Prince packs a lot of awesome into his tiny frame, and artist Troy Gua has somehow managed to capture a lot of Prince's awesome in an even tinier jointed doll, complete with fancy Purple Rain outfits and a little purple motorcycle and everything. Gua promises that there is "so much more 2 come," including a little plastic Appollonia. Let's go crazy!
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Sunday, March 25, 2012
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Happy 81st birthday, William Shatner!
Today marks the 81st birthday of William Shatner. I was tempted to celebrate by posting something goofy, a clip of Shatner's infamous performance of Rocket Man or whatever, but instead I decided to post this clip from Shatner's directorial debut, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier. While it's widely (and accurately) regarded as the worst of the Trek films featuring the original cast, it does contain a handful of really effective scenes, such as the one above. Let's all gather around the campfire for one more evening with Kirk, Spock and Bones. Happy 81st, Captain.
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Tuesday, March 13, 2012
SNL's original Stefon sketch
Saturday Night Live is pretty uneven these days, but the show does feature one breakout, consistently hilarious character: Bill Hader's jittery, drugged-up, gay nightclub promoter, Stefon. Stefon is a currently a recurring guest on Weekend Update, but he made his debut a few years back in a sketch where he was supposed to be Ben Affleck's wayward screenwriter brother. Many of the character's core elements were there from the beginning, right down to his peculiar obsession with totally jacked midgets with keg abs. But the sketch doesn't quite work, and Stefon seems more creepy than funny... Clearly he needed the stabilizing influence of his tirelessly patient Update pal, Seth Meyers.
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