Your Daily Distractions: Joel McHale's New Comedy, Comedian Interviews, Torches, Colons and Cute Animals

By Jeff on May 4, 2009 in Daily Distractions, Photography, Television | 2 Comments

“Laugh now humans, but mark my words… I will kill you all one day! Hissss… Kill. You. All!” More lovely “Scenes From the Zoo” from the always amazing Big Picture.

Did You Know? In the comics, Wolverine was only five foot three.

Not All Runners are Self-Important Wankers: Costumes are encouraged at the London Marathon

I Want to Believe: In the latest issue of The Believer, Todd Barry Interviews Nick Lowe and funny men Robert Smigel and Bob Odenkirk chat. Speaking of Todd Barry, and who isn’t, the medium-energy dynamo will be on The Best Show on WFMU tomorrow night. Listen live at 8pm.

Don’t Go There: The Internet’s Unsavory Dark Corners!

Important Spam Update: “Max Colon” is still my favorite spam sender name. I picture a buff superhero who can extract moisture from food residue in a single bound.

Been Wanting to Join That Group of Angry Villagers?! How to make a torch for less than a dollar

Eh… NBC announced six new shows for the fall. (Super quick review). Five look like garbage (another TV version of that borefest film “Parenthood,” really?) and one looks interesting only because Joel McHale (The Soup) stars and Chevy Chase co-stars, that’s right, thee “Chevy Chase” of the “Chevy Chase Show” fame.

“Community focuses on a band of misfits, at the center of which is a fast-talkin’ lawyer whose degree has been revoked (Joel McHale, The Soup). They form a study group and, in “Breakfast Club” fashion, end up learning a lot more about themselves than they do about their course work.

Did I just read “learning a lot more about themselves”? Bluck!

The NBC programming brass might want to curtail their visits to the “ensemble workplace comedy” factory. Overproduction is known to cause problems. This product looks a bit lazy, (crazy older guy, hip younger guy, sassy black woman, geek sidekick, high-strung woman, etc.), but McHale does seem charming and there’s much more to do at a college than a typical workplace, so the writers will have a fair shot at fresh material. Take a peek:

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