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Remedial Comedy-Writing for T-Shirt Companies

Posted by Ocelopotamus on June 27th, 2008 at 9:10 am

Methinks some people in the t-shirt business misunderstand the basic idea of funniness.
For example, I just got a little ad on Facebook, which claims this is “the funniest Star Trek t-shirt ever … !”

Well, um … no. That’s not especially funny. Sure, “Make it so” was Captain Picard’s catchphrase. But there’s nothing funny about […]

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Tags: Culture · Comedy · TV · Science Fiction · Star Trek · Advertising · Facebook

Roundup: Maracas and Purple Pants Edition

Posted by Ocelopotamus on June 24th, 2008 at 4:59 am


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Tags: News · Politics · Culture · Chicago · LGBT · Comedy · TV · Gore Vidal · Barack Obama · Superheroes · John McCain · Science Fiction · Doctor Who · Russell T. Davies · 2008 Election · Fantasy · Terrorism · Grammar · Homophobia

New Music from Dan: I Was a Cub Scout, Alphabeat, and The Helio Sequence

Posted by Ocelopotamus on June 24th, 2008 at 4:57 am


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Tags: Culture · Music · New Wave · TV · Folk-Rock · Video · Modern Rock

Uncertain Smile: McCain Shredded by His Own Side

Posted by Ocelopotamus on June 5th, 2008 at 11:09 am


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Tags: News · Politics · Media · TV · Barack Obama · John McCain · Video · 2008 Election

Roundup: Spotty Jove and the Return of the Scottish Beaver Edition

Posted by Ocelopotamus on May 27th, 2008 at 8:45 am


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Tags: Meta · News · Politics · Culture · Science · LGBT · Comedy · Film · TV · Democrats · Barack Obama · Hillary Clinton · Comics · John McCain · Science Fiction · Doctor Who · Animals & Environment · UK/England · Scotland · Russell T. Davies · Video · Nature · 2008 Election · Fantasy · Astronomy · Racism

Colbert on the O’Reilly Meltdown

Posted by Ocelopotamus on May 14th, 2008 at 4:15 pm


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Tags: News · Culture · Media · Comedy · TV · Stephen Colbert · Video · Journalism

Wild Puppet: Kate Pierson Plays “Speed Quiz” on Pancake Mountain

Posted by Ocelopotamus on May 8th, 2008 at 2:23 pm


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Tags: Culture · Music · Comedy · New Wave · The B-52's · TV · Video · Modern Rock

Capes and Crumpets with Roz Kaveney

Posted by Ocelopotamus on May 4th, 2008 at 1:18 am


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Tags: Blogroll · Culture · Blogs · Journal · Chicago · LGBT · TV · Books · Superheroes · Lit · Science Fiction · Doctor Who · Transgender

Roundup: Pansies vs. Chair Sniffers Edition

Posted by Ocelopotamus on May 1st, 2008 at 2:40 am


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Tags: News · Politics · Culture · Science · Food · LGBT · George W. Bush · Comedy · Human Rights Campaign · Factory Farming · TV · Democrats · Barack Obama · Hillary Clinton · John McCain · Doctor Who · Video · Nature · Civil Rights · 2008 Election · Religion · Elections · Organic Food · Roundup · Racism · Keith Olbermann · Gender · Homophobia · Transgender

Larry King on the Other Larry King: Day of Silence PSA

Posted by Ocelopotamus on April 25th, 2008 at 1:37 pm


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Tags: News · Politics · Culture · LGBT · Media · TV · Human Rights · Video · Hate Crimes · Education · Homophobia · Transgender

B-52’s Funplex Roundup

Posted by Ocelopotamus on April 9th, 2008 at 6:16 am


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Tags: News · Culture · Music · Chicago · LGBT · New Wave · The B-52's · Film · TV · Video

Death by Flirting

Posted by Ocelopotamus on March 29th, 2008 at 5:11 pm


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Tags: News · Culture · LGBT · Media · Comedy · TV · Human Rights · Hate Crimes · Education · Journalism · Homophobia

The ABC’s of Early 80’s Mo-Romance

Posted by Ocelopotamus on February 15th, 2008 at 9:04 am


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Tags: Culture · Music · LGBT · New Wave · Film · TV · Lit · UK/England · Video · New Romantic · Fiction

La Vie en Rose

Posted by Ocelopotamus on December 19th, 2007 at 12:10 pm


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Tags: News · Politics · Culture · Journal · LGBT · TV · Human Rights · Hate Crimes · Gender · Homophobia · Transgender