Conan passes the Late Night Crown

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon? Yep, that's right. Fallon was hand picked by NBC to take Conan's. NBC won't give us a date of when the change will be happening but we've heard rumors it will take place around early 2009. I'm happy, however, that Conan will be take over The Tonight Show and Jay Leno will be OFF THE AIR! Thank your god for that one! I never liked his show. Hopefully Conan will bring his own act to the show. As for Fallon, I don't know how I feel about the guy. I didn't like him in any of his movies and he was hit-and-miss on SNL. I have heard his stand up, and he can do some mean impressions!

So, how will he match up with Conan, the late night king?

"I'm going to dye my hair red and get lifts in my shoes," Fallon told reporters today during a news conference on the top floor of 30 Rockefeller Center, which offered panoramic views of rain-drenched Manhattan (visible after an interminable wait for the elevators).


He's obviously funny, and has proved that at certain times (Idiot Boyfriend music video? eh?).



"I think he's just built for it," said executive producer Lorne Michaels. "He's really funny and he's smart, and he has a really, really good work ethic. You can't do this kind of show if there is any confusion about what you really want to be doing. You have to what this more than everything else, and he does."

I'm glad our hero won't be leaving the air. Let's just hope I can be as dirty as he was on late night?

Tim and Eric LIVE!

(Me with Tim after the show)

I finally met them!

That's right. I saw Tim and Eric live in San Francisco on May 4th. It was worth FAR more money that 17 dollars to see this show. I don't wanna give much away about the show because it's all about the surprises. Here's a few things I will tell you: It's full of vomit, giant balls, papa johns, the whole regular cast performing live, DJ Dougpound opens, season 3 footage, and they totally came out for meet and greet after the show. It was at least an hour and a half show. I really enjoyed myself the whole time. I got on stage too! Go see them if you get a chance!

Timanderic.com

Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job On DVD

Here's the deal. This dvd contains all ten episodes from the first season with commentary from the guys! I've watched it over and over at least 10 times. The extras are really funny and interesting. Sure, the running time is real at a mere 115 minutes in all, but real fans know that the episodes are only 11 minutes long. So I'd say it's decent. I'm sure they couldn't have made it much longer! The whole season is only 13 bucks on amazon, too!

Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job is a fast paced absurd collection of short films parodies animations pranks and musical numbers featuring the talents of Bob Odenkirk, John C Reilly, Weird Al Yankovic, Zach Galifianakis, Brian Posehn, Todd Barry and a host of comedians, celebrities, bad actors and pets. It's insane, guys. You gotta warm up to it. It's worth it, though! Here's a clip:

Go Buy It!

Spaceballs The Animated Series!

Mastermind Mel Brooks is at it again. Spaceballs the animated series has been talked about since around 2004 and now it's finally going to happen! June 1st, 2008, G4 will start airing the first 13 episodes of the series. Mel Brooks will not only be directing and writing the film, but will also be providing his voice for the roles of President Skroob and Yogurt. The very same characters he played in the original 1987 film. Daphne Zuniga and Joan Rivers will also reprise their roles from the film, although Bill Pullman will not. Tino Insana will replace the late John Candy as "Barf." That's all the info I could pull up as of now. I'll probably update you with a new post as soon has I get more info.

Spaceballs The Animated Series on IMDB

There's a cool little splash screen for the show on G4's official site. Here's the link:
Official G4 Webite

Weezer Album #6

Here it is. The cover for the new Weezer album. As some of you probably know, I'm an avid fan of The Weez. So I figured I'd give you an update on the new album. It's going to be a self titled album, or "The Red Album." It's set to be released in June. A lot sooner than I had expected. I have to say that the only Weezer albums that have really taken me somewhere have been Blue, Pinkterton, and Green. I liked Maladroit, but I feel like it was sketchy, but still good. Make believe, I didn't like. But I listened to it a lot, simply because I'm a true fan and supporter of the band. After all, they're the band that made me not feel so alone during the early years of my life for being a geek. So, on to the new album. It was produced by Rick Ruben, who shouldn't be producing it. I say either bring back Ric Ocasek, or produce it themselves like Pinkerton. We'll just have to see after it's released, or leaked. The first single "Pork and Beans" is a horrible sell-out of a song. It's void of any real substance, predictable, and cluttered with vomit-inducing name drops. I couldn't relate to it in any way. Without the heartbreak or something else I can relate to, you've just got a cheesy pop album. Also, it sucks. Well, now that I'm done bashing the new song, here's the track listing for the album:

1. "Troublemaker"
2. "The Greatest Man That Ever Lived (Variations on a Shaker Hymn)"
3. "Pork and Beans"
4. "Heart Songs"
5. "Everybody Get Dangerous"
6. "Dreamin’"
7. "Thought I Knew"
8. "Cold Dark World"
9. "Automatic"
10. "The Angel and the One"

The "Deluxe" comes with these extra tracks:

11. "Miss Sweeney"
12. "Pig"
13. "The Spider"
14. "King"

I personally like "Pig." I heard the demo of it a while back and it was really good and made me think of when I was young. I could relate to it. The melody was good too. Let's hope the album turns out alright. Although, my sources give it a big doubtful frown.

Head over to Weezer.com to hear the new single and get info on pre-orders. For now, I suggest you listen to Pinkerton. The perfect rock album for my generation. Weezer is sort of like that friend that moved away when you were 10. Then moved back 5 years later and turned out to be a complete douchebag. I'll still "Listen" to the album. I'm not a pretentious jerk. It just looks very doubtful and (so far) sounds bad.

Self-Tuning Guitar

I love watching movies from the 50's about how the year 2000 has flying cars and transporters. It seems we're no where close to those two things. We are, however, accomplishing some amazing achievements! The iPod, the Laptop, Sex Robots, and the Wii. I'm a fan of the future. The future is now! Fender has designed the Self-Tuning guitar! Not only does this "Robot Guitar" tune itself with the press of a button, but it also has 240 different custom tunings. Seems like this will make Nick Drake and Jimmy Page songs quite an easy task to play live. The self-tuning guitar mechanism is naturally enough controlled by a computer, which is mounted inside the guitar.


Inside the guitar

When my friend Dylan told me about the guitar, the first thing that came to my mind was...I wonder it's gonna look ugly! Well they have managed, from what I've seen, to produce the guitar in the Tele and Strat styles. Gibson is even selling a Les paul style. I'm not sure of the details on the Gibsons, though.



It's just as easy to use as you would hope, too! Just select the tuning you want and press the buttons. The Magical Fender Robot Guitar will do the rest. The control panel seems easy enough to use, too.



Fender claims that it's been around for about 15 years but it's so damn expensive and high tech only the most elite guitarist own them. They are planning a "lite" version of the guitar soon for us filthy peasants to own. I know I'll be getting one. The current list of Celebrity owners of the guitar include Joe Perry of Aerosmith, Mick Fleetwood (Fleetwood Mac), Robert Hunter (Grateful Dead), Kenny Loggins, Peter Buck (REM), Eddie VanHalen (VanHalen), Pete Townshend (The Who) and technology afficiando Paul Allen (Microsoft, LINK). Right now the guitar costs $3,000 in the US. I don't believe I'll be able to afford one for quite some time.

Great Job!