Brad Neely (China, Il / Professor Brothers / Harg Nallin Sclopio Peepio) always delivers.
Star Wars Bloopers
Saved in the edit, indeed.
ANOTHER Marvel Movie?
Scorsese is gonna be pissed.
Heartwarming Pseudo-Sequel Or Cynical Corporate Bullshit?
I submit to you that it can be both. Here’s the full version of the commercial that aired during yesterday’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
From io9 …
Xfinity, if you are scratching your head for the connection here, is the digital cable, internet, phone, etc. provider owned by Comcast. Comcast owns NBC, which aired the parade. It also owns Universal Pictures, which owns E.T. So, basically what you’re looking at is major corporation dipping into a considerable bag of tricks labeled “Nostalgic Intellectual Property” and throwing Super Bowl commercial money at it.
The Purdie Shuffle Explained
https://youtu.be/T1j1_aeK6WA
I never get tired of this.
And speaking of Morrissey…
Speaking Of KISS
Bally produced 17,000 of these things back in 1979. Nowadays, median asking price is $2,550.
Fat Elvis, you need one.
I Didn’t Make This
But I approve.
What’s worse than Paul Stanley’s stage banter?
Ace Frehley’s laugh. I couldn’t take much of this.
The American Dream Value Menu
After finishing Harrison Scott Key’s first book I went a-Googling, finding his Ted talk from last summer. He’s originally from Memphis!
Harrison Scott Key is the author of two books—Congratulations, Who Are You Again? and The World’s Largest Man, winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor. He has spoken at TEDx and hundreds of book festivals, conferences, and universities around the nation. Harrison’s humor and nonfiction have appeared in The Best American Travel Writing, Oxford American, Outside, The New York Times, The Bitter Southerner, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, Town & Country, The Mockingbird, Salon, Savannah Magazine, Reader’s Digest, Image, Southern Living, Gulf Coast, Creative Nonfiction, and more. He holds an M.F.A. in creative nonfiction and a Ph.D. in playwriting and works at SCAD, where he has held appointments as chair of liberal arts, professor of English, professor of writing, and executive dean. He lives in Savannah, Georgia, with wife and children.