The Ricky Gervais Show, one of the most popular podcasts in the iTunes Music Store is going to be the first pay-to-play podcast with its next "season" of shows which will now be hosted on Audible.com instead of ITMS. Will people want to pay $7 a month for "Monkey News" and "Karl's Diary"? It's an experiment that may change the face of the podcasting world though of course not many other podcasters could get away with this to be honest.

Here's the article. So, is seven dollars too much for four shows a month? Me, I have an audible subscription already so I'll be able to easily get my Karl fix.

HuffPost is dead-on today with the recap of Mary Matalin's appearance on Meet The Press. Next time, Tim should just cut to the chase and put Rove in the chair instead of this puppet.

My favorite line..."Why would Cheney want to call the President? So he could feel his pain?"

Did she just ask why the Vice President would want to tell the President he had shot someone in the face? And did she just point to herself when she used the phrase "most normal people"? And will she stop using that stupid quotes gesture? And does Dick have any more shells. And can I stop watching Meet The Press if it's gonna make me this freaking nuts every week.

No, I'm not making it up. You can see the video here.

PS: Calling all designers. I need a t-shirt layout with just a ridiculously large flower brooch on the left-hand side. Thank you.

- First...Heath Ledger isn't finished with the gay cowboy thing. (stole the joke from the VH1 blog)
- The Schwab spots have always freaked me out a little, so a whole movie may be out of the question.
- Two SNL clips...Matt Damon meets Matt Damon and Versace Pockets.
- And can someone call Kirk Cameron to see if this is the bit that lands Bill Mahar in hell?

Anyone see this? Maryland comptroller Donald Schaefer (kind, thoughtful, good to his grandkids Mr. Schaefer) recently asked a senior aide to come back into the room and walk away again so that he could stare at her ass.

No judgements here, just incredibly fucking funny, in that "can't make this shit up" kind of way. You go grampa...should be a fun reelection campaign.

Here's what Wonkette has to say on the subject.

NY Minute episode on Vimeo. Dark twisted humour, brilliant! (via Zack Klein)

Whether you like Tucker Max or not one thing for sure is the stories he tells are truly hilarious. Here's an excerpt from one of his latest where his friend Slingblade recounts on his trip home after spending a debauched weekend with Tucker (via Wozafriday).

9:00 a.m. - I then realize there is a 24 hour porn store truck stop at this exit. I go in. The owner looks up, does a double take and says “Damn boy” while he shakes his head. Apparently I look a mess. I check this in the mirror. Picture an extra from Schindler’s List with conjunctivitis. Keep in mind that it is an epidemiological fact that truck stops are pretty much the nexus point of every country-wide communicable disease outbreak in the history of the United States. This guy services TRUCK STOP PROSTITUTES and yet finds me pathetic. I find this funny and start giggling. I can’t stop giggling and decide I should leave the store.

9:25 a.m. - I sneeze and my left Eustachian tube blows out. For the next twenty minutes I feel like I am leaning to me left. I absently tap my left pupil with my finger to make the itching stop. I wonder if the things they used to keep that guy’s eyes open in “A Clockwork Orange” are a) commercially available and b) sold at gas stations. Read the rest of this entry >>

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