Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Best Week Ever

Best Week Ever

Google Chrome Proves It Keeps Getting Better

Posted: 04 May 2011 08:31 AM PDT

Google Chrome released a touching ad last night, spotlighting sex columnist Dan Savage’s “It Gets Better” campaign. The spot aired during the Fleetwood Mac episode of Glee last night, obviously trying to tap into the core Glee demographic of tech geeks and old hippies:

I don’t even know what to say about this — other than that it was clearly the highlight of Glee. Dear Google Chrome Ads/It Gets Better Campaign: Please don’t ever jump the shark or get into a fight with the Kings of Leon. Because if there had to be a campaign based on the last two seasons of Glee, it would probably be called “It Gets Worse.” MUCH WORSE. (SorryRyanMurphyDon’tBeMaddd!)

Will Ferrell Shaves Off Conan’s Beard

Posted: 04 May 2011 08:42 AM PDT

A Brief History Of Conan O’Brien‘s Beard:

Conan, since he started out on Late Night on NBC, had never had a beard. He grew out his sideburns at one point, but that didn’t count. Then, after just seven months as host of the Tonight Show, there was this whole debacle with NBC and Jay Leno, and Conan left TV. Everyone was very sad about it. But then Conan returned to TV on TBS. Everyone was so excited. But, also, Conan had this new beard. He was like, “I grew this beard, aren’t you super pumped?!?!” And everyone was like, “…Wellllll….” Eventually Will Ferrell starting making threats about coming on the show and making Conan shave. Then, last night, Will Ferrell actually came on the show and actually shaved Conan’s beard.

Here is that:

Then during the commercial, they got the rest of the beard off. And now Conan looks like a normal human being again.

 

Meet Stanley, Fresh From The Womb, Give Or Take 40 Years

Posted: 04 May 2011 08:16 AM PDT

Meet Stanley. Stanley seems pretty normal. Just your ordinary mildly overweight (being polite) bachelor who lives in a crib at his Mom’s house, right?

Wrong. Very wrong. So wrong, in fact, that I almost don’t have anything else to say about this video of Stanley the Adult Baby because I am now rocking back and forth in a crib made out of the broken dreams of my future. Please watch this clip from National Geographic’s Taboo, if not for Stanley, then at the very least for the very British narrator in charge of things:

(ps Wait, that is his Mom right? No, you know what, I don’t want to know.)

The first thing I thought while watching this video is, “Huh, I wonder what Stanley does for a living?” Then, at 2:27, we finally see Stanley in “adult mode,” and I thought “Aww, check him out! Working at Home Depot like a big boy.” That is… until the narrator drops this bombshell:

It’s for a giant high chair.

Says Stanley: “So I wanted to create something that was modular and could –”

Whoa, whoa, whoa STANLEY. Now look, I’m all for Stanley acting like a huge disgusting fat bottle sucking baby. In fact, I wish more men demanded my constant hair-stroking and adoration. But you need to slow your roll with the word “modular.” My lactation hits a grinding halt when I hear a word like that.

(Thanks to HuffPo)

Make Your Mom Question Her Pregnancy With A Necklace From The Sammi Collection!

Posted: 04 May 2011 08:06 AM PDT

Looking for a Mother’s Day Present that just reeks “Klass” but not sure where to start? Well, why not with a thoughtfully purchased item from the Sammi Sweetheart Mother’s Day Jewelry Collection???

That’s right. The Jersey Shore’s Sammi has launched this collection of mom’s day jewels to remind your dear Mam of the night she smushed your dad and the condom broke. Sammi tweeted the above image with a very thoughtful coupon saving you 15 percent on the collection. And with professional modeling shots such as this, why wouldn’t you give more money to this already soul-crushing millionaire.

(Thanks to Katina Carrao for the heads up.)

AD WIZARDS: Uma Thurman Has Sex With Ginger Ale, Or Something

Posted: 04 May 2011 08:01 AM PDT

Here’s a new commercial for Schweppes ginger ale in which Uma Thurman talks about how much Schweppes she has. It’s one of those classic “I do it with strangers, I do it at home, I can’t stop doing it!” ads where you’re supposed to go “Guh guh guh are they talking about S-S-SEXXX???” then buy the product, but fortunately the interviewer character asks that question for us and ruins the already-unsubtle innuendo.

You can tell the interviewer is new and nervous, cause his response probably should’ve been “Can we talk about anything other than a readily-available brand of ginger ale?” Clarence Darrow this guy AIN’T. He was a lawyer? Whatever.

For the record, in the part where it sounds like she’s still talking about sex, “I have sex at home” is a really mundane claim. “I also have sex in BED, I have sex at NIGHT, I have sex that does not utilize branding rods…”

(via Dlisted)

Will Ferrell And John C. Reilly Make Out On Lakers Kiss-Cam

Posted: 03 May 2011 02:45 PM PDT

Here’s Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly courtside at last night’s Lakers game promoting… actually, they’re not promoting anything right now, they’re literally just at the game together making out:

BOOM! That’s how courtside celebritying is done, neck-massagin’ Will.i.am.

(Getty Images)

This Is Clearly The Best Talking Dog Video

Posted: 03 May 2011 01:45 PM PDT

This is the best way this kind of thing has ever been done.

GOOD JOB, EVERYONE! Everyone. It feels like we, as a society, willed this to happen. USA! USA! There is no other thing in recent history that has brought us together more than this talking dog video. What a nation wide catharsis. Whoo! Are you guys still jacked up? No way we’re going to be able to fall asleep tonight. Let’s all just enjoy this. You want to also give credit to George W. Bush for the dog talking video? Fine! Whatever you want! It doesn’t matter, let’s just all be happy about it for little.

Thanks, The Best Of YouTube.

Delta Airlines Finally Improves Its Customer Service

Posted: 03 May 2011 12:32 PM PDT

Here’s Elmo, Grover, and Cookie Monster working the Delta counter at LaGuardia Airport. Unfortunately, they’re only there today to promote a book — this is not an actual permanent change (and tremendous improvement) in Delta’s customer service.

Did it work? Find out after the jump:

No doy YEAH it worked:

Sidenote: When Sesame Street did their Top Chef crossover, it was Elmo, Cookie Monster, and Telly, with no Grover. Clearly, we can assume that Grover is their go-to first choice for a representative trio but he couldn’t make Top Chef because of a conflict (something superhero related?) and Telly is their go-to underSesame?

I know what you just said in your head and YOU TAKE THAT BACK! Maybe YOU just don’t think these things through ENOUGH.

(via Getty Images)

The Royal Wedding Was Even Better In German

Posted: 03 May 2011 11:06 AM PDT

It’s ironic that something so very English is actually more entertaining in a foreign language, but this German newspaper headline for the Royal Wedding amused me more than it should’ve:

Are we sure that’s the actual German language and not just slightly wrong regular words? Same difference.

Either way, I chuckled, and anyone who reads this blog knows I don’t usually laugh at goofy stuff like this — I usually reserve my laughter for topical governmental satire within the nuanced dialogue of Chekov plays. That and Butt Tumblrs.

How Kids Are Learning About Bin Laden And 9/11

Posted: 03 May 2011 11:52 AM PDT

This is the opposite of everything pop-culture and humor related, but it’s fascinating. Yesterday, the Huffington Post put up this article about the methods teachers are using to explain to their young students what exactly is going on in the world right now. That’s something a lot of us probably had not even considered during these past two days. How does one adequately detail Osama Bin Laden and 9/11 to someone who either doesn’t remember the event or might not have even been alive for it?

The issue of Bin Laden and 9/11 is something that most of us came to understand only by way of living through it and absorbing the ensuing onslaught of information that followed as we all sat staring into our TVs. Our knowledge of 9/11 feels more like instinct than a body of facts that had to be learned. So, how do we translate this knowledge that seems so inherent in us to somebody for whom the story can only be an intangible history lesson? One way some teachers are trying to do it is by showing their students this following video produced by an organization called BrainPOP. The video was just updated yesterday to include Bin Laden’s death.

It is a cartoon, and there is a beeping robot in it, but it’s profoundly sterile and efficient.

Andy Dick’s New Mug Shot: The Best Andy Dick Is Capable Of Looking

Posted: 03 May 2011 10:00 AM PDT

From Splash News:

Andy Dick smirks in his mugshot after being arrested at a restaurant in Temecula, California for allegedly being under the influence of drugs or alcohol. The 45-year-old comic was listed on the booking sheet as 5ft 10in and weighing 155lbs. He was apparently at 9.20pm on May 2 at a Marie Callenders, not a restaurant chain known as a celebrity hotspot.

The big story here is obviously the reminder that Marie Callenders is a restaurant. That’s always fun to remember. It gives you hope that Totino’s will open up a pizza roll stand.

But, also, Andy Dick looks like a respectable middle aged man all of the sudden. Granted, he is under arrest, so something not that respectable is clearly going on. But, just going on appearances, it looks like he’s going to be okay forever now. Let’s all go celebrate! You guys wanna meet up at the Sunny D Bar?

CAPTION THIS: The White House Watches The Osama Raid

Posted: 03 May 2011 10:19 AM PDT

- “Is that…Paul Reiser?”

- “Which one of us does Russian Gary Oldman shoot next?”

- “ANOTHER commercial? God dammit, Chopped.”

Noah adds: “Can we switch it over to NOGGIN real quick?”

Other captions? Leave ‘em in the comments.

(pic via Flickr)
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