Happy holidays to you and yours!

(Don’t let the opening graphic on the video below worry you — this is a video of a Saturday Night Live skit about elves . . .nice, friendly elves)

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For a less caustic take on the season, head on over to Neddie Jingo’s place, where he and Blue Girl have collaborated on an absolutely beautiful rendition of “Christmas Time is Here.”

If you happen to receive Thomas Pynchon’s Against the Day as a gift, you must visit The Chumps of Choice, where you can throw in your lot with Neddie and crew as they dance and cheer and hoot their way through the text.

I’d like to second Tom Watson in asking you to give something, if you can, to Shakespeare’s Sister. Shakes is not only one of the most vibrant voices on the left; she is also a dear friend who can use some holiday cheer.

I wish you a happy and a healthy holiday. Now, please wish me luck on the job interviews I have coming up next week!

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A friend of mine will be spending the holiday with his extended family in New York. All guests have been told to abide by two strict household rules:

1. NO DAIRY PRODUCTS!

2. NO RED FOOD!

Edict number one is meant to accommodate a member of the family who desires a kosher meal. Edict number two is designed to prevent stains on the family’s white carpet and couches.

Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours, no matter how crazy “yours” might be.

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“The Ultimate Revenge On A Telemarketer”:

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For two friends of mine who are going through tough times: here’s something to cheer you up.

Martin Scorsese’s Sesame Streets

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You know, as the Torquemada Republicans make torture a national priority, I can’t help thinking that we would be better off if Mr. T were running things.

(via Multi Medium)

Seriously: you don’t have to be wearing camouflage shorts, knee-high socks, or forty gold chains to know that this torture bill is wrong, wrong, wrong.

Stay in school. Don’t do drugs. Treat your mother right. And, fer chrissakes, don’t torture people!

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The New York chapter of AICE — The Association of Independent Creative Editors — just held their annual “Trailer Park” competition. The contest asks entrants to choose from a list of nine movies and edit a :90 second trailer which promotes the film as a picture from a completely different genre.

Last year’s winner, Robert Ryang’s Shining, re-imagined Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining” as a heartwarming family flick.

This year’s grand-prize winner is Scott Rankin of Northern Lights Post, whose superb editing transformed the 1988 Tom-Cruise vehicle Cocktail into a Bollywood musical.

It’s called CAAKTHĀL:

More details are available on the AICE site. I’d like to thank AICE for making the video available to me.

Also check out the new blog The Trailer Mash, which was created solely to track these kinds of mashed trailers.

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Dave Chappelle: Black Bush:

“If our President were black, we would not be at war right now. Not because a black person wouldn’t have done something like that — just because America wouldn’t let a black person do something like that without asking them a million questions.”

(via Susie)

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Never let it be said that this blog does not edify its readers.

Visit mooncrystle’s YouTube page for more Electric Company goodness.

On a tangentially related note, Colin McEnroe reports that Warner Brothers will be removing scenes that include cigarette smoking from Tom and Jerry cartoons.

To which I say, “Boo!” Let those cartoons stand as faithful representations of the eras that shaped them.

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Obviously, this incident did not take place in Philly.

(via Shakespeare’s Sister)

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Make your own versions here.

Via Shakespeare’s Sister. She’s not listed above, but she’s most definitely on notice.

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