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Jonathan Ames Makes Every Other WGA Awards Presenter Look Very Boring

This video of Jonathan Ames drunkenly presenting at the Writers Guild awards ceremony in New York is more entertaining than about ten different Oscar broadcasts put together. The guy does it all! Criticizing the suggested pronunciation of the nominees, struggling to place his Prosecco glass on the podium ("They said this would be flat"), casting aspersions on the suggestive shape of the awards, questioning the consoling powers of presenting an award ("Winning an award is a more festive consolation for having a show canceled. But all the awards have to go to Modern Family because it has the word family"). New role model alert.

Rob Lowe's Lifetime Movie Trailer Is "Literally" the Funniest Thing Ever

Here's the trailer for the Lifetime movie Rob Lowe was working on all this year, in which he plays accused wife-killer Drew Peterson. To give you a frame of reference, it is so hilarious that even the actual Drew Peterson finds it hilarious. Please, please, Lord, let the Parks & Rec writers give Chris Traeger a reason to say "I'm untouchable, bitch" this season.

Dan Aykroyd and Tom Hanks Lay Down the Law In Dragnet's "City of Crime" Video

It's hard to pinpoint the most insane part of this Dragnet "City of Crime" video music. Is it the goat people? Is it the sexy lady cops, a population that in 1987 was just entering its heyday, ripping off their uniforms? Maybe it's the fact that Hanks and Aykroyd insist on rapping the cult members their rights, or the cult member's extended rap break? Is it the fact that Tom Hanks is shouting the entire time, or that we see Dan Aykroyd dressed like a male stripper while trapped in what is clearly a go-go cage? Oh no, wait, it's a blend of all those things. But predominantly [...]

A Chris Rock-Dave Chappelle Joint Standup Tour Would Probably End the World

Chris Rock said this week that he's "been trying to get Chappelle to go on tour," partly inspired by Kanye West and Jay-Z's recent collaboration. They could call it Watch the Mic, or something better than that. Names aside, this partnership would be apocalyptically good. Like, I would fear for the safety of the world if the comic power of these two people were released onto one stage. First the tides would start changing extra fast, and then the sun would inch closer to the Earth, and there would be snow in June and swarms of locusts in March. March would come after June. That's how fucked up [...]

Alec Baldwin's iPhone Game May Have Irreversibly Altered the Future of Flying

Alec Baldwin's absolute refusal to stop playing Words With Friends AT ANY COST may have actually gotten 30 Rock removed from American Airlines flights. Guess they weren't too happy with his SNL impersonation. Anyway, this is a hilarious news story, but also a sobering reminder that our actions have consequences! Beware, other Words With Friends users. You know not what you do.

Nick Offerman Weeps Over the Ron Swanson Turkey Burger

Given the level of adoration the Ron Swanson Turkey Burger has earned during it's short time on Earth, it only makes sense that when the A.V. Club asked for Nick Offerman's reaction to the meat-mountain that bears his avatar's name, it was one of pure, verbose awe:

  • "I made this burger for Charlie Sheen, and he shook my hand."
  • "I was so honored to prepare this burger for Chuck Norris, it made me cry. Until he punched the tears off my face."
  • "I'm just glad to finally distract the public from Urkell's infamous Toffifay inside a Ding Dong."
  • "I made one of these for Jesus and [...]

How Soon Can Rob Lowe's Untouchable Be Available on Netflix Instant?

That trailer for the Lifetime movie about Drew Peterson starring Rob Lowe was not just a joke. Drew Peterson: Untouchable aired in its entirety over the weekend, giving Vulture plenty of time to whip up this supercut of its most absurd moments. I won't spoil it, but there are two instances of Rob Lowe saying the word "banged" and one of him performing a slow-motion striptease for some police officers. They really timed this film perfectly for Oscar consideration, too. Bravo.

Tina Fey Hosts Two Radio Specials On "The Hidden World of Girls"

Ohmygosh ohmygosh ohmygosh Tina Fey is hosting two hourlong radio specials about the lives of girls. I'm too excited to properly read the description of the series, but here it is:

From the dunes of the Sahara to a slumber party in Manhattan, from the dancehalls of Jamaica to a racetrack in Ramallah, Tina Fey takes us around the world into the secret life of girls and the women they become. Sound-rich, evocative, funny, and powerful–stories of coming of age, rituals and rites of passage, secret identities. Of women who crossed a line, blazed a trail, changed the tide.

Aahhhh. You can listen to the first hour [...]

Tom Lennon and Robert Ben Garant Are Making a Leprechaun Action Comedy

Tom Lennon and Robert Ben Garant, of The State and Reno 911! fame, have signed on to write The Wee McGinty, a movie that sounds absolutely absurd and amazing: The premise: the height-challenged wish-granter loses his memory, and settles in with a group of Chicago firefighters. That bliss is threatened when he is discovered by his paramilitary leprechaun brethren. Among the pyrotechnics: a wish-off that involves a fire-breathing Doberman.

OK! I'm on board, where can I buy tickets? In addition to writing the movie, Garant will direct and Lennon will play "a major supporting role."

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