In honor of Jimmy Fallon's final week on Late Night, Olympic gold medalist Tara Lipinski performed a very special solo routine called "The Big Lipinski" on the Rockefeller Center ice rink. Dressed in a bathrobe, shorts, and sunglasses like the Dude, and nimbly holding a White Russian, Lipinski soared around the rink to "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)." The results are magical.
    
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Back in 2012, Lay’s ran a “Do Us A Flavor” contest to crowdsource a new flavor of potato chips. The exceedingly boring “Cheesy Garlic Bread” won out over “Chicken and Waffles” and “Sriracha” because we can’t have nice things. Perhaps others were as jaded after the first contest as I was, because Lay’s is running another “Do Us A Flavor” contest, and people are taking it far less seriously.
Lay’s relaunched the contest on January 13th, 2014, inviting the internet to create, submit, and vote on our own customized potato chip bags using this web app. What Lay’s received in return includes creative flavor suggestions like “Government Cheese”, “Existential Crisis”, and “Hickory-Smoked Horse Buttholes”. Stay classy, internet.
Our 35 favorite “Do Us A Flavor” parodies are collected here. As always, you can also view them as a single page. Thanks to The Daily What and Know Your Meme for the assist.
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KrankotaThat's awfully sweet.
“I’m sure you have no idea who I am. I went to high school with you. If you do remember me, it’s probably not positive as I was a bit of a asshole back then…”
Lucas (left) and David (right).
Continuing our hard-nosed reportage on the rise of craft and microbreweries as the most likely industries to generate kick-ass identity and packaging work I bring you Ponysaurus. Established in 2013 in Durham, NC, Ponysaurus is neither craft nor micro but a nanobrewery — an officially-acknowledged category from the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau — that produces a range of eight beers that are "meant to be savored, appreciated, contemplated, philosophized, studied, nuzzled, and mindfully guzzled" and also billed as "the beers beer would drink if beer could drink beer." To mark its first non-keg, retail availability it's time to present their identity and packaging designed by Raleigh, NC-based Baldwin&.
The logo, meticulously etched in the style of a 19th Century zoological illustration, features the company namesake, one of the sillier-looking creatures never to have walked the earth, with equine hindquarters and a dinosaur head and stunted little arms.
This is absolutely ridiculous. And awesome. Etched by Steven Noble — the go-to-guy for perfectly-crafted, old-timey, feel-good illustrations — the absurd premise of mixing a pony with a dinosaur is given instant gravitas that result in a surprising, captivating, and memorable logo. The inline, shadowed typography works very well in tandem with the etching style and is nicely done. The "x"s and dots and dashes get to be a little too much on the logo on its own but do work justifiably well on the packaging.
The bomber-size (1 pint, 6 ounce) bottles are paper-wrapped and 2-color printed, uniformly black and white across the entire line, with just a small gold callout for the individual beers' names. The paper wrap helps protect the beers from spoilage due to light. A Ponysaurus-liveried bottle tape, recalling the revenue tape seen on spirits bottles, spans the top.
Collateral materials are intended to impart whimsy. Letterpress-printed Ponysaurus business cards double as bar coasters. A small menagerie of salesman's give-aways and leave-behinds are hand-fashioned from assorted toy plastic dinosaurs and horses, sawn, sutured, and spray-painted gold. Logo'd wooden growler cases, more often seen holding two 4-pint growlers, are repurposed to hold four Ponysaurus bombers.
As if the pony and dinosaur illustration weren't enough, the packaging and coasters show the logo inside what looks like an egg, adding to the absurdity of the brand — yet the application and execution are pure class. The giant paper wrapper feels luxurious but without being stuffy, like a street drunkard's brown paper bag but awesome-r. With clients like this who needs fake projects? A warm round of applause to the clients, for letting wild stuff like this be designed and produced.
KrankotaYou think Catherine would dig this?
1. The Lego Movie is way more fun than it has any need to be. Though it never quite reaches the lunatic levels of Who Framed Roger Rabbit, it has that film's same hellzapoppin' zeal, that willingness to go anywhere for a joke and that absolute insistence that it must never, ever slow down. The Lego Movie throws in so many little jokes and throwaway lines that you can almost feel assaulted: It is a movie that is constantly in a dead sprint. If you're bringing a kid to this, know that they're going to leave the theater in a buzzed sugar rush, bouncing off the walls. You'll probably be doing the same thing.
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KrankotaThat is adorable. Those little scamps.
If there’s one thing being a teen girl in the early 2000′s taught me, it’s how adorable Death Cab For Cutie are, and I’m not sure what’s more adorable than bassist Nick Harmer making a portrait of his favorite member of the Seahawks out of Skittles. Marshawn Lynch famously loves Skittles, so he probably appreciates the gesture (though he might appreciate it more if it were made out of those special Marshawn Lynch Seattle Skittles.)
I guess now we know why there was a shortage of Skittles in Seattle just before the game.
[Pics via Kate Harmer and Boing Boing, and Nick Harmer's Twitter]
Kari Byron spoke to Mother Jones recently on what it’s like being the Chick on Mythbusters, what her inner twelve year old would think about what she’s doing now, and how babies and science are totally compatible. You just might have to ask your doctor a lot of unexpected questions.
Byron, Mythbuster and host of Mythbusters spinoff Head Rush, didn’t intend to go into science, or even television science, as a career. She was working as a receptionist to make ends meet while she tried to get a career in sculpting off the ground. Then a tour of Jamie Hyneman‘s studio inspired her, she managed to get herself an internship there, Mythbusters took off, she got pulled in, and the rest is history. She’s very much aware of the potential her presence has to inspire.
I’ve met so many mothers who were telling me that their girl was interested because I was on the show… And that really touched me, because when I was 12 years old, I kind of stopped being interested in science. It wasn’t something that could compete with boys and rock stars and MTV. You didn’t have role models. Even on TV, the doctors were all men.
The goal of Head Rush, which I had honestly never heard of before (it’s what I get for not having cable television, I suppose) is to speak directly to that 12 year old girl she remembers, and do the things that would have kept her interested in science. Hmm, Kari Byron the Science Siren? That might need some work.
You can listen to Byron’s entire interview at Mother Jones, but one of the more amusing bits of it is her description of talking to her doctor about continuing her work on the Mythbusters set while pregnant with her daughter.
“I’d be going to my doctor saying, ‘All right, so, when do I have to stop shooting guns because she has ears?’ And the doctor would say, ‘Hmm, I have never, ever had that question before. I’ll get back to you.’ I come back a little later: ‘How far away do I need to be from an explosion of this much C-4?’ ‘Huh, I’ve never had that question asked. I have no idea, I don’t even know where to refer you right now, I’ll get back to you.’”
Nerd mom problems.
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Otis Frampton may not have done the complete alphabet yet but he’s well on his way to a new classic with his series “ABCDEFGeek.” He’s also happens to be one of two artists who work on the “How It Should Have Ended” web series, which we adore here at The Mary Sue. So far his geek alphabet isn’t up in his Society 6 store. We’re hoping that’s because he’s intending on making a book out of it. Take a look at what he’s created so far from horror, comics, sci-fi and more!
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KrankotaDo you think the kid would like Animaniacs?
Since 2010, the Time Person of the Year has gone to Mark Zuckerberg, “the Protestor,” Barack Obama, and Pope Francis. Terrible choices, all of them. The real Person of the Year, hell, the Person of Every Year is the person who uploaded full-length Mystery Science Theater 3000 episodes to YouTube. American hero. Rarely a week goes by without a viewing of Prince of Space, or Hobgoblins, or The Final Sacrifice. Today, we’re doing what Time‘s afraid to: give attention to uploaders who are breaking about 900 copyright laws.
Here are 12 classic TV shows you can watch for free on YouTube (I’ve only included series with every episode or at least most of them available). Click on the show title for the playlist.
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KrankotaWHAT.
“Life coach” Kim Anami refers to herself as many things on her website, among them, provocateur, innovator, illuminator, catalyst, quantum leap life coach, sexual muse, liberation master, and pleasure savant. It’s very safe to say that she thinks very highly of the special services that she can offer her fellow women in harnessing their own “sexual energy” and “spiritual curiosity.” But she has spent many years traveling the world, examining cultures and discovering new ways for women to cultivate the “power of sex” and that’s why her latest lesson to teach is the importance of “vagina weightlifting.”
In her most recent video on her sadly-underutilized YouTube page, Anami explains that simple exercises like kegels are a myth, and because the vagina is a muscle like any other, it needs weights to be properly exercised. But don’t fret, labial bodybuilding noobs, she has 10 good reasons for women to get to flexin’.
In case you’re doubting Anami’s validity as a “life coach” and sexual warlock, here’s an excerpt from her bio to help change your mind.
I’ve always been highly attuned to my own sexual energy + spiritual curiosity. From a young age, I had already experienced the power of sex to awaken, transform + accelerate my journey of self-actualization. By 22, I was practicing Tantra, studying Taoist philosophy, and gypsetting from Method acting classes + underground raves in London to surf spots in Byron Bay. Soon after, I headed for acacia groves + coral reefs in Bali, with a two-year old son in tow.
I spent nearly a decade living off-grid, from pirate boats off the coast of Vancouver to the wet, sultry jungles of Indonesia. It was there—caressed by the warm air, like an omnipresent lover—that I shed my pseudo-self, and came into my life purpose. I gave myself a new name: ANAMI. Sanskrit for “the unnameable one, the highest plane of God.” In endlessless, I found my identity. It also symbolizes to me the idea that there is always another level to go: “enlightenment” is a constant work-in-progress. We all are.
I stepped back into western civilization: a woman on a mission.
That mission? Blowing up your lady’s O. Brush up on vagina weightlifting as quickly as you can, though, because the next course, “Vaginal Kung Fu,” starts soon.
Oh, noooooooooo. Diners in the upper house of the U.K. Parliament are getting right stroppy about the current House of Lords restaurant options (all of which are taxpayer-subsidized) thanks to small wait lists, less than satisfactory cappuccinos and the lack of Chilean wine on the wine list. And don't even mention the poor woman who was refused a table and couldn't lunch elsewhere because she was wearing a tiara. The shame of it all!
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She’s the role model y’all want and need.
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KrankotaThese look really neat! Click through to the full list.
2014 looks to be an AMAZING year for board games!
Why you should play it: If you want a truly complicated game, look no further than Sails of Glory. Set in the Napoleonic Wars, you pit yourself against an opponent on the open seas. The complications comes for its depth. You need to take into account rigging, wind and all sorts of nautical awesomeness if you want to win you own Trafalgar.
Is it available: Yes, successfully Kickstarted.
Play if you like: The wind in your hair, wearing an eyepatch and the Damnable French.
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Why you should play it: Does this board look ancient? Well that's is because it is as Kremlin was initially released in the 1980s. Jolly Roger Games has decided to take it upon themselves to reprint this game where you backstab your way to the top of the Politburo. They have even updated the game so you can play as everyone's favorite badboy: Yeltsin
Is it available: Yes, successfully Kickstarted.
Play if you like: Onion domes, making new enemies or you long for the Cold War.
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Why you should play it: Besides the beautiful board, Cornish Smuggler takes on incredibly difficult subject matter and makes it highly entertaining for even the casual play. Bribe customs agents, run the narrows and see what it was like to make a dishonest coin in Merry Olde England.
It it available: Yes, successfully Kickstarted
Play if you like: Breaking the law, tri-corner hats and slipping into the shallows and midnight.
Why you should play it: For fans of Strat-O-Matic, Masters of the Gridiron is a welcome reprieve from number crunching and hours long game play. At 15 minutes a game, you get a fast paced game with some actual strategy thrown in. It is rare to find speed and whimsy thrown into a sports game, but Masters of the Gridiron appeals to hardcore fans and casual gamers alike.
It is available: Currently in Kickstarter.
Play if you like: Freezing your butt off in NJ, Magic: The Gathering without the mockery and reminding your friends that you are better at sports.
KrankotaThis has everything, Alison.
And he has a sledgehammer on fire.
KrankotaThese are so unbelievably puerile. I laughed. A lot.
It’s hard to believe Valentine’s Day is less than two weeks away. It seems like only yesterday we were watching the Super Bowl and huffing paint. Good times. Now we’re continuing our tradition from last year of collecting funny valentines made by pop culture fans.
These 25 valentines celebrate the holiday with plenty of music, movie, and TV references. As always, you can also view them as a single page.
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Game of Thrones valentines (for sale here).
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More Arrested Development valentine cards by Marisa Sequin available here.
More Arrested Development valentine cards by Marisa Sequin available here.
More Transformers valentines here.
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A teaser for Captain America: The Winter Soldier with the National Anthem as it’s background music just aired at the Super Bowl right before the singing of the anthem. The teaser said to go on the Fox Sports website for the full trailer, and here it is:
Things we learned from this trailer:
Captain America: The Winter Soldier opens April 4th.
KrankotaOh MAN. This looks awesome!
Check out Part 2 of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 teaser for the Super Bowl that was put up online. Is this not enough to please you? Well how about even more in another video:
We spoil you guys.
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KrankotaSad trombone.
The one thing about a lousy Super Bowl is at least some creative Redditors will be creating new Advice Animals to go along with it. After tirelessly sifting through the new additions from last night and this morning I can safely say these are the five best.
We’ll always have Pistachio Colbert, Patrick Stewart Beast Mode, and Joe Namath IKEA Monkey. Above via.
Something something try not to laugh…
And because we were all thinking it…
KrankotaThat's kind of sweet. Aww!
Broncos defensive end Shaun Phillips was understandably upset after his team got destroyed by the Seattle Seahawks in the Super Bowl, but he took to his Twitter account after the game to let everyone know that despite the loss he's going to be fine, mostly because he has a rad son.
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KrankotaOk, real talk: between Lynch, Ruchard Sherman, and the season-long "Seattle is a bunch of thugs/disrespectful/not how you PLAY THE GAME"...I, Denver Broncos fan Mike, kind of wouldn't mind if they win, just because fuck you sportswriters.
Earlier, we brought you the worst thing written about Marshawn Lynch. Now, behold the worst thing said about him, courtesy of the Bucky and Sully Show.
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KrankotaI adore this.
You know what’s coming and it’s STILL funny.
On Thursday, Foot Locker released a new commercial featuring Anthony Davis called "Buzzer Beater" for their new kids' line. It 's the classic story of a young baller getting rejected by a giant basketball player.
And Anthony Davis is surprisingly funny in it.
KrankotaHuh! Intrigued!
The casting Gods have spoken: My Cocaine is out, and Scar is in.
Because we are a nation of children, the casting news coming out of WB and Zack Snyder’s Batman vs. Superman movie has been followed as eagerly as the Super Bowl and American Idol combined. Today, Warner Bros announced in a press release that Jesse Eisenberg would play Superman’s presumably Aspergersy nemesis Lex Luthor, while Jeremy Irons would take over for Michael Caine as new Batman Ben Affleck’s butler.
Warner Bros. Pictures announced today that Jesse Eisenberg has been set to star as Lex Luthor and Jeremy Irons will play Alfred in the upcoming Zack Snyder untitled Superman/Batman film.
Snyder stated, “Lex Luthor is often considered the most notorious of Superman’s rivals, his unsavory reputation preceding him since 1940. What’s great about Lex is that he exists beyond the confines of the stereotypical nefarious villain. He’s a complicated and sophisticated character whose intellect, wealth and prominence position him as one of the few mortals able to challenge the incredible might of Superman. Having Jesse in the role allows us to explore that interesting dynamic, and also take the character in some new and unexpected directions.”
Also, he’s bald.
The director added, “As everyone knows, Alfred is Bruce Wayne’s most trusted friend, ally and mentor, a noble guardian and father figure. He is an absolutely critical element in the intricate infrastructure that allows Bruce Wayne to transform himself into Batman. It is an honor to have such an amazingly seasoned and gifted actor as Jeremy taking on the important role of the man who mentors and guides the guarded and nearly impervious façade that encapsulates Bruce Wayne.”
That’s why there’s no Batman in third world countries – poor infrastructure.
Snyder’s film stars Henry Cavill, reprising his role as Superman/Clark Kent, Ben Affleck as Batman/Bruce Wayne, and Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman/Diana Prince. The film also reunites “Man of Steel” stars Amy Adams, Laurence Fishburne and Diane Lane.
The new film is currently being written by Chris Terrio, from a screenplay by David S. Goyer.
The film is set to open worldwide on May 6, 2016. [official press release]
Jesse Eisenberg definitely has that fast-talking, emotionally-detached sociopath thing down. In fact, so far it’s been his only acting move. And there’s something fitting about the guy who played Mark Zuckerberg being Lex Luthor. Given that Eisenberg seems to be the only actor that the internet hates more than Michael Cera, I can’t wait for the fanboy tears about this one. I want to drink them, but they’re so dandruffy! Does dandruff dissolve? Maybe I can strain it through cheese cloth.
As for Jeremy Irons, judging by his ridiculous Borgias accent, I’m assuming this marks a shift from da noice inglish boy from da wrong soide a da tracks Alfred of the Dark Knight years back to the stiff, pompous, vichyssoise-swilling Alfred of the Michael Keaton years. I’m pouring out a Fernet Brancer in his honor.
KrankotaHahaha! Yay!
Last night in New York, the Knicks vs. Lakers game brought out celebrity fans — including one Ms. Meryl Streep and one Mr. Curtis Jackson, aka 50 Cent.
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KrankotaEverything I find out about her makes me like her more. She's wacky and neat.
KrankotaWHAT IN THE ACTUAL FUCK.
Pro-lifers are mad that maybe, possibly, someone at the Girl Scouts of the USA could've conceivably obliquely hinted that Wendy Davis isn't literally Satan. Consequently, a Texas pro-life group is attempting to rally the pitchforks for a boycott of Girl Scout cookies. Attempting to punish a bunch of 10-year-olds over some bullshit controversy—that's a great look!
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