We’re heading up to Sarah Palin’s house for what should be a quiet barbeque followed by firing bottle rockets towards Russia. Yup, should be a lowwwww key weekend.
Wait, WHAT?
Have a great weekend with your friends and/or family everyone, we’ll see you Monday.
There’s a lot of talk about what’s going to be paired up with It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia when it returns in the fall, and two top contenders are new shows from Norm MacDonald and Louis CK. Could FX slip by and become the funniest network on TV?
Sure, it’s a 30 Rock rerun, but it’s the season one classic “Jack-Tor,” featuring Jack preparing for his cameo appearance on TGS, and the infamous Snapple product placement.
Sometimes, after a long week of work, you just feel like going home, sitting down, kicking back, and watching a guy get eaten by a bear. What, that’s weird? Screw you, you’re weird.
There is 100% less bear-eating-man in Down Periscope, but infinitely more Kelsey Grammar. You be the judge.
Stewart’s got Food Inc. director Robert Kenner, Colbert has mountain climber Ed Viesturs, Conan reruns Norm MacDonald’s instant classic appearance along with Jim Gaffigan, Letterman’s got Sandra Bullock and Fallon has Maya Rudolph.
I am not Jewish, but the majority of my closest friends growing up and in college were Jewish so I like to think I kind of get it. That being said, it strikes me that Old Jews Telling Jokes isn’t really about the chosen people. It is more an effort to preserve and appreciate a certain cultural period and style of humor that has been relegated to family reunions and my dentist. Also, it is a slickly designed site and a great way to kill some time. New videos are posted every Tuesday and Thursday that feature some of New York and New Jersey’s most illustrious citizens telling classic jokes and you can subscribe via RSS or iTunes.
From the Boston Globe's "Big Picture" Blog
U.S. Marines in are in the middle of a major offensive in the Helmand River valley in southwestern Afghanistan. This area has been controlled by the Taliban and poppy harvests and opium smuggling there provides major financing for the insurgency. So far there has not been any major resistance as most Taliban fighters have chosen to slip away rather than face the U.S. head on. However, holding the area and getting the farmers to grow something other than poppies will be the real test. Reuters has a great Q&A for anyone who has basic questions.
Iranian opposition leaders have come out of seclusion to accuse the government there of conducting a coup against its own people. In response, the government is seeking to cast its opponents as outlaws. Charges of “destabilizing national security” could send opposition leaders to jail for up to 10 years and leave the U.S. government unsure how to respond.
Michael Jackson’s will has already set off a legal battle between his lawyers, executors and relatives. Man, who HASN’T seen that coming? If you want to get your fill of Jackson, every TV news outlet in the world is live from Neverland Ranch today because they erroneously believed there was going to be a public memorial.
Meanwhile, in low-profile celebrity deaths, actor Karl Malden also died this weekend at the age of 97. I have a soft sport for character actors and remember Malden from his amazing performance in On The Waterfront – a great film if you find yourself with extra time this weekend.