Posted by Daniel Frank at 9:10 AM

From a comment thread in Reason for this article which mentioned the false consciousness "What's the Matter with Kansas":

COMMENTER 1:The people of Kansas don't vote their economic interests. As opposed to the people of California who voted to destroy what is left of their economy begining in 2012 in the name of a cargo cult.

COMMENTER 2:The cargo cults actually got cargo once.

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Posted by Daniel Frank at 2:03 PM

Who's got two thumbs and has tickets to all three screenings featuring Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner this weekend? Quite a number of comedy fans, I'd imagine....And This Guy!!!!1!
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Posted by Daniel Frank at 5:46 PM

Robert Culp just died. Patrick MacGoohan is dead. Jack Cassidy is dead. Ruth Gordon is dead. Ray Milland is dead.

It's the Columbo Curse!!!!!
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Posted by Daniel Frank at 8:53 PM

Streisand means Hurt Locker won...
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Posted by Daniel Frank at 8:04 PM

"Save the Dolphins" vs. "The corporations and food, maaaan" vs. Daniel Ellsberg. Who'll win?
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Posted by Daniel Frank at 7:32 PM

I repeat: When Coke had glass bottles, they rewashed and resued them. That's why they had a deposit. (At least according to One, Two Three)
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Posted by Daniel Frank at 7:29 PM

They don't even say why the Sci Tech award winners won? Wow. They really want to keep this under time...
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Posted by Daniel Frank at 7:20 PM

Per the book stores, technically, Twilight is "supernatural romance", not horror.
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Posted by Daniel Frank at 7:16 PM

Technicall speaking, Charlize Theron is African.
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Posted by Daniel Frank at 6:51 PM

Corman gets an Oscar!
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Posted by Daniel Frank at 6:41 PM

The Avatar skit that was censored.

UPDATE Deep Roy was in Star Trek!
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Posted by Daniel Frank at 6:25 PM

It amuses me that the motorcycle logo is for Grease 2.
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Posted by Daniel Frank at 6:19 PM

Where's the Curly Sue clip?
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Posted by Daniel Frank at 6:02 PM

They're only doing clips for Best Original Song? Holy Cow, this may actually last three hours!
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Posted by Daniel Frank at 5:58 PM

Twice with "The winner is..."; sounds like a policy change.
UPDATE: Yep.
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Posted by Daniel Frank at 5:55 PM

When I heard "Someday My Prince Would Come", I was hoping they'd bring back Snow White.
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Posted by Daniel Frank at 5:39 PM

"The winner is"?!?!?
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Posted by Daniel Frank at 5:38 PM

Mr. Baldwin, Mr. Martin, that's Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire.
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Posted by Daniel Frank at 5:31 PM

No designated black guy to laugh at "tensions between blacks and white"?
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Posted by Daniel Frank at 5:29 PM

Please tell me the nominees are going to do a musical number!!! Please, please, please!!!
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Posted by Daniel Frank at 5:28 PM

What's the over-under on The Backup Plan having a "Your water broke?!?!?!?!?!" scene.
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Posted by Daniel Frank at 5:15 PM

Taylor Lautner's werewolf more famous than Lon Chaney? I think not.
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Posted by Daniel Frank at 5:05 PM

Every time the announcer says "Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire", I laugh.
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Posted by Daniel Frank at 5:01 PM

Ya know why it's raining on Oscar night? Global warming...
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Posted by Daniel Frank at 4:48 PM

Eight generations? Ten years is a generation?
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Posted by Daniel Frank at 4:28 PM

Jesse Walker does a funny take-down of the Razzies. Includes a link to Sandra Bullock's appearance there last night:

I brought the shooting script, the final shooting draft. And I will go page by page by page of my dialogue. I'm going to read the line the way that I read it in the film and then I want anyone who wants to come give me a line reading back to come up.[...]If you had seen the film, seen it, with your eyes, it's pretty much a film about a woman stalking a man. That doesn't really set up the premise for a loving couple. So to give us the worst couple award is kind of a 'duh.'

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Posted by Daniel Frank at 1:44 AM

Happy 2010. And don't forget

ALL THESE WORLDS ARE YOURS - EXCEPT EUROPA. ATTEMPT NO LANDINGS THERE.
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