Borderline Fantastic Entertainment

One of the more enjoyable parts of The Colbert Report is when you can tell Stephen is really enjoying himself. Especially during interviews where a guest, who is not all that well known, keeps up with him and even gets him to laugh.

Tuesday night Sherman Alexie was on. He wrote a book called The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. They didn’t talk too much about the book. The author came loaded with jokes and was able to toss back whatever Stephen through at him.

The Daily Show using clips from the same people just months apart contradicting themselves. It’s almost like they don’t listen to themselves. Oh, wait.

I never watch Leno but I heard Norm was on this week and thanks to Hulu I was able to check it out. Norm seems much more animated than usual and just as hilarious. Right after Norm is Nastia Liukin, the US Gymnast. I included her segment in the clip as well.

I had heard about Dr. Horrible for a while. I wasn’t sure what to make of it. I mean, it’s called Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog. It’s a musical? A musical blog? It was produced just for the web? NPH is the star, he can sing? Yes, those are all in fact true.

It was created by Joss Whedon. He did Buffy and, more importantly, Firefly. Also starring in Dr. Horrible is Nathan Fillion, who was the star in Firefly.

I got around to watching it this week and its good. Actually good. Not just good for something made for the web. A network should clear some space to show this one night. The networks don’t do enough specials, everything has to be a series. I would be on board for a movie length Sing-Along Blog. The first song has been stuck in my head for a few days. I’m hoping the soundtrack gets released so I can pick up that track.

It’s available to buy on iTunes for $5 but its free to watch on Hulu …

Or check it out on Hulu HD.

Dr. Horrible Official Site

The past few weeks Keith and Joel have been showing clips of their responses to the other’s response about Keith appearing on The Soup. Here is the video from MSNBC.

Promo for The Cleveland Show - At first I thought this was a dumb idea but after the promo and getting back into American Dad I am now on board.

Be a star in our reasonably priced car - Try out the Top Gear track.

Wii Fit damage. I knew this was coming as soon as I set mine up. You need a bit of room to be moving about. I especially see issues at first for the unbalanced gamers.

WGN did a turn back the clock game. They covered the game as if it were 1948.

Uni Watch took over uniform duties for the Camden River Sharks. I wish I would have remembered, I would have gone.

Jim Caple on Page 2 ranks the best single sports years for a city. The winner? Philly in 1980-81. That’s right, I just missed the best sports year for any city ever.

Bob Uecker’s Yacht Wrecked By Freighter - A rule I have is anything I find mildly interesting that involves Bob Uecker, I share.

Fahrenheit - The new coaster at Hershey Park drops at 97 degrees. I haven’t been to Hershey in a few years, I think its time to go back.

If you’re dog and Roomba don’t get along, yell at your robot.

Top Five Roadkill Sites in North America - Actually the list is for top sites where turtles are run over. I was surprised that roadkill was tracked. I’m even more surprised they keep track by animal. The #1 site wins with a score of 2070 turtles killed per mile. That seems like a lot.

Gizmodo loves their LEGO posts. Apparently there was some sort of convention.
LEGO Death Star video
Pictures of the LEGO Death Star
LEGO Business ‘Card’
LEGO Airbus A380

I could post from Colbert everyday. Here he reports about fruit passing cookies as the most popular snack for children under 6. Logically he blames Cookie Monster, now that he is advocating healthy food and cookies as only a sometimes food.

Triumph the Insult Comic Dog went to the Belmont Stakes. I post this because its great and to see how well Hulu embedded videos work.

I collected these over the past few weeks. I’ve been busy and traveling. I hope these are still relevant.

From the Dilbert Blog, a man was forced to give up his seat and sit in the bathroom.

Horse tramples car. I have no idea how the horse got onto this car and then how did it get out?

GUTS is sort of coming back. It will be a family version on during Nick at Nite. I wonder if Moe is available?

My current favorite Carolla segment is Made Up Movies where callers give the title and the hosts develop the plot of a movie.

Police Log: Someone set a port-a-potty on fire.

NCAA Football 09 is coming. I’m excited.

50 Most Memorable Movie Cars

10 Worst Entry-Level Tech Jobs

Awful Announcing is quickly becoming one of my favorite sites. Here are a few posts I enjoyed in the past weeks …
Apparently you just have to fill out a form to be eligible for the NBA Draft. Then you even get added to the watch lists.

Charles Barkley reads everything he sees on the prompter.

1. Comcast Sportsnet - Its just too perfect. Not only do they show the Phillies, Flyers, and Sixers but the Post Game shows for all of them are fantastic. The Eagles Post Game show is two hours every week, and how many other teams have the state’s current govenor as an analyst? The fact that you can’t get this channel on satellite not only has kept me from ever considering a dish but makes me worry that I can’t ever move out of CSN viewing area.
2. ESPN (all of them) - I hate SportsCenter and just about every show except for Around the Horn, PTI, and Baseball Tonight. They show so many big games I have to watch, even if its on mute. Big points go to ESPNews (I can’t wait to have ESPNews HD full time) because they show highlights, that’s all I need.
3. Comedy Central - The Daily Show and The Colbert Report. They should just show these on a loop as their own channel and I’d be in. I don’t even have to mention South Park to get this ranking. Ok, I’ll mention South Park. I remember not too long ago being worried that they might be slowing down. After this season, it may go on forever. By this point in the Simpsons run I was bored.
4. NBC - Here is my list of NBC shows: The Office, Scrubs, My Name is Earl, 30 Rock, Heroes, Chuck, Friday Night Lights, Conan, Saturday Night Live, and Last Comic Standing. I looked at the other networks and I only watch 2 or 3 shows on each of them.
5. CBS - There are a lot of channels even for this final spot. I went with quality. The only shows I watch on CBS are How I Met Your Mother and Letterman. All of the other contenders have slightly above average shows.

Up and Comer: HGTV. Ever since I got this channel in HD I started watching more. For some reason I love shows about kitchens. I don’t like to cook so I think its the number of creative designs and gadgets that can go in a kitchen. HGTV also has a lot of shows about houses. Either shopping for them or looking at expensive or interesting ones.