Date Archives September 2007
Planet Earth is blue and there's nothing I can do
A man ordered one of my company's products and selected Ground shipping. After tracking his package, he complained that Ground shipping is "unacceptable." I was not aware that UPS ever took 1 week for a package delivery. [pause] He works at Johns Hopkins. US Postal…
Fever Kitsch
Hulk Hogan is being considered to host the NBC American Gladiators revival. [source] Other names on the short list: » Dog the Bounty Hunter » Dan Cortese » Olmec
Holy Mackerel
UCLA finalized its 2007-08 men's basketball schedule. Of note, a rare Pac-10 conference game on ESPN on a Saturday night, no less which means that College GameDay is headed to Westwood. Dick Vitale is gonna call a UCLA game.
Kid Nation
Last week, CBS aired an ad for a screening kit for vaginal infections during Kid Nation. This week, CBS aired an ad for prescription tablets that help you quit smoking. Way to target demographics, CBS. Whores love Kid Nation!
Amuse Bouche
Starting today, you can (reportedly) download Hotel Chevalier, Wes Anderson's 13-minute prequel to The Darjeeling Limited, for free on iTunes. Natalie Portman gets naked.
Did someone switch your Ritalin with ephedrine?
I found the climactic fight in Flash Point on YouTube. I'm not completely sold on incorporating mixed martial arts into movie fight sequences. Collin Chou's triangle choke power bombs, for example, look awkward. Also, I expected a more exciting finish than a rear naked choke….
Heads or tails
Joel and Ethan Coen: To round out the cast [of No Country for Old Men] we hired we thought rugged everyman Jim Brolin as Llewelyn Moss, the aging Vietnam vet caught in the middle. Well, there were some red faces on the set…
Bear Necessities
Discovery tames 'Wild' with re-edited episodes In an episode set in the Scottish highlands, Grylls feasts on a rabbit he claims to have caught in a trap he set. In the re-edited episode, Grylls says in the voice-over: "My trap didn't catch anything overnight, but…