ACT 1 SCENE 1 A stark dressing room in the underbelly of the White House, bathed in the dim yellow light of a 25-watt compact fluorescent bulb. The dingy walls are plastered with Shepard Fairey “HOPE” posters. Off stage is
Special Guest Video Commentary By XD-235 Staff Teleprompter for the Obama Presidential Campaign — [youtube 3hSnEMV58F8 nolink]
Still reeling from Vietnam, and with Watergate and OPEC looming on the horizon, 1972 was a turbulent time for America. Nowhere was the zeitgeist more reflected than on ABC Thursday nights, with the debut of “Chutch.” Starring Jan-Peter Bronston in
[ed. note: a number of you have written requesting I invite T. Coddington Van Voorhees VII back for another analysis of the sad state of the conservative movement. After some cajoling and a bottle of VSOP, he agreed.] T. Coddington
Excerpts from the never-aired 1973 Scooby Doo episode with guest star Hunter S. Thompson We were ten minutes south of San Clemente when the putrid green daisy walls of the van started closing in. I recall the fat four-eyed lesbian
Oh Lordy I should not have picked “courage” as my drinking word.
I beg to differ. (No CGI here, by the way) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfCVLm9wd0g
Final day weigh-ins!
An Archbishop of Canterbury Tale With apologies to Geoffrey Chaucer 1 Whan in Februar, withe hise global warmynge 2 Midst unseasonabyl rain and stormynge 3 Gaia in hyr heat encourages 4 Englande folke to goon pilgrimages. 5 Frome everiches farme
As grad student experts have long taught us, Western culture is quick to marginalize and devalue knowledge from the “Other.” For example, look at the recent ridicule aimed at the “Egg of Power” sculpture President Obama keeps in the Oval
A Go-Green Guide for the Hollywood Community More than ten years after the Kyoto accords, our planet continues to careen helplessly toward certain environmental destruction. The skies are choked with pollutants. Adorable helpless polar bears plunge through thinning ice caps.
The Not-Really-That-Epic Poem of Obamacles Revised and Updated (with Apologies to Homer) Book the First: A question for the Muse Speak to me, O Muse, of this resourceful man who strides so boldly upon the golden shrine of Potomac, Between
Rush transcript of the celebrity Pledge of Obama Allegiance video (for educational purposes only) [Fade in; cue pseudo-soulful electric piano dirge] Courtney Cox and her husband, what’s-his-name: I pledge. Demi Moore: I pledge. Cameron Diaz: Me pledge too!! Courtney Cox:
Special Guest Commentary by Waxulon-6, Lord High Admiral of the Kremulakian Earth Invaders The Being Formerly Known as Congressman Henry Waxman (D-CA) Attention Hu-Mans: Mark your time! Behold the current heat readings of your atmosphere, which have now reached less
As a professional filmmaker, I have to say I was as stunned as you when I read that the film industry suffered through another lackluster box office year in 2008. The chief reasons for this appear to be the economy
