Robots are our future. If the Japanese have taught us anything, it’s that one day we’ll all be living alongside, working alongside, and possibly sleeping with sentient machines with the power to rend us in twain with the whir of a servomotor and the gush of pneumatic fluid. I’m slowly growing to accept this new […]
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Back To The Future, 25 Years Later
Posted 10/14/2010 11:30 am by Ron HoganIt’s by far the best time-traveling science-fiction teen comedy ever written, and it’s celebrating 25 years since it first hit the big screen in 1985. It’s Back To The Future! In honor of Back To The Future‘s 25th anniversary, the Scream Awards and Spike are hosting a 25th anniversary reunion of the BTTF cast and […]
Read »Brett Favre In “Man Getting Hit By Football”
Posted 10/14/2010 6:30 am by Ron HoganBrett Favre has been in the news a lot lately, but not for his on-the-field exploits. It’s more like his off-the-field sextsploits that get Favre media attention these days (because he’s been terrible on the field and should have stayed retired). Now, I’ve avoided covering Brett Favre’s groin until now, but finally something happened with […]
Read »Improv Everywhere’s Mummy Dance Party
Posted 10/13/2010 9:00 am by Ron HoganImprov Everywhere does some awesome stunts. They gather large groups of people together, pick a place that’s very public, then show up and just do something incredible. For example, for their latest in the MP3 Experiment series, they started out in stores in Midtown Manhattan, they cleaned up the displays, walked down to Bryant Park […]
Read »Banksy’s Couch Gag
Posted 10/11/2010 6:30 am by Ron HoganThe long-running television show The Simpsons is no stranger to controversy. In fact, when the show first went on the air, it was one of the most controversial things on TV for its time, thanks to being adult-themed animation that was incredibly popular with children. These days, the show has mostly calmed down aside from […]
Read »Grumpy Clown Wins Senate Seat
Posted 10/05/2010 8:30 am by Ron HoganRemember a few weeks ago when I discussed the senate campaign of Brazilian television entertainer/professional clown Francisco Everado Oliveira Silva, aka Tiririca? Well, as Americans proved in California, sometimes the best way to win an election is to be very popular outside the field of politics. Tiririca the clown won his seat in the Chamber […]
Read »Katy Perry Cut From Sesame Street
Posted 9/24/2010 7:00 am by Ron HoganKaty Perry, the singer best known for her ode to bisexual curiosity “I Kissed A Girl” and her crazy outfits, has often courted controversy as a way of getting attention, selling records, and generally transforming herself from a Christian musician named Katy Hudson into pop icon Katy Perry. Unfortunately, a lot of that image comes […]
Read »Mascot On Mascot Violence
Posted 9/21/2010 8:00 am by Ron HoganI love it when a plan comes together. I also love it when men in giant foam rubber animal suits with over-sized heads fight one another. It goes without saying that I love the conspiracy of how and why Brandon Hanning became the Ohio University mascot. He had one good reason: Hanning simply wanted to […]
Read »Angry Dad Goes After Middle-School Bullies
Posted 9/20/2010 8:00 am by Ron HoganJames Jones has gone from simple working man to folk hero. How’d he become an icon to millions of parents? Simple, he lost his temper in an epic way. It’s a horrible example to the children, and Jones knows that, but he couldn’t take any more. After his special-needs daughter was hit, pushed, insulted, and […]
Read »World’s Smallest Dog Meets World’s Largest Dog
Posted 9/17/2010 6:30 am by Ron HoganGuinness World Records loves nothing more than a good contrast. A couple of years ago, they got Sultan Kosen, the world’s tallest man, together with He Pingping, then the world’s shortest man, for an epic series of pictures. Now, they’re recreating the tallest/smallest dichotomy with dogs. To celebrate the launch of the 2011 Guinness World […]
Read »Science Determines What Makes A Good Dancer
Posted 9/08/2010 7:30 am by Ron HoganDancing is one of the most common social experiences throughout the world. Every culture, except for perhaps the Amish, will have dances, and those dances will always be terrible for 95 percent of the people attending. Well, okay, 95 percent of the guys attending. If you go to a dance, eventually you’ll have to dance, […]
Read »Double Rainbow Windows Commercial
Posted 9/03/2010 8:00 am by Ron HoganSometimes, it’s hard to turn your viral video success into legitimate money, but that hasn’t been a problem for Paul “Bear” Vasquez. The organic-farming former cage fighter and firefighter from Mariposa, California, shot to fame as the double rainbow guy, a hugely popular viral video in which Bear, on one of his many swimming trips […]
Read »Guns N’ Roses Driven Offstage By Irish Music Fans
Posted 9/03/2010 7:00 am by Ron HoganGuns N’ Roses hasn’t had a trouble-free concert tour in, well… probably ever. Throughout the band’s history, there’s always been some kind of drama, from the band’s perennial lateness, to cutting gigs short early, being cut off by promoters, and even starting riots. GNR, in some sense, is the last real rock band, because they’re […]
Read »Conan Announces New TBS Show’s Official Date
Posted 9/02/2010 9:00 am by Ron HoganConan O’Brien, to me, is one of the funniest guys to ever be on late night television, and I’ve been waiting for the official announcement of the name of his new show for weeks now. Well, ever since it was announced that Conan would be going to TBS, I’ve been waiting patiently for a new […]
Read »Sometimes You Gotta Dance
Posted 9/01/2010 9:30 am by Ron HoganI’m a pretty smart guy, so I know what I can do and I know my limitations. I can slow dance a little, but when the tempo increases or if there’s choreography involved, forget it. I’ve tried, and while I’m willing to get up on stage and make a fool of myself, I just can’t […]
Read »Fire Tornado
Posted 8/26/2010 8:30 am by Ron HoganIt’s one of the most unusual weather phenomena I’ve ever seen. In the Brazilian region of Aracatuba, an incredibly rare fire tornado was spotted. All it took was a raging brush fire, some whipping winds, and viola, you’ve got one of the most incredible videos I’ve ever seen. This is the kind of thing that […]
Read »AMC’s Epic Trailer For The Walking Dead
Posted 8/25/2010 12:00 pm by Ron HoganIt’s one of the most long-awaited television debuts in years for fans of the zombie genre. The brilliant series of comic books/graphic novels The Walking Dead, from creator Robert Kirkman, is coming to television screens throughout the world thanks to AMC and Hollywood talent Frank Darabont. FearNet has the exclusive 5 minute teaser trailer and […]
Read »Teen Sends Firebird Airborne In Spectacular Wreck
Posted 8/25/2010 6:30 am by Ron HoganBrennan S. Eden is the luckiest, and dumbest, criminal in the world right now. While behind the wheel of a classic Pontiac Firebird, he decided to do his best Smokey and the Bandit impression and evade the police so he could avoid arrest on charges of speeding and reckless driving and whatnot. However, what he […]
Read »Deputy Swarmed By Thousands Of Bees
Posted 8/19/2010 7:30 am by Ron HoganDeputy Brandon Jenkins, a deputy sheriff with Wake County, North Carolina’s Wake County Sheriff’s Department, has undoubtedly seen a lot of strange things during his time in uniform. However, there’s no amount of police training that can prepare you for what Deputy Jenkins dealt with recently. When investigating a truck spill, Jenkins noticed some spilled […]
Read »Microsoft Returns To The Skies
Posted 8/18/2010 10:30 am by Ron HoganIn January 2009, it seemed as though Microsoft’s venerable series of flight simulator games, dubbed Microsoft Flight Simulator, was doomed to die off. The team, responsible for many hit games, was let go. After all, the last Microsoft Flight Simulator, Microsoft Flight Simulator X, came out in 2006. That’s a huge gap with no products […]
Read »Roger Federer’s William Tell Moment
Posted 8/18/2010 9:30 am by Ron HoganRoger Federer may only be the second-best men’s tennis player in the world, but when it comes to tennis, second best is still really, really good. We’re talking better than thousands of other people who play tennis on a professional level, and better than millions of weekend amateurs. That’s why, when presented with a video […]
Read »Father McAwesome The Skateboarding Priest
Posted 8/17/2010 9:30 am by Ron HoganWhile his name isn’t Father McAwesome, Reverend Zoltan Lendvai is a pretty awesome guy for a member of the clerty. Rev. Lendvai is a Roman Catholic priest at a parish in the small town of Redics, Hungary, a city on the border with Slovenia, who has turned to an unusual skill set to reach out […]
Read »Justin Bieber Gets Brained
Posted 8/10/2010 11:30 am by Ron HoganIt’s weird. I don’t hate Justin Bieber. I’ve never actually listened to him or paid him any attention. Yet, when he gets hurt, I really enjoy it. For example, when Justin Bieber walked into that glass door? I laughed like crazy. When I saw the video where Justin Bieber gets hit in the head with […]
Read »Google Ends Google Wave
Posted 8/05/2010 8:30 am by Ron HoganIt launched with great fanfare. For days, all anyone wanted was an invitation to join up to Google Wave. It was supposed to be the next big thing in project use, collaboration, online data sharing, and all the other buzzwords tossed around so casually by technology writers. Unfortunately, once a lot of people (myself included) […]
Read »Microsoft Wants You To “Be What’s Next”
Posted 7/23/2010 10:30 am by Ron HoganIs Microsoft shaking up the familiar window box logo after many years of faithful service? Well, yes and no. In a way they are, because the company is launching a new ad campaign centered around the new slogan, “Be What’s Next.” In a way, no, because they’re not really changing their old-school logo and graphics […]
Read »The Flying Donkey
Posted 7/21/2010 7:00 am by Ron HoganFor half-an-hour, Russian beachgoers were treated, or possibly tormented, by the sight and sounds of a fear-crazed donkey flying over the sandy beaches on the shores of the Azov Sea, near Golubitskaya, Russia. The poor animal, swinging from a harness while parasailing, was the idea of a leisure company who wanted a cool, eye-catching promotional […]
Read »Soccer Player Attacks Referee
Posted 7/20/2010 10:00 am by Ron HoganNormally, soccer violence is limited to players attacking players or fans attacking fans. Sometimes, you’ll get something weird like fans attacking players, but very rarely do you see players attack officials. However, during a Chile Primera B game between Deportes Conception and Rangers, Rangers defender Jose Pedroso went after referee Marcelo Miranda and started choking […]
Read »Steve Jobs And The iPhone 4 Saga, Cartoon Style
Posted 7/20/2010 7:30 am by Ron HoganThose crazy kids at Taiwan’s NMA are back again with yet another of their awesome SIMS-style news videos. You might remember them from the Tiger Woods video or the Conan O’Brien Late Night video, both of which were hugely popular. Well, they’re back again, and this time they’re taking on Steve Jobs, Apple, and Antennagate. […]
Read »Improv Everywhere’s Subway Star Wars
Posted 7/16/2010 7:00 am by Ron HoganIt’s not every day you see someone getting arrested on the subway. Well, okay, if you live in New York, you probably see someone getting arrested on the subway every day, but how often do you see Princess Leia arrested by a group of Stormtroopers AND witness her get interrogated by Darth Vader, all on […]
Read »Old Spice Man Goes On Marketing Blitz
Posted 7/14/2010 8:00 am by Ron HoganHis name is Isaiah Mustafa, a former professional football player in the NFL, but you don’t know him for his football glory. No, you know Mustafa for his distinctive voice and shirtless torso, walking through a variety of hilarious and weird Old Spice commercials, speaking in a deep voice while accomplishing tasks effortlessly. He’s the […]
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