| Ken Ober Has, In Fact, Died At 52 |
[16 November 2009] |
|
http://www.bestweekever.tv/2009-11-16/ken-ober-has-in-fact-died-at-52/ http://www.bestweekever.tv/?p=47472  After a long day of Ken Ober death rumors, followed by rumors that the death rumors were just rumors, and finally confirmation that the initial rumors were actually true and not just rumors, it’s official:
Longtime MTV “Remote Control” host Ken Ober has passed away at the age of 52, the comedian’s representative confirmed to MTV News. The cause of his death was not available at press time.
Starting in 1987, Ober hosted five seasons of “Remote Control,” which, along with “Club MTV” and “The Week In Rock,” was MTV’s first foray into series television…
After “Remote Control,” Ober went on to host other game shows, like “Smush” and “Make Me Laugh.” In the years since, Ober worked as a supervising producer on “Tough Crowd With Colin Quinn,” a consulting producer on “Old Christine” and a writer and producer on “Mencia.”
With no disrespect to Ober, today was a bizarre reminder about the internet news cycle when it comes to semi-obscure celebrity deaths; the internet has almost put itself in a “Boy Who Cried Wolf” situation, where we’re so used to tuning out death rumors about 80s celebrities because they’re always later revealed to be hoaxes, that no one actually believed all the news, Tweets, and Facebook postings about Ober’s actual death today until it was later re-confirmed. Weird.
If Jaleel White ever dies, then hoo-boy, it’s gonna take a week for anyone on the internet to start believing that…
|
|
| 10 Signs You Have a Lady Gaga Cover Song on Youtube |
[16 November 2009] |
|
http://www.bestweekever.tv/2009-11-16/10-signs-you-have-a-lady-gaga-cover-song-on-youtube/ http://www.bestweekever.tv/?p=47434 The internet is a fantastic medium with which to get your talent into the homes of millions. For some, that talent happens to be singing Lady Gaga songs. But not everyone is born with such unlimited gift and potential. So just who are these people cloggin’ up the Youtubes with their sometimes fabulous to sometimes melon-scooping-your-ear-drums-out terrible singers? We’ve spent hours watching every single Lady Gaga cover on the net, and have grouped these fine folk into a series of 10 categories. If you find yourselves exhibiting any of the below signs, chances are you too have a Lady Gaga cover floating around out there, whether or not you know about it.
Here are 10 Signs You Have a Lady Gaga Cover Song on Youtube:
10. You Are a Kick Ass Children’s Choir We’re suckers for children’s choirs sangin’ just about anything.
9. You Own a Lego Vest. Chances are, the only people that own one of these things is Lady Gaga and this guy.
8. You Own a Bump-It And/Or Have Questionable Highlights What is it about girls with Bump-Its and/or chunky highlights loving the sound of their own voice? Has the bleach seeped in? Have the bump-its somehow pressed to hard on the back of the brain? Whatever it is, if you yourself are in favor of either of these hairstyles, you can be sure you, too, have a Lady Gaga cover song on Youtube.
(The videos continue ahead! #1 should be more than worth your while.)
And yes, this girl’s dress cost almost $400.
7. You Are a Hipster Male with Swoopy Bangs. The first guy is a peach because he is foreign and breathy and intrigues our minds and hearts. The second guy is a peach because he has no idea how bad he is and is also maybe Jared Leto.
6. You Are An Adorable Asian Who Owns a Guitar. There were so many of these it’s hard to choose!! But we tried. Indeed, Asians with Guitars seemed to make up 99.9 percent of all Lady Gaga cover songs available on the ‘tube.
5. You Are Chris Daughtry. Self-explan.
4. You Wear Lip Gloss and Also Have a Penis. Might be our favorite cover of all the ones listed here. Why is he in the bathroom? WHY NOT.
3. You Have Friends Who All Share Your Mutual Love of “Free Time.”
2. You Have Insane Stage Parents. Who also own a wind machine.
1. You Are This Amazing Specimen. Someone please play his version of “Just Dance” at my funeral. Along with his Fiddler on the Roof version of “Paparazzi.”
(With thanks to Crapstielynn, who let me in on this little gem via the magic of Twitter. You can follow me here.)
|
|
| Enrique Iglesias Is Still Sensitive About His Penis Size |
[16 November 2009] |
|
http://www.bestweekever.tv/2009-11-16/enrique-iglesias-is-still-sensitive-about-his-penis-size/ http://www.bestweekever.tv/?p=47419  Enrique Iglesias is known as many things to many people. To some, he is merely the son of legendary crooner Julio Iglesias. To others, he is the puppet master of the dance floor, or the “pista de baile.” And to many, he is nothing more than that dude with the mole and a small D.
Some of you may remember a while back when Enrique was quoted as saying “I can never find extra-small condoms, and I know it’s really embarrassing for people – you know (whispered, with a hand blocking his mouth from the camera) from experience.” (emphasis ours) He went on to claim that this was all a misunderstanding, and that he did not, in fact, use finger condies on his peen to have sex.
But the information stuck with the public at large, as it were. And now, Enrique is fighting back.
How?
By likening his penis to a gigantic, brass stripper pole.
This slightly NSFW music video for his song “Sad Eyes” shows Enrique on an average afternoon, putting his mouth up to a television screen advertising phone sex, masturbating, and then having a dream where he is the objet d’sire of some comely young lass. Who then uses his penis as a stripper pole. You can watch it here in plain English, but get the tissues ready! In case you either cry or masturbate.
|
|
| OPEN THREAD: What Is Your All-Time Worst DVR Space Eater? |
[13 November 2009] |
|
http://www.bestweekever.tv/2009-11-13/open-thread-what-is-your-all-time-worst-dvr-space-eater/ http://www.bestweekever.tv/?p=47401  Over the past week, I’ve noticed that my DVR has been strangely full to the point where I have to delete like three things just about every time I record anything. Last night, I vowed to unearth the root of this problem, and it only took me about four seconds to figure out what had happened:
I Season-Passed the Ken Burns “National Parks” PBS Documentary Series last month. In HD. And designated it “Save Until Manually Deleted.”
This was tying up roughly… 99.9999999999% of the total space on my DVR, and yet, as I stared at the episode descriptions, I could not in good conscience delete something that I not only was positive I’d love, but that also seemed so literate and valuable compared to the rest of the stuff I usually DVR (e.g., regular season NHL games, every HBO series regardless of how behind I am, and funny one-second things that happened during NFL broadcasts that I can’t bring myself to erase). I know I’ll never delete National Parks for this exact reason, but I also know that I’ll NEVER decide that it’s time to start watching this 1,000-hour commercial-free documentary about land. I’m resigned to having it on my DVR until the end of time.
This brings me to our question for the weekend:
What is your all-time worst DVR space taker-upper?
Movie you never felt like watching? Entire series you know you’ll like but never got around to starting? Memorable event that you just save on your DVR forever out of principle? Ken Burns’ National Parks documentary? And if you don’t have Tivo or a DVR, then…wow. Get one.
Leave your favorite DVR-ruiners in the comments.
|
|
| Adam Sandler, Please Tell Us The Grown Ups Trailer Is Just A Brilliant Parody. Please. |
[13 November 2009] |
|
http://www.bestweekever.tv/2009-11-13/adam-sandler-please-tell-us-the-grown-ups-trailer-is-just-a-brilliant-parody-please/ http://www.bestweekever.tv/?p=47380 After watching this trailer for the new Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Rob Schneider and David Spade movie Grown Ups, I am strangely getting pretty psyched to see Old Dogs:
Wow. I feel like I’m missing something here. Is this a pitch perfect mockery of everything bad about Hollywood comedies? I know every one one of these actors has been in a terrible movie or two before, but there’s no way they’d join forces and make movie with a hacky title like Grown Ups, right?
Between the Disney narration to that shot of “the guys” laughing and drinking wine in a cemetary to Kevin James hitting that tree, someone at some point HAD to have said something along the lines of, “We’ll show those jerks on the internet how you make a fake cheesy movie trailer!” These guys are professional comedians. They don’t actually expect us to believe this movie would be a good way to spend two hours and $13… right?
To Chris Rock’s credit, he looks pretty embarrassed to be involved at all. Also, I’m guessing they passed on these titles:
Adults
Older People
Middle Aged Family Men
Growin’ Old
Mature Human Beings
The Untitled Adam Sandler Project He’s Contractually Obligated To Make But Not Contractually Obligated To Put An Ounce Of Original Thought In To
Via Dan:
When Will Dude From Grandma’s Boy Show Up
|
|
| 30 Rock: Even Padma Can’t Get Between Liz And Jack |
[13 November 2009] |
|
http://www.bestweekever.tv/2009-11-13/30-rock-even-padma-cant-get-between-liz-and-jack/ http://www.bestweekever.tv/?p=47369 Padma Lakshmi hopped on board the 30 Rock cameo train last night (not a real train, unfortunately), confusing my brain with a weird 30 Rock / Top Chef “Things I Like” combo not entirely unlike the pizza / waffles box that Kenneth gleefully revealed to Tracy:
In general, it was a standardly funny episode (not much need to even point that out anymore), but concluded on a legitimately touching note, perhaps drawing us ever-closer to the Jack & Liz coupling that will never happen but would blow away any Ross/Rachel, Casey/Dana, Skinner/Krabappel “finally getting together” tv moment.
Here’s Padma’s appearance (anyone notice that she’s really hot? I think I’m the only one), followed by the eventual Jack & Liz romantic-comedy business reconciliation:
Episode thoughts? Favorite Lines? Comment away (if the comments haven’t intermittently disappeared, which they’ve tended to do)
|
|
| CBS Taps The Who To Play All Your Favorite CSI Theme Songs At Super Bowl XLIV |
[13 November 2009] |
|
http://www.bestweekever.tv/2009-11-13/cbs-taps-the-who-to-play-all-your-favorite-csi-theme-songs-at-super-bowl-xliv/ http://www.bestweekever.tv/?p=47345  There are reports today that legendary TV theme writers The Who will be playing the Super Bowl halftime show this February. It is probably just a coincidence that CBS, who will broadcast this year’s game, is also home the CSI franchises that rocketed The Who to theme song stardom. The network just wants to put on a good show for America, and what goes better with chicken wings and nachos than cop show theme songs?? NOTHING!
Why it was just the other day I was locked in a late night debate over whether or not The Who are the greatest writers of TV show theme songs of all time. Personally, I still think John Tesh’s “NBA on NBC Theme” gives him the title, but The Who have nostalgia on their side. Just think how many people probably lost their virginity during the opening credits of a CSI: NY rerun this week alone. Hey, maybe they’ll even cover the NCIS: LA theme! That would be better than a hundred Bruce Springsteen crotch slides!
Kudos, CBS. And you get bonus points for the fact that Super Bowl XLIV is in Miami. I hope all your advertising looks like this:
|
|
| navigation |
| [ |
viewing |
| |
most recent entries |
] |
| [ |
go |
| |
earlier |
] |
|
|
|
|
![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small}
unitedhotcake's Friends Page
The New Oxford American Dictionary has officially revealed its 
