Kaufman leads a crew of misfits, some lovable some downright annoying, who work on CITIZEN TOXIE. The standout is “Stunt Master” T.J.. Glenn, a big guy with a salt-and-pepper mullet and handlebar mustache who, in one of APOCALYPSE SOON’s funniest sequences, performs a extremely unconvincing “full body burn” where one’s entire flame retardant gel covered body is set ablaze and the fire extinguished after a period of writhing and screaming. Hey, I’ve seen T.J. Glenn in person! Jeebs, that takes me back. He did a martial arts demo at the first Highlander convention in Denver 10 years ago. I think…
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PvP‘s Scott Kurtz thinks maybe he might syndicate his papers for free. Here’s why: But I’ve already become attached to the idea of seeing PvP in the papers, and that’s why I’ve decided to start a new program. In the coming months, I’ll be putting into effect, a program in which papers can receive PVP for free. That’s right, free. They don’t have to pay me a cent for it. I will provide for the papers, a comic strip with a larger established audience then any new syndicated feature, a years worth of strips in advance, and I won’t charge…
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Miss Alli’s got her recap up for the notorious caviar-scoffiing Russian Roadblock episode of TAR. Whee!!
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Alton Brown doesn’t update his “Rants and Raves” page very often, so you’d best head on over and see what all his diet and exercise make him look like in his souped-up Speedos.
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I heard this incredible song the other day on the radio – it’s a band called Mutual Admiration Society. The song was called “Sake of the World.” Apprently they’re comprised of some people from Nickle Creek and Glenn Phillips, former front man of Toad The Wet Sprocket. I might have to go out and buy this, like, right now. Or very soon. It was a very beguiling tune.
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Okay, this works for me on so many levels: towleroad reports he’s a friend of TAR4’s Chip (not to be confused with TAR5 Chip). Anyway, the .50 millionaire of Season 4 is at the Democratic National Convention and had an encounter of his own with Bill O’Reilly. Remember him? He was one of the married guys. 😉 ‘Bill, I am gay, was married, and would appreciate you maybe next time on your show recognizing that two same-sex people in love should share the same rights as any other couple.’ He said, ‘I will consider it.’ Someone should start a blog…
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Get Fuzzy has been running a hilarious “Dull Computer Customer Support” storyline starting with the linked strip. Apparently, all the outsourcing talk is a big hoax; it’s just the call center folks improving their phone stats in various creative ways. David will love today’s excuse, but start at the beginning to catch the “excellent Simpsons” reference.
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Now this is a punishing leg. Start with 20 hours on a bus (oy), and follow it with flying all the way from South America to Russia. Then choose between being pelted with hockey pucks and downing a shot, and just when you think you can’t get any queasier, you get to choose a member of your team to eat two pounds of caviar — an item intended to be ingested by the teaspoon. What begins as bus-station jostling over some very bizarre notions of racing (“Can we agree that you won’t try to get ahead of me?” “Uhh…”) matures…
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Miss Alli has posted her recap for the third installment of “Berlitz Desperanto On The Go” at TWOP. Expect me to pretend to look busy at work for the next 10 minutes as I read it here.
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Not only will Al be doing his show, he’ll be a special correspondent for The Majority Report each evening. If you weren’t satisfied with Rush Limbaugh’s coverage of the 2000 Democratic Convention, you’re in luck: this year, there’s an alternative. We promise that our take on things will be different from his. That’s right, he’ll be on MR nightly, with Janeane Garofalo and Sam Seder. Should make for some fun conversations if the convention coverage on the major networks starts to drag.