1995, and it hasn't aged a bit. Timeless laffs!... CONTINUE READING THE VIDEOGUM "LOUIS C.K. PROMISE": VINTAGE LETTERMAN PERFORMANCE»
Posted on September 1, 2009 in Late Night, Stand Up Comedy
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Tags: David Letterman | Louis C.K. | Nostalgia
(Speaking of dance movies.) That's right, you heard me, the Dirty Dancing remake. Right now, the news of this really good idea is only coming from Production Weekly, whatever that is, and through its Twitter account no less (via ComingSoon.net).... CONTINUE READING WHO SHOULD PLAY BABY AND JOHNNY CASTLE IN THE DIRTY DANCING REMAKE?»
Posted on August 19, 2009 in Bad Idea Jeans, Remakes And Spinoffs
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Tags: Boo! | Dirty Dancing | Jennifer Gray | Nostalgia | of Montreal | Patrick Swayze
Mentos used to be the candy of success. Let's say, for example, that you wanted to get into a music concert but the bouncer wouldn't let you. EASY. Just eat a Mentos, and now you're crawling through the back of... CONTINUE READING MENTOS, THE FAILMAKER»
Posted on July 16, 2009 in Free Advertising
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Tags: Candy | Food | Gum | Mentos | Nostalgia | Yuck
Remember when Kanye West was just a talented artist trying to get himself known? This video for "Spaceship," unreleased for the past five years but now suddenly released, is from back then. No outrageous boasting or Lady Ga Ga outfits... CONTINUE READING AW, BABY KANYE WEST BEFORE HE WENT FULL NIGHTMARE»
Posted on June 3, 2009 in Music Related Content
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Tags: Kanye West | Nostalgia | Radiohead
Hollywood is out of ideas, yes. We know that. And so, in place of them, they simply strip-mine the past for anything even remotely marketable, they put in Frankie Muniz* or Cedric the Entertainer**, they get a new Pink song... CONTINUE READING LET'S PLAY AN EXCTING ROUND OF "WHAT'S EVEN LEFT AT THIS POINT?"»
Posted on May 26, 2009 in Remakes And Spinoffs
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Tags: Flight Of The Navigator | Nostalgia
It is upfronts season, which means that all of the major networks are announcing their fall line-ups and appealing to advertisers with fancy parties and celebrity-filled presentations for early commitments to spend their hard-earned Disney Dollars. After the networks are... CONTINUE READING REMEMBER WHEN TWIN PEAKS WAS JUST A NETWORK TV SHOW?»
Posted on May 20, 2009 in Where Were They Then?
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Tags: Alan Thicke | David Lynch | Nostalgia | Twin Peaks | Upfronts
Here is a funny video care of EverythingIsTerrible (via HolyTaco) that captures the brief and regrettable craze that was Beanie Babies. (Did you know that if planet Earth's existence was an hour, all of human history would be less than... CONTINUE READING YOU ARE CAUGHT, SAMM LEVINE»
Posted on April 13, 2009
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Tags: Beanie Babies | Freaks And Geeks | Nostalgia | Samm Levine
Bootleg new Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull trailer is up (for now), guys: Am I the only one not boner-caliber excited about this movie? Don't get me wrong, obviously I will see it. But I can't... CONTINUE READING IS INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL THE ZWAN OF MOVIES?»
Posted on April 30, 2008 in Backlashes, Trailer
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Tags: C.R.E.A.M. | Indiana Jones | Nostalgia | Prolonged Adolescence
Does anyone remember the '80s game show for kids I'm Telling? That shit was insane. It was basically the Newlyweds Game, except siblings played it? So the host, who I'm sure was a totally nice person just trying to make... CONTINUE READING FALL INTO THE GENERATION GAP: I'M TELLING»
Posted on April 15, 2008
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Tags: I'm Telling | Nostalgia | Sean Astin
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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