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15Feb 08
Conan was referring to the recent anonymous donation of a million dollars. I was completely shocked. It's a good college, but not the widest known university. Our alumni includes NJ governor Jim Florio and one of the Menenedez brothers.
Actually, it probably would have been better to mention that the writer of the upcoming movie "The Spiderwick Chronicles" (which stars Martin Short) is also former TCNJ graduate.
Yeah, that would have been best. Ah well. My bad.
- Posted Feb 15, 2008 10:01 pm PT
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3Nov 07I am really pissed off. I mean, not only will the strike cause a major infarction within the television industry, but what's the point.
The two sides can't agree, so one side quits? What do they expect to happen? "You know, I didn't actually think you were serious. Okay, here's some money."
What is going to happen is that eventually, the two sides will have to find some solution. The strike can't last forever. But that would mean they would have to negotiate again.
Why not continue negotiating now instead of hurting the industry and negotiating later?- Posted Nov 3, 2007 9:16 pm PT
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9May 07

By the way. I'm not that old.
Actually, as of today, I am now 21! Which means nothing since I don't drink or go to clubs. Ah well.
Well to celebrate, within the next few months, I'll be going to concerts and doing things to celebrate.
But right now, I have to continue studying. My finals begin in the morning. (Groan)
Wish me luck!
- Posted May 9, 2007 9:46 pm PT
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7May 07
To cause further procrastination of studying for finals, my school has a bunch of activities around this time of the year. So they brought in Alonzo Bodden of "Last Comic Standing" fame. It was amazing how little people showed up. I mean we must have filled up only several rows. I sat front seat center -practically the first one in. But, I even had empty seats next to me when the show started. I could have came in during the show and still get great seats. They eventually asked people to move closer so the room "didn't look quite as empty". Ha ha ha.
He was pretty good. There was a bunch of jokes I don't remember. Some I do. But he was funny. Same as his warm-up act, Eric O'Shea, who came on last due to the fact that he got lost, bringing up memories of the Darrell Hammond show, but you'll hear more of that later...
- Posted May 7, 2007 11:41 am PT
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29Apr 07ClevelandRocker, circa January 30, 2006 wrote:Last night, I went to New York City to see the Upright Citizens Brigade again.

For those in the Midwest, this is what New York looks like. Jealous?
So we made it to the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre.
See, I was there!
This is what it looks like on the inside.
Unfortunately, I couldn't take any pictures during the show. But I did see some familar faces. That being, Horatio Sanz and Dan Bakkedahl. Also, Brian Huskey of Best Week Ever was there.
The show started with Horatio and some guy entering the room and talking about things. Horatio was unshaved and eating a cheeseburger. During the show, the cast would play improv. Horatio would giggle, try to get someone to give him a hand job, and quote, "A little T-Bag or something?".
Anyway, I had a great time. Seriously, if you are ever in New York any Sunday night, you really should go.That was what I wrote back in 2006. Let's see what else I can remember about the day.
Earlier that day, I had to watch a video for my Spanish ****at the library. After doing that, I brought a pen and journal with me. I mean, think about it. The first time I almost met Paul Scheer. It could happen again!
Well, it didn't.
But for your benefit, I had just gotten a camera, allowing me to take these pictures for the Midwest-conscious
. I remember again waiting by the door again. I think it was drizzling. I eventually got my seat - I think it was the same seat as my first show.Unfortunately, I hardly recognized the cast. Oh sure, there was Horatio Sanz, with beard, and TDS newbie Dan Bakkedahl, as well as Brian Huskey. But I couldn't remember really anyone else. Later, I found out one of the guys was named Jason Mantzoukis. Miriam Tolan also might have been there.
The sketch that I remember the most is the museum sketch. The cast played a bunch of children locked in a museum, or maybe just left unattended. At one point, Dan gets poo on his hands, and wipes it off on a wooly mammoth or something. Oh Dan, you are a weird one.
When we left, the bus driver got a little lost in New York. You see, the picture of the Empire State Building wasn't exactly the first picture I took of it. Most of the others were pretty blurry due to the fact that I was inside a moving bus at the time.
Okay, so I couldn't remember much more. Tv.com erased my earlier draft. But, I should get the last one posted soon.
- Posted Apr 29, 2007 10:10 am PT
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19Apr 07
George Carlin is coming to my campus tomorrow!
The day that I got my ticket, I overslept. I woke up at 7:30. That is late when you consider the fact that I got to school at 8:00, an hour before tickets were sold, and the line stretched all the way to the second floor. It took three hours, but I got a great ticket.
I hope to talk about this soon, and eventually (hopefully by mid-May), I'll finish writing my other experiences!
By the way, below are pictures of a former college student who interviewed George Carlin (back in 2001 - Pat Tomosulo now works for CW11 Chicago)
- Posted Apr 19, 2007 6:35 pm PT
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18Apr 07
I went to work Monday morning. I did my duties. When I was allowed to break, I turned on my laptop to work on some homework. I go on the internet. I turn on CNN.
What time was it? Maybe ten, maybe eleven, maybe twelve. I don't know.
CNN pops up. Normal day.
A red strip pops up. Breaking news. A student had just killed one person in a school shooting.
I didn't think much about it then. I felt bad, but it didn't seem that unusual. It happens all the time doesn't it? Doesn't it?
Later it went to twenty. By the time I got home, it was at thirty.
But it felt like a normal day. I mean, how could something so wrong happen on such a normal day?
Tuesday comes, and we talk about it in class.
Last year we went through the John Fiocco scandal. I remember walking through campus, seeing the MISSING signs everywhere. The campus was normal, but you could sense it. You could sense the stress.
And that was just one missing student. What about thirty? Thirty people killed in such a horrific event? The pain must be unimaginable.
It really hit me last night. It's day three. I mean, how weird is it to say that? On September 13, 2001, could you realize what just happened?
Could you realize that so many people just died, even though it was just a normal day?
So, I'd like to dedicate this post to the people of Virginia Tech, as I did to those in New Orleans back in 2005.
TO VIRGINIA TECH!
- Posted Apr 18, 2007 8:38 pm PT
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14Feb 07
I was going to mention this on the 3rd entry for the Upright Citizens Brigrade Trip (When I finally do write it). What is it about the weather?
The biggest snowfall of the winter 2004-2005 delayed my first UCBT trip.
During my second trip, it was either drizzling or flurrying.
During my third trip, it was practically a blizzard.
And yesterday, at the Darrell Hammond Show, it was snowing. Not much, but enough to close the school. On a Wednesday, when most students don't have classes. It didn't bother me, but I found it ironic considering that the school newspaper was pissed that the January 2005 snowfall happened on a Saturday.
Either way, I get to stay home, save my later doctor's appointment.
- Posted Feb 14, 2007 6:56 am PT
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30Jan 07
Every January, my college takes a trip to New York City to see the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. Now, back in 2005, I didn't know much about the UCB. I found out that Comedy Central did a show a few years back (okay, nine) starring "Amy Poehler and three guys I didn't know". During this show, many people we know and love guested on this program. Okay, I know Mark hates Tina Fey, but still...Anyway... that's basically what I expected of the show. I was excited. I had no idea what the show was going to be about, but still, I was excited.
The show was to take place the night of Sunday, January 23rd. Ticket sales were the previous week, and a ticket only cost $10.
Except, that Saturday...

A massive snowstorm hit my campus. That afternoon, I wanted to go to my college's library to print something out (It was free back then). So I trudged in about a foot of snow to the library. AND IT WAS CLOSED DUE TO SNOW. Ah well.
As I remember, I had recently had my wisdom teeth removed, and for some reason, it was really painful that day. Even the vibrations from going down the elevator was enough to make me lightheaded.
So, the next day, the area is all plowed. I wonder if they'll still have the trip. Unfortunately, it's a Sunday, so there's no one I could ask. The afternoon comes, and goes. Nothing.
I later find out that it was delayed until the following Sunday.
So the next Sunday, I am on a bus heading for New York. And we wait. I waited under the awning, staring at the door, FREEZING. Remember it was January, at night, in New York City. And it wasn't like this January (the first half).
All of a sudden, who comes out the door, but Paul Scheer, the bucktoothed bald one of VH1's Best Week Ever.Of course, I thought it was just "Amy Poehler and 3 Other Guys". I had no idea he'd be there. And a foot from my face, no less. In fact, I wasn't even sure if it really was him. I spent a minute in a fair state of shock. When I turned around he was across the street.
So I continued to stand there, freezing. Eventually, we get inside. The place is very small. I get a seat right up front. SCORE. I am only mere feet from where the actors will be.
So, we wait, while audience members continue to pile in and the audio people play songs that aren't really that great. This lasts maybe, I don't know, 15 minutes, I think.
Finally, there's a rustle at the curtain. It's Paul Scheer. I KNEW IT! He says that they were filming an American Idol-like program but forgot to film the audience. So, with camera, had us laugh and boo in various stages. I have yet to hear about this program. I think Paul just wanted people to laugh. Maybe he just craved the power of manipulating people.
Eventually, the lights dim. If you think you are going to get a detailed explanation of the show, don't get your hopes up. It was two years ago. But let's see what I can remember.
There were some people I didn't know (possibly the other members of UCB).
Then... There was Amy Poehler, Seth Meyers, Horatio Sanz, recently-retired-SNL-cast-member Rob Riggle, Brian Huskey (the angry bald guy on Best Week Ever). Unfortunately, I can't remember anything else (If only TV.com kept the posts from summer 2005)
They performed improv games. Such as one about pirates (Amy was a parrot). And of course the infamous porno sketch.
Okay, that's all I can remember. I know, I built it up so much, only to let you down with such a unclimactic ending. It's like NBC's promos. Okay, I like "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip", but I don't think any relationship on that show is going to get the entire nation involved. C'mon, FRIENDS is over.
Anyway, I hope to have what I can remember of last year's show posted in the next few days. After which, I'll post the last show.
And then, I have some surprising news you'll want to hear. Stay tuned.
- Posted Jan 30, 2007 3:43 pm PT
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17Jan 07Ugh. Over the past week, I've paid hundreds of dollars for books for the upcoming semester, and now my computer battery failed.
In other news, forget about a segue, I'm pleased with tv.com's new look. I saw that one of my emblems has disappeared, but I can't figure out which one. I also enjoy the new choose-your-own icon, which I've been waiting for since the site began.
I also finally designed a banner. Did you notice?- Posted Jan 17, 2007 8:53 am PT
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7Jan 07
Okay, so I don't update it much. I hope to add more, but then again, I always say that. It's just things are never that interesting.
New Jersey has been having the weirdest weather. It is January and it has yet to snow. Heck, it has yet to flurry. Today it was 70 degrees, and I went out for a bike ride in a T-shirt.

In other news. I got a car CD player for my car during the holidays, and recently had it installed. It's really cool.
I'm also still pissed over the death of Classic SNL. Their new poker show sucks. I can't believe I'm saying this, but seeing it for a second makes me want to watch Carson Daly.
During the time, I got to see a documentary on PBS on The Second City. It was funny. It was great seeing a young Tina Fey with her "Chicago" haircut.Anway, it's late and I can't think of anything else to say.
- Posted Jan 7, 2007 1:07 am PT
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10Sep 06

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfO-Z1CuJ6w
Good evening and welcome to the Daily Show. We are back. This is our first show since the tragedy in New York City and there is really no other way to start the show then to ask you at home the question that we asked the audience here tonight and that we’ve asked everybody we know here in New York since September 11, and that is, "Are you okay?" And we pray that you are and that your family is.
I'm sorry to do this to you. It's another entertainment show beginning with an overwrought speech of a shaken host--and television is nothing if not redundant. So I apologize for that. Its something that, unfortunately, we do for ourselves so that we can drain whatever abscess is in our hearts and move on to the business of making you laugh, which we haven’t been able to do very effectively lately. Everyone has checked in already. I know we are late. I’m sure we are getting in just under the wire before the cast of Survivor offers their insight into what to do in these situations. They said to get back to work. There were no jobs open for a man in the fetal position under his desk crying. . . which I gladly would have taken. So I come back here and tonight’s show is not obviously a regular show. We looked through the vault and found some clips that we think will make you smile, which is really what’s necessary, I think, right about now.
A lot of folks have asked me, "What are you going to do when you get back? What are you going to say? I mean, jeez, what a terrible thing to have to do." And you know, I don’t see it as a burden at all. I see it as a privilege. I see it as a privilege and everyone here does. The show in general we feel like is a privilege. Even the idea that we can sit in the back of the country and make wise cracks. . . which is really what we do. We sit in the back and throw spitballs--but never forgetting that it is a luxury in this country that allows us to do that. That is, a country that allows for open satire, and I know that sounds basic and it sounds like it goes without saying. But that’s really what this whole situation is about. It’s the difference between closed and open. The difference between free and. . . burdened. And we don’t take that for granted here, by any stretch of the imagination. And our show has changed. I don’t doubt that. And what it has become I don’t know. "Subliminible" is not a punchline anymore. Someday it will become that again, Lord willing it will become that again, because it means that we have ridden out the storm.
The main reason that I wanted to speak tonight is not to tell you what the show is going to be, not to tell you about all the incredibly brave people that are here in New York and in Washington and around the country, but we’ve had an unenduring pain, an unendurable pain and I just. . . I just wanted to tell you why I grieve--but why I don’t despair. (choking back tears) I’m sorry. . . (chuckles slightly) luckily we can edit this. . . (beats lightly on his desk, collects himself).
One of my first memories was of Martin Luther King being shot. I was five and if you wonder if this feeling will pass. . . (choked up). . . When I was five and he was shot, this is what I remember about it. I was in school in Trenton and they turned the lights off and we got to sit under our desks. . . and that was really cool. And they gave us cottage cheese, which was a cold lunch because there were riots, but we didn’t know that. We just thought, "My God! We get to sit under our desks and eat cottage cheese!" And that’s what I remember about it. And that was a tremendous test of this country's fabric and this country has had many tests before that and after that.
The reason I don’t despair is that. . . this attack happened. It's not a dream. But the aftermath of it, the recovery, is a dream realized. And that is Martin Luther King's dream.
Whatever barriers we put up are gone. Even if it's just momentary. We are judging people by not the color of their skin, but the content of their character. (pause) You know, all this talk about "These guys are criminal masterminds. They got together and their extraordinary guile and their wit and their skill. . ." It's all a lie. Any fool can blow something up. Any fool can destroy. But to see these guys, these firefighters and these policemen and people from all over the country, literally with buckets, rebuilding. . . that’s extraordinary. And that's why we have already won. . . they can't. . . it's light. It's democracy. They can't shut that down.
They live in chaos. And chaos, it can't sustain itself--it never could. It's too easy and it's too unsatisfying. The view. . . from my apartment. . . (choking up) was the World Trade Center. . .
Now it's gone. They attacked it. This symbol of. . . of American ingenuity and strength. . . and labor and imagination and commerce and it's gone. But you know what the view is now? The Statue of Liberty. . . the view from the south of Manhattan is the Statue of Liberty. . .
You can’t beat that. . .- Posted Sep 10, 2006 11:56 pm PT
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20Jul 06
I have managed to upload the following files:
Late Night with Conan O'Brien: The Claymation episode
First episode of Late Night with Conan O'Brien
These files are availiable forever, but only 15 days after the last download. Message me if a link no longer works.
I am still trying to upload the 5th and 10th Anniversary episodes, since JUST OVERNIGHT, Filefactory converted from 500 mB to 300 mB.
Until I find a solution, here are your downloads. Enjoy.

- Posted Jul 20, 2006 10:54 am PT
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18Jul 06

The Headlines thread at the Jay Leno tv.com site is up again. Visit if you like. It's very funny.
- Posted Jul 18, 2006 6:08 pm PT
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17Jul 06
This Saturday marks the 10th Anniversary of the Daily Show.
I downloaded the following files from a Daily Show Indecision 2000 Torrent.
11/7/00 - Indecision 2000: Choose or Lose
A live special with Jon Stewart, Senior Political Analyst Steven Colbert, Political Analyst Stephen Carell, Mo Rocca at Bush Headquarterx, Nancy Walls at Gore Headquarters, Political Analyst Miriam Tolan, as well as a story on Presidential Candidate Charles Doty, Special Politcal Commentator Senator Bob Dole, Senior Technical Consultant Vance Degeneres, and Resident Angryman Lewis Black.11/8/00 - Indecision 2000: Choose or Lose (HOUR 25)
The cast has been up ALL DAY detailing how ironic the name "Indecision 2000" was. Watch as the the cast continues to monitor the election results while you witness a train crash. With guest Richard Belzer.Jon Stewart Visits ABC NEWS
Okay, more like "breaks in". Jon visits the late great Peter Jennings at the Republican Convention. Viewers of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" are dissapointed.- Posted Jul 17, 2006 9:34 pm PT
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17Jul 06

This just in. The world has got the crazies. If you do not believe me, check out the satellite footage above. All the other crazy things aside, the violence in the Middle East has escalated to the point where some people like John McCain are concerned about the prospects of World War III.
Such a terrible thing is occuring and it is only going to get worse. If only everyone realized that maybe sanity is a good thing. If only we could just live with one another without crying over the little things, the stupid things.
- Posted Jul 17, 2006 12:35 am PT
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15Jul 06On Monday, July 22, 1996, at 11:30 PM EDT, The Daily Show premiered. Ten Years later, it is a nationally accredited and critically acclaimed program, and the winner of several Emmy and Peabody Awards.
To celebrate this event, I am posting pictures, sites, and videos for you to enjoy.
Caountdown Clock
Comedy Central Website Circa November 1996




Jon Stewart on the Daily Show in 1996
Daily Show cast circa 1999 – Meet the new castmembers, including Steve Carell
TDS promo circa summer 1999
Fourth episode of TDS with Jon Stewart, circa January 1999
Colbert Report promo circa 2004 (1)
Colbert Report promo circa 2004 (2)
First episode of TDS after 9/11- Posted Jul 15, 2006 8:30 pm PT
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7Jul 06

This was some week. On the Fourth of July, we launched the Discovery rocket. A rival to nearly any other firework. Unfortunately, for some reason, there were no Fourth of July events on the fourth of July. So, I wound up staying at home watching TV.
On the bright side, New Jersey has been working a little better. I can drink the tap water now. They recently fixed the budget. Why the state government waited until the last minute was beyond me.
- Posted Jul 7, 2006 9:00 pm PT
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2Jul 06

New Jersey has hit a few skids recently. We've been having terrible storms (The Washington Crossing bridge can be seen above from 2004. I didn't take it, but it probably looked something like that recently. I hope to show you a picture I took of the bridge sometime soon).
Flooding has occured over parts of the Delaware River. Luckily, I live high up on the hill. Unfortunately, that is where there is lower water pressure, and problems with water pressure. The water has had a possibility of being contaminated with bacteria. Great.
And now, the state government has shut down. This is not good.
- Posted Jul 2, 2006 9:09 am PT
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28Jun 06
For all those who read the following, I am not a Republican or a Democrat, but just a sane observer (I have more to say, but I am tired).
What is with this back-and-forth that this country has been fighting for so many years? In today's society, we have to put up with people saying how 'gay marriage' is wrong and should be banned, and 'evolution is just a theory'. These are just some things that I am angry with, there are more.
Now, some people might look at that previous paragraph, and think that would make me a liberal. That is stereotyping. There is no true connection with those beliefs and liberalism.
There is no true connection between Fox News and the GOP. There is no true connection between CNN and the Democratic Party.
So, why do people think so? It is so simple. People are just too defensive. They hear something they don't like it and call it heresy.
I often hear people say that "the media" is liberal and harming society. What exactly is "the media", anyway? Media is the plural of medium of communication, which means a means of carrying or communicating information. The description is so broad, it's tiresome. Talking is a form of a media. So are books. So are computer games. So is the radio. And so on.
Maybe they are referring to the newsmedia. And it's described as biased. Now, true, "the media" often focuses on the more significant stories. But this is human nature: An act of prioritization. How many people do you think were wondering what the sports scores were the afternoon of 9/11/01?
For the media, of course, it will never be completely objective. The newsmedia is dictated by people, who are not perfect, and have a natural 'human bias'. This bias cannot be calculated, since it goes in any given direction and varies in degree. Bias can truly only be calculated on the individual level, for when it is brought to describe an entire community, things go askew. People have differing viewpoints.
What about 'gay marriage'? There are people who say that it is wrong and should be eliminated in order to save marriage. When you get right down to it, that's like shaking a baby because you want it to live. THE LOGIC IS BACKWARDS. How is 'gay marriage' wrong? No one has yet made a decent explanation. All they say is two things: It harms male-female marriages and that it will increase the likelyhood of alternate-marriages. But still, there is no proof that either is true.
For one thing, the alternate-marriage debate. It is unlikely to say that gay-marriage would be the sole factor in causing people to engage in alternate-marriages. It is more likely something simple: A person is attracted to something else, or a group of people are attracted to themselves, and et cetera. The fact that people want to create bonds is what caused probably every type of marriage and for probably every type of purpose, such as political, love, or economic means.
But to say that "gay marriage" is different; The only difference is that both partners have the same pair of letters (XX or XY). Anything else is individual and cannot be used to treat society as a whole.
And what about evolution? There are people who say that since evolution is not completely verified, that it must be 100% untrue and augtomatically replaced with a creational method. You cannot just automatically reject something and replace it with a random choice. Religion is so hard to define: It is based on faith, which is only thinking that something is true. It does not determine anything. You could say that the cat you are holding is a girl, and that it must be true because you have faith that it is true. The problem is, you're holding a dog. So, faith is not a good way of solving problems. But faith is good to have. If there is something that allows a person to continue, let them have it. However, the institution of a belief often causes trouble.
We have all sorts of crazy people who say such things. That Republicans are evil, and Democrats are dumb. You got to the newspages on the Political Party websites, and the only thing you'll ever see are whinings about the other side.
No one should be condemned and hated because of their beliefs.
You know, President Bush said in a 2000 campaign commercial:
BUSH (casual): I think there's a lot of cynicism today in America because of broken promises.
[supertext: Governor George W. Bush]
BUSH: I believe most people expect the best out of elected officials and when elected officials disappoint them it creates a cynical environment. Secondly, I believe oftentimes campaigns resort to mud-throwing and name-calling, and Americans are sick of that kind of campaigning. What they want to hear is what's on the candidate's minds, and where the candidates' hearts are. I'd like to run a campaign that was hopeful and optimistic and very positive. However, if he, and everyone else on all sides listened, they would realize that maybe Plan A: Act like babies wasn't the best idea.Please comment. Ask me questions. I will try to add more.- Posted Jun 28, 2006 7:27 pm PT
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