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Cute Alert: The Cutest, Most Cuddliest Music Vid Ever

GiggleSugar — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:27:21 -0700

Fatboy Slim knows how to make women purr. In a day and age when music vids run amok with crazy special effects or sexed up choreography, our boy keeps it real - real ~~crunk~~ cute. He's got itty-bitty-kitties in hard hats, cowboy hats, ties, and bows. There's even a catnip dealer, but shhh! Keep that on the down-low . . .

Twin Peeps

GiggleSugar — Tue, 01 May 2007 00:02:00 -0700

Celebrity chef Rachael Ray and Jack Nicholson as "The Joker"

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Happy Caturday!

TresSugar — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 04:00:00 -0700

This might be one of the most inappropriate Caturdays in recent memory, but a franchise like Happy Caturday needs something different every once in a while to keep fresh, no? Some joker wanted to prove that everything is made cheerier by our light blue polyester outfitted Keyboard Cat - even the scariest scenes from Stanley Kubrick's The Shining! Hmmm . . . the jury's out on this one.

Joker Asks Fast Food Workers: What Do You Love?

GiggleSugar — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 15:00:00 -0800

This whole experiment is strangely affecting...

Further Signs of the Dollar's Decline

GiggleSugar — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 01:00:00 -0800

When the value of money begins to drop, at least you can use it to doodle on! Turn the figures on your currency into Amy Winehouse, Ringo Starr, Heath Ledger's The Joker, and a bunch of zombies!

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Batman and Bush - Actually More Alike Than Knight and Day?

CitizenSugar — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:15:55 -0700

If you caught The Dark Knight already, you might want to go back for a second look - did you know you may have been watching a flick all about George W. Bush? According to this WSJ op-ed, it's true:

There seems to me no question that the Batman film The Dark Knight, currently breaking every box office record in history, is at some level a paean of praise to the fortitude and moral courage that has been shown by George W. Bush in this time of terror and war.

The piece alleges that all movies with conservative values are fantasy flicks like 300 and that conservatives need to confront issues from their view point head-on. In current realistic depictions of terrorism:

The good guys become indistinguishable from the bad guys, and we end up denigrating the very heroes who defend us . . . Doing what's right is hard, and speaking the truth is dangerous.

So Bush wins and he's a hero? Is he George "Caped Crusader" Bush? Perhaps, it's not such a great thing. To see why, read more.

Resident expert Buzz concurs that The Dark Knight is indeed an allegory for our time, but our time is complicated:

We're reminded that sometimes evil simply exists for no good reason. It taps into a very real, basic, and horrible fear: that in this world where terrorism could lurk anywhere, where chaos and war and murder exist, we struggle continuously to figure out "why?"

The WSJ argues that Batman is Bush precisely because he's shown in dogged pursuit of evil, that it's the mark of a true hero. Though if one takes that argument in the whole scope of the movie, perhaps the Bush/man comparison isn't so flattering?

Batman spends the movie thinking he can conquer the Joker because he has faith in the clear definition between good and evil - and to this end, he utterly fails. Batman misunderstands the evil. There is no success to be had in Gotham using his plan. As Batman spirals into his quixotic quest for the Joker, he turns on everyone around him, spying and wiretapping his way to paranoia.

Though perhaps the comparison between the two is accurate, maybe it's not as flattering a depiction as the piece would like. But in the end, maybe Batman isn't Bush - maybe he's all of us.

That said, can you tell the difference between the two?

Is Bush really like Batman?

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The Dark Knight, With Trikes

GiggleSugar — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:00:52 -0700

Even with toy cars and low-budget costumes, this kid-produced version of The Dark Knight is strangely haunting, and the actors are adorably earnest. Don't miss the tension-filled moment around 1:15, where Batman whizzes past the joker on his tricycle. (Thanks, Stupid Videos!)

The Dark Knight of Bel-Air

GiggleSugar — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 07:00:00 -0700

What, you thought I wasn't going to post a spoof of the film with the biggest opening weekend in the history of cinema? Wrong! This one's decent, though. It features the ridiculous intro to The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air as it would've been sung by Heath Ledger's already iconic Joker. (Love the cartwheels and cheesy dancing.) So what do you bet that Halloween's gonna be overrun with this costume?

Product of the Day: Prank Envelopes

GiggleSugar — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:00:00 -0700

I was reading an interview recently featuring George Clooney, the infamous practical joker. According to the interviewer, he had some envelopes on his desk that read "The porn you ordered." I couldn't find those exactly, but these envelopes come close. I mean, can you imagine coming home with a friend and receiving a letter from "The Compulsive Masturbation Assistance Center"? Ha!

Balki's On a Roll!

GiggleSugar — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 01:00:00 -0700

Balki was an obnoxious doofball on Perfect Strangers, but that was merely a front. Little did we know, back in the boondocks of Mypos, he was a sheepherder by day and a practical joker by night. Apparently, the dude roll'd us before we even knew what getting Rick Roll'd was all about. Genius! (Thanks, eBaum's World!)