Honestly, a police car’s dash-cam catching video of a cat crawling up a cop’s leg and sitting on his head while he writes a ticket would be enough to make my day. But what makes this so much better is that it’s a news report about a cat crawling up a cop’s leg and sitting on his head while he writes a ticket. Watch as the intrepid reporter investigates the scene of the incident and finds out that OH MY GOD THE CAT IS STILL HERE! And it’s friendly to everyone! Will this menace attack people with allergies? Only time will tell. Back to you, John.
[Urlesque]
One of the big things on Howard Stern’s show today was this interview that Rob Schneider gave to a morning radio show in Palm Beach. Apparently SpongeBob and the Morning Zoo or whatever they’re called kept the star of Deuce Bigalow 2: European Gigolo waiting a little too long, and that made Schneider mad enough to be all sarcastic and passive-aggressive, which prompted a backlash from one of the DJs before Schneider ultimately walked out of the interview.
I can’t really process this thoroughly enough to come down on one side or another. On the one hand, Schneider’s a hack who acted like a dick; on the other, morning radio show DJs are some of the lowest forms of life on the planet. Anyone who works on a morning radio show is about on par with “public school guidance counselor” in the category of “Failed at Life.” Although frankly, I’d rather fail at life than be Rob Schneider.
Oh man, as videos of news readers ignoring punctuation go, this is even better than that time the BBC’s Jonathan Charles was kept hidden for two decades and forced to bear children.
What a great way to call in sick. “Hey boss, I can’t make it in today. Yeah, I’m not feeling well. I’ve got a bad case of… uh… murder! Yeah, I got murdered. And set on fire. I think it’s just a 24-hour thing, though.”
Hey, remember Desiree Jennings? The aspiring NFL cheerleader who was crippled by dystonia after she got a flu shot? Well, it turns out that her condition is most likely psychogenic, has nothing to do with a flu shot whatsoever, and now she’s going through a “miraculous” recovery at the hands of a quack doctor who has in the past injected his patients with urine.
It’s all covered in this Respectful Insolence blog post in such thorough detail that I don’t even know what I could possibly pull as a blockquote to sum it up quickly. But long story short: stupid people — in this case, the practitioners and adherents of pseudo-science or those who fear medical vaccines — win again. They always win. (See also: Jeff Dunham’s success.)
But if there’s a silver lining here (besides Desiree recovering, that is), it’s that we can finally laugh at her Inside Edition story set to “Walk it Out” completely free of guilt. It’s the little victories.
A deer jumped onto the ceiling of a condominium atrium and fell through. It was lucky enough to land safely in a pool, then too stupid to just walk out via one of the two sets of shallow end stairs. What can we learn from this TV news report from WCNC in Charlotte, North Carolina? Deers really suck at parkour.
[via Ohhaveyouseenthis]
Last week, the ABC affiliate in Washington, D.C. ran a two-part special on breast cancer that featured women giving themselves breast exams. And they showed it ALL, baby. Aw yeah. That’s a sexy search for cancer. However, the “important public service” angle was smeared by the “airing during sweeps” angle:
The Parents Television Council reacted cautiously to news of the series but suggested it saw the potential for problems.
“We hope that WJLA-TV is not using a crucial public health issue as a ratings stunt, and that the station has fully considered what is appropriate to tell this important story to the public in the most suitable manner possible,” the group said in a statement. [Yahoo]
The video above is the “Good Morning America” segment on the story, and it’s boring as hell. But the good news is that the original report is here, both informative and not safe for work. I found it extremely enlightening, and even though Breast Cancer Awareness Month is now over, women should remember to conduct monthly breast exams. Particularly in the shower. Preferably with my hands.
