MORE DUXOOP DOZEN
Let's give a few more of these out...
Breakthrough Of The Year - FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS
I can do their stuff at karaoke now! "Most Beautiful Girl (In The Room)" is especially good for working the ladies in the crowd.
Quote Of The Year - BARNES & BARNES - "NO MONEY, NO WOMEN, NO DOPE, SHIT."
The lyric that stopped me dead in my tire tracks. Almost won Catch Phrase Of The Year too, because there are a couple of distinct ways to say it.
Johnny Carson Award (Corpse Of The Year) - PATRICK MCGOOHAN
The Priz had to be rolling in his grave at that shitty AMC remake. Honorable mention goes to Mark "The Bird" Fidrych. We'll miss you both, guys.
Website Of The Year - YOUTUBE
The 2006 winner comes back for a second trophy. (Honorable mention: Toledo Gas Prices)
Music Video Of The Year - LITERAL MUSIC VIDEOS
We're splitting this one between all the LMV's on my list of a few weeks ago.
Trio Award (Commercial Of The Year) - AMERICAN EXPRESS - "FACES"
Every time I see the boat with the two portholes for eyes and the rope for a mouth, I'm reminded of Taco The Wonder Dog's "You Are A Chef" video. "I am a chef! Hi! Hello!"
Carl Sagan Award (Movie Of The Year) - CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORY
A second win in this category for Michael Moore (Fahrenheit 9/11 won in 2004). Marcy Kaptur couldn't ask for a better campaign ad.
Still to come: Catch Phrase, Rookie, Album and Song Of The Year winners for 2009!
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Friday, January 15, 2010
SMOKEOUT FOR HAITI CHALLENGE
I challenge all smokers to the following: quit smoking for however long it takes you to go through one pack, and donate the money you would have spent on that pack to the Haitian relief effort. Just think of the potential impact. Plus if some of you end up quitting in the process, well that would be a damn fine bonus.
I challenge all smokers to the following: quit smoking for however long it takes you to go through one pack, and donate the money you would have spent on that pack to the Haitian relief effort. Just think of the potential impact. Plus if some of you end up quitting in the process, well that would be a damn fine bonus.
Monday, January 11, 2010
2009 DUXOOP DOZEN
Yes, we've gone from the Elite 8 to the Elite 11 to now the Duxoop Dozen. Let's begin with the latest addition to the group, the ALF Award, given to the TV Show Of The Year. This replaces both the Abbie Award for Best Overall Series and the ALF Cup.
The 2009 ALF Cup season fell apart because frankly I couldn't keep up with my latest revamping of the season format. The TV landscape has changed a lot since the ALF Cup competition began way back in 1986. The old 30-week season is now obsolete, and things just got too complicated and labor-intensive for me to maintain year-round scoring and point standings and whatnot, and I simply bailed on it out of frustration. Starting in 2010, I'm just going to keep notes throughout the year, and give out the ALF Awards in pretty much all the same sorts of categories I had in the Abbies, and the winner of Best Overall Series will be crowned official champ.
Since I didn't actually keep such notes during 2009, I'll have to skip all the other categories and just give out the one biggie. This affords me the one-time chance to award it to something other than a regular series. There were a few series that stood out, such as Nitro Circus, Look Around You, Rescue Me, etc., but there was one television event this year, an hour documentary, that IMHO blew away everything else in 2009: an installment of BBC America's 'Strangelove' series that was gloriously weird, disturbing and hilarious. It astonished me, it enthralled me, and most of all it scarred me for life! The 2009 ALF Award for TV Show Of The Year goes to:
MY CAR IS MY LOVER
Check it out for yourself, it's available on YouTube in 6 parts. I've included Part 1 below, and the rest you can get to from there. It is the most delightfully fucked-up hour of TV you will ever see. You'll laugh, you'll gag, and you'll never look at Airwolf quite the same way again! Plus the last words spoken in the end shot, just before the cut to black, will ABSOLUTELY SLAY YOU.
More of the 2009 Duxoop Dozen later this week. Stay tuned.
CLICK HERE FOR PART 3 (Embedding doesn't work for some segments. WTF?!)
CLICK HERE FOR PART 5
Yes, we've gone from the Elite 8 to the Elite 11 to now the Duxoop Dozen. Let's begin with the latest addition to the group, the ALF Award, given to the TV Show Of The Year. This replaces both the Abbie Award for Best Overall Series and the ALF Cup.
The 2009 ALF Cup season fell apart because frankly I couldn't keep up with my latest revamping of the season format. The TV landscape has changed a lot since the ALF Cup competition began way back in 1986. The old 30-week season is now obsolete, and things just got too complicated and labor-intensive for me to maintain year-round scoring and point standings and whatnot, and I simply bailed on it out of frustration. Starting in 2010, I'm just going to keep notes throughout the year, and give out the ALF Awards in pretty much all the same sorts of categories I had in the Abbies, and the winner of Best Overall Series will be crowned official champ.
Since I didn't actually keep such notes during 2009, I'll have to skip all the other categories and just give out the one biggie. This affords me the one-time chance to award it to something other than a regular series. There were a few series that stood out, such as Nitro Circus, Look Around You, Rescue Me, etc., but there was one television event this year, an hour documentary, that IMHO blew away everything else in 2009: an installment of BBC America's 'Strangelove' series that was gloriously weird, disturbing and hilarious. It astonished me, it enthralled me, and most of all it scarred me for life! The 2009 ALF Award for TV Show Of The Year goes to:
MY CAR IS MY LOVER
Check it out for yourself, it's available on YouTube in 6 parts. I've included Part 1 below, and the rest you can get to from there. It is the most delightfully fucked-up hour of TV you will ever see. You'll laugh, you'll gag, and you'll never look at Airwolf quite the same way again! Plus the last words spoken in the end shot, just before the cut to black, will ABSOLUTELY SLAY YOU.
More of the 2009 Duxoop Dozen later this week. Stay tuned.
CLICK HERE FOR PART 3 (Embedding doesn't work for some segments. WTF?!)
CLICK HERE FOR PART 5
Sunday, January 10, 2010
BEEN THROUGH THE DESERT ON A PENIS WITH NO NAME
Okay, maybe that poll question was a bit too personal. But for the most part it seemed to support my long-held theory that naming your genitals is a guy thing. Most male friends I've asked have named theirs, and most female friends I've asked haven't. The poll bore that out, with one exception. Seriously, dude, whomever you are, give that poor thing a name already!
BTW: Almost all the usual year-end awards have been, well, awarded. It's up to 12 now, so I'm calling it the Duxoop Dozen. I'll post those very soon. Also, Mr. Coloredwell will soon reveal his final rankings for this season's best and worst college football uniforms. Stay tuned.
Okay, maybe that poll question was a bit too personal. But for the most part it seemed to support my long-held theory that naming your genitals is a guy thing. Most male friends I've asked have named theirs, and most female friends I've asked haven't. The poll bore that out, with one exception. Seriously, dude, whomever you are, give that poor thing a name already!
BTW: Almost all the usual year-end awards have been, well, awarded. It's up to 12 now, so I'm calling it the Duxoop Dozen. I'll post those very soon. Also, Mr. Coloredwell will soon reveal his final rankings for this season's best and worst college football uniforms. Stay tuned.
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