Andrew WK (previously of partying really hard) has a new Cartoon Network show called Destroy Build Destroy, which involves helping teenagers smash things. Dubious concept or not, Andrew WK is the world's nicest, most enthusiastic guy and it's tough not to root for him. Here's his new promo for the network - it's equal parts aggravating and endearing.
Cause if you do, he'll bust out some MJ moves and kick you in the gooch.
Authorities say the bear was hungry when this man beat him off. Hungry for love. Along with the man's dignity, the bear absconded with a sandwich.
A really weird religious cable access show hosted by a black puppet. I'm sure some of you have seen these episodes before, but I just discovered it. This is like if I had been on acid all throughout Summer Bible Camp in '87.
If aliens were intercepting and monitoring Earth’s television broadcasts, this is what they would be watching depending on where they are in the galaxy.
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Here are 12 TV characters you probably know, but have never even seen.
TV Buzz At least, that is what the producers of America's Got Talent would like you to believe. At any rate, you will never look at a chicken catcher (whose name is Kevin Skinner, btw) the same way again.
After “sticking a hanger in [her] vagina and “losing a baby” (like she was at the grocery store), crazy, crazy mother of two Gwen picked up HIV through a blood transfusion (or, in her words, “poison blood”), and is intent on spreading on to as many men as possible, which already includes “half of the New Orleans Police Department.” This clip is just one in a series of Ricki Lake Minisodes, which trims full episodes down to under five minutes, making them ripe for both cultural theorists and people who like their freak shows “fun-sized.”
For reasons passing understanding, NY1 is encouraging viewers to make a music video around its theme song. This woman is already the winner! Her name is Soraya Sobreidad, and she is a self-described “latina version of Divine, Marilyn Monroe and RuPaul all wrapped up in Puerto Rican pastel!)!!” (Thank you to The Awl for distributing this.)
TV Buzz Whoa, one of my fave movies from the '90s is being reincarnated into a coming-of-age television show. Even if this was as bad as the Clueless television remake, I'd probably still watch it. But the Adam Brody lookalike makes me think this might exceed my expectations.
TV Buzz Glenn and Jimmy Fallon had a baby carrot-off, in which they saw who could fit more into their mouth in under a minute. The results were quite disturbing. Worse yet, Glenn continued the challenge by seeing who could stuff the most rutabaga into their pantsuit the fastest, but Jimmy Fallon was all, “Um, I don't wear a pantsuit,” and Glenn was like, “Why the F not? Pantsuits are number one, dude!”
TV Buzz It's official: after months and months of speculation (and tabloid covers), Jon and Kate Gosselin are getting a divorce. Papers to initiate the proceedings were filed in Reading, PA today.
So Cartoon Network is not doing so much Cartoons, but in light of this video I am less upset about it. Quiz show on a roller coaster? Genius!!
TV Buzz Jason Jones takes us inside Iran in a timely series called “Behind the Veil: Minarets of Menace.” Finally, some answers to the question: Why is Iran so evil?
Straight from the PBS show Many Voices, Many Vision comes this winning clip in which a young Caucasian girl is cursed with “looking like a Black boy,” thanks to her stylish perm. PBS, we found your weakness, and don't expect a tote bag or Three Tenors CD to get you out of this mess.
TV Buzz Written by Jonathan Ames and starring Jason Schwartzman and Zach Galifianakis — with Kirsten Wiig, Parker Posey, Ted Danson and likely a slew of others — Bored To Death is HBO's fall hope for a new hit. Schwartzman plays a Brooklyn writer living out his noir detective fantasies. Galifianakis apparently plays his bearded accomplice, or just an insane person.
TV Buzz The Daily Show's Samantha Bee presents an informative piece on a hypothetical “State of Long Island.” I'm a fan.
TV Buzz Wow. The “Fire David Letterman” protest was small but crazy. NYMag got some particularly vitriolic footage, including comments about Letterman's 5-year-old “bastard” son (their words, not mine). Otherwise, the protest was a total failure, which is not surprising. Sarah Palin 2012!!#@!
TV Buzz Six seasons later, a parody of Entourage and its one-plot wonderness. FTR: Videogum did this better yesterday (or maybe I just don't like Bobby Moynihan, at all). The point still stands.
David Letterman apologized to Sarah Palin for a second time last night, under peril of lost advertisers and right-wingers with pitchforks. I was hoping that 2012 would not start until 2010, but here we are.