Jeremy Taylor
‘The Simpsons’ Might Get Its Own Channel
‘The Simpsons’ is the longest running prime time scripted series in American television history and now News Corp., which owns the franchise, may be looking to capitalize on 22 seasons of the Emmy-winning cartoon with a channel dedicated exclusively to life in Springfield.
Sly Stone is Homeless, Living in a Car
As recently as four years ago, funk legend Sly Stone was living in a home in Napa Valley, CA that was large enough to be described as a compound.
Those days are gone now, as Stone — whose group Sly and the Family Stone was one of the most successful acts of the late 60s and early 70s — has lost his home and his fortune due to poor financial management and crippling bouts of substance abuse.
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Borders Employees Diss Customers in Hilarious Farewell Note
Borders bookstores will shut their doors forever at the end of this month, and in a final kiss-off to those who patronized the once-popular chain, employees at one of Borders’ franchises hung in their display window a bitter note which listed all the things customers had done to piss them off over the years.
‘Back to the Future’ Audio Replaced by One-Man A Cappella Performance [VIDEO]
Musician/comedian Matt “The Mouth” Mulholland was able to recreate the entire audio track from the famous skateboard chase scene in ‘Back to the Future’ using only the power of his own voice.
Mulholland voiced the dialogue, the sound effects and the background music from the scene on different tracks and synced them to the video. As you can see (and hear) below, the results are very impressive:
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Marge Simpson and First Lady Barbara Bush Exchanged Letters in 1990
Marge Simpson thought it was unfair when Barbara Bush labeled ‘The Simpsons‘ “the dumbest thing I had ever seen” during an interview the then-First Lady did in 1990.
So Marge wrote Barbara a letter in which she explained that she was “deeply hurt” by the criticism, and that she wasn’t sure why Bush hadn’t given her family “the benefit of the doubt.”
Cute Kitten Done in by Printer [VIDEO]
The out tray of this printer provides a pretty nifty resting spot for a British Shorthair kitten — at first.
Nicolas Cage and Other Celebs May Be Vampires, According to Old Photos
Last week eBay seller Jack Mord offered up this photo of a man who lived in Bristol, Tennessee around the time of the Civil War as evidence that actor Nicolas Cage is a vampire “who quickens/reinvents himself once every 75 years or so.”
Man Wears 18 Famous Faces in 100 Seconds [VIDEO]
Software developer Arturo Castro was able to come up with a computer program using FaceTracker technology that allows him to both morph the faces of others onto his own in real time video and then control the expressions of this Franken-face with his facial movements.
Castro has some fun with the creepy technology in the video below, in which he shifts from Paris Hilton to Fidel Castro to Steve Jo
Charles Barkley Does Karaoke, Butchers a Classic [VIDEO]
Sick of celebrities like Jim Carrey and Tracy Morgan, who are not only rich and famous, but also pretty darn good at karaoke?
We have the antidote to that in Charles Barkley, whose tuneless rendition of Frank Sinatra’s ‘My Way’ at a Riverhead, Long Island karaoke bar is entertainingly bad. Or, as Sir Charles would say, “it’s turrible.” Check it out below.
‘Ziggy’ Creator Tom Wilson Dead at 80
Tom Wilson, who created the comic strip ‘Ziggy,’ has died at the age of 80, due to complications from pneumonia.
‘The Office’ Invaded by Characters From Other TV Shows in Emmys Sketch [VIDEO]
In a spoof of ‘The Office‘ that aired during the Emmy Awards, characters from other popular shows made their way to Dunder-Mifflin’s confessional room and told the camera what it is about their TV workplace that gets them down.
Man in SpongeBob SquarePants Suit Fights With Women, Gets Detained by Police [VIDEO]
A man dressed as the popular kids’ show character SpongeBob SquarePants was detained by police yesterday in Los Angeles after an altercation between him and two women got violent.