AWESOMECON » television http://www.awesomecon.com/blog 'cause the web is f#&%ing awesome! Fri, 15 Oct 2010 16:15:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Ford Fiesta vs. … http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/2009/06/ford-fiesta-vs/ http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/2009/06/ford-fiesta-vs/#comments Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:53:40 +0000 james http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/?p=486 BBC’s Top Gear is what all auto shows should be.  I continually enjoy watching their reviews and commentary.  On top of that, they have brilliant production and man can they drive.

The video a bit long… but seriously, watch it all.  It just gets better and better.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_KIqdS1SO0

[via Daring Fireball]

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=0b7mwTK564o

He then takes on American and British TV News, which I personally feel Charlie does an amazing job on:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_amyJCLmMY8

]]> http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/2009/05/exactly/feed/ 0 Bad Product Names – 80’s Edition http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/2009/04/bad-product-names-80s-edition/ http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/2009/04/bad-product-names-80s-edition/#comments Wed, 22 Apr 2009 21:13:39 +0000 james http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/?p=398

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8o1uTkbBBvs

This reminds me of the South Park episode with Jared.

[via Eno]

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=eU8utjD_vZg

The word on the blog is that Michel Gondry directed this… which makes a lot of sense.

[via Donewaiting]

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQIEuugmarY

Its music week here at Awesomecon… yet to help dilute the SXSW overload check out rapper P.O.S. rock the hell out of Pearl Jam’s “Why Go Home”.  Dope.

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For the fans of Mr. Show, you will probably agree the above scene has to be one of the more classic skits they have done.  I recently started watching the DVDs again (’cause nothing decent was on TV and it had been ages since I last watched it) and seeing this scene just cracked me up.  Even 11 years after this episode aired, Mr. Show is still just as funny now as it was then.

For those of you not familar with Mr. Show, it was a sketch comedy show on HBO that starred Bob Odenkirk and David Cross.  Bob Odenkirk has been a writer on the Ben Stiller Show, Conan O’Brien, SNL, Tenacious D, and Tom Goes To The Mayor.  David Cross is a stand-up comedian and actor featured in Arrested Development, Eternal Sunshine on the Spotless Mind and the seminal comdey CD Shut Up You F***ing Baby! Other members of the cast included Tom Kinney and Sarah Silverman.

]]> http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/2009/02/wyckyd-sceptre/feed/ 0 An interview with Doc Hammer and Jackson Publick http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/2009/02/an-interview-with-doc-hammer-and-jackson-publick/ http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/2009/02/an-interview-with-doc-hammer-and-jackson-publick/#comments Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:47:00 +0000 james http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/?p=229 http://adultswim.com/shows/venturebros/

Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim series continually produces some of the best adult-centric cartoons under the William Street brand.  Classics like Aquateen Hunger Force, Metalocalypse and the amazing Venture Brothers.   The Venture Brothers, the topic of this post, is a modern version of Johnny Quest, if Johnny grew up having massive abandonment issues, over inflated self-entitlement due to a wealthy and brilliant scientist father, and was addicted to diet and pain pills.

Rusty Venture is the “Johnny Quest” character, now grown up and with two sons: Dean and Hank.  You have the mullet sporting, muscled ex-CIA bodygaurd: Brock Samson, voiced by Patrick Warburton.  And the the menagarie of good and evil villians, including some of my personal favorites such as Dr. Girlfriend, the Monarch, Phantom Limb, Dr. Henry Killenger, the evil moppets and of course the Abbot and Castello pair: #21 and #24 (henchmen of the Monarch).

In season 3, it ends with a huge twist/shock to those that watch the show.  If you have not seen the show, you should… now!  Go buy the DVDs, get them off iTunes or some other service.  Do yourself a favor and watch the show from start to finish, it is a fantastic experience with amazing characters and the plot is damn good.  For those that do watch the show, head over to Io9 where they have great tidbits from a panel interview with Doc Hammer and Jackson Publick (the show’s creators) at ComicCon.  Warning: the post has a LOT of spoilers if you have not seen the end of Season 3.  You’ve been warned!!

Read [via Io9]

]]> http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/2009/02/an-interview-with-doc-hammer-and-jackson-publick/feed/ 0 Sir! Don’t Take The Steamer Tray!! http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/2009/02/sir-dont-take-the-steamer-tray/ http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/2009/02/sir-dont-take-the-steamer-tray/#comments Tue, 10 Feb 2009 07:08:05 +0000 james http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/?p=221 The Double Bacon Hamburger Fatty Melt

Recently I started watching a TV show that highlights the best and worst things about American restaurants.  The show is called, Man Vs. Food and it pits the host Adam Richman against America’s top restaurant eating challenges; things like eating a 72 oz steak in under an hour, or how many 3 pound breakfast tacos can you eat before you die.  Things like that.  Its disgusting, its gluttonous, its pure brilliant awesome USA chanting entertainment!

Man Vs. Food is like the Las Vegas of the Travel Channel… everything that is both right and wrong with America in one giant serving.  In the same vein of MvF, the website, “This Is Why You Are Fat” pays homage to glorious dietary destroyers.  Things no man or woman should ever ingest, yet they do proudly while huming “God Bless America” as a thread of grease drips from the sagging jowls.  Its wonderus, its horrifying… it almost always includes bacon.  Truly, god bless America.

[via Monica and Jeff]

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3Vcoq-QRo4

“Prehistoric Dog” is a well shot and great sounding rock video, with a nice nod to the Monty Python boys.

[link via Victor]

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BUT, it is freaking brilliant.  Just, brilliant.  And horrifying. And brilliant. If you like gross slapstick humor then you will surely laugh out loud like I did when I stumbled upon it. This was developed by Steve Markel from the show Testees, which I haven’t had a chance to watch.  I will include Episode One to start you off.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDz9RA7SjEw

The rest of the episodes:

Inside Steve’s Mind: Episode Two
Inside Steve’s Mind: Episode Three
Inside Steve’s Mind: Episode Four
Inside Steve’s Mind: Episode Five

Special Bonus Round: Nammy

[found via Loganotron]

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Ze Frank is featured in a short pilot called “The Remnants” and seeing his name made me check it out. You should too…


The Remnants from John August on Vimeo.

The pilot for The Remnants, written and directed by John August. Starring Justine Bateman, Michael Cassidy, Ben Falcone, Ze Frank, Ernie Hudson, and Amanda Walsh. It was shot during the WGA strike in February 2008, using the SAG internet agreement.

The project is currently in development with 60Frames in association with NBC/U, so it could in theory become a series at some point. Either way, we had a good time making it.

Read [Found via io9, via John August, via... just follow the chain]

]]> http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/2009/01/the-remnants/feed/ 0 How to care for child clowns http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/2009/01/how-to-care-for-child-clowns/ http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/2009/01/how-to-care-for-child-clowns/#comments Sun, 18 Jan 2009 08:06:14 +0000 james http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/?p=18 There is something about a clown… a horrible horrible something.  I don’t like them, I haven’t since Poltergeist.  Or maybe it was my terrible balloon phobia until I was 10.  Probably both.  But now thanks to Tim and Eric’s Awesome Show, Great Job! I can care for a child clown from Steve Mahanahan’s Child Clown Outlet.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xJqZxwW-9w

I love Tim and Eric.  Its odd, its creepy… it just like watching Access TV back in college late at night.  Half the time I want to laugh out loud, the other half I am confused and horrified at the trainwreck I am watching. Good, good stuff.

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