March 2008
28 posts
WatchThe seemingly decades-old Improv Everywhere Hypnotist Prank is on the front page of UCBCOMEDY.COM today (for some reason). I don’t know if it’s the glasses or the terrible haircut, but I’ve always thought I looked very odd in this video. Or maybe I have no idea what I look like.
TNR's Christopher Orr Reviews "21" After Only... →
Money Quote: “So profound is my sense that the trailer (which I’ve seen several times) gives away the entire movie (which I haven’t yet seen at all) that I’m writing this review based solely on the former.”
“The typical imperative from biology is not thou shalt, but if () then {} else...”
– Steven Pinker, How the Mind Works (via heather-rivers) IMPROV WINS!
Watch“An Oldie But Goodie”
Andrew Sullivan Links to IE's Food Court Musical! →
I read Sullivan’s blog far too much.
Obama Chooses UNC To Win National Championship →
YES WE CAN!
The Speech and The Response
The conservative reactions to Obama’s speech yesterday have really laid bare the blindness of extremism on all sides (not to mention an amazing amount of fear and anger). Rather than respond to the speech as a whole - which asks a lot of its audience - many commentators are choosing instead to continue the battles they’d rather fight than overcome. From Michael...
WELCOME BACK →
The third “Songs In The Key of Craigslist” song just went live. It’s about a lady who wants to have sex with the cast of “Welcome Back Kotter” (or their doppelgangers).
“Bitch may be the new black, but black is the new President, bitch.”
– Tracy Morgan, rebutting Tina Fey on SNL. (via boutofcontext) (via citizen)
WatchPopcorn is an important part of any Spencer-King make-out session.
Scott Brown and I wrote the song for this Improv Everywhere mission. And it has officially dropped! Take that, Wu Tang Clan! (Our original recording, with Scott and my vocals (mostly Scott - because my singing is, as the professionals say, “mediocre”), is embedded in the official report.)
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When Mom or Dad Asks To Be a Facebook 'Friend' →
The Washington Post reports on the issues that really matter.
Gary Hart: Breaking the Final Rule →
Gary Hart tears into Hillary Clinton’s latest attacks on Obama. Money Quote: “By saying that only she and John McCain are qualified to lead the country, particularly in times of crisis, Hillary Clinton has…severely damaged the Democratic candidate who may well be the party’s nominee, and, perhaps most ominously, revealed the unlimited lengths to which she will go to...
