Among my fellow viewers, the presenters at last night’s Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget elicited reactions ranging from “Who the fuck are you?” (Jim Norton) to “I’m impressed you’re still alive, but why are you here?!?” (Cloris Leachman), which, I suppose, is not terribly surprising for a comedian whose career peaked close to 15 years ago. Within the cavalcade [...]
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Norm MacDonald and the Art of Anti-Comedy
Posted in Celebrities, Entertainment, tagged Anti-Comedy, Bob Saget, Cloris Leachman, Comedy Central, Norm MacDonald, Roast on August 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s Never Too Early …
Posted in Celebrities, Entertainment, tagged condoms, hannah montana, lifestyles, miley cyrus, won't somebody please think of the children on July 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
On Tuesday news broke that condom purveyor Lifestyles had offered global tweeny-bopper sensation Miley Cyrus a $1 million dollar contract to endorse their product. Nevermind that Cyrus has pledged a vow of abstinence until marriage, that the target demographic for her marketing behemoth alter-ego Hannah Montana is the 6-14 range, and that Cyrus herself is only 15! And they [...]