If you are my age you were mesmerized. If you are younger than I am, you have this man to thank for any “cool” videos you’ve ever seen:

This video from 1987 (I was 6!) still holds the record for the most VMA’s ever won: 9. Little known fact: the stop-animation in this video was created by Nick Park of Wallace and Gromit fame. Park also worked on Pee-Wee’s Playhouse. That factoid may be significant to those who remember Pee-Wee as a Saturday morning icon rather than a sexual deviant… or an intern on Murphy Brown.

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I’m Chevy Chase & You’re Not

Saturday Night Live has featured many bright up-and-coming comedians and actors / actresses since it’s inception in 1975. Some very famous celebrities, Chevy Chase with his one season for example, were only on the show for a short time. Others, like Darrell Hammond who is now working on his 13th year, stay there for what seems to be an eternity. There has also been a revolving team of writers - from Al Franken to Conan O’Brien. Some years and some casts are definitely better than others, and we all have our favorites. My favorite time ranges from the Phil Hartman era through the Will Ferrell era personally.

Will Ferrell w/ Infamous Cowbell

The thing with SNL is – there has to be a perfect mixture of talented actors / actresses and talented writers. We’ve all seen funny skits that weren’t so funny because the actors themselves aren’t funny. We’ve all also witnessed hilarious actors / actresses doing the best that they can with what has been given to them by the writers. The general consensus is that the show hasn’t been funny since Will Ferrell left. I hate to cause a commotion, but I have to strongly disagree with that. Sure, I’ll admit that there have been some rough patches since his departure, but I can’t say that the show is bad. Please allow me to explain. (more…)

Talk about things that make you feel old. The other day, it was brought to my attention that Late Night with Conan O’Brien has been on the air for 15 years. Seriously, 15 years. It’s hard to believe that the host, who has long since become a household name, originally debuted his talk show in 1993 to very little fanfare and general disinterest.

Trying to even figure out what time Conan was on back in those days was something of a guessing game, as the 12:30 post Tonight Show slot was more of a loose guideline than a definitive airtime. Depending upon what part of the country you lived in, Late Night was on anywhere from 12:30 to 3:00am, and often changed week to week according to the whims of local affiliates.

While this was an obvious setback to the success of the fledgling show, it was also a creative boost – some of the greatest bizarro comedy bits ever to make it to network television appeared in these early years. This was the kind of stuff you could only get away with when your program was being shown in timeslots usually reserved for infomercials and re-runs of Cops. (more…)

We would like for you to post lists pertaining to pop-culture, music, movies, television or video games on our site. Ok, it’s not a huge announcement. It’s not like as big as when the “Old Folks” announced their reunion tour, but at least this announcement doesn’t suck. I know, it’s not like having a website full of random lists is a new concept, but lists are fun, so we’re doing it anyways. Here are some reasons as to why we want to do this in descending order:

5) People make mental lists of things. People like to share lists on the interweb.
4) People have short attention spans. Lists are easy to read and comprehend.
3) Everyone ’s VH1 list shows (you know you do!). This will be like that. Only difference is: you have to read it.
2) As previously mentioned, lists are fun.
1) People have short attention spans. Lists are easy to make.

Your lists can be about anything pop-culture related. We want your opinions to be heard, even if you don’t want to write an “opinion piece” about a particular subject. We also want to encourage people to comment on your opinions, because that’s what they like to do. Your lists, for example, could be about:

- Your favorite video games.
- Favorite musicians with one-word names (i.e. Madonna, Prince, Bono, etc).
- Best movies featuring Mathew Lillard.
- Stupidest You Tube videos to appear on a real television show.
- Reasons why “sophomore” albums of new bands are absolute crap.

Your topic can be very specific or completely broad – it’s up to you. Make sure to send these lists to blendetta@verizon.net. You know you want to.

The new season of Dr. Who started today and is shaping up to be every bit as good as the last 3 seasons.

The Doctor & Donna

You will have to wait a bit before Sci-fi and BBC America start running it, but you won’t be disappointed.

The Doctor returns with Donna as his new companion, you may remember her from “The Bride” Christmas Special. Much like the Bad Wolf, Torchwood, and Saxon storylines, they start in on the big picture plotline from the very first episode. I will not include any spoilers, but fans of the newer series will be excited to find out what’s going on.

- Kali