5 Gross Ways Our Ancestors Used Animals
If you’re munching on some turkey jerky while reading this, fear not: We’re not here to protest every possible killing of an animal, or to say you can never use animals parts for anything. Meat […]
Category: Funny
7 Fake Movies on ‘Seinfeld,’ Ranked
There’s no late-night activity that Jerry, Elaine, George and Kramer liked better than catching a movie at their local theater. While they occasionally stood in line for actual classics like Weekend at Bernie’s II, they also […]
5 Games the Government Took Way Too Seriously
Good news — the government probably doesn’t care how you play games. If you drop money in the center of the Monopoly board, and it goes to whoever lands on Free Parking, no one will […]
21 Parodies That Outclassed the Genres They Spoofed
Parodies are fun, but it only takes one Disaster Movie to understand the irony involved in a bad movie making fun of a good one. Even in a competent satire, it’s a lot easier to point out […]
Here’s What Jodie Sweetin Tried to Steal From the ‘Fuller House’ Set
When it comes to sitcom thievery, Stephanie Tanner has nothing on her Uncle Jesse. After the Fuller House revival ended its Netflix run, John Stamos made off with the blue-and-yellow loveseat that sat center stage for both […]
Julia Louis-Dreyfus Has Never Seen the First Episode of ‘Seinfeld’
It’s hard to imagine Seinfeld without Elaine Benes, as played by the great Julia Louis-Dreyfus. In addition to her iconic bad dancing and overly-aggressive “get outs,” Elaine obviously provided a crucial female perspective to the core […]
Steve Martin Asked Permission to Show ‘STEVE!’ Documentary to His Shrink
One challenge for Oscar-winning documentarian Morgan Neville when it came time to tackle the story of childhood comedy hero Steve Martin? That was keeping his journalist cap on without falling into fandom. “You’re building a relationship, […]
22 Video Games That Rise to the Level of Masterpiece
Remember when people used to say television rots your brain? Once prestige dramas became a thing, the blame shifted to video games, and initially, that mysterious plurality had logic on their side. In the beginning, video games involved […]
‘Frasier’s Season Two Trailer Continues Trend of Ignoring the Original Freddy
Because time is a flat circle and Kelsey Grammer has alimony payments to make, we’re getting yet another season of Frasier. While the Paramount+ reboot doesn’t come back until September, a trailer for Season Two just […]
The Blues Brothers Are Likely No More
This past weekend saw the return of one of the most oddly-specific fan conventions in existence: Blues Brothers Con. Fans of the classic 1980 comedy gathered at Chicago’s Old Joliet Prison, where Jake Blues was famously incarcerated, […]
The ‘Seinfeld’ Cast Once Performed an Awkward In-Character Tribute to Producer Rob Reiner
Even if you’ve seen all nine seasons of Seinfeld, plus the canonically-hazy Curb Your Enthusiasm reunion special, and that one Comedians in Cars episode featuring George Costanza, there’s still one piece of Seinfeld-themed content, starring all four central characters, that many completists may not […]
7 of the Dumbest Kids Books Written By Comedians
So you got that master’s degree in English literature and you’re ready to embark on your career as a children’s author? Forget it, Shakespeare. No matter how entertaining your prose, publishers have no interest in […]
The Dark ‘Gilligan’s Island’ Fan Theories About the Fate of the Eighth Passenger of the S.S. Minnow
Perhaps we shouldn’t be looking for logical consistency in a show that featured coconut radios, grenade-wielding gorillas and ghosts that turn out to be Russian spies in disguise. But one unexplained moment in Gilligan’s Island has […]
20 Weirdly Specific Things Specific Actors Always Do
Ideally, as an actor, you want to disappear into a role, but there are some traits and mannerisms that simply can’t be erased. For example, if you’re left-handed, every character you play is going to be left-handed, […]
21 Terrible Performances By Great Actors
Listen, we all have off days at work. Whether you’re an Oscar-winning actor or a mediocre-at-best barista, some turnouts are just going to be better than others. Maybe you’ve been hungover for a month or just stopped […]
Arnold Schwarzenegger Credits Lucille Ball With Jump-Starting His Career
“Where do we do it — here or in the bedroom?” Don’t Miss That’s the question a young, well-oiled Arnold Schwarzenegger asks a robe-clad Lucille Ball during their first on-screen meeting, a borderline horny scene that he says […]
5 Improvised Weapons That Can Fend Off Any Attacker
If you go visit that weird guy who lives next door and has his own arsenal, you can come away with enough sharp objects that you can slice up anyone you see. Alternatively, you can […]
20 Lines From Movies People Only Understood Later
It’s easy to forget, here in the ham-fisted blockbuster days, that screenwriters can be pretty clever. After all, most of them didn’t get into screenwriting to specify exactly how this superhero should wink into the camera — […]
4 Foods You Only Like Because of Government Plots
Today, it’s easier than ever to eat food from around the world. If a dish a good enough, it seems like it’s bound to find a market eventually and get eaten everywhere. But that takes […]
Elle King to Dad Rob Schneider: ‘You’re Talking Out of Your Ass’
Count musician Elle King among the people who have no time for Rob Schneider. In a teaser TikTok for Bunnie XO’s Dumb Blonde podcast, King accused her comic father of yapping out of his butt — and not […]