Fashion Don'ts 2: More Badness

Not in that shirt it isn't, girlfriend:

I'm sure that it's true, particularly if she got you the shirt:

Stop laughing, you insensitive bastard.

Thanks to ilovebacon.com for the images.

You wouldn't like him when he's angry... or otherwise.

Okay, okay... I promised that I was going to try and stray from politics and Mac vs. PC coverage and stick to comedy for a while here on the blog. But this one is too good to ignore. And besides, nobody reads this thing anyway. So who cares?

You may have already heard a little something about Bob Garfield (from Ad Age magazine and co-host of NPR's On the media) interviewing Microsoft Chairman and richest man in the universe Bill Gates. The interview was more or less solid until Bob started challenging Bill on his concept for the ramifications of internet-delivered network programming on local affiliates. In fairness to both parties, it's a difficult model to follow since there's no precedent. But once you could tell Bill was tiring of Bob not understanding the Microsoft-level convolution of how local affiliates will stay on the air when people can get all their first run TV directly on their PCs the mood in the room was turning. It was at this point that Bob gave Bill a Steve Jobs-ian "one more thing" in the form of a question regarding what Bill thought of being represented by John Hodgman in the mac ads...

And the temperature dropped about 50 degrees in the room. Bill got audibly testy and although you can't hear someone giving someone else the finger, you can practically feel it in the audio. Needless to say, Bill has no comment on the mac ads. He will not be made a fool of. Except, um... well... a little late for that.

iTunes users can click here and download the podcast excerpt of Gates losing his cool. (Just download "Bob Garfield vs. Bill Gates," it's free!)

Too bad the interview had to end so abruptly. A good follow up to that smackdown would have been "So how's the conversion to Vista going? Are people caught up in all the 'wow!'?"

(The answer would probably be a resounding yes, despite all evidence to the contrary.)

But lest you think I'm being unfair, I will note that were the roles reversed and Swami Steve was getting served I have no doubt that he'd get a whole hell of a lot angrier. Jobs is a feisty mofo, historically. But I think that may be why he's such a helluva guy. He certainly has a cooler OS.

But I digress... back to the comedy.

And THIS is Jennifer Smedley!

In case you didn't know, our sweet Smed out in L.A. rocking shows and soaking up a ton of Improv experience at Second City and Groundlings. We love her because she rocks so much.

She shot a pilot for a sitcom called the Fan Club, and the trailer is online. You'll probably recognize a few of the faces in there. Among the other actors is Groundlings legend and Reno 911 regular Mindy Sterling.



Very cute, no?

Smed is spot on as Becca. Wish there was more of her in it, but still delightful to see the fairest of the Weisen's rocking balls on the coast.

Smed, we [heart] you!

Fashion Don'ts

There is nothing, not ONE thing acceptable about this picture.

Likewise here.

This is simply unacceptable, people.

No socks with sandals. And no socks and sandals with kilts and polos or with satellite-dish cats and lattice work.

It simply will not be tolerated on my watch.

Unclear of the Concept

But wait, I thought that Fox News was comedy 24 hours a day. How will people be able to distinguish?



Your eyes do not deceive you. That's Rush & Coulter doing their hilarious shtick of... um, being themselves?

Cindy Sheehan shooting spree? Hilarious. Hey, didn't her son get killed in Iraq, leading her to go on a one-woman mission of protesting an unjust war? Oh yeah... that was her.

Don't get me wrong, I LOVE making jokes at the expense of the bereaved. I'll be the first to say that there's nothing funnier than a mother losing her kid. Except maybe AIDS or baby cancer.

I received the link to that video in an email and all I can do is echo the text in the subject line: "holyfuckingshit"

Good to see that Coulter can deliver a punchline with the same je ne sais quoi as she does calling John Edwards a "faggot" or 9/11 wives "grief-arazzis."

Seriously though, the execution on this is very SNL 80. And didn't Rush already prove that he was poison to TV?

My head would be exploding if I thought anyone other than the mouth-breathing NASCAR Smash-em-up trailer-tards that think the GOP give a shit about them will be watching this by default. Personally, I'll keep getting my comedy from funny people.

Holy Shit: God Tube

You read it right, now you have something to watch while you're munching down on your Bible Bars. It's GodTube, a religious YouTube.

Please do not misunderstand, I AM NOT ridiculing anyones faith. Believe all you want in whatever you want as much as you want. So long as you're not bugging me I don't give a squeeze. (Which is far more benevolent than "Christians" are about things like... oh, I don't know, gay marriage. But whatevs.)

I do, however, reserve the right to ridicule thinking that flies in the face of science, fact and logic. And that brings us to Chatting with Charley:

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Seriously, did I miss the NASA scientists being "distressed" when they found out that Saturn's rings were braided and banded? I must've missed the press release. Nonetheless, it's a wee bit irksome when creationists try to throw science back in the face of evolution to try and prove it wrong. As though miscalculations in astrophysics and geologic hypotheticals not matching up means that there was a literal global flood.

It's a fascinating tack to take, as though if you speak slowly and deliberately and pepper your statements with scientific jargon, somehow your massive leaps in logic will somehow connect. An actual scientist (as in one that isn't working for a particular agenda) can rip these theories a new a-hole. But it's more disturbing to think about the people who watch this without a critical eye and give Charley the last word on the matter.

Scary stuff.

The "C" Word (I mean Coulter. Geez, lighten up)

Well, if it's not inappropriate for Ann Coulter to call John Edwards a "faggot" then I guess it's not at all inappropriate for me to call her a cunt. But I'm better than her, so I won't. Instead I'll just encourage her to continue attaching herself to the GOP. Because her patented hate speech couched in the "I'm a tall leggy blonde that makes snide comments, so I'm above reproach" bullshit will drown the neo-con movement faster than a boat made of swiss cheese.



Don't feel bad, if you read this Ann, you're still more manly than me.

But then again, you're manlier than most.

UPDATE:

GOP response to Ann's words of love have been predictably slow (as they measure the level of scandal), and tepid at best in response with everyone playing the

From Towleroad:

Mitt Romney's spokesman Kevin Madden said, "It was an offensive remark. Governor Romney believes all people should be treated with dignity and respect. Political discourse ought to be more substantive and thoughtful."

John McCain called the comments "wildly inappropriate" through his spokesman Brian Jones.

And Rudy Giuliani echoed his fellow candidates: "The comments were completely inappropriate and there should be no place for such name-calling in political debate."

Republican candidates Sam Brownback, Mike Huckabee, Tom Tancredo and Vice President Dick Cheney, who also attended the CPAC conference where Coulter made her remarks, have not yet, to my knowledge, crafted public responses.

Ann responded with her usual snide nastiness, saying "I'm so ashamed, I can't stop laughing." This just furthers my theory that she feeds on hate the way vampires feed on blood. The difference being that I'd rather be trapped in an elevator with a vampire.

And how about the middle of the road response from Mitt Romney? And this guy is the GOP front runner as of now? Good one. Keep backing him. He's a gem.

Insanity.

AdWatch: Genius ad from Absolut

An Absolut ad (from the E.U.) for their new "Cut" beverage.

It serves as yet another example of how European ad agencies push the envelope while U.S. agencies for some reason think we want to see Jared Fogle being intimidated by John Cena. Go fig.



Hi-freaking-larious.