They’re in clips, but you can now watch online the whole 8 seasons of The Daily Show.
Check some of it out:
URL: HERE
If you have a TV, why are you reading this blog entry? Last Comic Standing is on! Go watch!
You still here?
I watched Nicholas Cage and Eva Mendez in Ghost Rider today. I can’t remember who said it, but I was advised that it wasn’t a very good movie. As this “source” did not see the movie, I was not prepared for anything great or terrible. After all, if you “hear” that spaghetti is a terrible meal, are you never going to try it? I’m glad that I didn’t listen, as I was entertained. This is definitely not the best movie of all time and it isn’t even close to being the best movie based on a comic book. But, it had all the qualities of a classic comic - it was a light read, a far fetched story, accomplished only by someone with special powers.
Nicholas Cage seems to often get typecast as a leather-wearing bad boy with a well-buried, but soft heart. This seems to be true in this movie as well. He plays Johnny Blaze, son of Barton Blaze, a motorcycle daredevil. The movi
e starts in Johnny’s teen years, when he has joined his father in performing motorcycle stunts for the crowds. His father is dying of cancer and Johnny unwittingly makes a deal with the devil (Mephistopheles) as trade for the cancer to be gone.
His father is soon killed and Johnny leaves town to become a traveling act, doing more dangerous stunts every time. He carries his father’s memory with him until he is asked to cash in on the deal he “signed.”
From IMDB summary:
When the motorcyclist Johnny Blaze finds that his father Barton Blaze has a terminal cancer, he accepts a pact with the Mephistopheles, giving his soul for the health of his beloved father. But the devil deceives him, and Barton dies in a motorcycle accident during an exhibition. Johnny leaves the carnival, his town, his friends and his girlfriend Roxanne. Years later Johnny Blaze becomes a famous motorcyclist, who risks his life in his shows, and he meets Roxanne again, now a TV reporter. However, Mephistopheles proposes Johnny to release his contract if he become the “Ghost Rider” and defeat his evil son Blackheart, who wants to possess one thousand evil souls and transform hell on earth.
I’m not going to spoil any of it, as I think this is better left to you to decide and discover. I liked this movie. I found it to be as entertaining as any comic book movies are - entertainment only. Its no Spiderman, but I think its better than Batman and every X Men movie after the first. Watch it on video.
Some companies go the extra mile when thinking of how to catch your attention. I wish that there was a source for a video to watch, but this seems to be a new commercial. I just saw on TV a commercial for the Real Estate company REMAX. It started with a guy saying to a gal in a very crowded apartment, full of plants, etc, that she needed more space. POOF! They were in space with space suits and all (dog too). She says, “Great view, but I’d like something with more atmosphere!”. POOF! They’re back on earth. I don’t know about you, but I love it when a pun is delivered correctly.
I have been a bit remiss in watching The Show lately, but caught the latest and noticed that there is now a link in the sidebar to Ray’s complete video!
WTF, you ask, is this crap? It all started with the September 19th The Show episode, where Ze Frank was made to be “happy” by Ray’s tribute to his disgruntled daughter.
The song caught on so much that viewers began to make remixes of the song. Listen to them. They’re quite good - some better than others.
So, the suggestion came about to do a video based on Ray’s song and the “Sportsracers” began to collaborate. After a few months, a video has come about and you can find it right here on my site, thanks to BlipTV.
Video for Ray
What, you ask? What’s the subject of this rant? Its Rogers, my cable, internet, and phone provider. Its not that their Digital Phone sucks, as its louder and clearer than any POTS I’ve had with Aliant/NB Tel. Its not their channel lineup or the quality of the cable feed. Its not the speeds that I’m getting for my internet. These are good.
Its not the high price point for the phone service or the way that they bundle strategic channels on the TV so as to hook you into spending more than you should. Its not the throttling on bittorrents or the erratic speeds on the internet. Its not that they cut off my long distance if my bill gets a bit behind. Its not that they now advertise to me in my voice mail, a practice that Aliant never engaged in. These things are bad, but not what gets under my skin (well, maybe a little bit).
Its the goddamn collection calls! We haven’t had the best payment history, but we’ve always paid. When we get behind, we try to call and arrange something to get the bill paid. With any other company out there, when a payment arrangement has been made (regardless of the reason), they don’t call you until the arrangement has been broken! Nobody does.
Enter Rogers - the jerk company of the century. From about three days before the bill is due to be paid, regardless of arrangements on file, that asshole collections automated system calls my house daily until the payment is received. Is this right? Is it harassment? Harassment, it is. This makes me want to switch back to Aliant’s similar rip-off products at times.
Rogers, you suck! As a company, your bottom line is going to be painted red if you don’t wise up and start becoming more accessible to your customers. Even Aliant has humans on the other end, despite the fact that their hours are better than bankers.
So that’s that. You’re not still reading, are you?
The New Brunswick election was looking close as the polls initially closed. After a few hours of counting, though, it was clear that the New Brunswick Liberal party will form the new government in this province. 
I can’t say that I’m sorry for the results. Those of you that know me, know that I usually lean toward the NDP, but I’m glad that Shawn Graham’s Liberals won the election. I think that New Brunswick is in for a few changes that we’ve been waiting for. I hope that I’m right.
