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06 Mar 2010 14:48

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Culture: Seth MacFarlane’s comedy somehow less funny on YouTube

  • This YouTube clip includes two things: One, a 30-second commercial for Priceline done in Seth MacFarlane’s patented animation style, and two, a not-funny one-minute clip that was seemingly rejected from a episode of one of MacFarlane’s three TV shows. If it couldn’t make it into three different TV shows, you know it sucks. This one, however, is a bit better. source
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06 Mar 2010 13:18

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Culture: James Cameron’s wife will be wearing an eco-friendly Oscar dress

In case you’re wondering, Suzy Amis Cameron is the one on the left. The one on the right, Jillian Granz, is the college student who designed the “Avatar blue” dress. source
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05 Mar 2010 22:16

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Culture: ChatRoulette officially over now that The Daily Show has covered it

  • That “Mexican food” analogy is painfully true. The Daily Show covered the topic du jour of the light media set – Chatroulette. He seems to agree with us on its faddish nature, except while noting the high level of nudity. Then, Stewart takes a spin through the site, which he jokes is loaded with reporters, and finds some – including a hilarious self-parody by Keith Olbermann and a bunch of other famous faces (Katie Couric and Brian Williams – sweet!).
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03 Mar 2010 11:20

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Culture: Epic Beard Man somehow a viral video God two weeks later

  • Despite the fact that Thomas Bruso hit that Michael guy nearly two weeks ago, he still has currency on the internet, thanks to a new YouTube documentary on the guy. The first part is above; the second is here. He’s a pretty crazy dude.
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02 Mar 2010 20:46

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Culture: Jay Leno’s first episode back a ratings, uh, blockbuster

  • 6.6M number of people who watched the re-premiere of “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” last night
  • 17.7M number of people who watched the premiere of “The Jay Leno Show” back in September
  • 9.2M number of people who watched the premiere of “The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien” source
  • In other news: “Saturday Night Live” creator Lorne Michaels is on Team Coco, saying that he’s a guy with a good character who always prevails, “And I’m sure he will again.” source
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02 Mar 2010 15:42

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Culture: Amazing: Roger Ebert “talks” in his real voice again

  • There are no words for how awesome this is. Ebert is an amazing human being. source
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02 Mar 2010 10:51

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Culture: Worse: “The Marriage Ref” or “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno”?

  • Marriage Ref savaging Time Magazine ripped hard: “It was, at least, an interesting object lesson in how TV works. It proved that, if you are Jerry Seinfeld, NBC will put any program you want on the air, and will give you no network notes.”
  • Tonight Show tearing USA Today ripped harder: “Monday’s opening monologue, supposedly Leno’s strong suit, was tired, lame and unfunny. In other words, typical of the real Leno, rather than the Leno of public-relations imagination.”
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02 Mar 2010 00:19

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Culture: “A new downhill event”: The zeitgeist of Jay Leno on Twitter

  • Looks like NBC is continuing their Winter Olympics coverage with a new downhill event… The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
  • A bunch of tweeters (although @offdutygnome was first) • In pretty much the funniest quip to be made about Jay Leno’s return to the Tonight Show. It’s been picking up steam on the site tonight ever since YouTube star Philip DeFranco tweeted about it. If you ask us, this is the funniest thing that will come out of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. It’s all downhill from here. source
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01 Mar 2010 23:37

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Culture: Twitter welcomes Jay Leno back to the fold. Or not



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01 Mar 2010 21:55

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Culture: Mark McGwire Highway renamed, but it still makes its Mark

  • McGwire Mark McGwire was one of Missouri’s greatest baseball players … well, until he admitted to using steroids. Highway revoked!
  • Twain Mark Twain is one of America’s greatest authors. And since he has the same first name, it’ll be easy to change the signs! source
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