Posted on October 27, 2007 by Sam Smith
Howdy folks - time now for yet another episode of Scholars & Rogues’ critically acclaimed Saturday Video Roundup! Today we pay tribute to men, mostly. It’s hard to be a man, especially when there are so many things that a man is without. For example, here are some men without shirts.
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Posted on October 20, 2007 by Sam Smith
Ready to have a little fun? Good, because this week’s SVR is more fun than a barrel of monkees. Doing music videos. Let’s kick it off with an ode to lip gloss. Because, you know, it be poppin’.
Filed under: Bush administration, Iran, humor, music, politics, satire | Tagged: Chronicles of Narnia, Dick Cheney, George Bush, Lil Mama, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, marijuana, My Name is Earl, Pat Benatar, Saturday Night Live, They Might Be Giants | No Comments »
Posted on October 13, 2007 by Sam Smith
Howdy, folks, and welcome to Saturday Video Roundup, where today our guests tackle the tricky issue of education and politics. Up first, one of our heroes offers some thoughts on education in our ownership society.
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Posted on September 29, 2007 by Sam Smith
Welcome back to Saturday Video Roundup, where today we turn our attention to Jesus. We begin with the Rev. Rowan Atkinson, reading a lesson from what we can only assume is some sort of new revised version of the Bible.
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Posted on September 8, 2007 by Sam Smith
Welcome to the Saturday Video Roundup. Today we begin with the trailer for a movie I can’t wait to see.
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Posted on August 25, 2007 by Sam Smith
Welcome to this week’s installment of the Scholars & Rogues SVR, which promises to start strong and then go downhill like a runaway shopping cart.
First up: If you’ve never heard or heard of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, educate yourself. This woman, a gospel legend who could play a mean blues guitar, inspired no less than Johnny [...]
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Posted on August 23, 2007 by Sam Smith
This simply couldn’t wait until the Saturday Video Roundup.
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Posted on August 18, 2007 by Sam Smith
And thanks for joining us for yet another edition of Saturday Video Roundup. Let’s start by putting down the popcorn, grabbing a partner, and diving into America’s latest dance craze.
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Posted on August 11, 2007 by Sam Smith
Welcome to the Saturday video roundup. We kick things off today with a totally gratuitous bit of … ummm … historical revisionism? … from Electric Six.
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Posted on August 5, 2007 by Nick Langewis
Posted on July 29, 2007 by Nick Langewis
Perhaps the dancing stoners in my previous post could explain this in greater detail:
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Posted on July 28, 2007 by Sam Smith
It’s been a great week for videos. By all means, keep those links coming.
First up, you may have seen this week’s report about drunk astronauts. Well, before you can be a drunk astronaut you have to be a drunk pilot. (Thanks to Steve Reynolds.)
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Posted on July 23, 2007 by Nick Langewis
Courtesy of today’s New York Post:
The plight of former Mitsubishi employee James Bonomo, pictured above, makes the double entendres and sophomoric wordplay work on so many levels.
Seriously, Internet. This is like pouring glittery nitroglycerin into the Hayward Fault for a wordplay junkie such as Mr. Langewis, here;
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Posted on July 14, 2007 by Nick Langewis
I certainly hope the atrocious handwriting doesn’t hinder the message behind this piece, which I can best put this way: Sanctimony and internalized homophobia are two great tastes that taste great together. They’re like S’mores, only with hypocrisy instead of graham crackers, profound human suffering instead of chocolate, and… well, we won’t worry about [...]
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Posted on July 8, 2007 by Nick Langewis
Brace yourself: Robo-doption is coming! Click to enlarge…
Until then,Time puts Denver moms Hollie Seeley and Christy Allen on the map. San Leandro’s Lavender Seniors attract the attention of journo Amy Sylvestri, once antagonized on a regular basis by yours truly in her Kindergarten class. I plan a themed bear run in Fort Lauderdale, [...]
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