Let’s All Make Fun of Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader
From Comedy Central to The Daily Show, here’s a history of public “potshots” and “tank-yous” for Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader.
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NFL Teams That Almost Moved (But Didn’t)
In the last few years, the St. Louis Rams and San Diego Chargers moved to Los Angeles, while the Oakland Raiders headed to Las Vegas. Those are some team moves that worked out — unlike these proposed franchise relocations that didn’t quite work out. St. Louis Patriots About a decade before quarterback Tom Brady arrived […]
Imagine Ghosts Are Real
John Lennon was tragically assassinated in 1980. But according to some people, the Beatle never completely left the earthly realm. And your bird can sing In 1995, the three surviving Beatles at the time — George Harrison, Paul McCartney, and Ringo Starr — reunited for the first Beatles recording in decades. They added their vocals […]
Famous TV Sign-Offs
To mark the release of Anchorman 2, here is a look back at famous anchormen and their signature “sign-off.” You stay classy, BRI Fans.
“Good night, and good luck.” Possibly the most famous sign-off in TV history, this phrase was coined by 1950s CBS News personality Edward R. Murrow (Person to Person, See It Now). He had gotten his start on CBS Radio during World War II, broadcasting from the rooftops of London buildings during the German blitz. With the line, Murrow was earnestly reaching out to the audience in an attempt to provide comfort. He kept the line after the war.
Uncle John’s Celebrity Shaming Department: Wish Denied
Even much-loathed celebrities like Donald Trump and Paris Hilton have gone out of their way to fulfill the request of sick or dying children who wanted to meet them. Here are the surprising stories of famous people and companies who said no to the Make-A-Wish Foundation (and other similar charities).
No Whey? Yes Whey: The Truth About Greek Yogurt
A few years ago, a new product hit your grocer’s dairy case seemingly out of nowhere: Greek yogurt. It’s an extra-thick, extra-creamy, and protein-heavy version of. The main difference, besides the thick, almost cheesecake-like consistency: There’s very little liquid in a container. Popular brands include Yoplait and Chobani. And Ben and Jerry’s has a frozen version. How popular is Greek yogurt? In New York state alone, production at yogurt plants has tripled over the last five years to more than a billion pounds per year. Want to know the truth about Greek yogurt?
Stop Sign Yarn Bombing [update II]
Samoa and Tokelau to Skip December 30
The South Pacific Nations of Samoa and Tokelau are about to cross the International Date Line. Tonight at midnight, the islands will jump from December 29 to December 31. The decision was made in order to standardize trading with their partners in the region. Our thoughts go out to all those with a December 30 birthday on the islands. Hopefully your families will not use this as an excuse to skip out on gifts. More information about the switch is here and here.
The Suitcase is Wiggling
Imagine the surprise of the baggage X-ray technicians who discovered this! A Czech man boarding a plane in Argentina, bound for Madrid, tried to board the plane with 247 live animals. Among the animals were 15 venomous vipers. Yikes!
Snakes on a plane doesn’t seem like a good idea at all. Someone should make a movie about that and they should call it “Snakes on a Plane.”
Here are some more details about the story.
Louis CK’s Experiment
You may have heard about this. If so, well, there’s been a very big update as of yesterday.
Back story: On December 10, comedian Louis CK put a video of himself performing at the Beacon Theater in New York City up for sale on a website made just for purpose. It offered the video for $5. You could pay through PayPal – even if you didn’t have a PayPal account – and download the video right away. And:
Kim Jong-il Looking at a Door
It just seemed appropriate.
NFL Drug Scandal Coming? [updated5]
FYI, sports fans: There could be a big story concerning the National Football League breaking pretty soon:
Chicago Bears wide receiver Sam Hurd was locked up in federal custody Thursday as his stunned teammates learned he had been charged with trying to set up a drug-dealing network following his arrest with more than a pound of cocaine.
A POUND of cocaine. That’s not your “personal-use” amount of cocaine, as the story implies with the “network” comment. And the dude just signed a three-year contract worth $5.15 million! Why on earth…?! Wow.
But for the REALLY big ingredient in this story we have to go to another site:
Bears wide receiver Sam Hurd, who was arrested Wednesday on federal drug charges, was a top drug dealer in Chicago and police have a list of NFL players who were supplied drugs by the receiver, a law enforcement source told 670 The Score.
Oh. Dear. This is really, really ungood for the NFL.
.XXX Web Addresses Now On Sale!
Get ready for UncleJohn’sBathroomReader.xxx – coming to your internet any day!
Oh, no, wait, really. That sounded funny in our heads – for about 1.23 seconds – but now that we think about it a bit more…no. Really. Uh uh. No with a capital N.O.
Back to the story:
Web addresses ending in .xxx have gone on general sale, as legal efforts continue to scupper the domain name.
Some 100,000 addresses have already been purchased in a restricted sale. The first pages went live in September.
Much more on the whole “.xxx” story here. (They’ve apparently become available to the general public only yesterday.)
The Beer-Powered Hospital
Take it away, Homer: “Beer—is there anything it can’t do?”:
Beer and health care may sound like an odd mix. In one case however, the two have formed an unlikely partnership to get creative with renewable energy.
City Brewery in La Crosse, Wisconsin is using all of its biogas byproduct from the brewing process to create three million kilowatt hours per year of electricity by employing a capturing, cleaning and burning process through an engine called a jenbacher.
Down the road from the brewery is Gundersen Lutheran Health System which is credited for the electricity produced by City Brewery. And while this only accounts for 10-13 percent of their total needs, it means they are on their way to meeting complete energy independence by 2014.
So very good.
And there’s even a beer-powered hospital video:
RIP, Andy Rooney
‘Andy Rooney, the “60 Minutes” commentator known to generations for his wry, humorous and contentious television essays – a unique genre he is credited with inventing – died Friday night in a hospital in New York City of complications following minor surgery. He was 92, and had homes in New York City, Rensselaerville, N.Y. and Rowayton, Conn.’
His last appearance on 60 Minutes was on October 2—just one month ago.
Here’s a nice writeup from his hometown of Albany, New York.
RIP, Dan Wheldon
When you see or hear about a car racing crash like this, all you can do is hope everyone’s going to be okay. And usually they are. Very unfortunately, that was not the case yesterday for current Indianapolis 500 Champion Dan Wheldon:
The racing world was in mourning Monday after two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon, an Englishman with a ready smile and engaging manner, was killed Sunday in a multicar crash at the Las Vegas Indy 300.
Kate Winslet Saves Grandmother From Burning Home
No, it’s not from a film, it’s from last night. And the grandmother was Richard Branson’s grandmother:
RIP Macho Man
Pro wrestling legend Randy ‘Macho Man’ Savage has died:
“Professional wrestling and the entertainment community in general has lost a legend.
Randall Mario Poffo, better known to the world as Randy “Macho Man” Savage, died today after reportedly crashing his car into a tree subsequent losing control of the vehicle. His wife also was in the car, but only suffered minor injuries. He was a young 58 years old.”
Fellow wrestler Dusty Rhodes:
“There’s probably five or six of us, with Andre (the Giant) and (Hulk) Hogan and thankfully myself and (Ric) Flair, that, when their names pop up, even if you’re not a fan, you know who in the hell these people are,” Rhodes said.
High school baseball coach (Savage was a minor league baseballl player before he was a wrestler):
