Aug

25

Letterman: Obama Will Have Plenty of Time for Vacationing When His One Term is Up

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Not only would Letterman not have told this joke a year ago, but the audience would have been afraid to laugh at it.
How times have changed:

(h/t HAP)

Aug

21

Facebook: The Movie

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Actually the movie is called “Social Network,” but I guess it’s about the guy who started Facebook. I thought a better title was “The Unfriending,” but that didn’t stick.
This is a movie from Aaron Sorkin, who wrote A Few Good Men, so look for some dramatic and memorable lines, such as “You can’t handle Farmville!”
Look [...]

Aug

13

Former SNL Cast Member Confirms What We Already Knew About Al Franken

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Former SNL castmember Rob Schneider was on the Joy Behar show with guest host Shaun Robinson and spoke about what it was like to work with Al Franken:
SCHNEIDER: That was about 19 years ago or something. I had an office at “SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE” that it was — but I was on “SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE” [...]

Aug

4

Andy Griffith Shills for Obamacare in Mayberry

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You may have read that the White House brought Andy Griffith on board to be the advertising face of Obamacare, and taxpayers are getting stuck with airing about $700,000 worth of ads that are supposed to convince taxpayers they want what they’ve repeatedly said they don’t want — and they’re going to keep spending our [...]

Aug

1

Dee Snider vs. the Gores, 25 Years Later

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Back in the 1980’s, the Senate, including then Senator Al Gore, along with his wife Tipper, went on a family values campaign against lyrics in popular music. Included in the list people people who were called to testify and explain themselves to the Senate was Dee Snider of Twisted Sister.
Now, 25 years have passed and [...]

Jul

24

Perfect Background Music for a Pilot Surviving a Last-Second Eject

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This video is from a practice run on Friday for an air show in Canada — it’s about as close as a pilot can get to “buying the farm” as possible, and he’s reportedly doing okay.
I watched the video, but it wasn’t until I turned up the volume that I realized the song being played [...]

Jul

20

Broadway at the White House: Bush Spared, Kagan Not

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When I heard President Obama was hosting yet another show at the White House, this time for Broadway, my first thought was “who will be the first to crack a another joke about Bush?”
As far as I know that didn’t happen, but actor Nathan Lane had the line of the week:
The concert, which will air [...]

Jul

16

Friday Challenge: Help Title the Movie About John Edwards

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It was inevitable, I suppose:
John Edwards’ big affair is going to hit the big screen.
Andrew Young, the estranged aide who wrote a tell-all book about the former senator’s sexcapades with mistress, and baby mama, Rielle Hunter, said he has sealed a movie deal with producer Aaron Sorkin.
Sorkin, best known for creating the television series “The [...]

Jun

6

I Have a New Favorite Drummer

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Well, I still can’t put “The Mad Drummer” ahead of John Bonham and Neil Peart — not yet anyway — but he’s more fun to watch, that’s for sure.
Joyanna Adams is going to like this guy:

(h/t Allahpundit)

May

30

‘What’chu Talkin’ ‘Bout, Diane?’ — Congress Takes on the Pressing Issues, Part XXVII

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California Rep. Diane Watson (D-iff’rentStrokes) spent her floor speech time last week addressing the tough issues.
Click the pic to watch our nation’s problems being solved — but at least I did learn that Gary Coleman was “born in Illinoizz” and was reminded twice that he was “short in statue.” The best and brightest are truly [...]

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