Apparently Joan Rivers fucked a carrot.
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From A Socialite’s Life.
Very few movies trailers actually grab us by our metaphorical balls at first sight. “Superbad” has:
The minds behind “Da Ali G Show” and “The 10-Year-Old Virgin” are taking credit for this piece of trailer gold, but we can’t help but wonder if the genius of it is limited to these mere three minutes.
But an entertaining three minutes nonetheless. (Not safe for work, by the way. Don the headphones.)
When all the drama on the front pages on our daily newspapers eventually get to us, there’s very little that can brighten our politically and culturally dour days. It’s days like these that we skip the national and local news, overlook the sports section, toss the classifieds and go straight to the comics page. If Hagar the Horrible’s misanthropic behavior can’t help us forget about Turkish elections, little else will.
Houston musician Joe Mathlete seems to feel the same way. Marmaduke is Joe’s comic of choice, and why not? One-panel cartoons about human-like Great Danes are great.
Here’s a sample:
By the way, Joe is what Hollywood likes to call a triple threat. He also keeps up a blog titled “Joe Mathlete Will Draw Anything You Ask Him To On An Index Card,” where he does just that. Also, you should probably check out Joe’s band, The Mathletes. Frighteningly fun, if we do say so ourselves.
Featured song: “Rasins” - The Mathletes
Featured song: “Your Wings Are Made Of Gold (I Remain Unimpressed)” - The Mathletes
Featured song: “Pinocchiobot” - The Mathletes
You might have been too busy watching the Top Chef season finale (Spoiler Alert: Ilan won; Marcel pouted) to hear that Al Franken is running for office in 2008. That’s right folks, you can vote for Franken next year. As long as you’re in Minnesota.
CNN reports that Franken has announced his candidacy for a seat in Senate representing his home state. The liberal, O’Reilly-beating comedian-turned-radio-host-turned-politician is running against incumbant Sen. Norm Coleman (R), whose first priority while in Congress is to “get things done for Minnesota.”
That’s going to be a tough platform to beat.
All this comes soon after Franken’s former project, Air America Radio, was bought out of bankruptcy by real estate mogul Stephen Green, founder and chairman of SL Green Realty Corp. No worries of Green being in cahoots with Murdoch, though. Says Minnesota’s KARE 11:
Green is the brother of Mark Green, a longtime New York politician who has also appeared frequently as a guest on Air America Radio.
Sigh of relief.
So no Franken on the squack box anymore, but if all goes well, maybe we can hear him on the Senate floor on C-SPAN.
Watch Franken tread on Scarborough Country:
A booze that drinks like liquid mint chocolate chip ice cream. Grasshoppers kiss glass rims with bubbly bright green yumminess. As Mom always says, “It’s Christmas, damnit.” So, swallow your familial resentment and these delicious dessert cocktails… and do it together like you mean it for Christ’s Sake. This is another well-honed original recipe.
GRASSHOPPERS:
Shake and strain ingredients into a chilled highball or shallow martini glass. Shush now, it’s family fun time.
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We’re in the podcasting space-race now, and this is our Sputnik. In this episode, Josh and Greg discuss: the new National Geographic Survey, Wifi on planes, Chris Ware’s New Yorker art, and This Week in Cheese. Plus, two fun songs.
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