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What We Talk About When We Talk About Jeff Dunham

The New York Times had an extensive article in the Sunday Magazine yesterday about your boyfriend, Jeff Dunham. It is a pretty interesting read for both the Jeff Dunham fan and the Jeff Dunham opposite-of-fan. It describes his career trajectory...  CONTINUE READING WHAT WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT JEFF DUNHAM»

Posted on November 2, 2009 in (193 comments)
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The Jeff Dunham Show Is The Worst Thing In The Entire World

Before I talk about last night's premiere of The Jeff Dunham Show on Comedy Central, I would first like to issue a couple of apologies. I'm sorry, Jay Leno, I was wrong. Your comedy is hackneyed, aggressively middlebrow, toothless, and...  CONTINUE READING THE JEFF DUNHAM SHOW IS THE WORST THING IN THE ENTIRE WORLD»

Posted on October 23, 2009 in (195 comments)
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The Barack Obama Chia Pet Seems Like A Reasonable Thing To Exist

I'm not sure if this is a new thing or an old thing, but the fact that it even exists in the first place makes it a crazy thing. Barack Obama Chia Pet, you guys: Perfect. Just an entirely reasonable...  CONTINUE READING THE BARACK OBAMA CHIA PET SEEMS LIKE A REASONABLE THING TO EXIST»

Posted on October 19, 2009 in (33 comments)
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Harry Connick Jr. + Australian Blackface = Eracism

You probably already saw this clip since it was everywhere yesterday, and I promise never to ever be on an airplane again* so that you do not have to suffer the indignity of seeing something posted a few hours later...  CONTINUE READING HARRY CONNICK JR. + AUSTRALIAN BLACKFACE = ERACISM»

Posted on October 8, 2009 in (65 comments)
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There's No Way Flavor Flav's New Reality Show Could Be An Awful Idea!

Look, Flavor Flav on TV is like eye sausage. (Eye candy is for baby eyes.) It's satisfying and bad for you, and you do NOT want to know where it comes from. "Well, first we take this drug-riddled, borderline-retarded casing,...  CONTINUE READING THERE'S NO WAY FLAVOR FLAV'S NEW REALITY SHOW COULD BE AN AWFUL IDEA!»

Posted on October 1, 2009 in , , (40 comments)
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The Hunt For The Worst Movie Of All Time: Gran Torino

As a 57-year-old man who spends most of his weekends sitting on his porch with a rifle laid across his lap throwing stones at passersby as practice for later so that in my actual retirement it will look like I...  CONTINUE READING THE HUNT FOR THE WORST MOVIE OF ALL TIME: GRAN TORINO»

Posted on September 28, 2009 in (200 comments)
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Videogum Movie Club: District 9

YES! Do you know about ketchup? You see, there are five known fundamental tastes in the human palate: salty, sweet, sour, bitter, and umami. And ketchup, or at least Heinz ketchup, combines all five of these, to create an overwhelmingly...  CONTINUE READING VIDEOGUM MOVIE CLUB: DISTRICT 9»

Posted on August 18, 2009 in (124 comments)
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Ice-T Smashing A Laptop Reminds Us That Racism Is Weird

This video (after the jump) is from June, but it started circulating this weekend when Waxy linked to it. Now, to a normal human being, this video seems fairly straight-forward. An aging hip hop artist who has traded in his...  CONTINUE READING ICE-T SMASHING A LAPTOP REMINDS US THAT RACISM IS WEIRD»

Posted on August 10, 2009 in (61 comments)
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Oh, Here's That Borderline-Racist Fred Parody No One Asked For

Sure, Fred is basically the worst (and when he is inevitably elected President of the United States, he will be the Commander in Worst). But at least Fred was an original. He blazed new trails of awful. These Fred parodists...  CONTINUE READING OH, HERE'S THAT BORDERLINE-RACIST FRED PARODY NO ONE ASKED FOR»

Posted on July 21, 2009 in , (39 comments)
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You Look Like A Little Black Boy

Um... UMMM! Man, that little girl stuck with her friend when she had the chicken pox, and here she is throwing her under the black person bus like it never meant anything. "But you don't have the chicken pox."...  CONTINUE READING YOU LOOK LIKE A LITTLE BLACK BOY»

Posted on June 22, 2009 in (36 comments)
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Meet Clare The Racist Australian Internet Celebrity

There was a shooting at a nightclub in Sydney on Sunday, and the local news interviewed bystanders. And that was how Australia, and now the world, was introduced to Clare, a young lady who witnessed the non-fatal shooting and stepped...  CONTINUE READING MEET CLARE THE RACIST AUSTRALIAN INTERNET CELEBRITY»

Posted on May 20, 2009 in (81 comments)
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The Princess And The Frog Looks Terrible.

The first footage from Disney's The Princess And The Frog has hit the internet. Am I crazy, or does this look like the worst direct-to-VHS faux-PC kidsploitation piece of shit classic-Disney attempt to separate parents from their money in the...  CONTINUE READING THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG LOOKS TERRIBLE.»

Posted on May 5, 2009 in (75 comments)
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The Hunt For The Worst Movie Of All Time: Bulworth

The idea that politicians lie is as old as the idea of politicians. We all know that. But there's an equally compelling idea, especially in Hollywood, that at some point a politician will come along who will just tell it...  CONTINUE READING THE HUNT FOR THE WORST MOVIE OF ALL TIME: BULWORTH»

Posted on May 4, 2009 in (105 comments)
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Help! I'm Trapped In My Eskimo Fur Suit What!

There's such a thing as an Inuit fur costume. Can something be so utterly ridiculous that it passes over being racist and enters a post-race realm of universally agreed-upon absurdity? If so, this guy trapped in an Inuit fur suit...  CONTINUE READING HELP! I'M TRAPPED IN MY ESKIMO FUR SUIT WHAT!»

Posted on April 30, 2009 in (19 comments)
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A Randomly Selected Group Of People Complain About An Unstigmatized Product

A Popeye's franchise in Rochester ran out of chicken last week. I know that because it made the news. Sure it did. What? Just a very important objective news story concerning a group of citizens frustrated with the empty claims...  CONTINUE READING A RANDOMLY SELECTED GROUP OF PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT AN UNSTIGMATIZED PRODUCT»

Posted on April 27, 2009 in (68 comments)
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Brad Garrett Is Racist, Maybe

Brad Garrett, the brother from Everybody Loves Raymond, Fox And Friends antagonist, and inexplicable paparazzi target, told a paparazzo to "wear a turban," whatever that even means, and now he's in trouble: You know it's bad when even the newscasters...  CONTINUE READING BRAD GARRETT IS RACIST, MAYBE»

Posted on April 16, 2009 in , (4 comments)
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President, Please!

This video of a NY1 news report on Harlem residents replacing the word "ni$$a" with the word "president" has been circulating for a few days now, and there seems to be some confusion over whether or not it's real. Well,...  CONTINUE READING PRESIDENT, PLEASE!»

Posted on February 18, 2009 in (1 comments)
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Been Had Money Guy Knows His Audience

Just when you think that he has finished been hading money, he hads some more! It's really hard to finish a game of pool with this guy! "Come on, Brian, we are trying to play pool!" I know you're not...  CONTINUE READING BEEN HAD MONEY GUY KNOWS HIS AUDIENCE»

Posted on February 4, 2009 in (16 comments)
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Warden, This Woman Is An Idiot

(thanks for the tip, Edith) Obviously, it is no coincidence that Rachel Jones has found two separate toys that say "Islam is the light" in her home when no one else in the country has found any toys that...  CONTINUE READING WARDEN, THIS WOMAN IS AN IDIOT»

Posted on January 28, 2009 in (21 comments)
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College Humor Blows This Whole "Racism" Thing Wide Open

College Humor put out a new video today that is just terrible. It's a "gangsta" version of the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air theme song, because, you know, FINALLY! The video has ushered in a race-based Tumblr critique. MadeUpMemories writes: I...  CONTINUE READING COLLEGE HUMOR BLOWS THIS WHOLE "RACISM" THING WIDE OPEN»

Posted on January 26, 2009 in , , (80 comments)
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Well, This Bakery Is Going To Close

Fox local news in New York is all over the story of a crazy baker (that's the only explanation) who has started selling what he calls "Drunken Negro Cookies" (and on special days, "Obama Heads" or "Drunken 'N-word' Cookies.) Please...  CONTINUE READING WELL, THIS BAKERY IS GOING TO CLOSE»

Posted on January 23, 2009 in (27 comments)
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This Is What MacGyver Thinks Of Racists

In this clip from a very special episode of MacGyver, MacGyver shows what he thinks of racists. If we're going to remember MacGyver on this first day of Obama's presidency, and I don't know who isn't thinking about MacGyver and...  CONTINUE READING THIS IS WHAT MACGYVER THINKS OF RACISTS»

Posted on January 21, 2009 in (4 comments)
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Duh Aficionado Magazine: Holy Shit, Japanese Culture Is Insane!

I'm not talking about the insane endurance game shows or the vending machines that sell used schoolgirl panties. For one thing, those game shows would be mad popular over here, so we can cut it out with the tittering benignly-xenophobic...  CONTINUE READING DUH AFICIONADO MAGAZINE: HOLY SHIT, JAPANESE CULTURE IS INSANE!»

Posted on January 8, 2009 in (27 comments)
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It's A French Screwball Comedy About Racism!

According to a great blog I read by a chick who happens to have just returned from France, there are posters for this movie, Agathe Clery, all over Paris right now. I won't give away the gag, but, okay, it's...  CONTINUE READING IT'S A FRENCH SCREWBALL COMEDY ABOUT RACISM!»

Posted on December 3, 2008 in (7 comments)
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Jimmy Kimmel Is A Racist

On Monday night's Jimmy Kimmel Live, K-Dawg presented another of his classic movie spoofs where they edit Guillermo Rodriguez into the trailer. This time for Twilight: Guillermo Rodriguez works security in the Jimmy Kimmel parking lot. Isn't that crazy? The...  CONTINUE READING JIMMY KIMMEL IS A RACIST»

Posted on November 26, 2008 in , (32 comments)
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