Category: video
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The Meaning of Chanukah
In the interest of equal time, please enjoy this utterly inappropriate bit of Chanukah cheer from South Park, and the lovely musical stylings of acclaimed musical genius Adam Sandler: The Chanukah Song, Parts 1, 2, and 3.
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The Spirit of Christmas
No, not the animated short that spawned South Park. I’m bringing you this silly marketing gimmick from Travelodge in the UK: Hotel chain offers a room at the inn for Marys and Josephs …”The ‘gift’ of a free night’s stay is to make up for the hotel industry not having any rooms left on Christmas…
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Blast from the past: Denis Leary riffing on the Mel Gibson DUI
Thank you to Phyllis & Joel for reminding me of this gem: Back in July of 2006, Mel Gibson was famously arrested for drunk driving, and exercised his constitutionally protected right to free speech by unleashing a tirade blaming Jews for, among other things, being responsible for all the wars in the world. You can…
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Another worthy webcomic
Technically, Last Kiss is also a traditional comic, since it appears weekly in the Seattle Times, but John Lustig deserves the recognition anyway. He also distributes bonus strips via his email list, and his “gimmick,” if I may call it that, is a hoot: Sure it’s schlock! But… In late 1987, Charlton Comics was selling…
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This blog is all over the place, can you tell?
Jewish stuff, family stuff, all sorts of other stuff. I don’t discriminate. Here’s French President Nicolas Sarkozy explaining why he walked out of the 60 Minutes interview broadcast in late October: not
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Movie review: 28 Days Later
Yeah, I know it ain’t a recent release, but I just watched it on DVD and I need to post about something, so here it is. Well done, visually astonishing suspense/thriller/horror movie. Very well paced and acted, which is saying something for what is essentially a zombie movie. But really, it’s much more than that,…
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Best. Spelling Bee moment. Ever.
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In case you missed it…
Here’s that local news piece about my meeting with Phyllis in May. And yes, I’m really still working on writing the story.
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Those wacky Israelis!
Makes me proud. What’s lacking in pacing and production values they make up for in creativity. glumbert.com – Supermarket 2.0
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I’m an Israeli man. Why don’t they write stuff like this about me?
Oh, right, because I didn’t WRESTLE A LEOPARD TO THE GROUND IN MY BEDROOM! JERUSALEM (Reuters) – An Israeli man wrestled a leopard to the ground after it entered his bedroom in a desert college and tried to make a meal of his pet cat. “He jumped on the leopard and pinned him to the…