New York Comic Con 2011

No words this time; all video. Save your reading glasses the wear and tear.

Once again, courtesy of Joseph Ammendolea.

Takin' a Dump with Jaime Lee

Jaime Lee Curtis made a name for herself playing memorable roles in classic films such as Halloween, A Fish Called Wanda, Trading Places, True Lies and many others.  Now in her 50's, she seems content being the spokeswoman for Dannon Activia yogurt.  In these commercials, Jaime plays host to various women who have no problem discussing their bowel movements with a celebrity.  I normally ignore yogurt ads, but a light bulb went off in my head.  These commercials are just begging to be spun-off into a full-fledged, daytime talk show.  We can call it "Takin' a Dump with Jaime Lee". 

Celebrity Death Week

So get this: I was in the middle of writing a post about Michael Jackson when my girlfriend called me up to inform me of the latest celebrity death: loud pitchman Billy Mays. Since it's been an out-of-the-ordinary week of celebrity demises, I have decided to expand this by giving some quick attention to the other famous people who died this past week. Let's start with:

A Barely Appropriate and Incomplete Tribute to Paul Newman

It's odd for me to do a remembrance for a celebrity on this blog for two reasons. First of all, I don't tend to celebrate famous people (only mock) and, secondly, I always assumed he'd never die. He was one of those guys who, even into his eighties, put men a quarter of his age to shame. But here we are...

Clay Gay

Two posts in one day? I've never done that before. But I couldn't help myself. This is big news. Everything your read in the paper for the past 10 years? Forget all of it. This is all you need to know forever. Seriously, strap yourself into whatever you're calling a chair these days. While you're at it, send the kids to grandma's and yell at the dog for no good reason. Also: cancel your dinner plans, dump your significant other, quit your job and terminate your insurance policies. Nothing's important anymore except for what I'm about to tell you.

Hangin' With Mr. Blaine

Endurance Artist (and alleged illusionist) David Blaine is at it again. Yesterday, he began his 60 hour "Dive of Death", which has him hanging upside down over Central Park's Wollman Rink in New York City. The curious or just plain "easily entertained" can go and see him until Wednesday evening at which point he will lowered, examined by doctors and sexually gratified by the media.

The Vista Ad About Nothing

Microsoft recently announced that they have enlisted the aide of Jerry Seinfeld to help move a few more units of their Windows Vista operating system. This move is intended to counteract the line of successful commercials from Apple featuring Justin Long playing the literal personification of a Mac, as he smugly demonstrates his superiority over a middle-aged, malady-ridden gentleman playing the role of a PC. If Microsoft pulls this off, we'll start equating the PC with jokes about airline food and a strong revulsion towards chubby mailmen.

"Outed" by Google News

My friend informed me, via a MySpace message, that perennial Match Game 7x panelist Charles Nelson Reilly had passed away over the long weekend. Since I have since lost all patience with televised news and the local newspaper (where you have to pick the news tidbits from the cracks of celebrity gossip), I decided to conduct a search for the old flamboyant nabob's cause of death on Google News.