Remember all those extra off-days I said I had saved up that I need to use before the end of the year? This is another one. I actually just woke up. It’s amazing.
The rest of 2011 should be slow around here, but starting tomorrow I’m going to kick off the now-annual year-end tradition of counting down the TedQuarters Top 10 Things of the Year. For now, enjoy this trailer for Fart Detectives by Brett from SNY’s promos department:
Not only will Steve Guttenberg finally be given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Monday after years of oversights and outright snubbery, but the news is accompanied by what has to be one of the most fawning articles about Steve Guttenberg ever written by anyone outside of Steve Guttenberg’s family. Some highlights:
Steve Guttenberg, star of four movie franchises — namely “Police Academy,” “Three Men And A Baby,” “Short Circuit” and “Cocoon” — will receive the 2,455 star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Monday….
Considered one of Hollywood’s most enduring and endearing actors, Guttenberg has also starred in more than fifty movies, including “Diner,” “The Boys From Brazil” and “Bedroom Window.”…
Off-camera, Guttenberg is also known for his philanthropy and good works. He spent a week at the Houston Astrodome volunteering after Hurricane Katrina. He also started the Guttenhouse Project which houses at-risk foster care youth when they turn 18 and presumably have no place else to turn.
A) The Guttenhouse! B) Good for the Goot. He earned it, what with his work in the popular Cocoon franchise.
And even better: You know who’s speaking on Guttenberg’s behalf at the ceremony? Oh that’s right, it’s Jon Lovitz.
Via Scott.
On Monday night at 10 p.m. at Von on Bleecker St. near the Bowery, I’ll be doing a Q&A with Jon Chonko from Scanwiches. Presumably we’ll talk about sandwiches, plus his website and book. And there’ll be booze there. All sorts of information is available here.
What we tried to do, simply, was take almost all of the information we could and put it together and say ‘is the big picture consistent with there being life on Mars?’
– Astrobiologist Charlie Lineweaver.
Take a look at the lawmen
Beating up the wrong guy
Oh man! Wonder if he’ll ever know
He’s in the best-selling show…
Is the big picture consistent with there being life on Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-hharrrrs?
Seriously though, this is a reasonably interesting article right up until this part:
“It’s not important if you want to figure out what the laws of physics are and you want to talk to some intelligent aliens who could build spaceships.”
Oh, nevermind then. I thought we were talking spaceship aliens.
Back to Bowie. Call me when Martians make anything this awesome:
Fun fact: My father is an architect and he writes books about barns. He has been on HGTV a couple of times to talk about old barns and they font him as “Architect/Historian,” which is like 300 rungs down from “Rapper/Actor” on the list of coolest slash professions. After seeing this, I realize that someone needs to make a show out of Architect/Historian Don Berg and Rapper/Actor Ice Cube talking about old buildings post-haste:
Huge hat tip to Matt.
OK, don’t even worry about the context of this 20-second clip from the Today show. Just check out the portrait the Old Spice Guy purportedly painted for Matt Lauer:
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Is it me, or is that painting more than a little reminiscent of Don Berg’s seminal work of Awesomeism, Vin Diesel and Usher Riding Into Battle on a Chariot Pulled By White Tigers?
Did you know Eric Burdon and War covered “A Day in the Life”? Well they did. And it’s predictably weird and pretty great. I got new headphones from work yesterday and they’re amazing. I forgot all about how awesome music is:
Via Ted Burke.
Photoshop work thanks to reader John, with some finishing touches by your not-humble editor.
At SBNation, Jon Bois uncovers a 1999 baseball card set featuring short rap verses about every player. Every part of it is hilarious.
Tedquarters 