What Is The French Word For LOL?

In general, Hollywood remakes of foreign films are stupid things that shouldn't exist, but this one actually sounds promising: a remake of Le Diner De Cons with Zach Galifianakis, Paul Rudd, and Steve Carrell? Ooh-la-la! (Sorry.)... CONTINUE READING WHAT IS THE FRENCH WORD FOR LOL?»

This Is As Close As I Will Get To Seeing Night At The Museum 2

These promos for Night at the Museum 2 featuring Ben Stiller and Jonah Hill arguing with Andy Daly (principal Cutler in Eastbound and Down) on the NBC Studios lot aired last week as interstitial clips between commercials during the 30... CONTINUE READING THIS IS AS CLOSE AS I WILL GET TO SEEING NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM 2»

The Poor Man's Poor Man's The Office

This is a British viral marketing attempt video for some sort of Human Resources software program for offices. At least they went all out: While on the one hand it's cringe-worthy for a company to make their viral video campaign... CONTINUE READING THE POOR MAN'S POOR MAN'S THE OFFICE»

Posted on March 10, 2009 in Viral Marketing (2 comments)
Tags: David Brent | Michael Scott | Ricky Gervais | Steve Carell | The Office

Do The Other Best Actor Nominees Hate Alec Baldwin Or What?

Loser reaction shots are one of the best parts of any televised awards ceremony, but usually the losers, as a group, hold it together better than Alec Baldwin's fellow Golden Globe nominees. When Alec's Best Actor win was announced, could... CONTINUE READING DO THE OTHER BEST ACTOR NOMINEES HATE ALEC BALDWIN OR WHAT?»

The Office: Ryan's Cray-zy Kelly Impression

Last's night's episode of The Office was written by the great Mindy Kaling, which explains all the extended makeout scenes with B.J. Novak, jk! But seriously, so many people write TV show episodes that it's not often that you can... CONTINUE READING THE OFFICE: RYAN'S CRAY-ZY KELLY IMPRESSION»

The Hunt For The Worst Movie Of All Time: Dan In Real Life

Pain is relative, duh. On the scale of human suffering, my Sunday nights are ICE CREAM SOCIALS. That doesn't mean that I don't actually cry out in pain during some of these movies. I do. But I recognize that there's... CONTINUE READING THE HUNT FOR THE WORST MOVIE OF ALL TIME: DAN IN REAL LIFE»

Posted on November 17, 2008 in The Hunt For The Worst Movie Of All Time (102 comments)
Tags: Dan In Real Life | Dane Cook | Juliette Binoche | Steve Carell

The Office: Dwight And Jim Call Mr. Buttlicker

Last night's The Office wasn't the best, but that's to be expected for the first episode of the season without Holly Flax/Amy Ryan (bring her back!) Dwight and Jim both got bad customer service reviews from Kelly, later finding out... CONTINUE READING THE OFFICE: DWIGHT AND JIM CALL MR. BUTTLICKER»

The Office Deleted Scene: Holly Says (Spoiler) To The Scranton (Spoiler)

Last night's The Office was great. Especially the "Life Is A Highway" scenes. But this deleted scene that contains spoilers is also great (and clearly just deleted for time.) So, sharing is caring: (Spoiler), Holly! We'll (Spoiler) you! We hope... CONTINUE READING THE OFFICE DELETED SCENE: HOLLY SAYS (SPOILER) TO THE SCRANTON (SPOILER)»

Posted on October 31, 2008 in Sitcoms, Spoilers (5 comments)
Tags: Amy Ryan | Holly Flax | Steve Carell | The Office

The Office Tells The Internet To Make An Office Robbery Wikipedia Page

Last night's episode of The Office was too charming to even talk about the charming parts (Michael and Holly Forevs!), but once again, the show has willed an internet thing into existence merely by mentioning it! First, it was "Cookie... CONTINUE READING THE OFFICE TELLS THE INTERNET TO MAKE AN OFFICE ROBBERY WIKIPEDIA PAGE»

Posted on October 24, 2008 in Sitcoms, WebJunk (4 comments)
Tags: David Byrne | John Krasinski | Steve Carell | The Office | Wikipedia

The Office: There Is Now A YouTube Video Of Cookie Monster Singing "Chocolate Rain"

Michael Scott can will YouTube videos into existence by the sheer force of making them up! On last night's episode of The Office, Holly and Michael ask the Dunder Mifflin gang to admit any unethical activity they've participated in while... CONTINUE READING THE OFFICE: THERE IS NOW A YOUTUBE VIDEO OF COOKIE MONSTER SINGING "CHOCOLATE RAIN"»

Deleted Seen: The Office Season 4

Season 4 of The Office came out on DVD today. I don't care if you buy it or not, because I do not work for THE MAN. I'm just pointing out a fact, because it did. But the following deleted... CONTINUE READING DELETED SEEN: THE OFFICE SEASON 4»

Posted on September 2, 2008 in Bonus Features (0 comments)
Tags: Oscar Nunez | Steve Carell | The Office

Tina Fey And Steve Carell Will Play A Married Couple In Date Night

Ooooh, this sounds good: Steve Carell and Tina Fey are set to play a married couple in "Date Night," a 20th Century Fox comedy to be directed by Shawn Levy. Story follows a couple who find their routine date night... CONTINUE READING TINA FEY AND STEVE CARELL WILL PLAY A MARRIED COUPLE IN DATE NIGHT»

Posted on August 15, 2008 in Casting Calls (1 comments)
Tags: Date Night | Steve Carell | Tina Fey

Steve Carell Is Crowned Homecoming King

Steve Carell returned to the Daily Show last night as a guest, you guys. Aw. It's cute (nullus) to watch them try and make each other laugh, but more importantly, I respect Mr. Carell for attempting to buy the show.... CONTINUE READING STEVE CARELL IS CROWNED HOMECOMING KING»

Posted on June 19, 2008 in Interviews (0 comments)
Tags: Jon Stewart | Steve Carell | The Daily Show

Citizen Marketing: Get Smart

Citizen Marketing is where we catalog our favorite baby-Banksy agit-prop defacements of public advertising campaigns. Please send your own Citizen Marketing to tips@videogum.com. THE REVOLUTION WILL BE TUMBLR'D! (via copyranter) Someone saw this poster and just said "You know what,... CONTINUE READING CITIZEN MARKETING: GET SMART»

Posted on June 10, 2008 in Citizen Marketing (3 comments)
Tags: Anne Hathaway | Dwayne Johnson | Get Smart | Steve Carell

The Three Best Clips From The Surprisingly Awesome SNL Finale

So how about SNL's Steve Carell-hosted finale this weekend? It was actually ... really ... funny. It's almost as if having a host who's a veteran comic actor and not some flavor-of-the-month celebrity makes a difference in the quality of... CONTINUE READING THE THREE BEST CLIPS FROM THE SURPRISINGLY AWESOME SNL FINALE»

Kevin On The Office Is Retarded

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote an open letter to The Office, explaining that while the show was great and funny, someone, or possibly a group of people, had taken one too many Whoops pills before the casting session,... CONTINUE READING KEVIN ON THE OFFICE IS RETARDED»

Ricky Gervais Knows The Secret Of Steve Carell's Weiner

Yep, "weiner." I'm trying to bring it back (from the fourth grade). Last night on Conan, Steve Carell told of the time Ricky Gervais peeked over the partition of a bathroom urinal at his you-know-what and said "Yep, I knew... CONTINUE READING RICKY GERVAIS KNOWS THE SECRET OF STEVE CARELL'S WEINER»

Posted on May 14, 2008 in Late Night (0 comments)
Tags: Conan O'Brien | Ricky Gervais | Steve Carell | Weiners

The Office Is Not Realistic!

My friend Andrew asks a pertinent question about The Office, you guys: "Is the conceit of the program still that they're being filmed for a documentary? Does that even make sense anymore?" That is a good question, and I think... CONTINUE READING THE OFFICE IS NOT REALISTIC!»

An Open Letter To The Office

Dear The Office, You're a great show, so congratulations on that and stuff. As someone who has worked in plenty of offices, you're really nailing offices. You did it! They are horrible! Did you know that you spend more time... CONTINUE READING AN OPEN LETTER TO THE OFFICE»

Posted on April 18, 2008 in An Open Letter, Sitcoms (8 comments)
Tags: Brian Baumgartner | Ed Helms | Steve Carell | The Office

The Office Comes Home

Everyone was anticipating last night's return of The Office (and 30 Rock), after the five month writers strike hiatus. Well, fuck you guys. That's not me saying that, that's The Office saying that. Last night's return was one of the... CONTINUE READING THE OFFICE COMES HOME»

Posted on April 11, 2008 in Sitcoms (13 comments)
Tags: Cringegaze | Ricky Gervais | Steve Carell | The Office