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Sunday, September 29, 2013
Colbert nails Fox News "The Five" for comments on football safety
Wow. Leave it to Fox News to politicize safety rules to protect players against hits to the head. Here's Stephen Colbert with his Sport Report where he nails Fox News "The Five" for their idiotic comments.
Stephen Colbert lampoons conservative authors writing children's books
Have you noticed that conservatives have been writing children's books to "educate" our youth of the conservative way of life? Here's Stephen Colbert to rip these guys and their time traveling fictional plot lines. Funny stuff.
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Jon Stewart rips Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas for marathon speech
Here's Jon Stewart of the Daily Show blasting Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas for his twenty some hour long speech opposing Obamacare. Get this. Cruz compared it to Nazi domination of Europe. The show also cuts some of the crazy sources that Cruz cites. I'll cut him some slack. If you're going to speak for twenty hours then you're going to cite some nutty stuff. But this was a monumental waste of time. Anyway, it's funny stuff from Stewart.
Reds stumble into playoffs
The Cincinnati Reds lost their last five games of the season. What does that mean? Well, it certainly stopped them from winning the Central Division. And by losing to the Pirates two out of three and getting swept by the Pittsburgh Pirates, they now must play a one game playoff with them in Pittsburgh. Not exactly momentum building.
Okay, so who starts for the Reds? Johnny Cueto. What? He's coming off an injury. One lost game and you're done. What about Mat Latos? Reds manager Dusty Baker better know what he's doing. UPDATE. It's being reported that Mat Latos has a bone chip in his right elbow. He won't pitch at the Wild Card playoff game. If the Reds win, Latos can pitch on Thursday.
Okay, so who starts for the Reds? Johnny Cueto. What? He's coming off an injury. One lost game and you're done. What about Mat Latos? Reds manager Dusty Baker better know what he's doing. UPDATE. It's being reported that Mat Latos has a bone chip in his right elbow. He won't pitch at the Wild Card playoff game. If the Reds win, Latos can pitch on Thursday.
Bengals lay a big brown one in Cleveland
In today's Cincinnati Bengals game with the Cleveland Browns, the Browns went into the game with a second string quarterback. They've just traded their to running back to the Indianapolis Colts. Looks pretty good for the men in stripes. Never underestimate the Bengals in finding ways to lose.
The Bengals offense was putrid. And the Browns' quarterback Brian Hoyer looked like Tom Brady. Okay, he wasn't that good but he made the plays when he had to. Bengals lose 17-6. Here's the story. I feel like throwing up.
The Bengals offense was putrid. And the Browns' quarterback Brian Hoyer looked like Tom Brady. Okay, he wasn't that good but he made the plays when he had to. Bengals lose 17-6. Here's the story. I feel like throwing up.
Monday, September 23, 2013
The World's End Review
Make a movie about a middle age guy trying to recapture his youth, add booze and for good measure put in robots. You've got a movie made for my tribe which is the middle age man who drinks and is a geek that likes science fiction. The World's End is that movie.
At the beginning of The World's End we meet Gary King, an English teenager who leads a pack of school chums, Andy, Steve, Oliver and Peter. Like many kids about ready to enter their adulthood they like to drink. They attempt to make a legendary pub crawl of twelve bars in their small hometown of Newton Haven but fail. Flash forward about twenty years. Andy (Nick Frost), Steve (Paddy Considine), Oliver (Martin Freeman) and Peter (Eddie Marsan) are all middle age and responsible adults. Gary (Simon Pegg) on the other hand is the opposite. He's an alcoholic and has an aimless existence. He decides to get the band back together so they can finish the pub crawl with the last bar to have a drink at called The World's End. After they make their way through the first bars, Gary gets in fight with a teenager. He beheads him only to find out that the kid is a robot. They later find out that the village is full of them. The band is confronted with a choice. Finish the pub crawl or flee.
The World's End was written by director Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg. The jokes they wrote work because they feel like the characters would actually say them. Wright makes sure that you can hear the dialogue as conversations are not rushed. Unlike this year's This is the End, another apocalyptic comedy, The World's End has heart and is not ugly like that sarcastic Hollywood movie. My only problem with the movie is the abrupt change in plot, once Gary discovers there are robots in the town. As Oliver would say, "WTF." Thankfully, I knew about this surprise and anyone who knew anything about the movie knew that was coming.
The World's End is a funny and heartwarming black comedy. I laughed out loud many times. The grade is B Plus.
At the beginning of The World's End we meet Gary King, an English teenager who leads a pack of school chums, Andy, Steve, Oliver and Peter. Like many kids about ready to enter their adulthood they like to drink. They attempt to make a legendary pub crawl of twelve bars in their small hometown of Newton Haven but fail. Flash forward about twenty years. Andy (Nick Frost), Steve (Paddy Considine), Oliver (Martin Freeman) and Peter (Eddie Marsan) are all middle age and responsible adults. Gary (Simon Pegg) on the other hand is the opposite. He's an alcoholic and has an aimless existence. He decides to get the band back together so they can finish the pub crawl with the last bar to have a drink at called The World's End. After they make their way through the first bars, Gary gets in fight with a teenager. He beheads him only to find out that the kid is a robot. They later find out that the village is full of them. The band is confronted with a choice. Finish the pub crawl or flee.
The World's End was written by director Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg. The jokes they wrote work because they feel like the characters would actually say them. Wright makes sure that you can hear the dialogue as conversations are not rushed. Unlike this year's This is the End, another apocalyptic comedy, The World's End has heart and is not ugly like that sarcastic Hollywood movie. My only problem with the movie is the abrupt change in plot, once Gary discovers there are robots in the town. As Oliver would say, "WTF." Thankfully, I knew about this surprise and anyone who knew anything about the movie knew that was coming.
The World's End is a funny and heartwarming black comedy. I laughed out loud many times. The grade is B Plus.
Bill Maher takes on Twitter haters
If you have ever participated on an internet forum, you'll notice the existence of haters and trolls. I wrote a piece on detecting trolls. Bill Maher takes on the haters in the last New Rule on his show Real Time. It's hilarious. Caution. The piece contains cuss words. From HBO and Mediaite, here's the funny piece.
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