Saturday, July 26, 2014

YES! YES! YES!  WWE superstar Daniel Bryan discovers someone burgling his house; subdues him with a rear naked choke hold until the police arrive. Said Bryan, "The fun answer would be that I put him in the 'yes' lock and he was tapping on the ground, but that's not what actually happened."

In related-ish news for which no reader of this blog possibly has any professional insight, a shareholder class action suit has been filed against the WWE for alleged material misrepresentations surrounding its ability to secure a favorable tv rights deal.

Thursday, July 24, 2014

TINY STUFF YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO SHARE ... $9:  Every trendy restaurant menu, 2014.
THE WAITING IS THE HARDEST PART:  I have been a baseball fan my whole life, and never knew before that National Anthem standoffs were a thing.
SIGOURNEY WEAVER CHANGED WITH THAT WIG:  A nice retelling of the making of Galaxy Quest (as one AV Club commenter put it, it's "a behind the scenes look at a film that was a behind the scenes look at a television show"), which again raises a question I've asked before: as good as it was, wouldn't it have been better with originally-cast Alec Baldwin (or Kevin Kline) in the lead role?

Wednesday, July 23, 2014

POLKA--SO HOT RIGHT NOW:  For the first time in years, a comedy album tops this week's Billboard 200, with Weird Al taking the number 1 slot for the first time in his career.  The last comedy album to do so?  Vaughn Meader!
WE CHEAT OURSELVES AT SOLITAIRE: A reader couldn't help but wonder, "At our recent staff party, which included karaoke, things got really serious. People were mostly going for ballads. And THEN, one employee chose Don McLean's classic, 'Vincent.' Which leads into the question, What are the songs that would be instant karaoke party killers?"

Here's a karaoke songlist. Go for it.