Taxi Ticker for May 17 2008
I am not someone who rides in a taxi very often, so the little TV screens in the back seat are still a strange novelty to me. They’re really annoying, and I muted it as soon as I got in the car, but...
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Bootlegs: Giant Robocop!
My dad’s old job had him travel to China regularly, and he amassed a large collection of bootlegs in the process. When he first started bringing them home, they were a real crapshoot. Look at this...
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Bootlegs: Faraway, So Close
Yesterday we looked at the Alpha Bootleg, and today we look at the Omega: my father last visited China a little under a year ago, and among the DVDs he brought back was a collection of Flaming Lips...
View ArticleBootlegs: Name that Movie I
I’m going to switch this up a bit. For the next week or so, I’ll just post the description of films from the back of these DVDs. People are allowed to guess, but no fair if you’re one of the two people...
View ArticleBootlegs: Name That Movie II
Kudos to Team I-Man, as both Ian and Isley correctly surmised that the last post was a description of Beowulf, aka Beaiowufu. We’re going to crank up the difficulty here a little bit, and instead of...
View ArticleHow I Met Your Mother and Scrubs Are Basically the Same Show and Share the...
Following up this Twitter conversation: How I Met Your Mother has a remarkably similar setup to Scrubs, and as it goes on exhibits the same flaws. I say this as someone who liked the first few seasons...
View ArticleTexas Chainsaw 3-D is Probably Even Worse Than You’d Expect a Movie Called...
In 2012, I saw two commercially released films in the theater. We’re less than a month into 2013 and I’m already halfway to meeting that record. Unfortunately, that movie was Texas Chainsaw 3D. Jessica...
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There Were A Bunch of Infinite Jest References on Parks & Recreation Tonight...
Tonight’s Parks & Recreation episode contained a bunch of throwaway references to Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace. I got this easter egg spoiled for me by my Funnybook Babylon Brother Pedro:...
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I Do Not Wish to Be a Wrestlemaniac
Happy birthday, Rey Mistero! No, not the popular ECW/WCW/WWF wrestler that practically everyone thinks of when they hear Rey Mysterio, but his uncle! Rey Misterio Sr! Star of The Wrestlemaniac! This is...
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