
Before Ben Stiller made it big-time and developed that sheen of smugness that's on so many successful funny men in Hollywood (you know who you are!), he was being hilarious on The Ben Stiller Show. I am so glad I found this gem, because it makes fun of a dude I am perversely fascinated with: motivational speaker Tony Robbins. I used to love coming home from a night of drinking, stuffing my face with junk food, only to find that the only thing on television was this Sasquatch of a man with blinding white teeth and a disturbingly deep baritone telling me how to be successful and unleash the winner within.

The "nice guy" sweaters. The steely gaze. The land of make-believe right in the middle of his bachelor pad.

It's a sad week, people.
Bennigan's has filed for bankruptcy. Where, oh, where am I going to get my deep-fried cheese sticks, chicken strips (aka "Chicken Fingers"), and well, fried whatever with a blue cheese dipping sauce in a friendly, corporate, nondescript atmosphere.

Say what you will about social networking on sites like Facebook — that it brings people together, reinvigorates writing as a form of communication, yaddah yaddah. This video shows why virtual poking and wall writing is superior to poking and wall writing in real life.
It's terrifying.

This is the wave of the future, people. CGI and its ilk can take their fancy-pants effects and shove it. The people are ready for a return to a kindler, gentler, lower-tech superhero like this curly-haired, wedgie-briefed Superman.