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November 30, 2009
UNSOLVED T.V. MYSTERIES

When I was a kid I just assumed Hey Arnold! took place in New York, until I noticed that the city’s name is never mentioned. I figured that was the end of that chapter…. but I was wrong!

According to a bunch of fansites, it’s… Hillwood City???

hillwood city hats

CASE CLOSED.

P.S. Speaking of Hey Arnold!, watch this monocles a-poppin

PREVIOUSLY: Where does Clarissa Explains It All take place?; Are Mr. Tastee and Artie The Strongest Man In The World the same person?

November 29, 2009
repo man I’ve been playing this song a lot over the past two days. It’s one of my favorite musicians doing a cover to the theme song of one of my favorite movies bang

Repo Man – Frank Black (note: I think this will only play in full once so play wisely)


November 28, 2009
My Christmas shopping is done!

I’m getting everybody this:

chuck norris book

November 27, 2009

BREAKING NEWS FROM THE WORLD OF HOLLYWOOD!!!

***ITEM!!!*** The car from Knight Rider just plowed into a Yoshinoya!!!

November 26, 2009
In honor of Thanksgiving Day, here is a sketch for an Independence Day Anthropomorphic Republican Talking Duck comic that I never got around to doing:

fourth of july

November 25, 2009
November 24, 2009



WHERE IS THE BUTTERBALL



Sir, if you would just put down the gun, I would be more than happy to assist y-



WHERE IS THE BUTTERBALL



Here! Here’s your goddamn turkey! Just take it and go!



WHERE IS THE CRANBERRY SAUCE


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November 23, 2009
sorta eerie panel from a simpsons comic book that came out shortly before the episode where maude flanders died:

maude croaks

what was it about maude that made her so irresistibly killable?

November 22, 2009
funkytownIt’s here!!! The highly-awaited fourth installment of my screenplay and soon-to-be megahit blockbuster, Funnie Business!! Here’s a sneak peek preview:

DOUG (VOICEOVER)

Roger Klotzini. Head of the Klotzini crime family. Big time pest, big time rat. He and his mob goons infest this city like a… like a huge zit on your nose on the night of a big dance.

Sounds exciting!!!! Go read the rest now!!!

November 21, 2009
Man do I love this guy’s political cartoons

croc hunteret

Daily Joke-Explainer
pluto

(click for make big)

November 20, 2009

I was reading Infinite Jest over the summer and then I stopped and then I started again and then I stopped again. Anyway this list assumes there aren’t any funny character names in the parts I haven’t gotten to yet

Top 5 Infinite Jest Character Names
  • Petropolis Kahn
  • Mildred Bonk-Green
  • Ann Kittenplan
  • Molly Notkin
  • Cosgrove Watt
November 19, 2009
GBS Evening News
New Anthropomorphic Republican Talking Duck???!!!???
November 18, 2009
twitter owns because sometimes you can get famous people to respond to you

john king
john king

November 17, 2009
GREAT MOMENTS IN CHILDREN’S LITERATURE

“Yo!” shouted Stacey. “Look out there! In the middle of the lake.”

“Yo?” repeated Mal.

“She’s from New York,” I heard Kristy say to Mal, who nodded knowingly.

The Baby-sitters Club Super Special #8: Baby-sitters at Shadow Lake

November 16, 2009
matlock

I like that Matlock‘s existence can be summarized as being a Simpsons reference

November 15, 2009
haha does anyone remember when the president of the united states was forced to publicly deny wanting to kill old people
November 14, 2009
LATE NIGHT WEEK!!!

Carson Daly/Chelsea Lately/George Lopez/Wanda Sykes

dalatelopezykes

ATTENTION WHITE MALES: WE HAVE COME TO TAKE YOUR LATE NIGHT HOSTING JOBS

Here is a somewhat Controversial Opinion: Last Call with Carson Daly is not awful. I watched it recently (which, I should probably point out, I don’t intend on doing again), and I don’t know when they switched from Carson Daly in a studio failing to make an audience laugh to Carson Daly wandering around some city, but the amount of difference it makes is incredible. When it was announced that Jay Leno would be decimating NBC’s primetime schedule, they made a big deal about how his new show was going to be totally different from The Tonight Show and they were going to get rid of the desk (!!!), only for it to turn out to be a near-exact clone of The Tonight Show with a slightly less prominent desk (…). Last Call, however, actually followed through with big changes (which you will be reminded of approximately 50 times via the words “NO DESK. NO TITLE. NO RULES.” continuing to pop up throughout the show) that really help distinguish the show from the preceding dozen talk shows. Suddenly, Daly’s complete lack of charisma isn’t as noticeable when it’s just him and a celebrity without a studio audience present, the increased focus on music highlights his ostensible connection to the music industry (remember when this guy was popular and hosted MTV’s last music show???), and he doesn’t have to do godawful comedy segments about MySpace anymore. Weaknesses are diminished, strengths are highlighted – I never thought I would say this, but Conan, Leno and Fallon could probably learn from Carson Daly.

Anyway, I apologize for a week of Late Night Talk Show Opinions, but after watching ¾s of The Larry Sanders Show I find the whole late night wars thing to be bizarrely fascinating