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Film and Television, Pop Culture

Jay Leno in Prime Time; Less Funny Than You Can Imagine

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Jay Leno

 Somehow, I had the TV tuned to NBC at 10:00 PM last night when the new Jay Leno show debuted. It was about as funny and cutting edge as something my late grandmother would have enjoyed. In too many ways it reminded me of the now infamous, ill-fated Chevy Chase Show, which ran for only five weeks back in 1993, because it just sucked wildly. I don’t know if Jay is going to really need to rely on ratings to stay on the air, or if it’s just a given that he might draw a large enough viewership from folks my parents’ age to keep advertisers happy. But I do know that I am pretty sure I heard him use the word “Poon” when he was telling his ‘off-color’ jokes near the end of the hour. And that was kind of funny.

Film and Television, Pop Culture

All Of Seinfeld In a Single Image

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Seinfeld Picture
The Puffy Shirt!

Bored at work? Why not have a contest with a co-worker to see how many Seinfeld memes you can spot in this image I found on Millionaire Playboy! Time wasting was never so much fun!

Humor and Cuteness, Lifestyle

The The Impotence of Proofreading

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I found this very clever short video by comedian Taylor Mali, entitled The The Impotence of Proofreading, on one of my favorites blogs, Neatorama as I was drinking my coffee this morning. Thanks to Dr. Martin Luther King, I get to spend today transcribing an interview and blogging, and compounded by the fact that I am such a shitty typist who is completely addicted to Spell Check, this message is even more poignant.

Music, Pop Culture

Al Franken Emerges Victorious, Impersonates Mick Jagger

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After an arduous recount procedure, it looks like Democrat Al Franken will finally be declared the winner of the tight U.S. Senate contest in Minnesota, thank god. Some of you youngsters out there might not know that Franken is also a well-known satirist who wrote for and starred on NBC’s Saturday Night Live back in the eighties (“The Al Franken Decade”). To celebrate Al’s exciting victory, here’s a hilarious clip from the TV show Solid Gold of Franken and his comedic partner, Tom Davis, performing The Rolling Stones’ “Under My Thumb” as Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, respectively.

Thanks to Boing Boing for the tip!

Film and Television, Pop Culture

RIP Charles Nelson Reilly

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Comic Actor Charles Nelson Reilly Dies at 76
Frequent Game Show Guest Was a Tony Award Winner

The New York Times

Charles Nelson Reilly, who acted and directed on Broadway but came to be best known for his campy television appearances on talk shows and “Match Game,” died on Friday (May 27th, 2007) in Los Angeles. He was 76 and lived in Beverly Hills, Calif.

The cause was complications of pneumonia, said his partner, Patrick Hughes, who is his only immediate survivor. Mr. Reilly had been ill for more than a year, he said.

Long before moving west to become what he somewhat ruefully described as a “game show fixture,” Mr. Reilly was an actor and an acting teacher in New York City. In 1962, he won a Tony Award for his portrayal of Bud Frump in the original Broadway production of “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.”
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