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Homer Simpson votes for Barack Obama
A clip of Homer Simpson attempting to vote for Barack Obama has been released on the internet.
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Barack Obama: Political Godfather
I watched godfather 1 and 2 last night and there are several similarities to this years presidential election
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Radiohead Palin Bailout
Football, Bailouts, Radiohead, Homer Simpson and of course Sarah Palin. What do they all have in common? All five hold a place in today's Current Virals. Enjoy.
To watch the full versions of all five videos just click on the links in the comments section below. Football, Bailouts, Radiohead, Homer Simpson and of course Sarah Palin. What do they all have in common? All five hold a place in toda... more -
Forget Seinfeld, Microsoft, you want the two Coreys
Thursday, we learned that Jerry Seinfeld, one of the funniest men on the planet, will be the new spokesman in an ad campaign for Microsoft's Vista operating system. Can Seinfeld steal some of the marketing thunder from Apple's hipster Macintosh dude and the poor, shlubby Windows fella who clearly needs to get his suit tailored?
Well, as our readers have noted, there's a bit of irony to this, since many of us recall that Seinfeld was always using a Mac on his '90s sitcom. That got us thinking: Should Microsoft hire someone not so clearly playing both sides of the fence? Thankfully, our readers had some terrific ideas.
• Our first commenter, "J-Hawaii," had a good suggestion, a Borg drone from Star Trek: The Next Generation. However, I'm not sure this is the best representative of Microsoft's business-first attitude. While we often think of the Borg as joyless automatons of a conformist culture, the best-known Borg, Seven of Nine in Star Trek: Voyager, added new femininity to cyber-kinetic life forms. Even the creepy Borg Queen in the movie Star Trek: First Contact had a certain je ne sais quoi about her.
Could a Borg offer the first sex appeal to a Microsoft ad campaign since the Rolling Stones were singing Start Me Up for Windows 95?
• Commentator "Dirk VanNerden," along with many others, suggests Steve Carell and the rest of the cast of The Office. Makes sense; you've got vaguely unhappy office folk stuck in workplace purgatory in Scranton, Penn. (I grew up about 20 miles from Scranton, so trust me: "purgatory" is a nice way to put it.) Total Microsoft stereotype. Nails it.
However, a Microsoft fan might point out that the cast of a Carell movie, The 40-Year-Old Virgin could work just as well for Apple. You know, gadget heads stuck forever in some sort of adolescent, video-game-playing, pot-smoking purgatory.
• Homer Simpson, Charlie Brown, Rodney Dangerfield, Jason Alexander (who played hapless "George" on Seinfeld), and other people doomed to never get it right (unless they do the opposite of what they'd normally do, like George did): Personally, I think the diabolical, nuclear-plant-owning "Mr. Burns" on The Simpsons might be a better stand-in for a company that throws out a profit of a few billion dollars every quarter, despite the Vista follies. But, hey, that's just me.
• "Cafteach" suggests the great comedian and San Franciscan Robin Williams. Makes a lot of sense: Like Microsoft, Mork was at the height of his powers in the '90s, winning an Oscar for his performance in Good Will Hunting. And like Microsoft, he's laid some eggs in recent years. Did anyone even see RV? That said, he was still awfully funny as a penguin's voice in Happy Feet (or was that a puffin?)
• "Theoscnet" offers the cruelest cut of all: The two Coreys, "Corey Feldman and Corey Whoever..." It's Corey Haim, Theo. I looked it up for you. It's been a long time since we got the double-Corey treatment in '80s classics such as License to Drive and The Lost Boys. (But wasn't Keifer Sutherland really scary as a Jim Morrison-inspired vampire?)
The last we saw the two Coreys, they were puffy 30-somethings starring in The Two Coreys--"a look at the lives of former child stars Corey Feldman and Corey Haim living together as adults," as The Internet Movie Database puts it.
Microsoft...a metaphor for washed-up child stars? No way, but it's fair to say the company is starting to look a little puffy and out of fashion in its middle age, as our readers are quick to point out. Thursday, we learned that Jerry Seinfeld, one of the funniest men on the planet, will be the new spokesman in an ad campaign for Micro... more -
Home Simpson One Euro Coin
Someone has meticulously chiseled the face of King Juan Carlos I de Borbon y Borbon, King of Spain, into the less regal mug of Homer Simpson! Someone has meticulously chiseled the face of King Juan Carlos I de Borbon y Borbon, King of Spain, into the less regal mug of Homer ... more
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"Doh!" Venezuela TV Station Punished for 'Simpsons' Airing
The Televen channel yanked the animated hit from its lineup in April after regulators said its 11 a.m. showing violated broadcast rules intended to protect young viewers. "The Simpsons" returned to the air at night, and was replaced in the morning with "Baywatch Hawaii."
Isn't that a much better choice for children to be watching... The Televen channel yanked the animated hit from its lineup in April after regulators said its 11 a.m. showing violated broadcast rule... more -
It's Homer
I wouldn't like to bump into him in the street....
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Why our brains are programmed to eat doughnuts
Apparently it's because we are hungry. A study found that when subjects were presented with a picture of Krispy Kreme doughnuts and a screwdriver, their brains went into overdrive over the doughnuts.
After eating up to eight of the doughnuts, neither picture generated much of a reaction.
Then when the subjects fasted for eight hours 2 distinct parts of the brain lit up.
One part of the brain that lit up is, "the limbic brain, an ancestral part of the brain present in all animals from frogs to humans," and it says "...not only am I hungry, but here is food."
The other part of the brain that lit up is the brain's spatial attention network . It locked onto the doughnuts, deciding they were more important than the screwdrivers.
So basically we want them cuz we are hungry. Apparently it's because we are hungry. A study found that when subjects were presented with a picture of Krispy Kreme doughnuts ... more -
39 Years In 57 Seconds
Homer Simpson's entire life flashes before his eyes in this brilliant spoof of the viral video classic "Picture A Day." My favorite one is the picture of Homer with his giant foam cowboy hat with the surveillance camera inside. Homer Simpson's entire life flashes before his eyes in this brilliant spoof of the viral video classic "Picture A Day."... more
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Simpson Go Homer!
A 180-foot chalk figure of Homer Simpson was drawn onto a hillside in Dorset, England, causing indignation among Britain's Pagan community. The reason? Its painter sited the masterpiece beside a famous fertility symbol, the Cerne Abbas giant. A 180-foot chalk figure of Homer Simpson was drawn onto a hillside in Dorset, England, causing indignation among Britain's Pagan ... more
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Kenyans Cash In On Simpsons
A tiny African village is making a fortune from The Simpsons even though few residents have ever seen the satirical cartoon.
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Simpsons Crossover
Homer Simpson fills in for Jay Leno and proves that not even The Simpsons can make The Tonight Show funny. As Homer would say, "Booooring." Homer Simpson fills in for Jay Leno and proves that not even The Simpsons can make The Tonight Show funny. As Homer would say, "... more
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