Everything about this just makes me feel icky.

But you gotta love the part where she says, “I think about giving it to my kids, saying, ‘Guys…imagine…imagine there’s no heaven!’”

Good lord lady…you’re one mean bitch!

Watch all the way to the end for another juicy nugget.

YouTube – JOHN LENNON JEWELRY.

I stumbled upon this brilliant flowchart, which diagrams the lyrics of the first verse of  “Making Love out of Nothing at All” by Air Supply.  It’s not 100% accurate…but quite clever nonetheless.

Here’s link to the original author on Flickr:  9 0 0 0’s Photo Stream.  He’s got some other great stuff there too.

Gotta love the Fame logo too!

I love Dave Chapelle.

YouTube – Dave Chapelle – The Secret.

Dear Andy-

I read your blog entry “A Fond Farewell” today with great disappointment.   The day Hulu launched back in March of 2008 was the day I canceled my DISH Network satellite service.  Like many other people, I’ve enjoyed the content you’ve provided.  I’ve seen the changes you’ve made…some good, some bad.  I understand that you have a business to run and that content licenses are sometimes complicated and change over time.

Yesterday, March 2nd 2010, you announced that “The Daily Show” and “The Colbert Report” would no longer be distributed on Hulu.  You said, “After a series of discussions with the team at Comedy Central…we ultimately were unable to secure the rights to extend these shows for a much longer period of time.”

It is no surprise to me, however, that you’re suddenly having difficulty negotiating with Comedy Central (or any other content provider for that matter.)   Why?

Because March 2, 2010 was the day you started producing your own content.

March 2nd, 2010 was the day you stopped being simply a content distributor, and became a content producer.

March 2nd, 2010 was the day you became competition to ALL of your content providers.

And for what?  So you can start streaming YET ANOTHER mindless, Simon Fuller-produced, “I Can Dream” REALITY TV SHOW?

Andy, you and Hulu are shooting yourselves in the foot.  You yourself said that quality content like the award-winning “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” and “The Colbert Report”  are consistently two of the top-watched shows on Hulu.  Why are they watched?

BECAUSE THEY’RE GOOD.  They’re NOT reality television.

You’re taking a huge step backwards.  HUGE.

Stop producing your own content.  Take the money that you’re throwing away at Simon Fuller’s idiot dreams project and hand it to directly to Comedy Central.  The Comedy Central shows are ANCHORS.  They will be with you for years to come. Focus on what Hulu does well:  simple interface, solid streaming technology, and distributing quality content…OTHER PEOPLE’S CONTENT.

Mark my words:  Unless you change this quickly, you’re going to lose the streaming online content race.  Heck, I’m not even in your business and it’s blatantly obvious to me.  Strategically you’ve put yourself in a terrible position.  Your other content partners will see you as competition and do the same thing Comedy Central has done:  Leave.

Sincerely,

Johnny Diggz
Hulu fan from Day 1

I’m pretty sure this just became my favorite video ever.

YouTube – OK Go – This Too Shall Pass – RGM version.

Roger Ebert just posted this about his efforts to recover his ability to communicate orally.   When I first heard that he lost his ability to speak, I immediately thought of Stephen Hawking’s Speak-n-Spell robot voice.

But they’ve made huge leaps forward in computer-generated speech synthesis.  Roger realized that, using professional-grade audio recordings of how his voice used to sound, some audio-engineers might be able to re-synthesize his own voice.

IN his own voice.

And that’s exactly what they’ve done: Hello, this is me speaking :: rogerebert.com :: People.

Enjoy…

YouTube – Bohemian Polka – Weird Al Yankovic.

I was looking for a different commercial when I stumbled upon this one. Nice enough, until about halfway through when they put poor Frosty the Snowman and all of his snowman friends into the chipper. Why does Coke hate Snowmen?

YouTube – Beautiful Coca Cola Commercial Full Version.

Because he’s in love.

YouTube – Captain Kirk is climbing a mountain, why is he climbing a mountain?.

Meet Prince Hubertus of Hohenlohe-Langenburg,  the German prince who is skiing for Mexico in the 2010 Olympics.  I don’t really care about the Olympics, but when I see a name like Hubertus von Hohenlohe, I can’t help but take notice.  I’d tell you more, but Time magazine has beaten me to the punch.  Although, I’m considering him for honorary inclusion into the Foppish Dandy Database, purely based on his name alone.

Apparently he’s also a photographer AND a pop singer who performs under the names Andy Himalaya and Royal Disaster.

Here’s one of his videos, a song called “I Want Pop”:

This video for “Undiscovered Streets” highlights some of the 51 year-old’s accomplishments:

And if you just haven’t gotten enough of Hubertus yet…here’s the TIME MAGAZINE feature:  Who is Hubertus von Hohenlohe, and Why Is He Skiing for Mexico? – TIME.