When you live in the boondocks, like I now do, services that don’t work well really piss you off. I assumed that my issue in trying to buy a pay-per-view movie from DirecTV had more to do with the lousy DirecTV HD-DVR they gave me than anything else, as I was getting signal on the [...]

Discovery Channel is one of my employers, but they didn’t know that when they asked me to let you know that Shark Week now includes robot sharks. Informed.
Shark Week (dot com)

Yet another blast from the past. The Tootsie Roll song brings tears to my eyes.

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From the Hollywood Reporter:
The “Mr. Show” duo of Bob Odenkirk and David Cross are returning to HBO with “David’s Situation,” a new comedy pilot starring Cross.
Odenkirk and Cross co-wrote the project, which will star Cross as himself. He leaves Hollywood to move into a suburban, gated community where he has two roommates, a right-wing conservative [...]

Laugh if you want, but look at the harsh stare of that cold fucker at 0:19 and ask yourself, “Could I pick that well and not grin?”
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If you haven’t been watching The Wire, one of the characters jumps something like three or four stories out of an apartment building and is able to hobble off. From an interview Alan Sepinwall’s blog:
Is it true that Donnie (Andrews, the inspiration for Omar) in real life jumped off a balcony the same height that [...]

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This is odd, but perhaps a smart tie-in: they’re making a Deadliest Catch videogame. I want to be the salty but fair guy!

Dean Learner, co-star and producer of Garth Merenghi’s Darkplace, invites Garth into his five-million-pound luxury apartment, to discuss the intricate details of horror porn.

I’m not one to criticize recycling old TV content — I’ve long been waiting for the updated F-Troop. Where can I sign the petition to bring Simon and Simon back — or the A-Team? Seriously, BJ and the Bear 2010 would rule.
However, the new Knight Rider sucked. Took me a while, but I finally sat [...]

I don’t know if you’ve been following it or not, but apparently that Food Network twat Robert Irvine is a rat-faced liar. All his self-proclaimed achievements, such as being a Knight or working in the White House kitchen, have turned out to be fabrications. Plus he’s screwed some people on several restaurant development projects!
Serious Eats [...]