The Snickers Ad Controversy
Mood:  incredulous
Topic: Observations

I support Gay rights. I believe gay people have the right to a loving caring relationship with each other. I think they have the right to get married and should receive all the benefits other married couples receive.

That being said I really wish Glaad would get a life about this superbowl ad. Even though I support gay rights. I consider myself non homophobic. Even so I definatley sort of cringe inside at the thought of kissing another man, just as I cringe at the thought of kissing a woman I am not attracted too. This is a normal reaction for a straight person. I can not help the fact that I am not attracted to guys any more then a gay guy can help the fact that he is.

The ad is very, very funny. The fact that these two rednecks feel a need to prove their manhood in no way is an insult to gay people. In fact it is more a comment about straight men feeling the need to prove that they are straight.

But now, because of complaints Snickers has pulled this funny ad.

 

 

What do you think?

Dear Comedy Central
Mood:  d'oh
Topic: Observations
David Spade is only funny when he is "acting", giving him his own show is a bad idea. Joe Dirt was funny but you show it too damn much!

DL Hugley is not funny. Watching people smoke and drink will not be entertaining for long. Whooops... there it goes.

Adam Corolla is seriously not funny. He was not funny on The Man Show, he was not funny as the pig on Drawn Together, he is just not funny. What the hell are you thinking?

Jon Stewart is very funny, the rest of the Daily Show cast is very funny, South Park is funny, Short Attention Span Theater was great(Bring it back).

The Tick was funny as was The Critic. Strangers With Candy was never ever funny, even for a moment, but it was much funnier then The Upright Citizens Brigade.

Life was really good back when Penn Jillete was the voice for comedy central and you showed short videos like the "Buttafuco" song. Showing shorts from Atom Films would be a good idea, but only if they are funny. You need to watch them first.

Monty Python and Kids In The Hall were both funny. What the hell was that Hollow Man crap?

Collin Quin was occasionally funny. Friars Club Roasts suck! Most of the movies you show suck! Something Wild is not a comedy, stop showing it.

Reno 911 is very funny. Con and Wanda Does It both sucked on more levels then I knew things could suck. Passing off that BS as reality really pissed me off.

The Man Show had occasional moments, but mostly it sucked. Misogynistic humor is only funny for so long, then it becomes sad. I would love to punch Joe Rogan in the head.

Michael Ian Black is usually funny, but Stella just wallows in suck!

Battle Bots was great. It was not funny in a traditional sense but it really rocked.

I will not even mention how painfully sad Giminy Glick was.

In short... you suck! Give me a job!

THey finally did it...
Mood:  happy
Topic: Observations
Have you seen this new Amazing candy bar?

It's a chocalate bar with M&Ms in it.

M&Ms are... uh'm chocolate....

They finally got chocolate in chocolate bars... thank god! Now I can sleep at night.

The Hell On Earth Prank
Mood:  quizzical
Topic: Observations
Can this be the most elaborate prank ever?

It is my opinion that this band is not real. Even though they have two albums available via amazon.com. Even though they have a website and even though they are currently being talked about on every news show and in every newspaper in the country.

If you have not heard about them, they are the band that was supposed to show a live assisted suicide on their website Saturady evening. It of course did not happen, supposedly because they suffered a denial of service attack at the time the show was supposed to go on. However, I read that the website was still up, just the video was not working. Seems to me most denial of service attacks shut down the whole site, but that's just one of the reasons I believe Hell On Earth may be just a big, very elaborate prank. Worthy of the great Joey Skaggs himself (if indeed he is not the one pulling it off).

Amazon.com lists two albums for Hell On Earth, but neither of those albums show up in the CDDB (gracenote database). Neither of the albums have any track samples. Those people giving good reviews to Hell On Earth's Cds inevitably reviewed both CDs, and those two CDs were also the only reviews they have ever written on Amazon.com (That's a pretty big coincidence). None of the negative reviewers actually seem to own the CD, they just have a bad impression of the band. By the way, there first album was released on Halloween 1996. They claim it recieved the ASCAP Annual Special Award for live preformances, however my research can find no evidence of this. They also claim the new album made it to the first round of Grammy award voting, once again, it is impossible to verify this claim.

The two songs I have been able to find by Hell On Earth are called Mrs. Potatohead and Witches Brew. Both songs could easily have been done by one person with a Synthasizer. The lyrics are almost intentionally covered by the music and both songs have an extremley generic sound to them.

You can find no pictures of the band leader BillY Tourlet on the internet other then in recent news articles. If this band did win the awards and accolade's they claim you can bet there would be fan sites somewhere. I can not find a single fan site or hate site for this group.

The ISP that hosts Hell On Earth site is not mentioned (it is just reffered to as a San Diego-based technology company that hosts the site.), but the operator, Jason Trindade, is mentioned by name. I have been able to track the site http://www.hellonearth.net to candidhosting.com or pimpshost.com but can not find Jason Trindade mentioned at either host.

I believe everything they are credited with doing is false. It's sick stuff. Things like grinding up animals and having the audience drink the mix. Check out the website if you want more details (note, it's currently down), but it could all be easily faked.

The cynic in me truly believes that someone is laughing their ass off over this! Even if the CDs are real this band is not!