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The First White House press conference after The Headmaster from Pink Floyd’s “The Wall” was elected President

May 13th, 2008 by Conor Lastowka · 11 Comments

Press Secretary: We’re going to keep this brief, it’s been a busy first day for the president
Press Corp: What was the legislation that the president passed today?
The president was eager to accomplish something on his first day in office. Today he signed a bill which states “If you don’t eat your meat, you […]

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Tags: RiffTrax · music · silly

Here’s to you, Kim Shin Young

May 12th, 2008 by Conor Lastowka · 3 Comments

In a world before youtube, my friends and I had a much smaller collection of beloved internet videos. The most beloved of them all was a file called money_funny.wmv. It may be known better on the internet as Korean Girls Doing Karaoke, but to me, it will always by Money Funny

It […]

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Seal ya, wouldn’t wanna be ya

May 2nd, 2008 by Conor Lastowka · 11 Comments

Actor Sam Elliot courts a local penguin
This heartwarming modern day Romeo and Juliet story was caught on camera by an Antarctic research team. As reported by the BBC:
An Antarctic fur seal has been observed trying to have sex with a king penguin. The South African-based scientists who witnessed the incident say it is […]

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Questions I would ask the Pharaohs

April 21st, 2008 by Conor Lastowka · 6 Comments

Thoth? Come on, really?
What specifically endows a mummy with the ability to curse someone? Is it a specific way you wrap the toilet paper or…
Did you guys have a “Jinx” type scenario where if you cursed a mummy at the same time it was cursing you, one of you couldn’t curse someone for […]

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National High Five Day - 4/17

April 16th, 2008 by Conor Lastowka · 16 Comments

The rumors are true! The seventh annual National High Five Day is on Thursday! You may have seen National High Five Day, (which I co-founded back in 2002), mentioned on the Tony Danza Show last year, but if not, the basic idea is that on the Third Thursday in April, while going about […]

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The Twin Peaks/Seinfeld Connection

April 1st, 2008 by Conor Lastowka · 15 Comments

The things you learn every day. This is Robert Mailhouse. He had a role in a little show called “Seinfeld”, as a gay man who Elaine tried to recruit for her ‘team’, but most of you probably recognize him as the drummer for the band “Dogstar”, featuring Keanue Reeves.

Discovering the connection of Dogstar, […]

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Churros Zen

March 28th, 2008 by Conor Lastowka · 31 Comments

This churros stand, which was discovered on my first ever trip to Tijuana, truly speaks to the conflicted nature of Mankind. Honestly, at the core of our being, what are we all other than a churros stand apologizing for its lack of churros?

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We Are The World

March 19th, 2008 by Conor Lastowka · 29 Comments

A year or two ago, I made a video where I re-enacted Game 6 of the 1986 World Series using characters from the classic Nintendo game RBI Baseball. The Japanese, of course have taken this to the next logical level and commissioned a team of extremely talented…singers? Impersonators? Nut cases? To […]

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Think about it…

March 14th, 2008 by Conor Lastowka · 16 Comments

I’ve never seen Jim Croce, Lyman from “Garfield” and Borat together in the same room.  Have you?
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Ladder Golf, AKA Rat King: The Game

March 4th, 2008 by Conor Lastowka · 29 Comments

I have played quite a bit of “Ladder Golf” since the weather turned permanently nice here a week or so ago. Ladder Golf belongs to the horseshoes, bocce ball, beanbag toss family of games, which all have in common the fact that they are easily played, and some said only made tolerable, with a […]

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Mysterious Artifact

February 21st, 2008 by Conor Lastowka · 23 Comments

In the midst of boxing up our things as we prepare to move into a new place after 3+ years, my girlfriend made an odd discovery last night. At the bottom of an Ikea flower pot that held spare keys, tape, nails and other random things, a little scrap of paper was sitting there:

Now, […]

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Daddy Day Camp Live Blog

February 18th, 2008 by Conor Lastowka · 30 Comments

It’s Presidents Day. I’m off work. The sun, which has shone brightly for the previous two days hides behind clouds. I’ve just started a big crock pot full of chili that won’t be ready for several hours. I need something to do…
For the past month or so, my neighbor, a WGA […]

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Tags: RiffTrax · movies · silly

The Perfect Crime

February 5th, 2008 by Conor Lastowka · 16 Comments

By far the most entertaining five pages of a a legal PDF that you will read all week. The dry, legal-ese of the text makes this saga of four college kids who decide to steal some rare books worth millions from their school library all the more entertaining. I suggest reading it without spoiling […]

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Most Awesome State Quarter - Arnold Regional Round 1

January 25th, 2008 by Conor Lastowka · 22 Comments

We begin the Road to the Most Awesome state Quarter with Round 1 of the Arnold Regional. Confused? Click here

Let’s get right to it. Our first matchup:
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Tennessee’s quarter has a lot going for it. Emphasizing musical heritage, rather than a historical event or a the natural beauty of […]

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THE ROAD TO THE MOST AWESOME STATE QUARTER!

January 24th, 2008 by Conor Lastowka · 11 Comments

2008 is already old news to many of you, but there are still many great things to look forward to this year. It’s a leap year for one. And the Olympics are always fun. (The universe may come to an end on May 20th, but who’s counting?)

But the truly exciting thing about […]

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