Entries For: March 2007
03/27/2007
Eddie Griffin Enzo Much Trouble
Last year, the creator of the Gizmondo crashed his Enzo - one of the four hundred made, million-dollar-plus red Ferraris - on the Pacific Coast Highway. He was so embarrassed by the accident that he fled the scene and then later claimed that he wasn't driving.
By comparison, this video of actor Eddie Griffin crashing the infamous car isn't remotely deniable. But Griffin -- star of films such as Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo and My Baby's Daddy -- is no stranger to embarrassment. After he crashes the car on the completely barren racetrack, he actually looks calm and collected, even a little self-satisfied. At least someone will take credit for their wrecks. Uh-oh, Spaghetti-Os!
Viera on Ice
You might think you're up for the challenge of being a talk show host. After all, how difficult is it to talk to people? The answer to this question, though, depends on the venue. Just ask Meredith Viera.
During this Today Show segment at the Rockefeller Center rink, Viera manages a little bit of on-ice pirouetting with guest Will Ferrell before going into a complex plugging-Ferrell's-new-movie/sliding-underneath-Ferrell's-legs double-axel combination.
Does the lady let a little thing like getting stuck in Ferrell's crotch stop her? No, she does not. It's only when she hits her head on the ice that she needs a break -- and she still manages to sign off for commercials.
Sure, Meredith Viera makes talking mid-glide look easy. But that's how you know she's a pro.
03/23/2007
Holy Handcuffs Batman!
Yesterday, cameras from Late Night with Jimmy Kimmel turned away from their regularly scheduled program to catch a street performer dressed as Batman getting arrested by local police. The Dark Knight was apprehended after flipping out on union workers on strike.
What set off the man behind the mask? Porta-potties. Apparently, the rampage started when union workers refused to let the characters use their bathrooms and ended with the superhero in cuffs.
This Bat-rage may be less of a shocking if you happened to catch the documentary, Confession of a Superhero last week at SXSW. Following the lives of “characters” on Hollywood Blvd, the doc showcases our Batman-behind-bars as an angry and broken man.
03/22/2007
The Wii Lebowski
So normally, when one of us here at TDR finds a video that blows them away, they get first crack at writing it. But that's not possible today, as this mash-up of Wii Bowling and dialogue from The Big Lebowski literally killed Felicia Williams.
I'm serious. The paramedics are on their way. Um, it's not looking too good. That's... Wow, that's a lot of blood. Does anyone know CPR? Anyone?
Oh, wait, I guess I do. Hmmm. Well. Just let me finish watching this...
