Diversion of the Day
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Yes, Skyy, your billboard on West Ninth is working
Posted by Joe Tone on Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 4:30 PM
If you find yourself oddly thirsty and horny, do not be alarmed: You’ve probably just been spending too much time on West Ninth Street. Because while we’re no experts in subliminal advertising, we’re pretty sure, judging by the faint tingling in our toes, that we’ve figured out what the folks at Skyy vodka were going for with this billboard, which went up recently outside the window of C-Notes' secret lair, on West Ninth between Superior and St. Clair:
-- Caleb Hannan
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Andrew Bogut's Phantom Free-Throw Friends
Posted by Joe Tone on Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 1:22 PM
Via TrueHoop, via BrewHoop, via YouTube: The funniest sports moment C-Notes has witnessed in months:
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Turns out there is a God -- or at least some Oscar voters with taste
Posted by Joe Tone on Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 11:02 AM
You'll get your recommended daily allowance of nausea-inducing spin from tonight's debate, so for something to settle your stomach, enjoy the best two moments from Sunday's Oscars, which have both made their way to YouTube. First, amid three life-sucking songs from Enchanted, this gem, by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova and from their little movie Once, was up for Best Original Song:
Then it won. And host Jon Stewart saved the show by calling Irglova back out to give her acceptance speech after she was cut off by those damn violin players (and a dead mic) the first time around:
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Diversion of the Day: Casablanca, Bikini Bottom Edition
Posted by Joe Tone on Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 7:17 AM
We're not saying we watch Spongebob Squarepants, that we've had any more than a cursory awareness of the show since it entered airwaves nearly a decade ago. But if we did, we'd think this clip was hilarious. Voice actors from the show re-dub classic movie scenes, using the voices of Spongebob, Sandy Cheeks, Squidward, Patrick Star, and other characters that we're not necessarily intimately familiar with, but would be if we spent most afternoons watching Nickelodeon.
You've never heard "Take the cannoli" like this. -- D.X. Ferris
Monday, February 11, 2008
Matchmaker, matchmaker: Who says single Jews can’t find love?
Posted by Pete Kotz on Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 5:20 AM
When Robyn Posner saw this picture in Scene, her heart went pitter patter.
Thursday, February 7, 2008
A documentary on Donkey Kong and underdogs
Posted by Pete Kotz on Thu, Feb 7, 2008 at 5:24 AM
Scene reporter Rebecca Meiser isn’t the first to be screwed in a rigged election. That’s pretty much the premise of the hilarious documentary The King of Kong: Fistful of Quarters, now available on DVD.
In the film, Steve Weibe, an endearing underdog, decides to take on the 1982 Donkey Kong champion, Billy Mitchell, a full-time hot sauce salesman with an ego the size of the Soviet Union and a mullet that puts Billy Ray Cyrus to shame…
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Diversion of the Day: Bob Seger wonders how Cleveland is really doing
Posted by Joe Tone on Wed, Feb 6, 2008 at 10:15 AM
Bob Seger wants to know: How are you, Cleveland?
Just level with me, Cleveland: How are things actually going? I know it might feel weird opening up to a two-time Grammy Award–winning recording artist, but if you've got something you need to talk about, now is the time. Keeping it bottled up inside is just going to make things worse, believe me. Is anyone out there having trouble with their job or their relationship? Is it family? Family problems can be especially tough to open up about, but you can trust Bob Seger.Yes, you can trust Bob. Go ahead. Open up. -- Michael Gallucci
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