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TV Duels

Who Would Win a Words With Friends Game, Jess Day or Abed Nadir?

by | March 28th, 2012

Duels, or “classy show-downs” as they are often called by no one, have been solving hot debates for ages. They're useful for delivering crowds a champion, through often unpredictable means (just ask Alexander Hamilton). Television loves a surprise, so what better way to measure and battle elements of TV than with a duel? Here, we will battle two characters in an imaginary contest of wills. Sometimes a winner will be crowned because of pertinent facts, and sometimes in spite of them.

This Week? Jess Day and Abed Nadir play Words With Friends

Things will heat up quickly with these two wordsmiths in the joint. Abed tries to use “cool” more than once. Repeatedly. But [...]

Amazing Things

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

by | December 12th, 2011

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.

Late Night

Guess Who Introduced Alec Baldwin to Words With Friends?

by | January 6th, 2012

It was Tina Fey! That sneaky, sneaky genius. She knew what she was doing. It was all an elaborate ruse to keep 30 Rock in the news, and it worked. Because we are all shallow, hungry gossip hounds, grubbling our little paws through the dirt in search of our next schadenfreude fix. Like junkies, or moles.

Apologies

Getting Kicked Off a Plane Taught Alec Baldwin a Lesson, Sort of, Possibly

by | December 8th, 2011

Oh, Alec. First you get kicked off a plane for playing Words With Friends, then you delete your Twitter, and now you write an apology to the other passengers that's 99% complaints about "filthy planes, barely edible meals, cuts in jet service to less-traveled locations," and other symptoms of "inelegant" air travel. And let's not forget flight attendants "who walk the aisles of an airplane with a whistle around their neck and a clipboard in their hands." You did at least learn a lesson, though, right? "The lesson I've learned is to keep my phone off when the 1950's gym teacher is on duty." Ah. Right.

Advertising

Even Wegmans Wants No Part of Alec Baldwin's Tarnished Star

by | January 4th, 2012

After Alec Baldwin's Words With Friends misbehavior, the supermarket chain Wegmans pulled their Baldwin-starring ads from last year instead of running them again this holiday season. Is that what rock bottom feels like?

Update: Wegmans is back on board!

Ridiculous Things

Alec Baldwin Got Kicked Off a Plane For Playing Words With Friends

by | December 6th, 2011

Not only did Alec Baldwin get yelled at for playing Words With Friends on his phone while on a plane, he also got removed from the plane? This is the best news story of the century. Who do we think he was playing with? Was he about to make an epic move or something? Or maybe it was a totally normal game and he's Alec Baldwin and he can do whatever he wants, always.

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