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Siri Makes For A Terrible Fitness Coach

7:00AM February 5, 2012 | Andrew Liszewski

So by now we’ve realised that Siri isn’t the end all of personal assistants that Apple claimed it would be. In fact, as Nick Douglas discovered, she’s particularly unhelpful when it comes to assisting with your morning exercise routine. More »


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I Will Watch The Hell Out Of Ricky Gervais Live-Streaming Commentary For The Golden Globes

11:00AM September 8, 2011 | Brent Rose

The Golden Globes are arguably the most self-fellating award show in the galaxy. Ricky Gervais and friends (possibly including Louis CK, Chris Rock, Jon Stewart and Larry David) might just live-stream a commentary track. Oh hell yes. More »


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Video: If Bill Nye The Science Guy Was In Breaking Bad

10:30AM July 30, 2011 | Splitsider

I love mash-ups enough to be genuinely concerned that they’re almost exclusively musical. But hopefully, if we’re all very lucky, this convergence of Bill Nye and Breaking Bad will usher in a new era of wonderful — and hilarious — television tie-ups. More »


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Have DVR And Hulu Made Sitcoms Funnier?

2:40AM July 9, 2011 | Brian Barrett

The wags over at Splitsider have a take on how streaming video and DVR have actually served to make TV shows funnier. Or maybe more accurately, to give funny sitcoms a better chance of survival: More »


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This Week’s Top Web Comedy Video: All Aboard The Death Coaster

9:15AM July 2, 2011 | Splitsider

In this week’s top web comedy video, deep-voiced Patrick Warburton (of Seinfeld and Family Guy walks you through the safety instructions for the least safe roller coaster in modern history. Is it wrong that I’d actually still want to ride this thing? but like really actually? More »


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This Week’s Top Web Comedy Video: Ferris Bueller’s Last Day Off

12:00PM June 18, 2011 | Splitsider

What happens when Ferris Bueller tries to recreate is famous day off 25 years later. A lot things that’ll make you laugh, sure, but none as funny as how impossibly old you’re going to feel after watching this. More »


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The Best Way To Not Get Mugged Is Owning An Old-Ass Nokia

9:00AM June 17, 2011 | Sam Biddle

Everyone knows that owning an iPhone is a giant liability. Walk around with your shiny design piece and you’re definitely going to get stabbed and have it taken from you. So why not use an embarrassingly old and busted Nokia instead? More »


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This Week’s Top Web Comedy Video: Dick Wiener’s Name Changery

2:00PM May 28, 2011 | Splitsider

It’s a long weekend (in the US). (Yeah!) What better way to kick it off than to watch some poor souls attempting to cope with terrible names from cruel, cruel parents? Good thing there’s Dick Weiner’s Name Changery, which provides the perfect remedy! More »


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This Week’s Top Web Comedy Video: Hipster Playlist

2:00PM May 21, 2011 | Splitsider

Before we all float up into the air—get left behind to endure famine, plague, pestilence, and cable networks showing nothing but Ricki Lake Show episodeds on repeat—let’s use our remaining ours to make fun of hipsters. Aaaaahhhhh. Rapture. More »


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This Week’s Top Web Comedy Video: Will Ferrell’s George W. Bush Reprise

1:00PM May 7, 2011 | Splitsider

Sure, Osama bin Laden was finally taken down under President Obama’s watch. But that doesn’t mean former President George W. Bush didn’t have his own accomplishments to celebrate this week, too! And honestly, anything that gets Will Ferrell back doing his Bush impersonation is all right by me. More »