If Only More Newscasters Were Like Her

The clip above is from an MSNBC morning news show that broadcasted today. It features three of the newscasters reporting on the day’s stories, as usual, but when journalist Mika Brzezinski is supposed to start off with the “lead story” she immediately apologizes for the content, then after a second thought flat out refuses to discuss the topic.

What was the topic that she refused to report on? Paris. Effing. Hilton.

The clip jumps a few times, showing Mika getting more and more frustrated with both her fellow newscasters and the producer (which I assume is shouting obscenities in her ear) who still try to get her to do the story. She even goes so far as to steal a lighter out of one of the other newscasters pockets and attempts to BURN the damn story on live television. Before she can set fire to MSNBC’s studios they wrestle it away from her, but not before she rips the copy to shreds.

The producers even go so far as to print out another copy, which she promptly stands up and shreds in a nearby waste bin.

Kudos to her. If only everyone else in the media would do the same, Paris would lose all her powers and die on a coke binge somewhere. The media not paying attention to her is like Kryptonite to Superman.

Source: Perez Hilton

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Posted by Haggis on June 28th, 2007 @ 5:43 pm.

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Never Gonna Give You Up

“Here’s a song by a gay guy.” - Brian

This video is taken from last season’s Family Guy where Peter wants to relive his teenage years and gets Death (played once again by Adam Corolla) to send him back in time. What ensues is a cross between Back to the Future and It’s A Wonderful Life, with Family Guy’s own special twist.

The scene above is at the homecoming dance where Peter and Lois are supposed to kiss and fall in love (a la George & Lorraine McFly), with Brian playing guitar after the band’s original guitarist was injured. Since the story takes place in the early 80s, instead of Brian doing Chuck Berry, you get Rick Astley.

The best part:
“Hey Rick! It’s your cousin, Marvin! Marvin Astley. You know that mediocre generic sound you’ve been looking for? Well listen to THIS!”

BONUS: The origins of Peter vs The Chicken.

DOUBLE BONUS, BITCH: And for those brave enough, or want to relive those precious childhood memories, here’s the original Rick Astley video in all its suckery. Apparently this video has been made into an internet fad called “Rickrolling” which is done by mislabeling a link to something exciting.

Click here for exclusive leaked footage of Spider-Man 4!!!1!

Did you click on the link? If you did, you’ve just been Rickrolled. I love the Internet.

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Posted by Haggis on June 11th, 2007 @ 6:22 pm.

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Bruce Campbell Wants More Old Spice

Bruce Campbell is so awesome. Who else can sing Duran Duran’s “Hungry Like The Wolf” poorly, but still appear cool as hell anyway? No one. That’s why he’s the king, baby.

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Posted by Haggis on May 18th, 2007 @ 5:21 pm.

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MacGruber Hasselhoff

The second batch of Saturday Night Live’s MacGruber debuted last weekend on Molly Shannon’s episode. I was expecting more gross sex jokes, but they surprised me by going with the whole alcoholic storyline for Will Forte’s MacGuyver knockoff. The payoff is the last sketch which features the ultimate punchline, MacGruber going “Hasselhoff” style on that hamburger.

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Posted by Haggis on May 14th, 2007 @ 7:01 pm.

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Dead Like Me: The Movie

Dead Like Me was a two-season show that ran on Showtime a few years ago, about a group of grim reapers who acted more like social workers than the typical cloak and scythe type we’re all familiar.

Moviehole.net is reporting that Dead Like Me is returning in a direct-to-DVD movie, hopefully featuring the entire cast returning. This is great news for fans of the show (like myself) when Showtime canceled the series after only two seasons.

In addition to having a top notch cast that included Mandy Patinkin, Ellen Muth, Callum Blue, Rebecca Gayheart, and Jasmin Guy, the series also had excellent scripts and direction as well. The story centers around 18 year old Georgia who lived a shallow slacker life, dropping out of college, and living with her overbearing mother until on her way to a temp job she gets nailed by a toilet seat that had fallen from a Russian space station. Hell of a way to go.

George (as she’s called on the show), or Peanut (as Rube called her), then has to live the rest of her existence as an 18-year old Grim Reaper. It’s not as traditional as you might think–other than the opening credits, the a-typical Death doesn’t actually appear anywhere in the show. Instead the “Grim Reapers” are supposed to take the souls of those that are about to die to spare them the pain of their own death.

Unfortunately for poor George and the rest of the crew, it’s a non-paying job. Who would you collect a check from, anyway? I don’t see any banks cashing checks from GOD, or even Death for that matter. So they must make due with crappy temp jobs, or as Mason (Callum Blue) does, which is petty theft and mischief to make ends meet.

Source: MovieHole.net

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Posted by Haggis on May 1st, 2007 @ 6:14 pm.

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Robot Chicken In A Galaxy Far, Far Away

Seth Green and Matthew Senreich, creators of the widely popular and extremely hilarious [adult swim] TV Series Robot Chicken are delving into their greatest geek passion: Star Wars.

With the help of LucasFilm and George Lucas himself, the duo have produced a 30 minute special all about Star Wars. Featured in the show will be several of Robot Chicken’s past Star Wars sketches, including the popular “Emperor’s Phone Call” in which Emperor Palpatine gets a disheartening phone call from Darth Vader about the Death Star’s destruction.

That sketch in question was what got it all started. Representatives from LucasFilm had contacted Green and Senreich about posting the sketch on StarWars.com, and once they sat down to discuss the plans for the special were born.

The Robot Chicken: Star Wars special is set to debut on June 17, followed by a marathon of Robot Chicken episodes. Several celebrities have joined in the fun as well, with Conan O’Brien, Seth MacFarlane, Robert Smigel, Malcolm McDowell, Hulk Hogan, James Van Der Beek, Donald Faison, Abraham Benrubi, Breckin Meyer, Joey Fatone, and even George Lucas himself lending their voices to the special.

On directing George Lucas, Seth Green remarked: “It was really exciting. He was very shy but very playful.”

Source: Hollywood Reporter

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Posted by Haggis on April 25th, 2007 @ 10:00 am.

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I Love My New HDTV That I Can’t Watch

I just recently ponied up the cash for a brand new Olevia 27″ HDTV (shown above) I found for a really decent price on NewEgg. This is my first foray into the land of Hi-Def programming, so I’ve been pretty excited to get it in my hands.

It arrived, in all it’s crystal clear beauty, on Thursday afternoon. I immediately connected it to my Media Center computer, but was pretty unimpressed with the quality that the S-Video cable was producing. By clever researching and plenty of good user reviews, I picked this particular unit because of the inputs on the back; one of which is a VGA input, the same as for a normal computer monitor.

I went to Radio Shack and picked up a VGA extension cable to connect it from the extra VGA-connection on my video card. After setting the resolution at a whopping 1360×768, I checked out the quality again with a few DivX movies and a DVD and I couldn’t be happier. You can read 10pt text on an internet browser on the screen, something that is impossible on a standard definition TV (ie, a regular-ass TV set).

The next step was to upgrade my digital cable box to an HDTV version so I could receive the local channels and the few cable channels that are broadcasting in HD. I had to drive over to the Time Warner service center to get it, which took up my whole lunch hour on Friday. The things I sacrifice for good TV.

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Posted by Haggis on April 23rd, 2007 @ 3:47 pm.

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