New footage has just come to light showing us the full exchange between Papa Bear and his behind-the-camera producer during his famous F-bomb flinging tirade a few years back. Must-see TV, you bet.

Every news show needs a producer like that if you ask me.

Thanks to CollegeHumor.com for the clip and to JS O’Brien for passing this along.

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends… You know, as any musician can tell you, instruments are expensive. So what to do if you love music but are running low on cash? Silly artiste - you make yourself an instrument. Like this guy - got some empty soda bottles laying around the house? Cool - git yer Bach on!

Full Story »

Damn, Mike Gravel is the most interesting thing in this campaign so far. He’s a better rapper than singer, though.

Howdy. And welcome back to SVR. We’ve recently offered up some of the greatest videos in music history (part 1, part 2, part 3), and today, in the interest of fair and balanced coverage, we felt a hateful need to ruin your Saturday morning by inflicting an ethical obligation to present some of the worst music videos in history. So, let’s get it on, shall we?

First, what in the world would possess Deathtöngue to record a song with these lyrics? “Middle of the road, man it stanks! Let’s run over Lionel Richie with a tank!” Hmmm. Maybe it would be this 1984 video where an “acting teacher” stalks a blind chick.

Full Story »

Finally, an American corporation is getting serious about supporting our troops and their families.

Finally, somebody puts it all into clear perspective.

Thanks to Djerrid for pointing this out to us.

I was born and raised in the South, a region that’s often misunderstood and mischaracterized by those who’ve never been there. When I moved to the Midwest for grad school I encountered people whose knowledge of the South was pretty much confined to The Andy Griffith Show, The Dukes of Hazzard and Hee-Haw. And they called us stupid.

I’ve tried to live my life in a way that dispelled bad stereotypes about my home. Sadly, not everyone below the Mason-Dixon Line got the memo. Take this guy, the Pride of Kentucky, for instance.

Full Story »

by Lee Camp

Recently I was arguing with one of my dumber friends about the Iraq war. He loves Bush and thinks bigger bombs is the answer in Iraq. I wasn’t gaining any ground in the argument until I used a simple analogy. I said, “Your solution is like shattering an expensive vase and then saying, ‘We need to keep smashing it until it’s fixed.’”

I stumped him. He was silent. So here’s a brief list of other analogies you can use on your dumb friends. And the truth is, I’ve seen similar ones work on some of the smartest political pundits.

1) The country of Iraq has essentially been demolished. Full Story »

I pity da fool!

And so do we. We pity da fool who fails to grasp the spiritual enlightenment freely available to all in the teachings of Mr. T. For starters, Mr. T has an important lesson about family. Specifically, he’s got something to say about yo mama your mother.

Full Story »

Hi folks, and welcome to SVR’s Halloween in March special. Today we’re going to have a look at things that just scare the bejeezus out of us. First up, Tiny Toons. I was never as big a fan of the series as some of my friends, but it did have its moments. The subtle homomegalomaniacism of Pinky & The Brain, for instance, never ceased making me wonder “how the hell did they get that past the censors?” But as the original Warner toons taught us, the best kids’ shows are really aimed at adults, anyway. Full Story »

It occurred to me just how often I draw food. With arms and legs. And personal biases.
Maybe it just makes it all easier to stomach.

Click on thumbnail to enlarge…

In today’s special edition of SVR, S&R asks a critical question: what the fuck is wrong with you people?

Let’s start here. While we watch, will somebody get Drs. Phil and Laura on the line?

Full Story »

Man, can’t wait to see this on the big screen.

Thanks to Mike Smith for passing this on. I think his job description must look something like this: “screw around surfing YouTube all day.” Good work if you can get it.

Pimpin’ Journalism ain’t easy. Odd hours, low pay, audiences that don’t appreciate the effort you put into making their world a better place. One of these days we’ll do an SVR on journalists, but today we’re talking about TV reporters, and yeah, they can have it rough, too.

Take this guy. It’s not bad enough that he’s 130 years old and out trolling East Hell for stories at all hours of the night, but watch what happens to him starting at around the 1:00 mark.

Full Story »

Last night, I had a small disagreement with my wife.  See, I want to take this potential client and his spouse out for dinner, and I’d like to have her along because she could charm a buzzard off a bucket of chitlins and I couldn’t sell stain remover to Sweeney Todd.  Understandably, I suppose, she’s tired of being the only person on our side of the table with a personality and thinks she can find something more amusing to do.  In desperation, I persisted until, batting her Bambi-with-a-switchblade eyes, she dropped this bombshell:”Why don’t you get Lana to go with you?”

Now, to understand the implications of this, you have to know a bit about me and a bit about Lana.  I’ll start with me. Full Story »

Spoiler Alert: If you don’t want to know who wins the 2008 presidential election, please don’t click on the video link below.

Just as a quick hit, I’ve noticed a number of interesting pieces floating about the blogosphere that delve into the hidden dynamics and power struggles of the Clinton campaign and why it, originally as inevitable as the sunrise and paying taxes, is now foundering so badly.

The inestimable Pam Spaulding has a roundup of Michele Cottle (from The New Republican) and Josh Greene (from The Atlantic) looking into the resignation of Patti Solis Doyle, the role she played as power broker and manager, and how Clinton, like Bush, seems to prize loyalty and discipline over competence and effectiveness.

Last week, Obsidian Wings’ Hilzoy looked at coverage of the campaign and Clinton’s failures (including the Doyle resignation), and asked why the heck could Clinton have not foreseen this. Full Story »