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Remember a while back when I told you guys that James Franco was going to be guest-starring in an arc on “General Hospital?” Well that really is happening, and the promos are out. Also, when the hell did “General Hospital” turn into a “CSI?” (Warming Glow)

No no no no no. Take back everything I’ve ever said. THIS. Is the funniest thing I have ever seen on the internet. Maybe. (Facesofolddogs)

Here’s a six-pack of films based on unadaptable books, including John Kransinki’s new Brief Interviews with Hideous Men. (PW)

Proving once again what idiots hardcore Michael Jackson fans are, a bunch tried to contact him through a seance only to blabber on about how much they loved him. I’m sure ghost Michael Jackson appreciates your support, guys. (Agent Bedhead)

STOP THE PRESSES. Twilight’s Kristen Stewart, or, K-Stew to those of us who are hip, was seen holding hands — I repeat, holding hands — with Robert Pattinson. Psst: “R-Pattz.” (Litelysalted)

J.J. Abrams and Damon Lindelof won’t be adapting Stephen King’s Dark Tower series as originally planned, and honestly if Abrams can’t do it I’m pretty sure it scientifically cannot be done. (Cinematical)

Nick Frost talks about some of his upcoming projects and why another series of “Spaced” will never happen. I’m going to take some flak for this but I’m just gonna say it: I think “Spaced” is overrated. There. If there’s one British comedy everyone should be spooging themselves over it’s Michell and Webb’s “Peep Show.” (Gordon and the Whale)

For those of us children of the ’80s who lovingly embrace the concept of wacky sitcom neighbors, here’s a top ten list of ‘em. (Holy Taco)

You can’t say Lady Gaga doesn’t have a sense of humor about herself — she totally did “the Curly Shuffle” as a dance move in her new music video. Oh wait, that wasn’t supposed to be funny? Oops. (Yeeeah!)

Here are the ten greatest Epcot attractions that no longer exist. So basically, all the ones I remember from when I was a kid, right? (Topless Robot)

A new Avatar spot for Nickelodeon is making it out to be a kids movie. Wait, you mean it’s not? Adults are supposed to want to watch a bunch of blue Jon Gosselin look-alikes fly around on dinosaurs? (Film Drunk)

Speaking of that guy, Jon Gosselin tried to make a funny about himself by making a video for Funny or Die. It almost worked, until you remember what a flaming pile of shit Jon Gosselin is. Shut up and go home to your kids, you dumb stupid asshole. (DListed)

Madonna met her boyfriend’s mother, who is a mere 15 years younger than she is. I’m sure that wasn’t awkward for anybody. (Celebslam)

If you hate ambiguous endings because, goshdarnit, they make you think and thinking is hard — College Humor has taken it upon themselves to resolve them for you:

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ten greatest Epcot attractions that no longer exist

If we can dream it, then we can do it.

HORIZONS!!!!!!


I miss World Of Motion too. Like, a lot. Not that Test Track isn't fun. However, I'll give them this, Mission: Space does Horizons proud. That is a boss, boss, ride. Plus, in that cutaway of the revolving space station you look at while you're waiting, the old Horizons logo is on the hub. Like they put it there just for me to go "Ooh! Ooh!"

February can't come fast enough. Plus I want another pint of Boddington's at the Rose & Crown. You can't get that shit in a bar anywhere else around here! Plus a midday pint of ale makes you feel great.

Posted by: Jay at November 11, 2009 1:10 PM

AAAAAAHHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHH!

That is the BEST video of MY LIFE. I am not even kidding. Jesus Christ on a pogo stick, that was the most entertaining thing I've seen in weeks. I love how she managed to get some Jane Fonda Workout video in there too. I am going to need every one of those outfits. EVERY. ONE. And, if I ever DO get married (not happening, but if), I'm gonna need a wedding gown with a train made of a bear rug. Actually, I'm gonna need one anyway, marriage or no. Larson! Get on that, willya?

Posted by: Anna von Beaverpuppet at November 11, 2009 1:13 PM

Huh. Guess the rest of the world is enjoying a day off while I slave away. Oh, the injustice of working with dolphins! Anyway, I just wanted to add to Stacey's Brit humor rec list: go to Hulu and watch Green Wing. Oh lord, is that good stuff. Now continue with your previously scheduled holiday.

Posted by: melia at November 11, 2009 1:15 PM

"J.J. Abrams and Damon Lindelof won’t be adapting Stephen King’s Dark Tower series ..."


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No, he'll just wait until someone with REAL artistic vision realizes then he'll remake it so he can smear his "re-envisioning" feces all over it.

Posted by: BarbadoSlim at November 11, 2009 1:17 PM

Yes to Peep Show! Best British comedy on television. Go watch it now.

"I'm getting my post forwarded to the Abyss."

Posted by: WestCoastPat at November 11, 2009 1:21 PM

How can you choose between Spaced and Peep Show they are both parts of the drunk test ? That is TV Shows or film which have different reactions when you are under the influence.

In the case of Spaced if it becomes increasingly difficult to follow you are drunk.
If the narration in peep show becomes to on the nose then you are drunk.

Actually the peep show one only works depending on how able you are to watch cringeworthy comedy.

Posted by: jim of the lower case at November 11, 2009 1:25 PM

Brown bread for the main meal, White for the desert. Except I win both ways because I like brown and white bread.

Posted by: jim of the lower case at November 11, 2009 1:27 PM

Jay, are you going to go to HP world in the spring?

Posted by: Cindy at November 11, 2009 1:38 PM

COMMUNICORE!!!
FIGMENT!!!
JOURNEY INTO IMAGINATION!!!

Oh Epcot of my youth, why hast thou passed from me?

I've got an absolutely precious picture of tiny me with Dreamcatcher and a puppet Figment in front of those jumping fountains. Rock on, former Epcot, rock on.

Posted by: Patty O'Green at November 11, 2009 1:41 PM

What does it say about me that I was hoping that "Faces of Old Dogs" was actually going to be pictures of the faces of elderly canines? I feel shortchanged.

Posted by: Baby Friday at November 11, 2009 1:42 PM

Word, Baby Friday! I wanted to see actual old dogs, too!

I went to Epcot a few weeks ago and was very sad that the Kitchen Kabaret was gone! I always loved the Veggie, Veggie, Fruit, Fruit song. Now "The Land" is all tree huggy and crap. I was disappointed.

Posted by: ZombieNurse at November 11, 2009 1:50 PM

Wait!
Wilson from 'Home Improvement' is DEAD?!?
Now I'm sad.

Posted by: Lindsey with an 'e' at November 11, 2009 1:57 PM

I really hate Kristin Stewart. Her acting method is like a marionette on Quaaludes, with some tics thrown in (hair tugging, hair smooshing). Really, I hate her. And when she wants to be serious about something, she kind of clenches her jaw and flares her nostrils.
Want to smack her in the face, generally.

Posted by: myysharona (formerly Sharon) at November 11, 2009 2:03 PM

Aw, I loved Spaced. It couldn't hold a candle to Black Books though.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aittSiazAP0

Posted by: Kiddo at November 11, 2009 2:10 PM

are you going to go to HP world in the spring?

Oh I think that'd be too much pork for one fork that time. We've only allotted three days.

Posted by: Jay at November 11, 2009 2:14 PM

So, that is the first time I have ever actually sat and watched/listened to this 'Lady Gaga' person do whatever it is he/she/it does. Am I to understand that this is popular, interesting,and cool? Really? I actually felt my IQ drop while I was watching that. The same thing happens when I hear country music, which is somewhat inescapable in my line of work, so I am familiar with the feeling. I have to listen to the all classical station for like 4 hours a day just to maintain equilibrium.

Posted by: Lindsey with an 'e' at November 11, 2009 2:15 PM

Ohhh, Black Books is AWESOME!!!

Posted by: Lindsey with an 'e' at November 11, 2009 2:15 PM

No doubt, ZombieNurse (and Patty O'Green). I so miss the Epcot of old. My husband and I go to Disney a good bit. One time I was picked to be in the little street play in the UK pavilion, which totally made my life.

I miss Horizons and World of Motion so much. Although my husband and I do play "Around the World in 80 drinks" in the World Showcase, which helps to ease the pain.

Posted by: Baby Friday at November 11, 2009 2:31 PM

mmmm....franco....

Posted by: gem at November 11, 2009 2:35 PM

I want to go! We are visiting my Dad (near Orlando) in January, but it won't be open yet.

Posted by: Cindy at November 11, 2009 2:46 PM

Baby Friday, do you go to the Food and Wine Festival at Epcot? Absolutely the best drinking ever! They have a tequila bar! An entire bar with JUST TEQUILA!!! I don't even know how I got home that night...

Posted by: Trouble at November 11, 2009 2:47 PM

Cindy, I work there! There will be sneak previews available in January...

Posted by: Trouble at November 11, 2009 2:48 PM

Yeah, luckily my parents hated me? So I never got to go to Disney as a child, hence I've never even heard of those Epcot attractions.

Oh, lucky, lucky me.

/bitter.

Posted by: Lindsay at November 11, 2009 3:01 PM

Oh I think that'd be too much pork for one fork that time
Jay, you win for best dirty-but-I-didn't-mean-it-that-way phrase of the week!

Trouble, I didn't know they had opened the Tequila bar yet (La Cava del Tequila), but I'm intrigued. PS: You are my new best friend because you work in Harry Potter land. Also known as, I've creamed and gone to geek Heaven.

Posted by: Patty O'Green at November 11, 2009 3:07 PM

"Jeremy, there are many things I would do for you. But digging a hole in the wintry earth with my bare hands to bury the corpse of a dog you killed is not one of them."

Peep Show FTW.

Posted by: Dill The Devil at November 11, 2009 3:11 PM

Huh. Is it just me or is Lady Gaga starting to recycle her own weirdness? If she's really that out there you'd think she'd be constantly changing and coming up with new stuff. How many times has she done the crown/covered face thing now? I think I've seen it at least 3 times and I only notice her when I stumble across her on the web.

Posted by: s. pisaster at November 11, 2009 3:25 PM

Trouble: yes, we went to the Food and Wine Festival several years back, but they did not have the tequila bar yet. Although I actually don't remember too much of that trip, so it's possible that I spent all of my time at the tequila bar. Either way, now I'm a responsible teacher and so am always sitting in a classroom while y'all are boozin' it up in Orlando. Stupid education. Stupid children who are our future.

Posted by: Baby Friday at November 11, 2009 3:52 PM

Actually, that video answered a question for me...

I was wondering who on earth would wear Alexander McQueen's freakish, nightmare goat hooves shoes and the equally frightening metallic mouth monster shoes...

The more you know!

Posted by: NotesOnMyBathroomMirron at November 11, 2009 4:08 PM

Blackbooks= some awe
Not everyone's cup of tea, but The Mighty Boosh rule my world. Im gonna serve ya up some violent quiche...

Posted by: Squirrelgripper at November 11, 2009 4:36 PM

I just got back from the Epcot Wine and Food Festival - it was so much fun, so much wine and food. Great place to spend my birthday week. Incredible Hulk roller coaster at Universal during the day - drinking through the countries at Epcot at night.

Posted by: LuLu at November 11, 2009 4:48 PM

Lady Gaga is just one giant buffet of fug...and that's why she's so entertaining. For those of you who are fans of Go Fug Yourself, you know what I mean. I suppose that I will EVENTUALLY get bored of the weird sunglasses, crowns, and gauzy fingernails, but she's my pick any day over any of those faux starlets from reality TV hell.

Posted by: bonnie at November 11, 2009 4:56 PM

Try as I might, I cannot hate Lady GaGa. I mean, I've really really tried. She's too damn entertaining. As far as pop music goes, I there is a lot worse shit out there. The Jonas Brothers, for instance. At least her music is catchy, not too mind-numbing, fun to dance along to, and she can actually sing.

My husband and I went to the Epcot Food and Wine Festival about two weeks ago. Man, we ate and drank so much. It was awesome. The best thing I thing was the Samual Adams Beer Seminar - which was really just a beer tasting and an excuse to give away cool bottle opener keyrings.

Posted by: stardust (now with 100% less savant) at November 11, 2009 5:49 PM

And, if I ever DO get married (not happening, but if), I'm gonna need a wedding gown with a train made of a bear rug. Actually, I'm gonna need one anyway, marriage or no. Larson! Get on that, willya?

You bring me a dead bear, my lovely, and I shall fashion you the gown of your dreams! I'm thinking of leaving the claws attached so they scritch on the floor as you swan about... too much? Oh, all right. I know how subtle your tastes are. We'll keep it classy and just have the gaping bear maw coming out the back of your ass.

Probably best not to sit down in this dress.

Posted by: Sarina at November 11, 2009 6:28 PM

There is room in my heart for both Spaced and Peep Show and I refuse to let anyone put me in a position where I feel like I need to choose!

Posted by: Daniel Hall at November 11, 2009 6:30 PM

And don't ask me what the fuck "scritch" is supposed to mean. I know the "i" is nowhere near the "a" on a standard earth keyboard, but maybe I'm an alien, or possibly just the dumbest person I've ever met. In any case, I'm pretty sure "scritch" might be my new favourite word.

Posted by: Sarina at November 11, 2009 6:33 PM

Stardust, you about hit it on the head. Her music isn't any sort of masterpiece but when it comes to dance music in clubs, I like it. More importantly, the girls like it. And when girls like the music, they'll dance.

Also, I was down at Epcot for the Food and Wine Festival also. Fan-Fucking-tastic. One piece of advice: Although it is awesome, Riding a segway after drinking in two countries makes it WAY more awesome.

Posted by: alphawhiskey at November 11, 2009 7:03 PM

Although that video of Bad Romance did make me feel like I was watching Sprockets with Dieter.

Posted by: alphawhiskey at November 11, 2009 7:05 PM

League of Gentlemen. It's like The Wire of sketch comedy narrative.

Posted by: Jackseppelin at November 11, 2009 7:28 PM

I am so jealous reading all these comments about the Epcot food and wine festival. Those are like, literally two of my favorite things. I must glutton myself through the countries of the world myself one day.

Posted by: Stacey at November 11, 2009 9:20 PM

When it comes to awesome I think of Tom Cruise and Michael Jordan and most of all our U.S.military. Happy Veterans Day!

Posted by: skates at November 12, 2009 1:35 AM

And don't ask me what the fuck "scritch" is supposed to mean.

Scritch is what you do to the cat, when you scritch him under the chin (or on the head). It's like a quick, short-range scratch. It's totally a word. That I did not make up at all.

How much do you think it would cost to FedEx a dead bear halfway across the country...? Or should I go UPS?

Posted by: Anna von Beaverpuppet at November 12, 2009 9:00 AM

ooh and how could I forget! SESAME STREET! I dunno when these kids will ever have time to watch anything current with all the old tv I want to show them someday:P

Posted by: kishmish at November 12, 2009 2:37 PM

oops wrong thread

Posted by: kishmish at November 12, 2009 2:41 PM





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