Bumped into this interview of actress Alice Eve on Conan that just charmed my socks off. I’m not familiar with Alice Eve, but during the interview she demonstrates how she can instantly change from her gorgeous English accent to an American, Los Angeles accent—which includes inserting “like” for commas, or so goes her theory…
Penn Jillette holds his own against a rather passionate pro gun control panel on the Wendy Williams Show. He brings up some excellent points much ignored by the talking heads in the media. His main argument is that the murders in Newtown were an anomaly, and that if we want to protect children, focus first
Exactly right! Image captures it all. From the opiate of the masses to this: TV takes a dump in your brain. Perfect. Now I’m gonna go watch American Idol. Great cartoon : occupywallstreet.
When I turned “ON” our VIZIO LCD HDTV, the screen turned blue, displayed the text “No signal,” then shut off. No matter what buttons I pressed on the remote or the VIZIO HDTV itself, when I turned on the TV it automatically shut off. F*CK! The behavior started when we accidentally switched the input signal
It’s what we want from politicians or news people–a little honesty–so obviously it’s fiction. But it’s also a deliciously devastating reality check of a monologue that’s delivered perfectly by Jeff Daniels in the HBO series The Newsroom. America is not the greatest country in the world…but it could be.
I remember seeing this commercial for Post Grape Nuts with Euell Gibbons when I was a kid–and the Saturday Night Live parodies, which I unfortunately couldn’t find on YouTube ~ “Did you know bicycle seats are edible?”
I’m totally mesmerized by Masterpiece Theater’s Downton Abbey, and Dame Maggie Smith has some of the best lines. Below is a video compilation–with Rod Stewart’s Maggie May playing in the background.
Watch Craig Ferguson’s mea culpa on joking about celebrities’ troubles. In the spotlight at the time was Britney Spears (prematurely leaving rehab, shaving head, etc.). It’s a touching monologue where he talks in depth about the day he decided to stop drinking and what led to that commitment. Craig was 15 years sober at the
Watched Game of Thrones, an HBO miniseries, and found the pilot absolutely fantastic, especially the production design (though later episodes didn’t always maintain the realism of the pilot).
