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Sarah Haskins on Birth Control Pill Ads
I never noticed until Sarah Haskins (my new comedic hero) points it out here, but, ads for birth control pills never talk about their main selling point: you can have sex without getting pregnant! It's always about controlling or eliminating your period. She snarks, "Well, now we don't have to leave the tribe and go sit in that hut for a week.
Why I Love. . . Sarah Haskins
I love Sarah Haskins. I mean, I really love Sarah Haskins. She is my hero of the hour.
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DirecTV Customers: Set Your DVR With Your iPhone
I'm not sure how I lived without a DVR — though I've only had it for a few years, it's a convenience that I don't think I can live without! I've already told you how to program your TiVo online, and now DirecTV subscribers can set their DVRs on the go. The DirecTV iPhone App for iPhone allows you to access and edit your account and recording schedule.
Geek Tip: Use YouTube as Health Care!
Who needs doctors when you have YouTube?! There are hundreds of videos that will show you how to cure the common cold, deliver babies, heal a snake bite — and all you have to do is click play. This facetious idea comes to you courtesy of the video below and its Current TV host, whose conceit is that YouTube can help solve the healthcare issue in the US.
Three's a Controversial Crowd on Gossip Girl!
Here's some Friday manjoyment for you — those Gossip Girl guys were spotted filming alongside their musically talented costar Leighton Meester this week. Ed Westwick looked rather handsome in his brown leather jacket as he picked up something to eat, while in a different part of New York Chace Crawford was happy to have a couple of photos taken as he walked down the street. The show is currently causing some controversy due to an upcoming threesome storyline which the Parents' Television Council has said is not appropriate for the teenage audience — most fans are just wondering who's going to be involved in the plot!
Say What? Sarah Haskins Rages Against the Machine
“As the Internet and TV and movies all become one scary machine in your living room, it’s important that we all have some level of media literacy."
— Sarah Haskins, who sends up ads directed at women in her amazing Target Women clips on Current TV. She thinks advertisers show how clueless they are about women by doing two incompatible things at once: "trying to still use some of the traditional gender roles, while also trying to match the changes .
Current TV Takes Aim at Twitter Celebrities
Current TV has been delivering the funny videos lately, like last week's Your Dad Asks Computer Questions, but their real success was with their Trouble With Twitter video. They've returned to their Twitter opponent and zeroed in on a hot topic of late: The Celebrity who tweets. No one (famous) is safe.
Familial Funny: Your Dad Asks Computer Questions
This video from Current TV (the same folks who brought you that hilarious Twitter video), Your Dad Asks Computer Questions, is apparently "based on real computer questions from real dads." I've provided quite a bit of tech support for my family, though no one has yet asked me how to find Google. Yet.
Seth Rogen Talks Monsters, Aliens, and Halloween
Tonight, NBC is airing a Halloween-themed follow up to last Summer's animated hit Monsters Vs. Aliens, Monsters Vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins From Outer Space.
Are You Looking Forward to The Mighty Boosh Movie?
Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt have announced that they are working on a script for a movie version of The Mighty Boosh! While Noel is currently on our screens as a team captain on Never Mind The Buzzcocks, he's working with Julian on a script and an album for the Boosh gang, that he says will hopefully be released next year. Julian said:
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