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"Robot Chicken: Season 1" DVD clip: "Gandhi vs. Wright Bros."
Old-school, stop-motion animation and fast-paced satire are the hallmarks of this eclectic show created by Seth Green and Matt Senreich. Action figures find new life as players in frenetic sketch-comedy vignettes that skewer TV, movies, music, and celebrity. It's television especially formulated for the attention deficit disorder generation. David Bianculli, of the "NY Daily News" says "Watch the 15-minute premiere of 'Robot Chicken,' Cartoon Network's newest [Adult Swim] entry, and I all but guarantee you'll laugh harder, and more often, than at any current prime-time sitcom twice its length."
"Robot Chicken: Season 1" DVD clip: "Dog and Pan"
Old-school, stop-motion animation and fast-paced satire are the hallmarks of this eclectic show created by Seth Green and Matt Senreich. Action figures find new life as players in frenetic sketch-comedy vignettes that skewer TV, movies, music, and celebrity. It's television especially formulated for the attention deficit disorder generation. David Bianculli, of the "NY Daily News" says "Watch the 15-minute premiere of 'Robot Chicken,' Cartoon Network's newest [Adult Swim] entry, and I all but guarantee you'll laugh harder, and more often, than at any current prime-time sitcom twice its length."
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The Juan Maclean: "Give Me Every Little Thing"
"It's been a bit of a sore spot," laughs Juan Maclean, "sitting on this album and seeing this robot stuff pop up all over the place. I have serious robot credentials that go back years and years. Like, a decade! But Daft Punk beat me to the punch." He may be joking, but the man's right. If anyone's earned the right to call their debut album "Less Than Human" and imagine a love triangle consisting of a man, a woman and the man's gay robot friend (as in "Shining Skinned Friend"), it's Maclean. He was guitarist and synth player with acclaimed but obscure, gonzo electro-punk band Six Finger Satellite, who began formulating their blend of rigidly mechanised disco beats, oddly sumptuous synth melodies and razor-shredded guitar work in the early 90s. The brutish but groovy result suggested a cross between Devo, Kraftwerk and Big Black. Then, America was mired in grunge, the famous French robots were still in short pants and the "punk-funk revival" was in the unimaginable future. Six Finger Satellite were just too far ahead of their time and perished accordingly. With "Less Than Human" Maclean has created a precision-tuned rekindling of his love affair with everything from Kraftwerk to Juan Atkins and Derrick May, Funkadelic to Giorgio Moroder and Lipps Inc, DAF to Talking Heads and Frankie Goes To Hollywood. It's full of tics (sin drums, cow bells, Bootsy Collins bass lines, Moog Liberation motifs) borrowed from dance music history, but refuses to engage with retroism, nostalgia or any notion of "the classic." Opener "AD2003" tracks back to Kraftwerk via Orbital, buoyed up by bubbles of percolating glitch. "Give Me Every Little Thing" rewinds through Underworld and Talking Heads en route to Studio 54. "Tito's Way" contrasts acid-house synth squelches and rave whistles with clattering, tribal percussion. There's a constant, though. Even the LP's euphoric epic "Dance With Me," is poignantly subdued, touched by a melancholy that reflects Maclean's own world view. "It doesn't seem incongruous to me to have a lot of that stuff in there," he says of the album's sadness, "because I made a big effort to make an album, rather than a collection of tunes with just one good track that everybody knows. So I never really set out to say, "this is a song that will played for the dance floor," or whatever. "When I started on it, I don't think I had any pre-conceived notions at all, except that I knew I'd always be operating under the same aesthetic principles that I'd held in making music my whole life."
"Blue Collar TV" season 1 DVD clip: "Instant Feedback"
The guys who had you laughing on the Blue Collar Comedy Tour--Jeff Foxworthy, Bill Engvall and Larry the Cable Guy--bring their particular brand of hilarity to Blue Collar TV: Season 1 Volume 1. Expect a hometown buffet of TV parodies, sketches, and stand-up, celebrating everything from spouses to spoilers, Winnebagos to Waffle Houses, cheap beer to even cheaper lingerie. You are about to get a 64-oz. Big Gulp of blue collar comedy. Are you ready?
Robot fish swims by doing the wave
Researchers at the University of Bath in the United Kingdom have developed a robot fish called Gymnobot that swims by rippling a fin on its belly. They say it may lead to lighter, more efficient robotic submersibles.
The 404 336: Where sometimes it's good to be alone
Wilson's out slaving for CNET TV at the Amazon Kindle DX unveiling, leaving Jeff and I to man the show sans laughter. We'll let you judge the outcome. Today we very briefly touch on the biggie Kindle, and also discuss the dangers of gaming to the death, Apple's new iPhone replacement policy, Oprah's free chicken giveaway, and more!
"Friends" Season 10 DVD clip: "Phoebe Sings"
Friends, the groundbreaking series and one of the most popular TV sitcoms of all time, is releasing its tenth and final season on DVD, including 18 episodes with never-before-seen footage and extensive bonus features, including a 45-minute gag reel.
"Mad TV - Best of Season 8, 9, 10" DVD clip: "Season 10 swan song"
The DVD features a variety of best of sketches from seasons 8,9 and 10. It contains over three hours of movie, television and commercial parodies and character sketches, including Marvin Tikvah, Dot, Coach Hines, Lorraine, Miss Swan, Mofaz, Tank and whole lot more! Plus, not only will you find a healthy dose of Stuart sketches, but a bonus Stuart blooper reel!
"Mad TV - Best of Season 8, 9, 10" DVD clip: "Season 8 Stuart Long"
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