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Addicted to A&E's Intervention? You're Not Alone

TresSugar — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:00:09 -0700

Exploitation. Voyeurism. Tears. There are all sorts of reasons to tune into A&E's Intervention. Maybe it's because it capitalizes on people at their lowest of lows that we cannot help but feel a twinge of guilt for tuning in again . . . and again. Its viewers are certainly a loyal bunch - some people (mostly them) would go as far as to say addicted.

Now Funny or Die has given the obsessive need to watch Intervention a name, a face, a parody. It's not the funniest thing I've seen, though I do love when his sister says, "It's the driving that worries me," as we see Saturday Night Live's Fred Armisen, the addicted, driving while watching. And it does star Elisabeth Moss, Fred's fiancee, better known as Peggy Olson on Mad Men!

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And the Billy Bob Thornton Parodies Start Flooding In...

GiggleSugar — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 03:00:00 -0700

As some of you may know, Billy Bob Thornton was recently outed as a major douchebag. He showed up with his band the Boxmasters to a live radio interview, and because the interviewer mentioned in his introduction that Billy Bob was (gasp!) an actor and not, I don't know, a Rock God - he sulked, stopped answering questions like a normal person, and in general acted like a petulant, self-important baby. Check out Michael Ian Black's inevitable impersonation. (As if the original were not a parody of itself already!)

Flutter: The New Twitter?

GiggleSugar — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 09:00:00 -0700

Do you have a mania for constantly updating everyone you know on the minutiae of your life? Is it getting hard to do it in 140 characters or less? Then have no fear - Flutter is here. Tell all your friends about your wild and crazy night in less than 26 characters! Add a Facebook app that automatically updates them on your whereabouts. ("Kim getting coffee. Kim now in the crapper.") And if you bide your time, pretty soon you won't have to do anything. Shutter will transmit 10-character posts with no vowels (via electronic diodes) directly into the brain. The terrifying thing is - I bet this isn't far off!

Breakfast at Tiffany's: The Lost Lyrics

GiggleSugar — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 13:20:00 -0700

I could not be happier that some jokesters took on one of the most loathesome songs ever written - the cloying, annoying, and nonsensical "Breakfast at Tiffany's" by Deep Blue Something. (Even the band's name makes me want to chew my own face off.) So what did the parodists do exactly? They just took the song's attempt at including banal date conversation into its lyrics to its logical and ridiculous conclusion. Bravo!

Nigerian Email Scam: The Real Story

GiggleSugar — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 10:00:00 -0700

If those Nigerian scam emails were telling the truth about dead kings, and off-shore accounts that only you, a chump at your desk in your cubicle can access, this is what it would look like. I just got one yesterday, and I tell you, they're an entertaining read!

James Blunt's You're Beautiful: The Literal Version

GiggleSugar — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 04:00:00 -0700

This literal video isn't made by the originators of this genius concept, but its wonky tribute to the genre is pretty good. The singer's cracking voice plus the crackling audio quality definitely add to the absurdity. (And is it just me, or is James Blunt really ~~beautiful~~ annoying?)

Introducing: The SnugWow!

GiggleSugar — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:02:51 -0700

It was only a matter of time before The Snuggie and the Sham Wow mated to become the vestment/absorbent towel of choice for couch potatoes everywhere! Why get up to grab a paper towel because you just spilled beer or nacho cheese sauce all over your Snuggie when you can just wipe up your mess with your blanket/towel/cult member's robe? I would draw the line at taking bathroom breaks from the comfort of your couch, though. There's always the Uroclub, after all.

I Never Want to Land in This Airport!

GiggleSugar — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:00:00 -0700

I love Czech novelist Franz Kafka as much as the next brooding existentialist, but I never want to land at his namesake airport in Prague. Named as the world's most alienating airport, Franz Kafka International takes the confusion of air travel and multiplies it by a million. The average delay? 31 hours. How long might delays last? Some disgruntled customers have reported month-long delays. And who wants to land in an airport whose Gate B2 is next to Gate B11, while Gate B14 is in the F terminal? Not me. I bet there are giant roaches running all over the place too! Sheesh. Get with the program, Prague!

Kill Bill I and II: The One Minute Version

GiggleSugar — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 07:00:00 -0700

Oh, man. Are you trying to tell me I spent over five hours watching Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill parts one and two when I could have gotten the whole story in one minute? I always find out stuff too late.

Leave Rush Aloooone!

GiggleSugar — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 08:00:00 -0700

Poor Rush Limbaugh. The Democrats are anointing him the true leader of the Republican Party, opening him to ridicule from the left and repudiation from the right. So this dude stepped in to save the frail and demure flower that is Rush, borrowing a page from Chris Crocker's impassioned and hysterical plea for us to "Leave Britney alone!" I wonder if it will work.