Apparently some genius at the ABC promo department had a “genius” idea for proper promotion of this week’s screening of the Halloween classic It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown: Turn Charlie Brown into a somewhat more flow-challenged version of Poochie, complete with retroscripted mouth-movements. One has to wonder just how this idea—which is executed as poorly as you might expect—came about. Inept pandering to the “kids” of today? Too much nostalgic listening to “Dur Dur D’Être Bébé” on the drive into work? Hopes that outraged bloggers would do the show-promoting legwork for them? Well, hey. Clip after the jump, if you dare. MORE »
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Charlie Brown’s Rap Song: Just Slightly More Out Of Tune With The Times Than “Flashbeagle”
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Meanwhile, I can’t wait for John Mayer’s next single of mild protestation, which I’m pretty sure is going to be called “Who Says (I Can’t Tell Someone Working A Red Carpet That I’m Going To Forcefully Sodomize Her Editor For Making Her Ask Me Admittedly Inane Questions About Obama’s Nobel Prize And Mustaches)” after his red-carpet chat with a New York gossip stringer last night. That’s what I get for calling people who I don’t know nice, I guess! [NYM] MORE »
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Today brings yet another entrant in the What Is Wrong With People Race: A dude went to a Leona Lewis book signing in London with the express intent of punching the singer in the head, and succeeded. No, seriously, what is wrong with people? Who does that? Someone who’s been angry about the 2006 X Factor results for too long of a time? An aspiring comedy writer hoping to set up a super-elaborate joke based on the title of her single “Better In Time”? An asshole? Yeah, probably an asshole. [AP] MORE »
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House Of Blues Guard Arrested After Attacking Concertgoer
A security guard at the Chicago House Of Blues has been arrested on a misdemeanor battery charge after shoving a concert attendee to the ground—apparently because she took a picture of him. The victim and a clutch of friends were waiting outside the venue Monday night in hopes of catching members of Hanson going back to their tour bus after their show there, and had her camera confiscated by the guard shortly after he ordered them to clear out of the loading area. MORE »
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Chris Daughtry Plays “Hide The Muffin” With Lady GaGa
Adult grungetemporary star Chris Daughtry just posted a link to his cover of Lady GaGa’s “Poker Face” to his Twitter, and its opening chords got me a wee bit excited that he would perform it in the style of “I Want It That Way.” But alas. MORE »
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Pretty Ricky Member’s Latest Video Forces World To Ask: “Who Humped That Piece Of Furniture Better?”
Perhaps realizing that when you’ve been struck by the Hot Iron Of Internet Fame, you should flog it for as long as the embers burn, Spectacular “Sexy Spec” Smith has decided to make another video of him humpin’ around, although this time, instead of grinding into the air while sporting red silk, he’s decided to show off his technique on a poor, defenseless folding chair while donning some black boxer-briefs and going off on a semi-incoherent tirade about the gender of his antics’ target audience. (Note: If your workplace frowns on Awkward Boners, you may want to wait to watch this until later.) This would be somewhat less sad if Spec’s antics weren’t directly borrowed form his ex-protégés / fellow Internet memes Peer Pressure, who had a foursome with some folding chairs during a particularly randy, Pretty Ricky-soundtracked holiday a couple of years back. Compare and contrast, after the jump. MORE »
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Pretty Ricky: Ready To Take The “Humping The Air” Crown Back From Any And All Pretenders To The Throne
Did you know that there is such a thing as an “air sex” competition, in which one’s ability to hump around with imaginary objects is graded for the purpose of winning notoriety and not much else? It’s true! There are even going to be some World Series Of Fake Love in Canada next month. Judging by the clip after the jump, however, the news that there is a competitive League Of Grinding Against Nothing In Particular has not yet reached the members of overly horny R & B boy band Pretty Ricky, even though their whole aesthetic is tailor made for chucking any pretense of a music career and devoting all their time to entering contests like the Air Sex competitions. At least, that has to be why Pretty Ricky member Spectacular “Sexy Spec” Smith has thrust he is calling a grinding challenge in the direction of his contemporaries, who include Chris Brown, Bow Wow, the members of Day 26, and whoever else is more famous than his band these days. And by “thrust,” I mean “wiggle his pelvis around in ways that are probably not safe for work in 99.9% of cases while his band’s not-very-good new single about, sigh, being drunk in a club blares in the background.” Clip after the jump, if you dare! MORE »
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Yung Joc’s Twitter Tells The Tale Of Why It’s Bad To Give Animals Cocaine
If Yung Joc’s Twitter is to be believed, he’s had quite the day: An argument over the last line of coke at his St. Louis abode turned into him getting bitten by Katt Williams’ dog, the result of the pooch splitting said bounty with his owner and the chronically troubled MC DMX. A screenshot of the blow-by-blow (no pun intended) after the jump: MORE »
