I Drink Your Milkshake

I have been enjoying my new TV and digital cable…between AMC, Universal and TCM I have re-visited LOTS of great movies. With that, I give you: Gordon Gecko.

Click the link to hear Gecko’s speech to Teldar Paper.
Gordon Gecko address the masses

Thanks to AmericanRhetoric.com for the audio.

*SPOILER*
Sorry if you TiVo-ed it…but it happened last night so it’s fair game to blog about today…

I didn’t think the Frozen Donkey Wheel was as exciting as last years Rattlesnake in the Mailbox…
but the Season 4 finale was pretty good…and leaves some good unanswered questions for the final 2 seasons of the show.

Here is a quick video which shows the 3 different endings shot for the finale.

Uhm, Stephen, this is live.

Hilarious!

Surely you’ve heard that Mindy McCready threw Roger Clemens under the bus, stating that she had a 10-year affair with him that started when she was 15 years old.

Never mind that Mindy McCready is so messed up on OxyContin that she was busted for writing her own prescriptions. The media certainly didn’t think that it was relevant. Nor did they think that the following were relevant: she got the standard drunk-driving conviction, she stole a truck and took the driver hostage, she beat up her mom and got arrested, she tried to commit suicide — twice, oh, and she just got out jail in January for some of her earlier drug convictions.

But wait, there’s more! McCready’s friend states that Mindy was actually 17 at the time, and that nothing sexual happened.

Well, isn’t it prudent that a mere week after this desperate hussy came out with these claims against Clemens, she is “relaunching her career.” (according to syndicated radio host - Danny Wright).

To clarify — I’m not defending Clemens — I definitely don’t think it’s right that he was hanging out with a 17-year-old girl when he was 28. The appearance of impropriety is pretty damning. However, the timing and delivery of McCready’s statement, in conjunction with her hopes of renewing her career AND her lack of any and all credibility, is pretty rotten.

This is cute!

I feel kinda like a dope this morning. Yesterday, I posted the Dove Onslaught ad that encourages you to, “talk to your daughter before the beauty industry does.”

Then I came across a video parody of the Onslaught video that I posted yesterday. In this video, it shows Axe commercials as the onslaught of self-image-reducing ads. Axe, of course, is owned by Unilever, who also owns the Dove brand.

Here’s the video:

I know this is all old news, but it’s new to me - and I think it’s completely unethical.

This morning was the first time that I had ever seen the Dove Onslaught viral video. As a dad of a little girl, it really touches home - especially after the Hannah Montana photo shoot fiasco.

If you recall, Dove also did the Dove Evolution video about the modeling and advertising industries:

Of course, Greenpeace doesn’t like Dove so much:

Lost returns tonight, with the first of the final 5 episodes of Season 4…and I am WICKED EXCITED as Lost is the only show that is a must-see for me.

The episode tonight is titled The Shape of Things to Come…and according to the Official Lost Podcast (with Lost Producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse) there is to be a reveal as to the “control” of the smoke monster…so watch for that!

Check back tomorrow for my review of this 2nd-Half Season starter.

I am in favor of Earth Day, cleaning up the planet, etc…but I also feel a lot of media and people’s ramblings about “going green” is a fad for them and disingenuous…
So, here is my 2008 take on how we should celebrate Earth Day, from The Colbert Report on Comedy Central.

I didn’t think that I would ever repost something from the Huffington Post on my website - simply because they’re a bunch of asshats - but this list of top 10 celebrity supporters of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama is pretty interesting.

Hillary’s Top Celebrity Supporters:

1. Ellen Degeneres
2. Elton John
3. Ted Danson & his wife, Mary Steenburgen
4. Jack Nicholson
5. Natalie Portman
6. Perez Hilton
7. America Ferrera
8. Magic Johnson
9. Barbara Streisand
10. Eva Longoria Parker

Barack’s Top Celebrity Supporters:

1. Oprah Winfrey
2. Will.I.Am
3. Maria Shriver
4. Ben Affleck
5. George Clooney
6. Scarlett Johansson
7. Samuel L. Jackson
8. Chris Rock
9. Robert De Niro
10. Jennifer Aniston

Uhm… looks like Hillary is screwed.

WOW!  Is all I can say.  I have been collecting Shepard’s art for several years now (and admiring it for at least the last 10)…it’s great to see him in this arena.

-Claude

From ObeyGiant.com

Shepard was just recently asked to illustrate the cover of two literary classics by George Orwell -Nineteen Eighty-Four and Animal Farm. The re-issues are to hit the stands in early July so keep an eye out for them.  For information on the release and re-issue, please visit www.us.penguingroup.com.  Here is a little preview of the covers.

It’s been almost 10 years since Fight Club came out.  That makes me feel old. But it will always be in my Top 10 Favorite Movies. It’s great on so many levels.

For those of you you who didn’t know…Fight Club was first written as a book, by Chuck Palahniuk. The book is a lot grittier than the movie…just because some of the things he writes could not be said in the movie. Check out his other works like Choke, Diary and Lullabye.  He’s a great writer.  In the meantime, enjoy this Fight Club Trailer.  .:in.tyler.we.trust:.

What? Okaaaaaay! …it may be Little Jonathan Winery. No joke. (well, kinda joke). From the AP via The Superficial:

“It kind of came out of nowhere,” Lil Jon told The Associated Press of his new venture, Little Jonathan Winery. “We were just going to do some private label stuff (for parties) and we did it, and people was like, `Hey, it’s pretty nice.’”

Lil Jon acknowledges that he’s no wine connoisseur. “I’m not no ‘drink wine every day’ kind of dude,” he said in a telephone interview. “I’m not like an expert, so don’t ask me no questions … I just like the taste.”

This is INSANE.  If I was a felon and then was caught purchasing unregistered machine guns, can bet your ass I would be up in the clink for a few years.

But, going par for the course, rapper T.I. (real name Clifford Harris) has avoided a “lengthy prison sentence” by agreeing to perform 1,000 hours of community service (while being able to live at his plush mansion) and must tell kids “not to make the same mistakes he did”.  He then has to spend 1 year in prison.

Of course, those mistakes will most certainly be well-documented (and profitted off of) in his forthcoming albums, where the music will fly in the face of his commuted sentence.  So, kids remember, if T.I. says “don’t use guns” to you on a tv commercial, that is what he REALLY FEELS, if he says “I hit’em up with my A-K” blasted in a car stereo, THAT is just entertainment.

The story from CNN.com

In a personal letter from Barack Obama to vandal artist Shepard Fairey, Barack writes, “Your images have a profound effect on people, whether seen in a gallery or on a stop sign. I am privileged to be a part of your artwork and proud to have your support. I wish you continued success and creativity.”

Hat tip to Claude… who probably doesn’t think about it the same way that I do.

From the makers of Groupie Hero… haha…

Holy crap this MTV commercial is old…but I remember it like yesterday.  Dennis Leary from 1992.  If you don’t know any of the bands he’s talking about, you are REALLY REALLY young.  (”Who are the Pogues and Jethro Tull?”) This video IS SAFE for work.

DUUUUUUuuuuude. PC-UK looks like my buddy/brother Dognutz. Why didn’t you tell me you got a gig, ‘Nutz?

For the record, ‘Nutz’s teeth are much better than that guy’s. You’re welcome Dog.