Thursday, December 23, 2010

Happy Festivus (War is Over)

December 23rd is officially Festivus so get out your aluminum poles!

Just a reminder that tonight is the last Late Show before Christmas so it's the Late Show Christmas extravaganza show. I went through all the details last year so I won't do that again but also last year they forgot Paul's Cher impression so I'll be interested to see if that makes it back in.

Head Swap - Christmas Edition

Is there any better way to celebrate Christmas than to put the head of one celebrity and put it on another celebrity's body and then to take the head of the other celebrity and place it on the body of the first celebrity? I don't think so.

It's a satire, it's a squib, it's a farce, it's an ingenious and sardonic comment on contemporary society and social morays... It's Head Swap!


"Daughters"? Really?!

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Dave Calls Conan

Yesterday before the Top Ten List, Letterman announced - somewhat mysteriously - that he had called Conan O'Brien.

See the clip within this montage:

My best guess for asking "if everything is fine" refers to the Letterman/Leno/Oprah Super Bowl of Love ad. Based on Bill Carter's book "The War for Late Night", it seemed Conan was offended by the idea and/or that he was asked to participate. When word was passed to Conan that he was wanted for the piece, he reportedly said, "No fucking way I'm doing that. It's not a joke to me -- it's real."

However, it is total speculation that that was what this latest call was really about. Either way it would be silly to "feud" over something so trivial and hopefully this paves the way for Dave and Conan as guests on each other's show. Make it happen, science.

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Conan Decorates for Christmas

Conan updates his new set for Christmas. Call me uptight, but I worry that in all his decorating, the true meaning of Christmas may have been lost. I don't know. Like I said, maybe that's just me.


Conan Unveils the Set

The Wolfwaker

I'm posting the whole segment but the real point of the post is the Wolfwaker introduction. It has to be one of the most preposterous and ridiculous things ever vocalized on network television. I was laughing by the third sentence and then it just kept going.

Cell Phone Shootout Part 1:
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Cell Phone Shootout Part 2:
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It was in the time of the Rock King,
Before the Age of Green Fire,
Before the Machine Rebellion,
Before the Trials of Jupiter.
The wolves were a proud and peaceful civilization
Caring for the small green and blue planet they inherited
When the humans left for the stars.
The wolves lived in human cities,
Practiced human government
And carried on human traditions
Like Christmas.
But the wolves were not alone.
One man stayed behind
To care for the wolves
To teach them art and science
To guide them through the birth
Of their civilization.
The Wolfwaker lived 300 miles above the Earth
In a vast and lonely orbiting fortress.
Always watching.
Always protecting.
And every year,
On Christmas Day,
He descends from the clouds
On a sled of fire
Waking the wolves of the Earth
To remind them of their humble beginnings
And remind them of their destiny in the Heavens...

Monday, December 20, 2010

Fun With Wikipedia

Who says wikis have to be dry, dull and boring?

"The village is especially popular with British tourists; as a local tour guide explained: "The Germans all want to see Mozart's house in Salzburg; the Americans want to see where The Sound of Music was filmed; the Japanese want Hitler's birthplace in Braunau; but for the British, it's all about Fucking.""

Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo. It's a valid sentence!

Or.... James, while John had had "had", had had "had had"; "had had" had had a better effect on the teacher.