DAVID SIMON – Vice Magazine. long interview with the creator of The Wire.

Kayak.com offers up Lost flight | The Social – CNET News. If you search for a one-way flight from Sydney to LA it includes Oceanic flight 815. Nice easter egg.

Craigslist LA : 4 SALE: BARELY-USED LATE NIGHT TALK SHOW – MAKE ME AN OFFER!!!. Conan put the tonight show on Craigslist. Here’s the video clip.


YouTube – Jimmy Kimmel on Jay Leno’s 10 at 10. At the 2:30 point he really starts killing him.

Conan O’Brien Says He Won’t Host ‘Tonight Show’ Following Leno – Media Decoder Blog – NYTimes.com. “I sincerely believe that delaying the Tonight Show into the next day to accommodate another comedy program will seriously damage what I consider to be the greatest franchise in the history of broadcasting”. oh snap.

Sarah Palin Appears on ‘Tonight Show’ – Media Decoder Blog. and reads from William Shatner’s biography.

The Vigorous North: The teatime deluge: how a British soap opera sets loose ten Niagara-sized waterfalls every evening. the clip from the BBC piece is pretty nuts. the guy is actually watching EastEnders to see when the credits roll to bring hydro-electric dams online. all i can think is how fragile something like that must actually be.

McCann Responds to ‘Mad Men’ – Media Decoder Blog. i guess this would be a spoiler if you haven’t watched Mad Men this season. A real agency that still exists today buys the fake agency on Mad Men. They put a video up on their website pointing this out.

THE WIRE – 100 Greatest Quotes. with a great “sheeeeeeeeeet” montage.

Hulu Desktop. hulu is definitely doing some cool stuff. it’s a shame it’s not in canada.

Zack Morris Visits Jimmy Fallon | Give Me My Remote. the interview is hilarious as he does it all in-character.

David Simon, co-creator of The Wire, on Bill Moyers Journal. the interview is an hour long but it’s just amazing. Simon talks about the systemic problems in America as discussed in The Wire. And if you haven’t seen The Wire, what tv show are you possibly watching that’s better?

Charlie Rose – A conversation with J.J. Abrams. great interview about star trek, lost, the movie business, and storytelling.

Chris Erwin – Cutting the Cable. a detailed review and how-to for dropping your cable box for a mac mini, plex (very cool looking), and piracy. via josh.

Now as you may have read in Robert Parker’s wine newsletter “Donaghy Estates tastes like Satan’s urine after a hefty portion of asparagus”
- my favorite quote from 30 Rock

Jim Cramer on The Daily Show. Stewart takes him to task. It’s a long interview and it’s pretty damn serious. The link is for the Comedy Network in Canada. In the US, just go to thedailyshow.com.


Daily Show on CNBC. Stewart just blasts them.


YouTube – Picards response to Rick Warren. I think this is only funny the first time you watch it.

Rick Steves’ Iran. No joke. he went and shot a tv episode there.


YouTube – Don Drapers Guide To Picking Up Woman. drink and smoke. constantly.