By Drew Grant 1/29 2:08pm

30 Rock

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We feel you, girl. (NBC)

30 Rock Wrap-Up: The Best of Jenna Maroney (Video)

You know what? We’ll admit it: Out of all the characters on 30 Rock, we don’t identify as the workaholic, grumpy, frumpy-but-really-attractive Liz Lemon. We have to do us, and we’re Jenna Maroney fans through and through. Whether discussing her dalliances with Mickey Rourke and Eric Roberts or having a surprise wedding with her transvestite boyfriend at her bosses’ funeral, we identify with Jenna’s self-aggrandizing, attention-seeking fame-baller. She’s almost an innocent: Her lack of self-awareness and child-like belief in the power of celebrity makes us want to go look in a mirror and sing “All By Myself.”

…she lied. Read More

By Drew Grant 1/23 6:13pm

viral videos

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Wed, Bed, Dead (The Gloss)

Everyone’s Favorite Parlor Game Gets a Web Series (Video)

For as long as we can remember, the best game during sleepovers/on late-night drug binges/in girly blogs has been Fuck/Marry/Kill. If you are unaware of how the rules work, they’re pretty simple: you pick three people who share a similar Venn Diagram overlap (such as Disney princes, former prime ministers or Scientologist movie stars) and then go around in a circle announcing which of the individuals you would sleep with, marry or kill. One fate for each person, and no overlapping. So you can’t marry two people, nor can you opt out of killing one of them.

Fun, right? And now the game has been taken to a new level by Jennifer Wright and Ashley Cardiff of TheGloss.com, who have made a web series off the same concept with a slightly less blue name: Wed, Bed, or Dead. And guess what? It’s the Fashion Week edition! Read More

By Steve Huff 9/22/12 1:21pm

Viral Video

They don't teach Krav Maga at Wharton. (Screengrab)

Happy Saturday, Here’s A Couple of Guys Fighting Over a Taxi [Video]

Based on the minimal information in the YouTube description of this unintentionally comic viral video, it appears film producer and screenwriter Ron Senkowski was “walking between film financing meetings” in New York City on Thursday when he captured this instance of mutual thuggery between a pair of Wall Street types waiting for a cab.

In the video we see two nicely-dressed men of indeterminate age slapping, shoving, then grappling until one finally wins and slams that yellow door. The camera then swings rather sadly away, as if Mr. Senkowski was shaking his head sadly at the state of humanity. Read More

By Hunter Walker 8/15/12 4:24pm

Ku Klux Kibble

David Duke and his dog, in happier times. (Photo: YouTube)

David Duke Said Dearly Departed Racist, White Dog Helped Him Write His Autobiography

Former Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard David Duke may hate the Jews, but he sure loved his dog, Torri. When the seventeen-year-old, all-white (naturally!) Maltese died a few months back, Mr. Duke did what any of us would do after the loss of a beloved pet–he filmed a nearly fifteen minute video tribute to the dog and uploaded it to YouTube complete with an emotional folk soundtrack, photos of Torri exploring the great outdoors and musings on the nature of life, death and grief.

Mr. Duke initially made his “Tribute to Torri” private, but he has since relaxed the clip’s privacy settings at “the urging of those who met Torri over the last 17 years.” We’re so glad Mr. Duke chose to share his video, because it’s all kinds of incredible. Despite how amazing this video it is, it somehow seems to have escaped the attention of the internet, so we present it to you now.  Read More

By Drew Grant 7/26/12 3:47pm

viral videos

Bob Ross' 'Happy Little Clouds' (YouTube)

‘Happy Little Clouds’: PBS Takes Preemptive Measures With Bob Ross Mashup (Video)

Kudos to PBS for getting on the ball with this whole Internet/meme fad. Unlike some stations owned by the billionaires over at Viacom, the Public Broadcasting Service doesn’t have the money to go after every copyright infringement on YouTube. Instead, they’ve creatively solved the problem of people re-appropriating old clips of their shows by doing it themselves at PBS Digital Studios: where they turn out impressively self-aware videos auto-tuning the syndicated stars of the network.

It’s all for the LOLs, of course, but it’s also ingenious viral marketing for a network that’s biggest draw is a guy who paints “Happy Little Clouds.” Read More

By Drew Grant 2/28/12 2:52pm

viral videos

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Rango: now with more dogs! (YouTube)

Designer Behind Rango On Drugs: Super Doggie Definitive Proof (Video)

If you’ve seen the Academy Award-winning Dreamworks feature Rango, then you know that the movie isn’t really for children. In fact, we’re not sure who the movie is for, except maybe adults on drugs who like their references to Chinatown to have a lot of lizards in it.

But just in case you were willing to give the man behind the Johnny Depp vehicle a pass on the Electric Kool-Aid Acid test, check out designer Eugeniy Yelchin‘s latest video, Super Doggies. It’s a music video about a girl in Johannesburg, puppies, Barack Obama, Vladimir Putin, and hip-hop dancing dogs. Read More

By Hunter Walker 11/16/11 5:06pm

Out of Towners

Former Philadelphia Police Captain Ray Lewis occupying Zuccotti Park last night. (Photo: YouTube)

Former Philadelphia Police Captain Ray Lewis Joins With Occupy Wall Street Protesters [Video]

Update: Mr. Lewis has been arrested, according to multiple reports.
Retired Philadelphia Police Captain Ray Lewis was in Zuccotti Park last night with the Occupy Wall Street protesters. Mr. Lewis showed up in uniform carrying signs a pair of signs imploring New York City cops to join the protests. “NYPD Don’t Be Wall Street Mercenaries,” one read. Mr. Lewis was interviewed on one of the Occupy Wall Street livestreams at about two this morning. He was sharply critical of the NYPD’s conduct during their raid on the protest encampment Tuesday. “This bullrush–what happened last night is totally uncalled for,” Mr. Lewis said.  Read More