Name the Cartoon Contest

Name the cartoon; you know the drill.

Your 09/02/10 Comedy Moment

In honor of today's date and our good friends at Hogs for the Cause here's some unintentional comedy as only the folks at Beverly Hills 90210 can deliver.

Your Comedy Moment(s)

In recognition of O'Brien's announcement earlier today, we're going to feature a few random clips from Late Night with Conan O'Brien.



Hopefully Coco's TBS show will feature delightfully over-the-top elements like "Robots, Bears and Lincolns."


Great work by Carrey.  Always funny no matter how many times I watch it. "Andy Richter" casting is great as well.


FAGERSTROM!!






Good collection of clips. Note Matt Walsh of UCB fame in the first one and former mayor of NYC Ed Koch in the second.

Conan Announces New Show Name

Check the embedded video to find out the new name for Conan O'Brien's TBS talk show debuting November 8.

Live Music on TV

Moving away from concerts or performances in front of an audience, a different take on the "Live Music on Television" format can be found on the Sundance channel with their broadcast of the UK Channel 4 station's Live from Abbey Road.  The show eschews traditional music presentation by leaving the band alone with its instruments and a camera to perform their songs in a bare-bones environment which "look like a movie and sound like a record."  I can thank this show for introducing me to a few artists of today that I actually enjoy listening to.


Thus, for your viewing and listening pleasure, here's the 2009 performance by The Black Keys. The three song set includes "I Got Mine," "Here I Am I Always Am," and "Same Old Thing."  More performances from this show will certainly follow in the future.

Childhood Flashback - Rocko's Modern Life

Going to try and put a spin on the constant "Your Comedy Moment" posts and instead start a (ir)regular feature called "Childhood Flashback" where we'll either discuss some past cartoons or post some humorous links dealing with the cartoon in question.

For the first show in this feature, I decided to pick the Nicktoon that I watched most as a kid.  No, not Rugrats or Ren and Stimpy or even Doug, I'm referring to Rocko's Modern Life.  


Note the wacky theme song later performed by a few of the B-52's.


I haven't had the opportunity to revisit the show in recent years, but I must say that what I remember was how off-the-wall crazy the show tended to be while never failing to throw in a life lesson.  Here's an example of the catchy, somewhat subversive songs that littered the series.  The fact that I can still sing both songs from memory is a testament to how entertaining the songs are and how much TV I used to watch.


This first song contains the great "Can't Fight City Hall" and the reprise to "R-E-C-Y-C-L-E."


This would be the more complete, original version of "R-E-C-Y-C-L-E."


Despite the obvious hippie slant, I found this show totally engrossing as a kid. Of course, I think that even though many jokes went over my head entirely; I could still tell that this show was not designed entirely with kid's in mind.  See, for instance, this clip which apparently only aired once:


I'll leave it up to you to decide why this clip never aired again.


Still, I have only fond memories of catching this show after church on Sunday mornings.  It was weird and hilarious and everything a 10 year old kid could want in a cartoon.  If you're interested in re-visiting the show, check out youtube as it appears there are entire episodes available to watch whenever it strikes your fancy.


Live Music on TV coming in a few.