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Is toilet humor ingrained?
The topic of toilet humor came up at my house recently. If one does not know my family, I am married to one sexy senorita and we have a three and a half year old daughter, Sofie. I am all for using toilet humor and making dirty jokes, but never in front of my daughter. I still laugh at poop jokes, but you have to admit, they are funny. However, I also never say poop jokes in front of her either.
But last week, the poop jokes have been coming out of Sofie’s mouth. She is saying words like “poopy” and statements like “my pee smells like Cheerios”. These aren’t just generalized comments but things that make her laugh. She will start dancing, wiggle her butt at us and say, “Daddy, smell my butt”. No one in my house, or family, has ever told another one to “smell their butt”. But she has been using it in her repetoire.
So today, on her way to daycare, she began singing one of her favorite songs “Free Fallin” by Tom Petty. But instead of the normal lyrics, she made up her own, entirely on her own, without anyone else adding to it. The part of the Petty song goes as follows…
“Now, I’m FREEEEE….Free Falling”
Her updated lyrics were as follows:
“My Pooooopeee. Pooopiee Butt.”
This is not a joke. This was a serious song. My question is this, “Is toilet humor like ingrained? Are we born with it? Are jokes dealing with poop and pee naturally funny? Discuss.
OUTATIME
What an amazing weekend for video game news. First, we get the Batman Arkham City trailer. Also, there is a new Mortal Kombat game where you can play as…Kratos. There is a cool trailer out there for that as well.
Click Here for the new Mortal Kombat trailer featuring everybody's favorite Spartan
Mortal Kombat featuring Kratos
Finally, we get a game that has been talked about for some time, and it is finally here.
BACK TO THE FUTURE…check out the trailer. The voice of Doc is Christopher Lloyd, but unfortuately Michael J Fox could not voice Marty McFly.
Click here to see the new Back to the Future game trailer
Batman: Arkham City trailer
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Here is the trailer for the new Batman: Arkham Asylum trailer. It looks, well, amazing. Check it out.
Click Here to see the new Batman: Arkham City Trailer w/ Hugo Strange
Ghostbusters: My List of Favorites in the “Reality Ghostbuster” Genre
We were kicking back the Sunday after Thanksgiving, relaxing after 4 or 5 days of running around non-stop. We were watching football and whatever game was on was getting a bit slow so Jenn started searching around for something else to keep us awake for a few more hours. She lighted on A&E where they were in the midst of a Paranormal State marathon. We quickly got sucked in and watched for hours. Of course as soon as I walked away, I started mentally picking the show apart piece by piece, but while watching it, found it engrossing enough to keep me watching for hours.
As our 4 or 5 fans may have deduced over the years, the Derosby Brothers (and many other members of our family) are fans of ghosts and the supernatural in general. Alan’s even tossed around the idea of getting some equipment and going on road trips to bust or debunk. I for one would love to put on the gray jumpsuit and strap on the EM goggles. At any rate, the marathon got me thinking. I started comparing Paranormal State to the other “ghostly” reality shows and here’s what I came up with. Listed from best to worst, here’s my take on the Reality Ghostbuster genre of shows.
1.) Ghost Hunters (Ghost Hunters Academy and Ghost Hunters International) – The SyFy Channel: The benchmark for the genre. Jason Hawes, Grant Wilson, the founders of TAPS (The American Parnormal Society) from here in New England have the best trained and most professional staff, both experienced and likeable. They have the best equipment and most importantly, the most success with it. Not only are they extremely thourough in their placement of cameras, audio recorders, and even little flashlights, their attention to detail pays off as they tend to collect more actual evidence than any other show I’ve seen on TV.
The thing I like the most about them though, is the fact that they are not so quick to jump to conclusions. They are just as likely to debunk an event, especially in the earlier episodes. They bring their EMF detectors and have discovered everything from poor wiring creating EM hotspots to ventillation systems transferring sounds from one room to the next and even put their plumbing experience to work on one episode. They’ve even caught their clients trying to pull one over on them on more than one occasion. All in all, not only is it the best of the “reality Ghostbuster” lot, it’s one of my favorite shows on TV today.
2.) Ghost Lab – Discovery Channel, kind of like Ghost Hunters light. The Klinge brothers (Brad and Barry) have all the enthusiasm of Jason and Grant and certainly have the equipment to back it up.
But what they have in attitude, they sometimes lose in their short-sightedness. They come across to me as more cowboys than scientists, and where they definitely embody the spirit of the Ghostbusters from the movie, they lose that credibility that comes from being able to look for a more rational explanation to what’s going on around them. Still, it’s a great watch for a weekend afternoon.
3.) Ghost Adventures - The Travel Channel. Take the three biggest idiots you find in a random frat house at any college campus around the US, get them drunk, lock them in a dark building at midnight, then scare the living shit out of them. That pretty much covers what this show has to offer.
It’s a riot. Check out the episode where they go to Bobbie Mackie’s to get a good dose of what these guys are all about. Zak Bagans, Nick Groff and Aaron Goodwin are great hosts and aa blast to watch and really entertain. Few ghosts, little proof, but worth the watch nonetheless.
4.) Paranormal State – A&E TV. This show definitely takes itself more seriously than the others. Ryan Buell and his crew are actually trying to save people from their demons. His earnest desire to help is endearing, but is quickly overshadowed by his blind belief in everything they run into with no apparent desire for any scepticsm. They’ve run into everything from poltergeists to natural spirits, and even a demon or two. He’s convinced himself that one demon in particular has it out for him and occasionally runs into his arch-enemy from time to time.
His crew never seems to be made up of the same people from one show to the next, the only constants being his longtime friend and cast member Sergei and resident “occult specialist” and team odd duck Eilfie. The crew has all the equipment but rarely seems to be able to catch even the slightest bit of EVP or photographical evidence. When they do, it’s automatically assumed to be of supernatural origin, no proof required. It’s frustrating to watch and at times uncomfortable. Buell and his team mean well though and where the show lacks all that is empirical, they make up for it in heart. And as an added plus, they got rid of that quack psychic Chip Coffey. If you want to see a charlatan of Patric Jane stature (of the Mentalist), tune in to that show. If you notice, it’s not on my list.
Does anyone else have a favorite? Am I alone in my love of these shows? What’s your take?
Craig’s Corner: Chapter 1
Well it looks like we’re going to start unveiling content from Alan’s book D&B so I suppose I should get used to releasing some artwork on here. So I’ve got two to offer up.
The first is my daughter Izzy’s super alter ego, SunCrystal (why do I have this feeling she’s going to end up in one of Shag’s ComicCon Cosplay picture albums about 10 years from now?). She made this character up as a member of the Teen Titans, presumably to get StarFire out of the way and get closer to Robin. I don’t even want to talk about that.
SunCrystal’s costume is designed based upon her input: The color scheme, the “fancy” mask, the crystal, all her ideas. I added the glowing highlights and the underarm cape flaps and they were approved by the creative genius.
Her power: Holding the power of the sun and crystals in her hands. Okay so we need to work on a few things. She’s 4, give her a break.
The other pic I’m going to post is just a sketch I did to get in the mood for D&B’s artwork. I drew this before I saw the promo pic for The Walking Dead. I think I ruined this one with the crap ink job so this one’s going to get a facelift pretty quickly.
Roy Halladay is a stud
As a Mets fan, it pains me to put this in writing. In fact, I think I am currently throwing up in my mouth as I type. But I believe that Roy Halladay has to be the best pitcher in baseball and deserved the unanimous vote for the 2010 Cy Young. First off, I will just give you the numbers.
21-10
2.44 ERA
1.04 WHIP
219 Ks
1 Perfect Game.
1 Playoff No Hitter (only the second in playoff history)
9 Complete games
What has always awed me was the fact that the manager, whether Manuel or Gaston, can easily rely on Halladay to complete 1/2 of his games. In the past three years he has 27 complete games, 10 more than anyone else. This is at a time where many pitchers might have one or two throughout the entire season.
Roy Halladay has been a stud since 2002. What made me realize how dominant he is was a short special on the MLB network. They were reviewing the CY Young voting and talked of his past. In 2001, he was dropped of the MLB roster, as the Blue Jays sent him back to the minors, and not to AAA but to their Single A affiliate. Since he has returned to the major league roster, he has now won two Cy Young awards, one in each league, as well as been in the top five for voting.
My personal Roy Halladay experience came this summer. My wife, as well as Keith’s, bought us Mets/Phillies tickets for an August game in NYC. This was our first time there, and I should write a post about our experience there, but we also were able to see a game in lovely Citi Field. The pitching match-up was ripe for a no hitter, with the masterful Halladay pitching against future HOF pitcher Pat Mitsch (ok probably not). The game was over in about 2 1/2 hours. Seriously, Halladay just mowed them down, one by one, running through innings, in no time flat. Our wives missed three innings just by going to the concession stand.
So where does Doc Halladay rank as active pitchers in baseball? Unfortunately, he is currently the best pitcher in the planet.
New Movie Rating
I was recently chatting on the phone with an old friend, a Mr. B.Daddy, and he recommended that I watch a “B” horror flick, Thankskilling. If it sounds intriguing, that is because it is about a killer turkey. He mentioned he watched it merely for the cheese factor and that got me to thinking, what about all those old crappy movies my father rented us as kids.
If you don’t know about our family, my father is a movie freak. He owns thousands of movies, mostly on tape because he still sees the new innovation of DVD as still in its infancy. Now this alone isn’t enough to make fun of him but it is the specific movies he owns which make his collection special. He has bought some of the crappiest movies ever to be made, and sometimes when he forgets he bought it once, he buys it again. But it goes much further than that.
He is also known to rent movies that have tricky names. There have been numerous occasions where one of us boys goes over to find that he rented “Snakes on a Train” or “Transmorphers”. Am I making this up? Sadly I am not. Check it out on IMBD if you do not believe me. And if Movie Gallery was still open, I would love to have had a copy of his rental history.
When we were kids, he would rent movies from Northeast Video in Waterville, Maine. He would bring himself home a new Chuck Norris or Charles Bronson while at the same time bringing his boys home the newest horror releases. It was not only the known movies but the crappy ones like Troll 2. This set us on a collision course with “B” movies, which inevitable led us to the greatest “B” horror series of all time “Evil Dead”, staring Bruce Campbell as Ash. If you have not seen Army of Darkness, you should immediately punch yourself in the face for you have missed out on so much.
With this sordid past, I have decided to create a new movie ranking, based on Robert Derosby. Each movie will be ranked from one to five, based on the very intricate Bob renting policy
ONE BOB: I would not add this movie to my collection…and I have some crap in my collection.
TWO BOBS: It has an 80s star or a former wrestler in it. It must be good .
THREE BOBS: 2 well known actors. Enough said.
FOUR BOBS: It may not have dead Nazis, a lot of explosions, or Sly Stallone as a cop on the run, but I think this is going in my collection.
FIVE BOBS: I need to buy this movie for my sons for Christmas. 3 copies of Transmorphers please.
The Walking Dead: Yes I F&$%#ing Missed it!
I was so ready for to watch The Walking Dead on it’s premiere night on October 31st. Boy and I (my son Nick for all of you wondering who the hell “Boy” is), accompanied by Keith and my nephew/niece to be (I think Elaine was there too) did our prep work. While the trick-or-treaters came and went, we threw Army of Darkness-the bootleg version into the old PS3 and watched one of the all-time classics.
Then I did the unthinkable. I went to bed. Forgot it was on. Forgot to program it into the DVR. Old age is hell.
Here it is Wednesday and I still haven’t forgiven myself for missing the show I was so looking forward to watching these last few months. I really need to learn to let things go. For those of you out there who also forgot to watch what may be the TV event of the decade, here’s a link to AMC’s schedule for encore performances. Click on the picture below or on the accompanying link to see showtimes for each episode.
FYI, I just programmed all new episodes to record on the trusty DVR plus the encore of episode 1 at 3:00 am on Sunday morning (I think the schedule said 2:00 am, so check your local listings as well). Good luck and good watching.
Click on the Image to see schedule times for all epidodes of The Walking Dead on AMC
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The Force Unleashed 2 TV Spots
Here are some of the TV spots I’ve found for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II. I’d seen the first one multiple times on TV and had found the Boba Fett trailer a few weeks ago. The others were all pleasant surprises. Enjoy.
The Force Unleashed 2: Vader fight
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