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As any true TV addict knows, the true meaning of Christmas is to give your fave shows the once-a-year opportunity to get all preachy and filled with holiday cheese, er, cheer. You may want to turn on the boob tube for a good laugh — but at Christmastime, you're going to learn something, darn it! The following seven Christmas-themed sitcom classics are some of the most awkwardly awesome ones out there.
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This is going to be a shock to all of you fans who believe in the power of a relationship forged on a reality show, but ‘Bachelorette’ Ali Fedotowsky has ended her relationship with Roberto Martinez.
Britney Spears and boyfriend Jason Trawick seem so in love. They didn’t need to act to show off their passion in their sexed up scenes in her ‘Criminal‘ video, either. That was the real thing! This is the most stable relationship Brit Brit has been in forevs, so we’re not shocked that there are rumors that Brit and Trawick could be engaged to be married by year’s end.
Back in the day, high school classes would only show “how a bill becomes a law” videos, but Rhett Felix, a teacher at Eureka High school outside of Peoria, Illinois, tried to spice things up a bit. He used clips from Comedy Central’s ‘The Daily Show with Jon Stewart‘ to educate his students about current events, but the local school board placed him on paid suspension once word got out.
At his annual Parkinson’s Disease fundraiser in New York, Michael J. Fox recreated the iconic ‘Johnny B. Goode’ scene from ‘Back to the Future.’ Hello, McFly!
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Facebook may have changed the way we communicate, keep up with long lost friends and pretend that we're doing actual work in the office, but it has come at a great cost to privacy. Now t
It’s no secret that Regis Philbin has been waging an ongoing war with technology. Fans of ‘Live With Regis and Kelly’ will recall that he’s struggled with nearly every device known to man, including cell phones, fax machines, computers, iPods and even ATMs. The guy is old-fashioned, you see.
After more than 20 years and nearly 500 episodes, the Simpsons have seen and done just about anything you can think of (much to the chagrin of the ‘South Park’ kids).
In fact, in their ongoing quest to make fun of anything and everything, our favorite Springfield residents have occasionally managed to predict the future. Here are just a few surprising examples.
September 9, 2011 If you're a fan of the "Back To The Future" trilogy, you're probably familiar with the shoes Marty McFly wore in 2015. The Nike Air Mag lit up and came complete with power laces.
Just a few years away from 2015, and 26 years after the 1985 release, Nike is bringing the Air Mag to life.
When we started the seeds back in early May we didn't know what to expect. When we put them in the ground on Memorial Day weekend, we hoped for the best. Now that Labor Day weekend is upon us, it's time to enjoy the fruits (and vegetables) of our efforts. Most everything we planted has produced, although the deer that live near the radio station got to the cayenne peppers and the green beans before we did.
Back to the Bricks kicked off Tuesday with Bricks Flicks so if you haven't had a chance to check out the event, you'll have another chance today. There will be another rolling cruise tonight on Saginaw Street and you can look for Rod and I as we take the Cars vehicle around town. There's also going to be plenty of entertainment the next few days.