OK, while the oven's preheating, I'm watching the animated Spaceballs on G4. I'm totally going to the lake after all that, though ( Read more... )

The TiVo description of Heroes episodes called Mr. Bennett "H.R.G."

I thought that nickname emerged on Internet forums. They can't start using it, can they? Wasn't one of you supposed to trademark it?

I caught the "I'm a PC" ad during the Daily Show last night. Apple got pwned.

Fnuny that this comes right after the Seinfeld ads get canceled. I almost think the Seinfeld ads were some kind of misdirection act, so that these new ads would blow us away. Especially since Bill Gates is in the new one, too.

Ten years ago, Mr. Show with Bob and David did a sketch about Josh Fenderman, a child star whose story is remarkably similar to that of Corey Feldman, complete with lots of Michael Jackson dance moves.

The Fenderman dance is taken from Michael Jackson's Beat It video, visible at the end, first at 3:53 and again at 4:35. I don't know the ( Read more... )

So I listened to "The Colour of Magic" as an audiobook last month. It was my first Pratchett book, so I figured I'd start with Discworld #1. Discworld has been on my gotta-read list since that clerk at the Scottsdale Borders recommended it to me and jecook.

I'd always wondered why Nethack had a Tourist character class, and now I know. I suppose if I ( Read more... )

All you Full House fans that are watching Bob Saget's roast this weekend on Comedy Central, might wonder if Dave Coulier is still working.

OK, none of you are wondering that. But I remember Coulier from before Full House, back when he was really corny ( Read more... )

Someone on eBay is selling this, which is awesome not just because it's an Atari 130XE, but also because it was used to "roll script" on a cable TV channel somewhere, and has had hardware modifications to that end. I will now geek out for several paragraphs ( Read more... )

While waiting for Heroes to start back up, after an all-too-short first season, why not look up these other fine everyman-superhero TV series of days gone by ( Read more... )

This Wednesday and Thursday, HBO will run all fourteen of George Carlin's HBO specialsTHe reason I call this to your attention, is because of the disclaimers you will see at the beginning of the first two specials, from 1977 and 1978, respectively. In the 90's, Carlin could do ten minutes on rape, with nary but a sticket on his album cover, which ( Read more... )

This Sunday, starting at 10:00am, the Science Channel is playing an all-day marathon of Carl Sagan's "Cosmos", hosted by his wife, Ann Druyan ( Read more... )