Thursday, December 28, 2006

Archived: Is Your Favorite Celeb A Commie Pinko or a Fascist Piggo?; Also, "Head-On" is Dead to Me

Wassup, rockers!
So I just stumbled across this awesome website - http://www.newsmeat.com/celebrity_political_donations/ - where you can look at how much (and to whom) yr "favorite celebrities" have donated to political causes. (I just love that phrase, "favorite celebrities". I feel like I'm writing for US Weekly.) I just spent about 4 hours looking at this, it might be the biggest time suck since whatifsports.com.
Some quick highlights:
REPUBLICANS
Already knew:
Drew Carey
Pat Boone
Jim Cavaziel
Charlton Heston
Dennis Hopper
Toby Keith

Kinda figured:
Jeff Foxworthy
Ernest Borgnine
Tom Clancy
Robert Duvall
No Fucking Way!:
Julie Bowen (my biggest crush circa Oct. 1996)
Shannen Doherty (actually, this makes total sense; also, she's a really cheap Republican, too, apparently - $250)
Bob Barker (the animal rights thing threw me off)
Kelsey Grammer (No idea why, I always just assumed he was a liberal)
David Blaine (maybe he can make the war in Iraq disappear)

DEMOCRATS
Already knew:
Alec Baldwin
Ben Affleck
Ed Begley Jr. (Really, what else is he known for?)
Alan Alda
No fucking way!:
Clint Eastwood (he's given more $ to Dems than GOP, anyway)
Johnny Carson (see Kelsey Grammer, then reverse it)
Tom Cruise (I thought Xenu had his own political party?)
Robert DeNiro (I just can't picture him talking about the plight of the middle class; good on ya, Bobby!)
Kinda Figured:
Every single other Democrat on that list.
(Note: I only listed people from A-D; I didn't want to ruin yr fun.)
New topic!
You may recall in this space a few weeks ago I posted an undying love for the masterpieces of surrealist cinema known as "The Head-On Commericals". I had not known a love so pure since I was a wee lad, rockers, and I was pretty sure Amy Hoopis wanted me to kiss her in her attic whilst we were playing hide and seek.
But those fuckers went and ruined the commercials. It still starts off awesome, with the blissed out chick rubbing the Chap-Stick on her dome, but just as the narration begins, there's a schizm, and suddenly what I assume is a reject from "Best Week Ever" is on my screen TALKING ABOUT HOW ANNOYING THE COMMERCIALS ARE.
This will not stand!
"Head On" is laughing at their own joke. The old commercials, when viewed with an educated eye and an appreciation for irony, were gold, Jerry, gold I tell ya. The new ones, telling us how annoying the old ones were, are fifty times as annoying.
Join with me, rockers. Boycott "Head On" until they bring back the old ads. Actually, Lauri bought some right before they changed the ads, and said it was useless, so we prolly wouldn't have bought it again anyway.
But still.

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