February 2012
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WatchI’ve been doing some thinking and I’ve determined that it would be possible to improve Downton Abbey and make it accessible to all types of audiences. The video above is a 20 second example to show just how easy it would be.
Wonderful, Thanks.: Episode Twenty-Four - Fantasy... →
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Word: Fantasy Guest: Lev Grossman Bio: Lev Grossman is the New York Times bestselling author of The Magicians, its sequel The Magician King, and several other wonderful books. Additionally, he has worked as a journalist for The Village Voice, Entertainment Weekly,…
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Jokes from the Week of February 1st, 2012: The Kardashian sisters will appear topless in a new series of ads for Sears promoting a line of jeans named for each of them. So be sure to pick up your pairs of “Over Her” and “The Other One” jeans today! [KEY: Those names stitched on denim]
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Joke #00171
From the week of February 1st, 2012: Officials in Weed, California arrested a man at a local bus terminal who was carrying more than 1 million dollars in meth. Meanwhile, officials in Meth, California are very close to passing legislation to change their name.
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Jokes from the Week of February 1st, 2012: German authorities have started issuing parking tickets to drivers that do not have a fine and just the message “lucky you.” Man, even when the Germans try to do something nice there’s a hidden layer of underlying threats.
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Joke #00169
Jokes from the Week of February 1st, 2012: CBS has ordered a new series that will be set at the headquarters for Groupon. The show’s about three wacky friends who work at a company that’s about to collapse into bankruptcy.
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Joke #00168
From the Week of February 1st, 2012: A couple in Las Vegas this week, who have been married for 78 years, were named the longest married couple in the country, with a combined length of 188 inches.
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Joke #00167
From the Week of February 1st, 2012: A new casino being constructed in Atlantic City, New Jersey has announced that it will set term limits for its staff, requiring them to reapply for their jobs after their term ends, which will give the entire staff a specific point to reflect and consider where their lives went wrong.
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Joke #00166
Jokes from the Week of February 1st, 2012: On Monday, NBC pulled an episode of the reality show “Fear Factor” in which contestants were forced to drink donkey semen, and since they won’t be airing that episode, that means that you’re watching the network that made someone drink donkey for no reason.
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Jokes from the Week of February 1st, 2012: Mitt Romney on Tuesday won the Florida primary with 47 percent of the vote. But only if you consider being popular in Florida “winning.”
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Jokes from the Week of February 1st, 2012: Newt Gingrich is being sued for using the song “Eye of the Tiger” from Rocky III at political rallies. You know you’re in trouble when it’s 2012 and the band Survivor is asking to be heard by fewer people.
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WatchOkay, so maybe it’s stupid to premiere a video about a British TV drama the day after America’s biggest TV watching day, but I’m proud of this, so here it is again.
Here are a few highlights from the enhanced version of Downton Abbey I did for PBS. Basically, an image of me pops into frame to interrupt the episode and explain cultural and historical information to Americans.
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So, I’m doing these every week, in case you didn’t know, but I haven’t been posting them all here on the blog. You should check this one out, though. It’s Tom Snyder in 1978 interviewing a young David Letterman, Merrill Markoe, and Billy Crystal. There’s some great quotes in there about comedy just waiting for you, from some folks that had some big things ahead.