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Thank You Stephen Colbert!!!

As I'm sure you both know by now, Stephen Colbert closed the White House Press Correspondents Dinner doing his "Stephen Colbert the conservative pundit" character from The Colbert Report. It was a full frontal attack on the President, who happened to be sitting, not that enthused, two seats down from him.

It was also the ballsiest and most wonderful skewering of a President since Shecky O'Hallorhan roasted Andrew Jackson in 1832 with the line "Old Hickory refers not to the President but the stick up his ass." (Historical Note: Shecky was never seen alive again.)

Anywho, Stephen said a lot of things about the administration, the president and the media and he said it right to their faces. Things like:

"So the White House has personnel changes. Then you write they're just rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. First of all, that is a terrible metaphor. This administration is not sinking. This administration is soaring. If anything, they are rearranging the deck chairs on the Hindenburg."

and

"I'm with the president, let history decide what did or did not happen. The greatest thing about this man is he's steady. You know where he stands. He believes the same thing Wednesday, that he believed on Monday, no matter what happened Tuesday."

and

"The President makes decisions, he's the decider. The Press Secretary announces those decisions, and you people of the press type those decisions down. Make, announce, type. Put them through a spell check and go home. Get to know your family again. Make love to your wife. Write that novel you got kicking around in your head. You know, the one about the intrepid Washington reporter with the courage to stand up to the administration. You know, fiction."

The press likes to say that he bombed. He sure did, he bombed the shit out of them!

Someone quickly realized that a way was needed to measure the appreciation of the frustrated masses, so they created Thank You Stephen Colbert. As of press time there were 50,219 "Thank Yous." That's about 10,000 a day. These "Thank Yous" are coming from all over the world. It's pretty cool to read. Stop on by watch the video, read the op-ed pieces, but most importantly, stop by and say thanks to Stephen Colbert.

Shave Everywhere!

Boy oh boy, This is one hell of a marketing scheme. Check it out at Shave Everywhere

Maybe this will take care of our Bad Hair?

National High Five Day!

Get those hands ready, kids! It's almost National High Five Day!

We'll be staying up late on High Five Day's Eve, greasing our palms and setting out the milk and cookies for the High Five Day Heron. Kevin's been extra good this year, so he's hoping for that roll of quarters he asked for.

Have a Slap-Happy Holiday!

My Gift To You...

As I am now a reporter of things that are cool

City Paper - Culture Shock

I would be remiss if I didn't tell you all about Channel 101 and my favorite series - Yacht Rock.

Channel 101 is the brainchild of Dan Harmon and Rob Schrab, the creators of the one-time running FOX Pilot HEAT VISION AND JACK. It's an online film festival/tv station/bizarrefest.

Each month teams create "Pilots" to be screened at an LA theater in front of a live audience. The audience then votes on which "Pilot" is to be "picked up." It then becomes a "Prime Time Show." The "Prime Time Shows" compete with the new "Pilots." Some will fail, some will win, all end up at CHANNEL101.com.

Anywho, YACHT ROCK is the music mockumentary series that follows the musicians of the 70s and 80s who made SMOOTH ROCK. Kenny Loggins and Michael McDonald are our heroes as they come up against the many enemies of SMOOTH ROCK.

The great thing is that, apart from being very funny, NONE of the actors even barely resemble the musicians, but that's also what frees them up. Facial hair and bad wigs are abundant (a big fake moustache and BAM, you're Jeff Baxter of The Doobie Brothers).

It looks bad, but it's so NOT bad.

Sail on out with Episode One and see:



There is an East Coast version of Channel 101 called Channel 102, which had my second favorite web series: Shutterbugs. But alas, it was cancelled.

DIE ACTOR, DIE - Springsuit Edition

It was so fun last time, we decided to do it again!

DIE ACTOR, DIE is back. After a long hiatus (for no other reason other than we were busy) Don and Dawn return to host a night of stand-up and comedy featuring some of Philly's favorite actors, improvisers and performers.

Actually, Dawn is off being an actress in California, so Don will be joined by none other than his birthday buddy: PETE PRYOR!

This month's performers include:

Tony Lawton
Eoin O'Shea
Dave Dritsas
Nathan Holt
Fred Andersen
Stephanie Roberts
Betsy Herbert
Julia Frey

Plus you never know who may show up!

What: DIE ACTOR, DIE -- Hosted by Don Montrey and Pete Pryor
When: Sunday, March 26th @ 8:30 PM
Where: Fergie's Pub 1214 Sansom Street
How Much: $5

Come early! Our last show was so full we had to turn people away.

They Did It Again

The Lonely Island guys almost outdid The Chronic-les of Narnia with this gangsta' rap from Natalie Portman.

I like the posse of young girls backin' her up.

Check it out before NBC gets wind and shuts it down.

Thanks BoingBoing and YouTube.