Inspired by Animike's post, here's another TV commercial for discussion. This one's from five decades ago. "Poor Chinese Baby" for Jello. Enjoy.

P.S. – This is embarrassing. How do you guys get the YouTube image without taking a screenshot?

"World Trade Center" *** (out of four): September 11th brought out the best in a lot of people. We can add Oliver Stone to that list.

I was worried walking into Oliver Stone’s “World Trade Center”. Not that it was “too soon” for a 9/11 movie. Paul Greengrass’ raw “United 93” proved that to be untrue. I had other concerns. I was worried that Oliver Stone would take this opportunity to get on his soapbox about some conspiracy or another. I was worried that Nicolas Cage would continue his string of oddball performances. And most of all, I was worried that a Hollywood film about 9/11 would be rife with swelling strings and easy answers. For the most part my fears were unfounded. That’s not to say that “World Trade Center” is a perfect film. But it’s a film worthy of its subject matter.

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Its not that I’m jealous of all the wonderful lists Jellio comes up with (although I am), I was only trying to justify all those frog jokes today at Miss Cellania. So I made a list of the reasons frogs are funny. Wendell took it and ran with it, all the way to Metafilter’s “Colbert On Notice Board.” Frogs are getting funnier by the minute.

Last week I saw Tom Waits perform in Atlanta, in a converted Baptist church called The Tabernacle. Waits is an amazing performer and the experience felt so much more than just a concert.

The stage was simply laid out. A curtain behind the band caught vivid shadows from the lighting as Tom and the band played for two hours, including two encores.

If you ever have the opportunity to see him live, go.

Here's a collection of MP3's from the classic VH1 Storytellers show, both the stories and the songs.

Photo snagged from tongue-tied lightning

A fun use of Google Maps - fly a little plane over your chosen landscape. Strangely pleasurable.

From our friends over at Transbuddha, one seriously strange piece of footage of a mini tornado at a soccer match. You think it's real, or a CGI viral for some new sports drink? (You see how paranoid advertising is making us all?)

I love Ursula Martinez. She has her own site. And she's naked in most of her performances - even when whe interviews her parents (also naked). Now That's Entertainment!

She sets fire to her tits, interrogates her parents, re-defines class, blurs fiction with reality, cures homosexuals, gives birth to penises, tells autobiographical stories, deconstructs performance and sings South London suburban flamenco - from high brow to low brow, from spectacle to confessional, from live art to light entertainment, Ursula Martinez produces solo and collaborative performance for theatre, site-specific, installation, cabaret, night club, film, television…… birthdays, weddings and Barmitzvahs!

I've been waiting for this to show up on YouTube for a while. Please take a second to rip this commercial a new one.

Yes, it's that time once again, when panties rule Times Square as National Underwear Day takes the nation by storm. YesButNoButYes was on the scene, this time with both ace photographer Francesco Bertocci, and myself shooting hi-definition video. Watch the video here, and then enjoy Francesco's photographs below, exclusively on YBNBY.

Today Adrants points to a new campaign launched by a Toronto-based agency for Bubblicious. The site refers to it as a decidely different approach to selling gum. This may be true, but it is it anything new? I don't know...to me, a pink explosion on a guy's pants, and that tits spot that made the rounds a couple weeks ago are just examples of an agency that's run out of ideas, so they dig into the sex sells barrel for the four quadrillionth time because they know all fifteen year olds dream about getting laid...or maybe I"m just an old fuck.

PS: Come back to YesBut soon for Where Are They Now - Babes of the Eighties - Part two. And look for my new book: How to be a Hypocritical Bastard, available on Amazon.com.

Never go to an oriental food store afterhours.

Hint: His first name is Vinko

Answer: Here you go. (read the last sentence)

Beware the automatic cell phone reflex! This might be staged, but still DAMN! (via Arbroath)

Any Dirty Jobs fans out there? Seriously, give me a Discovery Channel Dirty Jobs marathon and a couple Dominos large thin slice, and I'm in for the afternoon.

Anyway, found this on YouTube. Apparently, they shot a segment a couple years ago on a guy that makes "art" out of roadkill, and Discovery decided it was just too much. Actually, after watching the whole thing I think they've shown worse since, but you be the judge.

Tired of blending into the wallpaper at bars? Well, try as they may, they won't be able to ignore you now, thanks to our new...Mel Gibson drunken tirade ringtone!

Hurry up and order, sugartits. You're not gettin' any younger.

- If you're wondering where the line is between extreme sports enthusiast and batshit insane, here it is.
- WHY...why, why, why, why, why...has Emmitt Smith agreed to join the cast of Dancing With The Stars.
- Tired of all the cuddliness at Stuff on my Cat and CuteOverlaod.com, check out MyCatHatesYou.com.
- This one's actually edumacational...the hundred most often mispronounced words in the english language.
- And after yesterday's loss to Ned Lamont, Joe Lieberman finally had time to relax. Lewis Black explains.

So stupid and yet so funny