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The web. It’s a big place, full of plenty of distractions ““ some funny, some informative, some ludicrous, some disturbing, some inane, some profound. Each and every weekday, we present links to a few of our favorite finds”¦

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• Where has this Letterman been for the past 15 years? (Thingamabob)

• Classic commercials ahoy! (Thingamabob)

• The final minutes of the legendary Otto Preminger theatrical disaster, Skidoo, featuring tunes by the equally legendary (but in a good way) Harry Nilsson… (Thingamabob)

• Meet the merry Marvel Comics staff of the 1960’s… (Thingamabob)

• Vic Reeves & The Wonderstuff – “Dizzy”… (Thingamabob)

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The web. It’s a big place, full of plenty of distractions ““ some funny, some informative, some ludicrous, some disturbing, some inane, some profound. Each and every weekday, we present links to a few of our favorite finds”¦

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• What not to do with WD-40… (Thingamabob)

• Who needs Wii when you can get Blip for Christmas… (Thingamabob)

• One bad note… (Thingamabob)

• Live action Astro Boy… (Thingamabob)

• Damn you, Neil Cicierega… (Thingamabob)

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The web. It’s a big place, full of plenty of distractions ““ some funny, some informative, some ludicrous, some disturbing, some inane, some profound. Each and every weekday, we present links to a few of our favorite finds”¦

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• Ach! I forgot to highlight the latest Kaspar Hauser comedy podcast, wherein Captain Kirk takes some bad acid… (Thingamabob)

• Go, partake of some very funny QI… (Thingamabob)

• Private Snafu on the home front… (Thingamabob)

• Behold the future, and weep… (Thingamabob)

• The entirety of Friends, in 90 seconds… (Thingamabob)

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The web. It’s a big place, full of plenty of distractions ““ some funny, some informative, some ludicrous, some disturbing, some inane, some profound. Each and every weekday, we present links to a few of our favorite finds”¦

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• If you didn’t catch it when it aired, South Park does Buck Rogers… (Thingamabob)

• Stephen Fry discusses Peter Cushing, Vincent Price, and Christopher Lee on QI… (Thingamabob)

• Okay, I can’t resist sharing a side-by-side of the whole South Park/Buck Rogers thing… (Thingamabob)

• Bill Bailey on the song stylings of U2… (Thingamabob)

• A pair of Nazis come to a unique realization, courtesy of That Mitchell & Webb Look… (Thingamabob)

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The web. It’s a big place, full of plenty of distractions ““ some funny, some informative, some ludicrous, some disturbing, some inane, some profound. Each and every weekday, we present links to a few of our favorite finds”¦

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• I got a kick out of yesterday’s trip down music video lane, so let’s kick off today’s column with “The Curly Shuffle”… (Thingamabob)

• Paul McCartney plays the wartime “Pipes of Peace” in the trenches… (Thingamabob)

• Tracy Ullman takes on Kirsty McColl’s “They Don’t Know”… (Thingamabob)

• Weird Al lost on Jeopardy, baby… (Thingamabob)

• And finally, Kirsty McColl duets with Shane MacGowan on the holiday classic “Fairytale of New York”… (Thingamabob)

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The web. It’s a big place, full of plenty of distractions ““ some funny, some informative, some ludicrous, some disturbing, some inane, some profound. Each and every weekday, we present links to a few of our favorite finds”¦

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• If you thought The Office was fiction, then you may find your mind blown by the mediocrity of the Bank of America balladeer… (Thingamabob)

• Cleanse your palate with David Cross’s take on the BoA tune… (Thingamabob)

• And a slightly different performance from Cross at a different venue… (Thingamabob)

• The great Richard Dawson sings of “Apples and Oranges”… (Thingamabob)

• And we wrap up our music edition with Paul McCartney’s video for “Spies Like Us”… (Thingamabob)

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The web. It’s a big place, full of plenty of distractions ““ some funny, some informative, some ludicrous, some disturbing, some inane, some profound. Each and every weekday, we present links to a few of our favorite finds”¦

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• Why so depressing, Charlie Brown? The 5 lamest Charlie Brown cartoons… (Thingamabob)

• New Kaspar Hauser comedy. Go. Watch. Laugh. (Thingamabob)

• I hope that, one day, The Sound of Young America‘s Jesse Thorn will be able to view  L.A. with Randy Newmanesque irony… (Thingamabob)

• They’re grrrrrreat! (Thingamabob)

• Tracy Morgan’s new show, Blackass… (Thingamabob)

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The web. It’s a big place, full of plenty of distractions ““ some funny, some informative, some ludicrous, some disturbing, some inane, some profound. Each and every weekday, we present links to a few of our favorite finds”¦

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• Watch an episode of Quick Draw McGraw, right now, on your computer. Will miracles never cease? (Thingamabob)

• Watch a fascinating interview with Bob “Captain Kangaroo” Keeshan… (Thingamabob)

• Potapych, The Bear Who Loved Vodka… (Thingamabob)

• Who knew that finding a bar of soap in the woods could change your personality so drastically? (Thingamabob)

• Parking spot fight… (Thingamabob)

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The web. It’s a big place, full of plenty of distractions ““ some funny, some informative, some ludicrous, some disturbing, some inane, some profound. Each and every weekday, we present links to a few of our favorite finds”¦

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• Phill Silvers, the mad hoofer… (Thingamabob)

• Whit Haydn performs “The Ambitious Card” trick. (Thingamabob)

• Now THIS is how you parallel park… (Thingamabob)

• I so dearly wish this cereal existed… (Thingamabob)

• New Weird Al… (Thingamabob)

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The web. It’s a big place, full of plenty of distractions ““ some funny, some informative, some ludicrous, some disturbing, some inane, some profound. Each and every weekday, we present links to a few of our favorite finds”¦

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• Sucks Less, episode 4. Go. You watch now. (Thingamabob)

• Legendary Disney animator Ward Kimball – on a game show. (Thingamabob)

• Kaspar Huaser Comedy Podcast – solving the problem of white literacy, one joke at a time… (Thingamabob)

• Let’s go to prison… (Thingamabob)

• Treadmill stupidity – Darwin would be proud… (Thingamabob)

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The web. It’s a big place, full of plenty of distractions ““ some funny, some informative, some ludicrous, some disturbing, some inane, some profound. Each and every weekday, we present links to a few of our favorite finds”¦

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• Kiwi! (Thingamabob)

• Is there any sex in the champagne room? (Thingamabob)

• The Hayden Christensen School of Acting… (Thingamabob)

• Slo-Mo water balloon fun… (Thingamabob)

• “Torn” on The Secret Policeman’s Ball. (Thingamabob)

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The web. It’s a big place, full of plenty of distractions ““ some funny, some informative, some ludicrous, some disturbing, some inane, some profound. Each and every weekday, we present links to a few of our favorite finds”¦

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• Who is that trailer guy? (Thingamabob)

• A criminal mastermind at work… (Thingamabob)

• Hopefully, Tom Kenny will never see this… (Thingamabob)

• Spicy Pony Head. (Thingamabob)

• Dice stacking – craze of the future. (Thingamabob)

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The web. It’s a big place, full of plenty of distractions ““ some funny, some informative, some ludicrous, some disturbing, some inane, some profound. Each and every weekday, we present links to a few of our favorite finds”¦

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• When the world is getting you down, nothing’s better than a baby panda. (Thingamabob)

• Cinnamon idiocy… (Thingamabob)

• The Simpsons movie trailer… (Thingamabob)

• Why do the Germans get all the great animators on their talk shows? (Thingamabob)

• Jerry Seinfeld in a bee costume. ‘Nuff said. (Thingamabob)

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The web. It’s a big place, full of plenty of distractions ““ some funny, some informative, some ludicrous, some disturbing, some inane, some profound. Each and every weekday, we present links to a few of our favorite finds”¦

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• Go! Watch Sucks Less episode 3! (Thingamabob)

• Comedian Phill Jupitus blogs touring with the reformed Bonzo Dog Band. (Thingamabob)

• Want to feel really, really small? (Thingamabob)

• The end of an era, courtest of Keith Olbermann… (Thingamabob)

• Bullwinkle shills Cheerios… (Thingamabob)

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The web. It’s a big place, full of plenty of distractions ““ some funny, some informative, some ludicrous, some disturbing, some inane, some profound. Each and every weekday, we present links to a few of our favorite finds”¦

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• Is that a gremlin I see, Doc? (Thingamabob)

• Martin Scorsese’s Sesame Streets. (Thingamabob)

• Roller suit! Roller suit! (Thingamabob)

• How Superman should have ended… (Thingamabob)

• Milton… Beware of Milton… (Thingamabob)

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The web. It’s a big place, full of plenty of distractions ““ some funny, some informative, some ludicrous, some disturbing, some inane, some profound. Each and every weekday, we present links to a few of our favorite finds”¦

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• Surely all of you New York residents will be partaking of The Sound of Young America‘s live comedy show this Friday, right? (Thingamabob)

• At the very least, you can check out the latest Kasper-Hauser comedy podcast over at The Sound of Young America). (Thingamabob)

• Rube Goldberg would be proud… (Thingamabob)

• Golf balls – will they blend? (Thingamabob)

• What does a person’s face look like when they find out they’ve been pushed off the gravy train? (Thingamabob)

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The web. It’s a big place, full of plenty of distractions ““ some funny, some informative, some ludicrous, some disturbing, some inane, some profound. Each and every weekday, we present links to a few of our favorite finds”¦

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• Faith Hill – “World’s Most Theatrically Obvious Sore Loser”… (Thingamabob)

• The Dana Carvey Show’s “Technofuture!”. You know you want milk delivered that way (with thanks to Jesse over at The Sound of Young America). (Thingamabob)

• Speaking of which, here’s the latest Kasper-Hauser comedy podcast… (Thingamabob)

• Jim Henson & Kermit on What’s My Line?… (Thingamabob)

• And Rex Hamilton as Abraham Lincoln! (Thingamabob)

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The web. It’s a big place, full of plenty of distractions ““ some funny, some informative, some ludicrous, some disturbing, some inane, some profound. Each and every weekday, we present links to a few of our favorite finds”¦

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• The Flintstones in Hebew. (Thingamabob)

• The great Buster Keaton, and Speedy, shill for Alka-Seltzer. (Thingamabob)

• The real Spider-Man… (Thingamabob)

• Skipping stones with Jim Henson… (Thingamabob)

• How to get a quick divorce… (Thingamabob)

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The web. It’s a big place, full of plenty of distractions ““ some funny, some informative, some ludicrous, some disturbing, some inane, some profound. Each and every weekday, we present links to a few of our favorite finds”¦

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• Watch the first 6 minutes of Tenacious D: The Pick of Destiny. (Thingamabob)

• Hey, remember when Letterman was funny and surprising? I do. It looked like this… (Thingamabob)

• It’s the Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera! (Thingamabob)

• More Sesame Street goodness. The golden an… (Thingamabob)

• New Potter Puppet Pals. Go peep. (Thingamabob)

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The web. It’s a big place, full of plenty of distractions ““ some funny, some informative, some ludicrous, some disturbing, some inane, some profound. Each and every weekday, we present links to a few of our favorite finds”¦

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• The second episode of Sucks Less, with Kevin Smith. (Thingamabob)

• F the movies. (Thingamabob)

• It was only a matter of time before someone put 50 marbles in a blender… (Thingamabob)

• More Sesame Street goodness. One! One more clip! Ah ah ah ah… (Thingamabob)

• Nathan Lane is Nathan Detroit… Keep an eye out for J. Jonah Jameson. (Thingamabob)

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The web. It’s a big place, full of plenty of distractions ““ some funny, some informative, some ludicrous, some disturbing, some inane, some profound. Each and every weekday, we present links to a few of our favorite finds”¦

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• Lewis Black does not like Candy Corn. (Thingamabob)

• Go check out what the boss has been up to. (Thingamabob)

• Brer Rabbit sure knows how to pick a car… (Thingamabob)

• More Sesame Street goodness, in the form of “Near & Far.” (Thingamabob)

• Pocket bikes are cursed things. (Thingamabob)

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The web. It’s a big place, full of plenty of distractions ““ some funny, some informative, some ludicrous, some disturbing, some inane, some profound. Each and every weekday, we present links to a few of our favorite finds”¦

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• OK, so, this is a bad day at work. (Thingamabob)

• The holiday may be officially over, but it’s still the great pumpkin, Charlie Brown! (Thingamabob)

• Opus encounters the bitter, bitter kiwi… (Thingamabob)

• I can’t help myself – here’s another Sesame Street classic. “Would ya like to buy an ‘O’?” (Thingamabob)

• And finally, a little bit of Borat. (Thingamabob)

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The web. It’s a big place, full of plenty of distractions ““ some funny, some informative, some ludicrous, some disturbing, some inane, some profound. Each and every weekday, we present links to a few of our favorite finds”¦

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• Kaspar-Hauser has another special word from the law offices of Glinder & Glinder… (Thingamabob)

• Diet Coke & Mentos – the madness continues… (Thingamabob)

• Ever seen comic book legend Jack “The King” Kirby in the flesh? If not, rectify that now… (Thingamabob)

• Continuing our celebration of the release of the (hopefully) first volume of Sesame Street: Old School on DVD, here’s another classic bit. “Through, through, through – he’ll get that train through!” (Thingamabob)

• The Hoff must be stopped at all costs. (Thingamabob)

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The web. It’s a big place, full of plenty of distractions ““ some funny, some informative, some ludicrous, some disturbing, some inane, some profound. Each and every weekday, we present links to a few of our favorite finds”¦

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• Kaspar-Hauser has a special word from the law offices of Glinder & Glinder… (Thingamabob)

• Shill that stone age grape drink, Fred… (Thingamabob)

• Now shill it in black & white… (Thingamabob)

• Continuing our celebration of the release of the (hopefully) first volume of Sesame Street: Old School on DVD, here’s another classic bit. (Thingamabob)

• Who’s Incapable Of Being A Millionaire? (Thingamabob)

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The web. It’s a big place, full of plenty of distractions ““ some funny, some informative, some ludicrous, some disturbing, some inane, some profound. Each and every weekday, we present links to a few of our favorite finds”¦

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• When Ren-Faire breaks down… (Thingamabob)

• A rare color tour of the Fleischer animation studio. (Thingamabob)

• When is a Full Metal Jacket only half full? (Thingamabob)

• Continuing our celebration of the release of the (hopefully) first volume of Sesame Street: Old School on DVD, here’s another classic bit. (Thingamabob)

• Backyard brawlers FIGHT! (Thingamabob)

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