The humor and horror in sports: Rosecrans Baldwin investigates what’s so great about tennis impersonations, why everyone loves Beckham, what happens when you humiliate your best friend’s girlfriend in front of millions, and whether football or rugby are for him.
From a city where R&B is banned, Rosecrans Baldwin reports on the latest dance crazes he can’t find abroad: Aunt Jackie, Chicken Noodle Soup, the jungle footsie, Chicago stepping, toe wop, the majesty of Lil’ Britney, and the Molly Ringwald.
Miss Teen South Carolina is just the tip of the iceberg: Pageant videos to frighten, shock, amaze, frighten again, and plain horrify.
Even game-show hosts make mistakes sometimes; well, except for Barker: Alex Trebek is drunk; Pat Sajak is not cool; Bob Barker is bulletproof
The rare (lunatic) authors who succeed on video: The Corporate Dominatrix; Conan gets hit on; Jon Stewart with Bill O’Reilly; Slam poetry, just because; One of Marley’s more ardent biographers; Goodall does her best chimp.
History’s five greatest drum solos ever captured on tape: Neal Peart, Phil Collins, Stevie Wonder, a manic child, Tommy Lee, Buddy Rich, and Karen Carpenter(s)
The modern American workplace in five acts: Cube farm as survival ground; Olympians at work; Copying one’s mistakes; Prescient “Office Space”; Revenge against one’s lessers.
A compilation of the remarkable Ms. Alexyss K. Tylor and her persuasive arguments for genital empowerment.
The beauty of bugs when compared to man: Leafcutter ants use antibiotics; Rhinoceros beetles lift weights; Ugly moths frighten poor Meave; Bees break hearts; Christmas for the insects.
Question authority: Will an iPhone blend? Will Shirley Bassey make a comeback? Will Britt Daniel save up for a suit? Will the Scientologists win? Will kittens get any cuter?
