Entries Tagged as ‘pop culture’

July 16, 2008

The musical sequence I was waiting for OTHER than Dr. Horrible

OK. I could spend 50+ hours gushing about Dr. Horrible like some silly little fangirl who still hasn’t gotten over the cancellation of Firefly. Or I could just post a video (pilfered from Pop Candy) that I have been DYING to watch since I first heard about it a few months ago:
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July 10, 2008

Things That’ve Got Me PUMPED – July 9, 2008

Young Chuck and Young Ned will be hosting a “Pushing Daisies”-themed pie eating contest at the Orange County fair.  How cute!!!!
The Flaming Lips are saving puppies in addition to their usual dose of awesome.
Mr. MacFarlane, the Judd Apatow of TV animation since “Futurama” started going downhill, is doing a animated series that will be released [...]

June 22, 2008

Superboy Plays Ball

I don’t know why this tickles me so much, but CBR’s “comic book urban legends” feature just pointed out that Superboy illustrator Jim Sherman did indeed create the Major League Baseball logo.
Nothing screams American patriotism more than superheroes, baseball, and corporate branding!
If you think comic book trivia even hardcore geeks might let slip by, definitely [...]

June 14, 2008

Things That Have Got Me PUMPED – June 14, 2008

Fox Sports Network will be covering the USA Rock Paper Scissors League’s championship tournament.
The upcoming release of Wall-E.
My favorite voice of stop-motion animation, Seth Green, will be making a guest appearance on “My Name is Earl.” I agree with Mr. Green’s comment in the THR article linked: Why hasn’t this happened sooner?
Fox News is yet [...]