Literal video. UPDATE: I've removed the link, since the video's been taken down -- as has an earlier example of "literal video," which you've probably also seen. The earlier one used "Take On Me," …
That's the headline to the NY Post article that begins "Gov. Paterson didn't see the humor in a 'Saturday Night Live' bit that mocked his blindness." Yeah, he shouldn't criticize it if he didn't…
McCain on Leno. Highlights: Observations: 1. The band plays "Everyday People." Why? There is a blue one who can't accept the green one For living with a fat one trying to be a skinny one And different strokes for …
23/6 has a few excerpts from the oral argument in FCC v. Fox Television Stations : Justice Scalia : The issue at hand is not whether stations can broadcast words like "freak" or "stuff," but whether children …
... we're drinking whiskey and talking about television. Did any of you see the History Channel's "Modern Marvels" episode about whiskey that aired yesterday? I was impressed. I also watched the "Modern Ma…
Variety reports. We liked Borat and some Ricky Gervais, but there's only so much we can take. Really, it's hard to understand why humor would translate across cultures. There's the initial novelty, but British come…
The L.A. Times reports: Berlusconi, who has a history of controversial remarks, said the relative youth of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, 43, and Obama, 47, should make it easier for Moscow and Washington to work together. Th…
Justice Stevens asked yesterday in the argument about whether the FCC could fine a broadcaster for allowing a "fleeting expletive" to go out over the airwaves. Here 's the NYT account of the argument, with the usual…
"But here's the big question: Would Obama be as brutal in defending America's interests as he is in pandering to xenophobes and global warmists?" Asks James Taranto , kindly linking to me, in a Best of the Web e…
ADDED INTRO: Welcome, Village Voice readers. Roy Edroso sends you here with the lines "The news in the final days of the campaign offers scant hope for rightbloggers... In the final hours before their presumed electoral Ar…
I clicked it off at 1:29 even though I wanted to blog about it. I thought it was too dumb and boring to watch. Waiting all those long seconds with Amy Poehler nodding while the audience got and whooped about an old joke. Presumab…
"Crash" is #3 on New York's list of "Ten Liberal Movies So Lame They Make Even Democrats Want to Vote Republican." I'm especially pleased to see "Bob Roberts" on the list. ( #10. ) That movi…