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Aqua Teen Hunger Force Needs A Real Life Carl

Are you a fat, hairy, crude asshole who likes to wear flip-flops and sweatpants? Aqua Teen Hunger Force want to make you a star.

The Adult Swim show is in the midst of developing the first-ever “live-action” episode (or as close to live action as you can get when your protagonists are all talking, floating fast food products), and they just announced that they will be holding an open casting call for the role of their depraved neighbor Carl. The search will begin next Saturday (July 26) at the Omni Hotel during the San Diego Comic Con, where the show’s co-creator, Dave Wills (who also voices Carl) will be on hand. Watch Carl getting wasted and cutting his nipples off after the jump.

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July 17, 2008 | Permalink | 2 Comments
Tags: Adult Swim, TV, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, cartoons

Girls

Mad Men’s Christina Hendricks Is Mad Hot

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We were going to wait a couple of weeks to talk about Mad Men so that we could give the late-pass holders a chance to watch when the second season starts on July 27th, but the Emmy Award nominations were announced this morning. This is history, people: Mad Men is the first basic cable show (along with fellow nominee Damages) to to snatch a Best Series nomination.

And while we could go on and on about the stellar writing and the crack ensemble cast, we’re not Roger Ebert—no, we’re Ayo! Scott and Stephen Hold ‘Em—so instead we’re gonna big up actress Christina Hendricks, who plays Joan on the show. She does some truly sublime things with a 1960s-era zeppelin-shaped bra, and we just had to share them. After the jump, see more of Christina to understand why we’re really giving Mad Men the thumbs up.

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July 17, 2008 | Permalink | Comment
Tags: Girls, Celebrity boobs, TV

Sports

Billy Packer’s Hall of Shame

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As has long been speculated, CBS officially parted ways with longtime college roundball analyst Billy “Packer? I Hardly Know ‘Er!” Packer yesterday after 27 years.

We are not unhappy about this, especially since Packer’s being replaced with Clark Kellogg—who, despite his love of the word “spurtability,” is an ex-Pacer, and as such is infallible (suck on that, Captain Knick!). Besides, Packer’s an ass, and it didn’t take us long to document our case. After the jump, take a look back at some of his career defining moments…

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July 15, 2008 | Permalink | Comment
Tags: Asshole, TV, Sports

Family Guy’s Cleveland Spinoff Is Trading Races

It’s a well-known fact that the voice of Cleveland, the only prominant black character on Fox’s Family Guy, is done by a white guy (Mike Henry, one of the show’s writers). Well now he’ll be getting his own spin-off, The Cleveland Show, in 2009, where the character will be moving to Virginia with his new family.

And the best part (aside from the fact that Sanaa Lathan and Nia Long are both in the cast) is that the show will feature a white “redneck” neighbor who is being played by seasoned voice actor Kevin Richardson, who is (you guessed it!) a black man. White is black and black is white? WHAT WILL AMERICA THINK?! The crossing of streams brings to mind some famous race reversals of the past. Check ‘em out after the jump.

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July 14, 2008 | Permalink | 2 Comments
Tags: TV, Race

Fox Plots An Osbournes Variety Show

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As much as Fox can come through with some great television–House, 24, Parker Lewis Can’t Lose—their reality-based programming leaves a little to be desired. And by “a little,” we mean “an amount the size of the aggregate silicon volume of I Love Money’s female contestants.”

So is it any surprise that the network responsible for Are You Smarter Than Jeff Foxworthy’s Prostate? has doubled down on its abominable track record by ordering six episodes of a variety show? Starring the OSBOURNES?! We haven’t witnessed an idea this spectacular since Victoria Beckham convinced NBC executives that America cared about the life of a dour skeleton with two melon halves and a dye job. That said, there should be some eminently watchable trainwrecks involved in Ozzy’s family variety show. Don’t believe us? Watch some past variety show high points below.

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July 7, 2008 | Permalink | Comment
Tags: The Osbournes, Parkinson's, Ozzy Osbourne, Played-Out Pop Culture Phenomena, TV

Getting To Know Flavor Flav

Whether you know him as the ultimate hype man for Public Enemy or for his ratings-busting VH1 show Flavor Flav keeps you interested. Even when he’s in between seasons, he’s still indirectly spawning hits for the network—the latest Flav spinoff, “I Love Money,” features nutjobs from past Flavor of Love seasons like Pumpkin, Nibbiz, and Toastee.

When we had a chance to talk to Flav recently, we decided to flip the script and ask him some offbeat questions. What we got in return were some answers that would seem terribly awkward coming from anyone else. Read on to learn about dog-shit cracker sandwiches and how Flav lost his virginity at the tender age of six.

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July 7, 2008 | Permalink | 14 Comments
Tags: Music, Flavor Flav, TV, Rap, VH1

Is Seth MacFarlane’s New Online Show A Rip-Off?

Family Guy’s Seth MacFarlane has been Fox’s golden boy ever since execs realized that drunk college kids love lowest-common-denominator humor. Now, he’s taking on the internet in a huge deal to develop “Seth MacFarlane’s Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy,” a web series that will deliver his core audience (read: mouth-breathing young men) to online advertisers via Google. Which is all well and good, except there’s something familiar about the show’s title and concept.

See, back in 2003, cartoonists Kelly Shane and Woody Compton released a New Yorker-style comic strip titled…wait for it…“Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy.” Coincidence? Perhaps. But in an interview, MacFarlane describes “Cavalcade” as “animated versions of the one-frame cartoons you might see in The New Yorker, only edgier.” You’d think a guy who created two identical television shows just by changing a dog into an alien would be a little more sensitive to the idea of originality. Read the 2003 comic strips below and judge for yourself.

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June 30, 2008 | Permalink | 1 Comment
Tags: Seth MacFarlane, TV, the internets, TV Shows, Family Guy

Neil Patrick Harris Goes From Doogie To Dr. Horrible

He’s still best known for playing teen doctor Doogie Howser, but there’s no denying that Neil Patrick Harris has been experiencing a major career resurgence in the last few years. After stealing the show in both Harold & Kumar movies and becoming the best funniest part of CBS’ How I Met Your Mother, and he’s finally returning to his M.D. roots in Doctor Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog.

The series of shorts, in which NPH plays low-budget super-villain Dr. Horrible—was created by Joss Whedon (Buffy, Firefly, Astonishing X-Men), along with his brothers and sister-in-law, while the Writer’s Strike was going on. The comedy/action/sci-fi/musical follows Dr. Horrible’s exploits as he fights the local bully/superhero and pines after the unattainable girl at the laundromat. The three 10 minute episodes will debut online later this year and then on DVD afterwards. Click through to watch the teaser trailer…

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June 26, 2008 | Permalink | Comment
Tags: Neil Patrick Harris, TV, the internets, Joss Whedon

Girls

Which BET Awards Woman Looked The Best?

Wayne and Kanye definitely dominated last night’s BET Awards, but we really had a hard time paying attention to all that rap shit. With some of the finest women in the entertainment industry strutting their carefully manicured stuff, how could we focus on anything else?

Consistent hotties like Alicia Keys, Cassie, Ciara and Rihanna all had typically strong showings, but a new batch of starlets like Lauren London, and Angel Love also made their bids for the belt. After the jump, see pictures from the event and vote on who was the evening’s #1 stunner.

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June 25, 2008 | Permalink | 14 Comments
Tags: Cassie, Alicia Keys, Lauren London, BET awards, Rihanna, TV, Girls

Wolverine Leads The X-Men Back Into Animation

Back in the mid-’90s, the Fox’s original X-Men cartoon dominated Saturday mornings. Now, after three blockbuster live action movies and an animated series about the mutants as teenagers (X-Men: Evolution), it looks like the entire franchise is shifting its focus towards Wolverine. The X-Men Origins: Wolverine movie comes out next May, the first issue of the Old Man Logan comic just dropped, and now Nickelodeon is preparing their new series Wolverine And The X-Men.

While the show won’t debut until next Spring, Marvel announced that they will be debuting the pilot at this year’s San Diego Comic Con. Watch two new trailers for the series below.

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June 24, 2008 | Permalink | Comment
Tags: cartoon, Comics, Hugh Jackman, X-Men, TV, Wolverine