‘Nathan For You’ sets out to prank Uber on a grand scale

August 19, 2017 | Kevin

In the Season 4 trailer for the cringeworthy comedy show ‘Nathan For You’ sees comedian Nathan Fielder create socially uncomfortable chaos in Ubers with a prank involving taxi drivers. If you have not seen this show that sees Fielder also trying to sell chili to sports fans in an arena from inside his jacket, take a minute to check it out and pass up on past episodes. It’s one of the most underrated comedies on TV right now.

In season four, Nathan helps a computer repair shop earn its customers’ trust by hiring a fully asexual staff; devises a plan to sell hot chili at a hockey arena by hiding it under his clothing; and attempts to get around international tariff laws by rebranding smoke alarms as musical instruments. With his unorthodox approach to problem solving, Nathan’s genuine efforts to do good often draw the real people he encounters into an experience far beyond what they signed up for.

Fielder is not a guy to mess with. He launched his own line of windbreaker jackets, and he did out of spite. He explained more during in 2015 itnerview with CONAN.

 

 

TRIPLE H BODYSLAMS JIMMY FALLON THROUGH A TABLE!

August 19, 2017 | Kevin

With WWE’s Summerslam taking over Brooklyn this Sunday, it may not have been the best time for ‘Tonight Show’ host Jimmy Fallon to crack wise about ‘the Game’ Triple H. During his always funny ‘Thank You Notes’ segment the former SNL star made a joke about the former WWE Champion “for sounding less like a WWE superstar and more like an extra strength hemorrhoid cream.” This prompted the King of Kings to appear and body-slam ‘Fallon’ through his desk to the roar for the studio audience!

If you are a big WWE fan, check out my live-tweeting of everything #Summerslam tomorrow : @kevkellam

here is the full segment with the Thank You jokes included

Seth Rogen celebrates the 10th anniversary of ‘Superbad’ with trivia

August 18, 2017 | Kevin

Seth Rogen celebrated the 10th anniversary of his teenagers-turned-bad ass movie ‘Superbad’ on Twitter today. He shared some trivia and reveals how old McLovin is now. Speaking of age, this makes me feel OLD. Beware there are some NSFW words.

 

Chuck E. Cheese breaking up the creepy robot band

August 18, 2017 | Kevin

Chuck E. Cheese, the place that kids want their parents to go so they can spend money on games to win things that are worth a dime while those parents drink beer and eat ‘pizza’, yes that place is breaking up their robot bands. The company will phase out the cartoony animatronic robot bands that have long been staple of the family restaurant chain which has sold itself as a place where “a kid can be a kid”. Yes, these robot animals now come off as creepy and many are breaking down as you can see in these videos.

“It’s the biggest thing we’ve done for the look and feel of Chuck E. Cheese for two decades,” the company’s CEO told the press this week. “The kids stopped looking at the animatronics years and years ago, and they would wait for the live Chuck E. to come out.” No matter how much Chuck E. Cheese and their customers have turned against these dead-eyed monsters, they still have some very faithful fans who have spent a lot of time and money to collect anything from the band as seen in this documentary ‘The Rock-afire Explosion’.

CBS is reporting that Millenials are to blame for the death of Chuck E. and his band.

.the restaurant chain is looking to reengage families and kids with a “modern experience,” said CEC Chief Executive Tom Leverton. The redesigned locations also feature a dance floor where a live Chuck E. comes out to shake a leg with children. The animatronic bands were shown the door with the new design.

“It’s the biggest thing we’ve done for the look and feel of Chuck E. Cheese for two decades,” Leverton said. “The kids stopped looking at the animatronics years and years ago, and they would wait for the live Chuck E. to come out.”

I mean this really swore off the whole robot band craze for me….

Eat Travel Rock 08.18.17

August 18, 2017 | Nicci

Sometimes you’re just in the mood for something different.  Maybe one night you feel like getting dressed up and hitting the town while heading out to a swanky spot, while other times you want to cozy up at your friendly and delicious neighborhood trattoria.  Kelly Rizzo has 3 spots to appease whatever your mood may be.

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Brian & Lou 08.18.17

August 18, 2017 | Nicci

Lou’s eyebrows, What Ya Missed, Brian crosses his legs like a girl, Pete Holmes and Getting misdiagnosed

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NEW MUSIC ALERT! LCD Soundsystem “tonite”

August 17, 2017 | Kevin

LCD Soundsystem have one of the most anticipated alternative releases of the year in the upcoming album ‘American Dream’ and yesterday they posted this fresh funky tongue-in-cheek dance track called “tonite”. The song oozes a groove by a drum machine beat, thick synthesizers lines, and satirical lyrics about modern hipster music culture that James Murphy has made a career out of it. It’s got this great progression, the second the song starts you are on the LCD Soundsystem ride and your hips will shake, your head will bob right away.

Check out our weekly new music discovery show QUEUED UP with Walt Sundays 7-9pm on 101WKQX or listen to the podcast.

STAR WARS: Obi Wan Kenobi getting his own solo movie

August 17, 2017 | Kevin

Variety reported today that Disney is in development on a new Star Wars standalone movie to feature Obi Wan Kenobi, the Jedi master who has been featured 6 Star Wars movies. The mentor character was played by Alec Guinness in Episodes 4-6 and then by Ewan McGregor in Episodes 1-3. Kenobi is the Jedi knight who trained Anakin Skywalker (before he became Darth Vader) and would later train Luke Skywalker. Sources in Variety’s report claim it’s not clear if this will be the next standalone SW film.

It’s not clear where the story will take place chronologically but director “Billy Elliot’s” Stephen Daldry has already be set to handle the production.Disney has been developing more SW films that act outside of the ongoing series allowing them to do prequels like last year’s ‘Rogue One’ and the upcoming Han Solo film before the next big ‘Episode’ movie is released.

Ewan McGregor was asked about whether or not he would return to the role of Kenobi, and he expressed that he would love to do something that would involve the bridge between Guiness’s Kenobi and his Kenobi in the chronology. In this video interview from March of last year, McGregor teased that he was “very interested” in doing it and he could not openly say whether or not he was speaking with Disney executives about the possible film.

 

Jack Antonoff’s Short Film About Taking His Childhood Bedroom On Tour

August 17, 2017 | Marconi🍕

(from stereogum.com)

Although Bleachers frontman Jack Antonoff  has been busy with his band promoting their album Gone Now.

The big story around the time of Antonoff’s tour launch was his plan to bring his childhood bedroom on the road with him. And now he’s released a four-minute documentary about that endeavor called “Can’t Take It With You.” It features Antonoff’s parents and sister, a bunch of Bleachers fans who were excited to dig through his possessions, and Antonoff himself, who admits the whole ordeal is “a study in OCD.” The video is exclusive to Apple Music, so if you’re a subscriber, watch here.

Jack’s bedroom was supposed to be on display this year at PIQNIQ but sadly due to weather a decision was made to postpone allowing fans to see it here in Chicago. Promising to bring it back soon. Hopefully that will be at Bleachers November, 11 show at The Riv with Bishop Briggs!!

Watch highlights from Jack Antonoff’s Backstage Performance at PIQNIQ below

Tim & Eric are running for President and “Viss President”

August 17, 2017 | Kevin

Fresh off their successful live tour which included a sold-out show at the Vic, comedy weird kings Tim & Eric have made a BIG ANNOUNCEMENT today: they are running for President. They are, or rather just Tim Heidecker is running for President with Eric Wareheim as his “Viss President” whose “name will be in a smaller font”. This video should give you a nice reprieve than the news feed of um, of news stuff.

Meanwhile, the duo will return to Adult Swim for a Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! 10th anniversary special that will air August 27th at midnight ET. They shared a ridiculous teaser of the special last week that features a nutball new wave song called ‘Tiny Lamborgini’ which features poorly green screen tiny Italian sports cars and adult men in undersized driving jackets. Yes, this is fun.

HBO social media gets hacked, Game of Thrones episodes leak early

August 17, 2017 | Kevin

Many people may be excited over the new episodes of ‘Game of Thrones’ but HBO is having a tough time with hackers, who recently over took the premium cable channel’s Twitter account. Andrew Wallenstein of Variety caught screen shots of the hacker’s post before they were removed.

A separate hacking collective last month stole a massive amount of data from the company’s private servers which included scripts for future shows, video files of complete unreleased episodes, and even the personal information of cast and crew of various productions. Those hackers are demanding millions in ransom and slowly leaking out chunks of data, getting so bold as post scripts of future ‘GoT’ episodes on August 8th. The reported figure they are asking for is $6 million. Slashflim has a comprehensive timeline of the hack and how it has progressed since the beginning of this month. 

Youtube channel PopTrigger lays it all out and compares it the well-documented hack of Sony Pictures and it appears this HBO hack is much bigger and could be more devastating especially with the potential for the finale of ‘GoT’ to be released illegally online. Beware there is some NSFW language.

Fox Business reports it’s believe an inside source and how HBO is dealing with the situation.

As if HBO was not having enough issues with protecting their precious data, they mistakenly posted the latest episode of their breadwinning series ‘Game of Thrones’ four days early for European subscribers. It was up for an hour to watch on demand, before being removed but has already been pirated. For more on that story go here. 

 

New Queens of the Stone Age video

August 17, 2017 | <3 Lauren

Queens of the Stone Age have given us the video for “The Way You Used to Do.” Directed by Jonas Åkerlund, the video features Josh Homme winking and dancing his way likely servants of Satan.

Watch the entire video on Apple Music. Non-subscribers (like myself 😢 ) are able to watch the first 90 seconds, below.

Here’s a preview of the video. 

“The Way You Used to Do” is the first single from QOTSA’s new Mark Ronson-produced album Villains, due out August 25 and they will be at Riot Fest September 15! Still need 3-day passes?  CHECK THIS OUT.

See you in the pit.

<3 @laurenoneil

Super Troopers 2

August 17, 2017 | <3 Lauren

Broken Lizard wrapped production on Super Troopers 2 last week!

Steve Lemme sat down for an interview with Seven Days and when asked about the release he told them he isn’t allowed to say, but goes ahead and does it anyway. Lemme explained;

“There is, but I can’t tell you what it is. Here’s what I can tell you: It’s springtime and there’s a very obvious date, which happens to fall on a Friday this year.”

Hmm….

Perfect.  <3 @laurenoneil

 

Brian & Lou 08.17.17

August 17, 2017 | Nicci

What Ya Missed, What animal would you give CPR to, Calling Mom by her first name and Dr Grace from Adler

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Furious Joe Maddon lets loose on umpires, gets ejected after 9th-inning call

August 17, 2017 | Nicci

With the game tied at six in the ninth inning, Ben Zobrist was hit on the foot while trying to bunt runners on base to second and third with no outs. As Zobrist walked down to take first base, the umpires ruled that Zobrist made a bunt attempt at the pitch and hence it was a strike.

Livid at the call, Maddon stormed out of the dugout and immediately got in the face of Blakney. He was thrown out within 15 seconds and continued to voice his displeasure vocally to a few of the umpires before finally going back to the dugout. READ MORE

 

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A Pet Owner Gave Mouth-To-Mouth To A Turtle For An Hour

August 17, 2017 | Nicci

A pet owner saved his drowning tortoise’s life after giving it the kiss of life for an hour. John Fletcher found 45-year-old Freda at the bottom of his garden pond limp and looking dead.

Mr Fletcher started performing CPR – and gave the animal mouth to mouth resuscitation. Middle-aged “big lady tortoise” Freda lives with her owner at his home and has free rein of the back garden.

The amateur astronomer has built an observatory in his back yard in Gloucester, and often spends hours gazing at the stars.

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