Do you spell Hanukkah, Chanukkah? Or do you spell Chanukah, Hannukah?

When I looked up "Hanukkah" in the dictionary, Hanukah and Chanukah are listed as alternate spellings. Google searches have the most hits for Hanukkah but other spellings still get thousands of results. The reason there's so many spellings is because there's no exact English translation of the Hebrew word. There may never be a definitive answer. So lets take a vote.

In Bejing, the Greenfamily Youth Association of Environment Protection is using bare asses as a way to spread the message about dirty water and pollution. Sorry if I spoiled your lunch.

A Middle East Odyssey
Ashley Wood's trifecta of comic coolness
Popeye meets Wimpy
The coming Viking trend
The return of the Ultimates

Each week we run down the 5 most interesting comics that come out on Wednesday. Here's what's coming out today.

I gotta tell ya, I was thoroughly satisfied. After months of Peter screwing around in Ireland, and a powerless Sylar lost in South America with little miss Help me, I can't stop turning peoples' eyes to sludge (by the way, did we ever figure out why they put him there?), this was a season saver. As for the deaths, even though I had them wrong, I liked the two kills (or were they?) while the dick in a box was a nice bonus. Final two thoughts...the spinach was a nice tribute to cartoon lore, and "let's never mention this again" was really funny. Oh, and for those who are interested, here's a nice recap by the producer.

So, what did you think?

Toay on BrewTube - Dumb answers

Via AdFreak, After you're finished Elfing Yourself, you might want to try life as a Chipmunk. The fun in this one comes from your voice being sped up to Alvin velocity. I love useless junk like this.

And while you're at it, Check out the site for an upcoming Jack Black flick called Be Kind Rewind, where you take a turn as star of your favorite dvd.

20 Days Left

I just watched The Don Rickles Project on HBO, and it is absolutely outstanding. It features dozens of actors, comedians and pure legends sharing stories, telling jokes, or just outright kissing his ass. And no one deserves to have their ass kissed more than Rickles. He is a king of comedy, and the God of putdowns. In addition to the guests, there are coutless clips, including Carson appearances, his lounge act, tv shows (remember CPO Sharkey), movies (Kelly's Heroes is a classic) and of course, the Dean Martin Roasts, where he truly shined. If you like Rickles, you have to watch this special.

On a side note, I looked around on the web, and he's coming to AC in January. Who's up for a roadtrip?

After the jump, a couple clips from the special, as well as other Rickles gems.

The Key To Reserva is apparently a script written by Alfred Hitchcock, which never made it to the big screen. It actually seems to be just the beginning of a script, as it's only four pages long, and one of the pages is missing. Martin Scorcese decided to shoot the scenes, as a tribute to Hitchcock, for Freixenet sparkling wines, who make one kick-ass commercial a year, featuring a big star.

What I don't get is why this thing is getting such rave reviews everywhere I read about it. I agree that it's shot beautifully, and it does feel a bit like a Hitchcock flick. But after that, I was left with a "yeh, whatever" kind of feeling. I might be the ridiculous product placement, or the fact that I remember Freixenet from college as being a really bad champagne, or that I'm biased against anything that comes out of a certain ad agency. But even after all that, there's still "yeh, whatever".

Finally, at one point Scorcese makes the claim that a director making another director's unfinished work has never been done before. Isn't that what AI was, with Speiberg stepping in for Stanley Kubrick? Oh well, who pays attention to the details?