This '80s commercial for Jello will make you say the C Word in your head. I guarantee it: That commercial makes me wish that Jello had a rival product, like Pepsi or Microsoft, and that the rival company put out... CONTINUE READING THE MEANEST JELLO COMMERCIAL OF ALL TIME»
Posted on January 14, 2009 in Backlashes, Commercials
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Tags: Jello | Modest Mouse | Sweaters
At first, this promotional video for I.B. Diffusion, the makers of the world's most imaginatively horrifying sweaters from the '80s, seems like your typical "Yeah, ha, what a weird time that was" mildly amusing thing. But if you keep watching,... CONTINUE READING THE WORLD'S FIRST BAD-SWEATER FETISH VIDEO»
Posted on September 17, 2008 in Nostalgia, WTF, YouTube?
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Tags: Sweaters | The '80s
Bill Cosby is finally taking advantage of the cultural significance and hipster party theme popularity of the aggressively unattractive sweaters he wore on The Cosby Show and elsewhere. Just look at the illustration for his ebay charity sweater auction: He... CONTINUE READING BILL COSBY KNOWS WE MAKE FUN OF HIS SWEATERS»
Posted on May 30, 2008 in Merch
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Tags: Bill Cosby | Sweaters
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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