We Tried The New Lay's Flavors So You Don't Have To (Please Don't)

In its infinite potato-chip-making and marketing wisdom, the Frito-Lay snack behemoth has sifted through entries in their latest Lay’s “Do Us A Flavor” contest (this year’s theme: “Taste of America”), narrowed it down to four finalists, and encouraged We The People to vote for our fave. Plus, there’s the incentive of…
Q&A: Comedy Legend Barry Crimmins, Star Of The New Doc Call Me Lucky
Bobcat Goldthwait’s career as a director (Shakes the Clown, God Bless America, World’s Greatest Dad) continues to reduce our memory of him as a comedian and actor (Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment, Police Academy 3: Back in Training, Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol). His latest film, Call Me Lucky, is a…
Here’s a Copy of the Mr. Wrong “Cicada” Column from 2004
I would like to thank my Tweet-homie @samstecky, who works (I think) in Chicago, at the electronic carpetbagger-of-Baltimore site Chicago Sun Times—I mean, Baltimore Sun Times—for inquiring as to the WWWhereabouts of the piece referred to here as a “[m]ost penetrating piece of media criticism.” Har!
A Yankily Annotated List of New York Yankees Promotions And Giveaways
Previously: the Baltimore Orioles, Washington Nationals, and Chicago Cubs.
A Wetly Annotated List of Chicago Cubs Promos and Giveaways
Previously: The Baltimore Orioles and Washington Nationals.
A Gently Annotated List Of Washington Nationals Promos And Giveaways
Previously: The Baltimore Orioles.
List of Kale Items Made With Kale On New McDonald's Menu (With Kale)
The hippies over at Mother Jones magazine drew our attention to how McDonald's "can't decide whether to troll hipsters or embrace them," so while we all figure out which side of the coin ingesting kale falls on, we're wondering about the new McMenu.
Al Pacino's Worst Movie Ever Is Revolution

Flipping around cable, I land on 1993's Carlito's Way and check in for a few scenes of a lurid, pulpy, and very Brian De Palma movie that's arguably like Scarface with an interior life. And as Al Pacino struts and chews his way through another role with another weird accent that ultimately leaves him sounding…
My Favemost Garbled Google Voice Transmission Transcriptions from 2014
New voicemail from [redacted] at 1:02 PM
Here's a Previously Unpublished "Mr. Wrong" Column from February 2014
Here is a previously unpublished Mr. Wrong column from February of 2014, which was never printed in City Paper, the Alternative Weekly in Baltimore, Maryland. The column was written as CP was being sold to the Baltimore Sun Media Group, which publishes the Baltimore Sun, a daily newspaper owned by Tribune Publishing.…
Here's a List of People to Fire Over Fareed Zakaria's Plagiarism
Lloyd Grove, on the Daily Beast, in a sort of irony/empathy juggling act, wrote about Washington Post columnist, contributing editor for The Atlantic, New York Times bestselling author, and "CNN Presenter" Fareed Zakaria, host of Fareed Zakaria GPS on Sundays on CNN (check your local listings) and the trouble he's in…
Famous Zac(h)(ary)s, Ranked
- Zachary Taylor
- Zach Galifianakis
- Zach Grenier
- Zac Braff
- Zach Snyder
- Zachary Quinto
- Zach Efron
- Zachary Levi

