October 7, 2011
Link-O-Rama
• If only they had this program for journalism school students 10 years ago.
• Conclusive evidence that blogging has jumped the shark: Sid Hartman has a one now.
• Two decades later the hair restoration cream from China finally worked on George Costanza.
• This totally ruins my Gail Simmons shiksa obsession and also shatters my entire world view.
• If you're not sick of Moneyball already, check out my article examining some of the history and ideas behind the movie (and the book).
• The look on this guy's face as he stares at Rihanna from behind is as amazing as the view.
• On a related note, they had to go all the way to Ireland to find a man who wanted her to put on more clothes.
• Jordan Schafer isn't much of a hitter, but he's a Hall of Famer at getting arrested with pot.
• Eva Amurri is the Ken Griffey Jr. of famous actress offspring.
• Bernard Berrian and his public relations team seem like a perfect match.
• Congratulations to Kenan Thompson on his recent engagement and for showing why being on television every week is so great.
• I'd watch every episode of Prime Suspect if they'd let Trey Kirby write the scripts while Maria Bello wears the hats.
• I finally watched Bridesmaids and thought it was somewhat over-hyped while still very good, but this deleted scene of "the longest argument ever" beats anything in the actual movie:
Hell of an ending, too.
• I'm thrilled that Arrested Development might return from the dead, but once that happens can we resuscitate Freaks and Geeks too?
• Zooey Deschanel and Lizzy Caplan on the same show may shatter the adorability scale.
• And in other casting decisions taken directly from my dreams, Maura Tierney is joining Jenna Fischer on The Office.
• Of course, not every decision NBC makes is a good one.
• My favorite quote of the playoffs so far: "There was poo everywhere."
• Joel McHale wrote a good article for Grantland about his time as a walk-on tight end for the University of Washington.
• I'm still skeptical about a(nother) Friday Night Lights movie, but everyone knows that Connie Britton doesn't say "for realsies" unless she means it.
• Ozzie Guillen's replacement as White Sox manager came out of nowhere.
• Jon Hamm's appearance on Marc Maron's podcast was every bit as enjoyable as expected.
• Speaking of which, Ida Blankenship remains the Queen of Perversions.
• No one has looked this good in a Pittsburgh Pirates hat since Barry Bonds.
• I look forward to this happening to me on Twitter some day.
• I've been debating getting a tablet computer, but reading this made me even more unsure.
• This week's episode of "Gleeman and The Geek" includes lots of arguing, a little drinking, and a new groupie.
• Finally, this week's AG.com-approved music video is "Shine" by Laura Izibor:
