question of the day: What famous songs should the Muppets cover?
The Muppets’ version of “Danny Boy” is by far the most entertaining, least annoying rendition of the song I’ve ever heard. What other songs might they cover, and to what effect?
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watch it: the Muppets’ “Danny Boy”
I friggin’ hate “Danny Boy,” but this might be my most favorite version of it ever…
Burlesque (review)
Oh, cheese, glorious cheese! Christina Aguilera gets off a bus from Iowa in Los Angeles with nothing but a coupla bucks in her pocket and aspirations of stardom. As a dancer. Or maybe a singer. But something flashy, anyway: it’s L.A., after all!
NBC is sooo regretting letting Conan go; new Wolverine movie is called ‘The Wolverine’; BBC continues to employ David Tennant and John Simm; more: leftover links
Plus: the shocking number of British actors who have not been in a Harry Potter movie; is Wikileaks’ Julian Assange being persecuted?; we don’t need no stinkin’ objectivity in journalism; and more.
watch it: “Sesame Street: Smell Like A Monster”
What if Grover were an Old Spice man? He would be the monster your man could smell like.
the MPAA and male nudity; more battles between TV networks and cable providers; the Oscars race is on; more: leftover links
Plus: Javier Bardem to star in Chilean mine movie; Matt Damon not to star in the next Bourne movie; Napoleon Dynamite and How to Train Your Dragon going to TV; lots more…
Chilean mine disaster: the movie; Justin Bieber goes to Hollywood; Muppets online; more: leftover links
Every week my browser gets cluttered up with tabs for stuff that I stumble across and figure I might be able to use as a Question of the Day or a WTF Thought for the Day or grist for some other post…
‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: Kermit the Frog as Eleven
I love the Muppets and — obviously — I love the Doctor. But this is just odd.
Saturday cute: Zoot from the Muppets looks like…
…a streetlamp? Yup: Via TotallyLooksLike.com. (Got a photo or image that’s adorable and at least vaguely pop-culture related? Found such a photo online? Send a link or an image, and I might post it!)
Saturday cute: Muppet cupcakes
Num num num: (via Buzzfeed) (Got a photo that’s adorable and at least vaguely pop-culture related? Found such a photo online? Send a link or an image, and I might post it!)
