did not […]
Read »Weather Forecaster Goes Bananas
Posted 2/17/2010 8:00 am by Ron HoganIt’s not often that you see a member of the media completely lose his mind on air, but apparently meteorologist Jim Kosek of AccuWeather.com does this on a pretty regular basis. That’s why, when I tried to find Jim Kosek’s specific Snowpocalypse freakout concerning Washington, D.C., there were dozens of videos of him presenting the […]
Read »Rock Sugar’s Genre-Bending Music Madness
Posted 2/16/2010 10:30 am by Ron HoganThere’s nothing more fun than a good fake band idea. For example, according to their back story, the band Rock Sugar (warning: video automatically starts) spent 20 years on a desert island before returning to the world and bringing back their unique blend of pop and heavy metal. I doubt that actually happened; what I […]
Read »Russian Folk Version Of A Queen Rock Anthem
Posted 2/16/2010 6:30 am by Ron HoganThe Vancouver Winter Olympics are bringing out the best in all the competitors and their supporting countries. After all, it’s not just a cross-country skiing competition or a display of ice dancing, it’s about national pride. That’s why a group of Russian musicians decided to ply their trade to show support to their athletes, […]
Read »Attack Of The Toilet Rats
Posted 2/15/2010 10:30 am by Ron HoganThe very unlucky Kara Weatherman made an unusual discovery the other day. Apparently, a rat had gotten into her Winston-Salem, North Carolina, bathroom via the toilet, of all places. So she did what any person would in that situation; she grabbed the plunger and an empty container of cat litter and she scared that rat […]
Read »A Tour Of The Space Station
Posted 2/12/2010 6:30 am by Ron HoganI think that we all have an idea of what we believe life to be like on the International Space Station. I’m sure you’ve got the same mental images I do: cool white, a lot of metal rungs and floors, very sterile and padded, very science-fictiony and high tech. Well, as this great video tour […]
Read »Jack White Versus The Air Force
Posted 2/11/2010 7:30 am by Ron HoganWhen I was watching the Super Bowl this weekend, I saw a lot of the ads. One of the most notable was the “Grab Some Air” ad for the United States Air Force, and it wasn’t notable for a good reason. It was a notable advert because, when I listened to the ad, I noticed […]
Read »Inside A Black Hole
Posted 2/10/2010 10:00 am by Ron HoganThe black hole is one of the most fascinating phenomenon in space. I mean, it’s the super-dense hulk of a dead star whose gravitational pull is so intense that not even light can escape it. Nobody knows what it’s really like to be sucked into one of these things (a favorite danger of science fiction […]
Read »Beaker Burns In The Wind
Posted 2/10/2010 6:00 am by Ron HoganPoor Beaker just can’t get a break. Sometimes it seems like he’s surrounded by trouble on all sides. First his catchphrase is banned from schools, and now he’s the victim of an Internet troll flaming just because he wanted to do a little singing. In this hilarious cover of Kansas’ “Dust In The Wind,” Beaker […]
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