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'Daily Show' for One Welcomes Our Robot Overlords

Owen Thomas · 02/11/09 01:42AM

iRobot is best known for its Roomba vacuum cleaner, an automated dustbuster for the domestically lazy. But as a Daily Show investigation reveals, it also makes millions on killing machines for the U.S. government.

Bill O'Reilly's Vengeful Paparazzi

Ryan Tate · 02/10/09 03:52AM

Here's a great clip from tonight's Daily Show, showing Bill O'Reilly condemning paparazzi as the "scum of the Earth" for privacy invasion, then dispatching his Fox News camera goons to people's homes.

Gloomy Obama: 'The Party Is Over'

Ryan Tate · 02/09/09 10:18PM

For a president elected on a platform of hope, Barack Obama sure knows how to throw around the doom and gloom when he wants to rise above the trifles of the Beltway political game.

Top Five Kellogg's Recipes For Stoners

Ryan Tate · 02/08/09 09:37PM

As Seth Meyers pointed out on Saturday Night Live last night, Kellogg Company's image is closer to that of bong-smoking Olympian Michael Phelps than the cereal maker likes to admit.

'Wife Swap' Star Apologizes for Having Worst Husband in World

Owen Thomas · 02/07/09 04:22PM

San Francisco residents Stephen Fowler, a venture capitalist, and Renee Stephens, a weight-loss therapist, disastrously appeared on ABC's Wife Swap, confirming every stereotype one might have about the city's precious, spoiled environmentalists. Boy, they're sorry!

'Idol' Bikini Girl Saga Ends In Tears, Bikinis

Seth Abramovitch · 02/05/09 06:27PM

Yesterday, we made the case for Bikini Girl as post-post-feminist-Amazonian-karaoke-warrior, but predicted she'd be out. Well, we were right about that, but we regretfully report her elimination demonstrated an egregious lack of Girl Power.

Inept Weathermen, We Salute You

Richard Lawson · 02/05/09 03:57PM

Today is National Weatherman Day. To honor these brave men and women, our video staff has put together a compilation of the best of on-air weatherman floof goofing. Pretty much everywhere, it's gonna be hot.

Rat Loves Cat!

Seth Abramovitch · 02/04/09 08:37PM

· Look, Shane Hurlbut interrupted the emotional lynchpin of the entire Terminator Salvation story! Now people who dress up as its characters for Halloween might wind up looking totally ridiculous.
· "Penn. Rourke Hathaway. Streep. We're on a first name basis." Um...are you sure about that, LAT?
· Vanity Fair gets a sneak peek at NBC's fall schedule.
· "Goddamnit, Shirl—Nazi zombies again! Traffic's gonna be backed up for miles. Better call your mom."
· Wired counts down the Top 10 Celebrity Rants Caught on Tape.
· Dancing with the Stars casting rumor: Denise Richards and Steve-O. Two more reasons not to watch!
· Well, lookee here: Bikini Girl rides again.
· And because we can't resist: one more Bale mashup, this time with seminal Disney newsboy musical, Newsies.

Chinese Theatre Batman Tired Of F**cking Distracting Tourists Wandering Into His Shot

Seth Abramovitch · 02/04/09 08:02PM

Well, they say if you stick around in Hollywood long enough, your biggest liability will eventually turn into your most bankable asset. (Actually they don't say that, but they should.) It certainly was Aggro Batman's case, as his fist-shaking haranguing of Japanese passersby who snap his photo but fail to produce the customary $5 donation have now brought new levels of verisimilitude to his ill-tempered characterization. [YouTube]

William Shatner: 'George Takei Needs To Be Vetted Like A Horse'

Seth Abramovitch · 02/04/09 07:43PM

But now that Shatner has a real show—Raw Nerve, on the Biography Channel—his bluster has been turned up a notch, as he insists former Star Trek co-star and snub-happy Gay Bridezilla George Takei needs to be "vetted" before being invited onto his show. Does Takei even want to be on his show? Apparently he does! Could someone bring in Christian Bale to smack the last wheezes of this never-ending cutesy feud out of both of them? ("Ohhhh gooood!!! Dah dah dah dah I didn't get invited to the gay wedd—SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU LITTLE PRICKS! IT'S FUCKING DISTRACTING!!") [YouTube]