Dusty Muffin

Thank you for being a friend, Ms. Betty White. But most of all, thank you for hosting SNL and being so awesome on it.



Via Hulu

This Year's Dick in a Box

If you haven't seen last night's insanely funny SNL digital short called "I Jizzed in My Pants", then for the love of God, watch it now. It's hilarious. The digital shorts are created by SNL player, Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, and Jorma Taccone. These guys make up The Lonely Island, a comedy troupe specializing in short films and sketches. See how many celeb cameos you can spot in this one. I had to watch it a couple times to figure out who the guy was mopping in the grocery store.



If you think that's funny, check out "The Bing Bong Brothers" by The Lonely Island, which parodies The Ying Yang Twins' hit "Wait the Whisper Song".


Or
Just 2 Guyz

You're Welcome

"Sing a song, get behind the piano, put on a tiny hat."

Don Draper's Guide to Picking Up Women

Best sketch from SNL last night. Jon Hamm was the best host of the season. He was amazing. It didn't phone it in like a lot of actors and actresses. He made an effort, and it showed. Also, who would've known he did such great impressions!

It's a Mad Men Weekend!

This is an action-packed Mad Men weekend with Jon Hamm hosting SNL tonight and the season 2 finale tomorrow night. So, I figured I would make this an all Mad Men Colette's Love Bytes weekend!

- Tonight, Jon Hamm is hosting SNL. I'm super excited to see him because I think he's a fantastic actor, and unbeknownst to many, he has a terrific sense of humor. Just check out the August 2008 Interview magazine's interview with Jon, conducted by his good friend, Paul Rudd. Absolutely hilarious.

- NY Mag did a Don Draper likeability index using a period appropriate scale (likeable is JFK as unlikeable is to Nixon), starting from season 1 up until the last episode of season 2. Good stuff!

- And because NY Mag seems to be as obsessed with Mad Men as me, Emily Nussbaum wrote a great article on how Joan's rape ultimately changed the tone of Mad Men's nostalgic first season and how the women were portrayed. Joan started out as a strong, sexual character, but with her rape, she becomes a vulnerable and rather tragic person. Interesting take on it, and it's definitely worth a read.

- Alan Sepinwall, brilliant TV columnist for the NJ Star-Ledger,(his Mad Men recaps rock my world), interviewed Mad Men creator, Matthew Weiner about the season 2 finale. Don't worry he doesn't give away anything!

- The Simpsons annual Treehouse of Horror episode premieres on November 2nd, and it features a Mad Men-esque opening credits montage showing Homer falling through the sky, passing by skyscrapers covered in billboards and advertising imagery. The segment is cleverly titled "How to Get Ahead in Dead-vertising". This is why The Simpsons is so brilliant because it never stops satiring current pop culture.


- Ever wonder where the Mad Men locations are supposed to be in NYC? Well, thanks to Gridskipper, you'll find out where Rachel and Don met for their first client meeting, where Pete and Trudy's 2 bedroom apartment is located, and where Don and Roger have their booze and oyster-filled lunch. This is the ultimate Mad Men guide to New York.

- On the AMCTV Mad Men blog, each week Matthew Weiner does a short video called "Inside Mad Men", where he describes his analysis of the episode, each focusing on a specific theme. This is the one he did for last week's episode "The Mountain King":

Colette's Culture Bytes

Jon Hamm aka Don Draper from Mad Men will be hosting Saturday Night Live October 25. I'm jumping for joy right now. He's going to be awesome. I can't wait to see the Mad Men parody. (Via NY Mag)

SNL's "The Looker" (Fred Armisen does a great Penny Marshall impression). I thought it was the best sketch of the night. (Via Hulu)

Two guys pretend to passionately make out in front of Lehman Brothers in NYC and CNN is there. Ok, did anybody else realize that these two guys were from The Howard Stern Show?! It's Richard and Sal the Stockbroker. (Via Best Week Ever)

"The Way": a "god"-awful Christian, really frightening and embarrassing, dance number featured on The Soup. I love "The Mail Nurse" segment. (Via The Soup Blog)

Janet Jackson's new tour is all about S&M, and it's creeping me out. (Via Scandalist)

Hugh Hefner's #1 galpal, Holly Madison, is most likely hooking up with magician/cheeseball extraordinaire, Criss Angel. Apparently, witnesses saw them kissing last weekend in Vegas. She's going to get cut out of Hef's will, fo sho'. (Via Perez Hilton)

SNL: Sarah Palin and Hillary Clinton

This is absolutely hilarious. Tina Fey looks and sounds just like her.


"I believe it's just God hugging us closer."

Btw, for all the people who are wondering what the word "flerg" means (via Urban Dictionary):
1.) The state of a man's penis when it is not erect.

2.) The foreskin of a man's penis.
"man, that cold water sure gave me a flerg"

"aww dude, that bunk chick turned my wood to a flerg"

So, yeah it would make sense that she wouldn't want to be called that, and it makes even more sense that she would be called that!

For When You Want a Period Once a Year

Today while I was chilling at home, I watched last week's SNL with Tina Fey. There was a hilarious sketch parodying those birth control pills that make you get your period only a few times a year. Is that even healthy?? This birth control pill is called Annuale, and it gives you a period only once a year. The women are seen engaging in your typical tampon/birth control pill commercial activities: painting, shopping for shoes, and yoga. As the commercial progresses, we see the side effects of this drug. They include going postal at the office and running at people with an axe, attacking your boyfriend, and engaging in bestiality, among others. Funny stuff.