SNOW DAY SIMPSONS: Remember Mr. Plow

February 5, 2018 | Kevin

On a day where over 600 flights were cancelled at O’Hare due to firgid weather and snowfall, we turn to the classic Simpsons episode about Homer’s short-lived but eventful run as Springfield’s winter weather hero Mr. Plow.

This piano geek on Youtube,  Finn M.K. did a dub of improvised playing over a clip from the Mr. Plow commercial, and it reminds us what those Plow drivers today are enduring.

Here’s an on-point 60 second review to remind of the battle between Homer and Barney a.k.a “the Plow King’.

Remember these wonderful moments….

 

 

If you are cable subscriber, you can watch the ‘Mr. Plow’ adventure in it’s entirety here. 

 

Watch Paramore become a demented morning news show

February 5, 2018 | Kevin

Paramore just posted their new music video for “Rose Colored Boy” and boy does this video deliver as the first great music video of 2018. It has the band playing a cheery morning news team and their 80’s erea TV show goes off the rails as the song goes on. It’s just demented and fun, and adds another layer of greatness to 2017’s album ‘After Laughter’.

Relive our exclusive LOUNGE session with Paramore before they took the stage at Riot Fest in 2017

 

Kevin Hart did silly stuff at the Super Bowl, got rejected

February 5, 2018 | Kevin

Comedy superstar and Philadelphia Eagles fan Kevin Hart made some headline last night after his team upset the favored New England Patriots to win the NFL Championship. Hart could be seen online attempting to get on the podium with the team when the field filled up at U.S. Bank Stadium, he was denied. The comedian then made what looked like an impromptu appearence on the NFL Network in which he used a naughty word on live TV. Yeah, Hart was going hard at the big game last night but his behavior is slightly silly.

Hart for his part, apologized in a video he posted on his IG. It seems like the hangover and reality of his drunken behavior is kicking in.

38,000 Packs of Frozen Veggies Recalled by Aldi Because of Dead Rat

February 5, 2018 | Lou

38,000 bags of Four Seasons Mixed Vegetables have been pulled from Aldi shelves after a dead rat was allegedly discovered by a woman from the U.K. Pat Cornwall told The Sun, ““I couldn’t believe my eyes when I pulled it out. It just looked like half a rat. It had fur on it. I showed my husband and because it was frozen we left it to defrost before taking another look at it.”

The Sun uncovered a report from Aldi saying it had received one customer complaint and two from Environmental Health about similar issues. One report notes a “mouse portion” was found in February, 2017.

And with that, let’s eat some meat.​

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List of ‘Items Banned’ From Recent Foo Fighters Show…is Just Priceless

February 5, 2018 | Eric

Foo Fighters performed in New Zealand on Saturday night, and the list of items people could not bring into the stadium started out pretty standard — no large bags, coolers, prepared food — but then it turned left about 90 degrees :

  • Unflattering photos of Ryan Seacrest
  • Mix tapes NOT in CD format.
  • Scythes
  • Pirated VHS Tapes of “Land Of The Lost,” The Series

And so on….I won’t ruin the rest of the discovery process for you.  Enjoy reading the rest.  — [eric]

[📷 : Radio Hauraki]

NFL Bad Lip Reading

February 5, 2018 | Lou

The latest NFL Bad Lip Reading is out. Perfect way to close out the season.

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And The Winner Is? “Ad Meter” Reveals Highest Rated Commercial From Last Night

February 5, 2018 | Eric

It was a close finish.  But the winner in this year’s Ad Meter, the live poll that surveys what America thinks about the commercial during the Super Bowl, is this one:

It barely beat out this —- high energy dance number? — from the NFL (they appear to have tied according to the link above, but it must have been beat by just thousandths of a point):

A honorable mention — just because I’m going to be saying this to a certain coworker of mine for a while:

Good luck, Kevin Kellam.  You all know what to do.  — [eric]

All of the Trailers that Aired During the Big Game

February 5, 2018 | Lou

From dinosaurs, to Avengers, to Han Solo. Last night’s game was full of new trailers. Here’s everything I can remember running.

“Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom.” Because this time they’ll realize people and dinosaurs can’t live together…. Still, it looks cool.

“Avengers: Infinity War” is going to be insane and bring in an insane amount of money. Which is good, because Disney really needs it.

This one you can actually watch now on Netflix. It was available right after the game.

Be quiet or John Krasinski and his family will die. That pretty much sums this up.

If the impossible mission was to try and milk this for six movies, congrats Paramount. You did it.

The Rock is going to be awesome. Stuff is going to explode. More of the Rock being awesome. The Rock saves the day.

This sin’t even out and I already feel like I want a sequel. Also, I’m a nerd.

If you didn’t know Jennifer Lawrence was a total bad ass, now you do.

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Philly Wins! Most of the City Still Standing.

February 5, 2018 | Lou

It doesn’t matter what sport you’re talking about, Philly fans are pretty much the worst. So, we really shouldn’t be shocked that they lost their minds after the Eagles beat the Patriots last night. This is some of the mess left over from their “celebration.” If this is how Philly fans react to a win, imagine if they lost?

Here’s a recap of some of the damage fans caused in Philly.

I don’t think you’re going to beat this one though. Why? Your team won, so you ate poop? Fly Eagles, fly.

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A Stadium-Sized Snowflake…Made Only With One Man’s Footprints

February 4, 2018 | Eric

With all the traffic due for the Twin Cities’ other big sports stadium today, one might forget about the open air sister down the street…empty, quiet, awaiting baseball.

A 59 year old “snow artist” did not overlook what kind of a canvas an untouched and snowy Target Field would provide for him this past week.  Using just his footprints. 

According to the StarTribune, Simon Beck has a lifetime goal of making 1,000 of these pieces of winter art by the time he is 80.  On average, it takes him 11 hours to do a piece…and travels about 25 miles in each one.  The video below show his first ever stadium-sized installation.  — [eric]

Watch Brian Urlacher get the Hall of Fame news

February 3, 2018 | Kevin

 

Urlacher is going to Canton.

Chicago Bears great Brian Urlacher has been elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame on his first ballot today. He becomes the 27th Bear to get the nod, and the 5th linebacker from the Bears to be enshrined. Urlacher started with the Monsters of the Midway in 2000 after being selected ninth in the first round of draft.  At 6’5 and 258lbs Urlacher would go on to play as the definitive Bears player of his generation, leading the defense to success in 2006/2007 season which included an NFC Championship and a run in Super Bowl XLI.

Urlacher got the wonderful news today in a hotel room with his family, and it was so heartwarming to see his emotions. As always he handled the news with class and grace. It was refreshing to see Urlacher note how happy he was, and how happy he was to get the honor as a Chicago Bear.

Chicago Tribune has more on this breaking story here. 

 

 

 

Jeopardy contestants do not know football, Alex Trebek not pleased

February 3, 2018 | Kevin

JEOPARDY is a true game for our most enlightened and smartest people, but apparently these brainiacs are not football fans. This week on the episode of the long-running game show, host Alex Trebek shoved these nerds down with verbal sacks like he was the Bears in ’85.

What did they expect? The contestants on the spin-off show ‘Sports Jeopardy’ would do much better, but here is a look at the top 10 worst fails in the history of Jeopardy.

But we all know this is our favorite version of Jeopardy, it’s the one hosted by Will Ferrell dealing with bad-behaving celebrities. Ye know, celebs like ‘Turd Fergurson’?

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