‘Get ready for these great upcoming new shows on your favorite cable TV channels in 2011!’ ‘Face Punch Beach House’

Interesting interview. I would disagree, however, that the sequence is funny.

I asked a question and it got answered: "The rally, hopefully, will get a lot of people who have become frustrated with the political process engaged again. To the extent that it succeeds in that, I’m for it. If it does it while being entertaining, I’m doubly for it."

From the guy who wrote it.

This must be the best children's show ever.

"Hi Joe! Hi Jane!"

Explanation and perspective on the looming screenwriters' strike from John August, a screenwriter.

Ending shots of old movies. Nice style and typography.

Oh, Japanese TV.

Kwyjibo.

Tracking the ubiquitous song.

A series of skits from Japanese TV. Dadaist mannequin awesomeness.

"In 1969 the US Senate had a hearing on funding the newly developed Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The proposed endowment was $20 million, but President Nixon wanted it cut in half because of the spending going on in the Vietnam War."

"As Lauer put it, things 'got a little tense' when Tom was asked about his anti-psychiatric views."

A video of Tom Cruise freaking out about Scientology on "Access Hollywood."

"Mr. Turtle, how many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop?"

Good stuff.

"I guess that either you were willing to participate in the world [of Pete & Pete], or would otherwise deem it all quirkily stupid and move on. Those who got it, loved it."

"Assman - 1) a Proctologist 2) a person who displays his/her name on vanity license plates."

"It depicted the adventures of a 12-year old girl named Sandy and her koala friends, Blinky and Pinky, who are from the extradimensional realm of Koalawalla Land."

"Comedy Central's self-described 'funny monkey' rehashes the dressing down he gave Crossfire's stubborn hosts."

"'You're part of their strategies. You are partisan hacks.'"

On why The Daily Show is successful and important: "'This is big because there is this gigantic imbalance and something has got to fill it. ... Young people get the attitude, the deflationary truth-telling attitude of these shows...'"