Well, sort of. Watch Ricky Gervais squirm when he's asked about Russsell Brand's "Huge Scandal In England For Some Reason" prank call to an old actor's "answer-phone." Ricky is clearly not comfortable talking about it:
Russell Brand has since resigned from the radio show, despite many defenders who say the incident has been overblown and wasn't malicious. England, you guys, don't you know there's an election going on? (KIDDING!)
I watched Forgetting Sarah Marshall again last night (best) and I'm still on the fence about Russell Brand. On the one hand, the VMAs happened. On the other, the guy does clearly have comedic talent, as evidenced by his performance as Aldous Snow in FSM. On the third hand, HE PRANK CALLED AN OLD MAN IN ENGLAND AND SAID HE SCREWED THE OLD MAN'S GRANDDAUGHTER:
Ricky Gervais and Thandie Newton re-enacted the script of the Sarah Palin porn movie on The Graham Norton Show, and it was funny:
Thandie Newton's Sarah Palin impression sounds exactly like Hayley Mills's California girl impression as Susan in The Parent Trap. I'm sorry if that's esoteric, but it's too exact not to mention!
This Show We Won't See For Two Years Looks Great!• We refuse to write a whole post about a show that's premiering on Britain's ITV2 this fall, since we have no idea what that even means in American time, but No Heroics (via AICN) looks pretty funny, and when Hollywood rips it off and puts Andy Milonakis in the lead role, Videogum will be there.
The Office is such a universal Western experience that there are versions in France, Chile, Canada, and Germany. (It seems like Canada could just borrow ours.) The German version is even being turned into a movie. Anyway, because it's always amusing to see familiar things in unfamiliar languages, here's a clip from the German Office, Stromberg:
(Via Ain'tItCool.) I think the guy with the accidental Hitler mustache is the Dwight/Gareth of the show -- wait, a Hitler joke? Too soon, Germany. Too soon.
I've been making my way through Spaced, that cool show by the Shaun Of The Dead folks that aired in Britain in 1999 and 2001 and just came out on DVD. I didn't want to watch any of the show online so as to purify the chronological entire-series DVD-watching experience, but this scene stands alone as an example of the show's brilliance: what starts out as a conversation about the differences between men and women turns into the two funniest fight scenes I've ever seen (though I think non-funny fight scenes are stupid, probably because I'm a chick.) You don't have to have seen the show to get the truths revealed here (be sure to watch to the end):
Last night I watched that scene four times. Someone in Hollywood should totally make an American version of this show, just kidding.
The Terminator trudged along the wooded path towards the lake, his gun dangling by his side, the taunts still ringing in his hypersensitive bionic ears. He stared at the ground as he walked, and didn't even bother scanning anything with...
After watching Death Sentence, a terrible movie starring Kevin Bacon as a father in search of vigilante justice directed by Saw's James Wan, Gabe embarked on The Hunt For The Worst Movie of All Time. This is his sad journey.
Do you ever eat foods that you know you don't like, just to remind yourself why you don't like them? I think that's a good thing to do sometimes! The worst case scenario is that you might momentarily have a...
Last weekend, something strange happened. Some of the Videogum Monsters created their own secret, password-protected chat room. In 2009! Incredible! I suppose every monster has his cave, or whatever. As it turned out, though, we already had a Videogum Chat...
Blogging about TV and movies isn't all fun and videogames. Every week, Lindsay or Gabe will be presented with a physical or mental challenge that tests their bravery,patience, and taste.
The Challenge: I had to go on a 3.5 hour bus tour of totally random TV and film locations in New York City. Alone, and wearing a specific ridiculous tshirt. And I had to find someone to take my picture...
I went to see Where the Wild Things Are on Saturday, but it was sold out. Ay-ay-ay. That was a surprise! I mean, anticipation for this movie seemed pretty high, but anticipation for lots of movies seems high, especially when...
