JY

Thanks for taking it easy on me.  I know we’re kinda 0 and 2 on the FwankTV videos but, stuff happens.

In other news, RIP Ken Ober.  Thanks for the good memories.

There’s some other choice bits on there, from “I Don’t Want to Live on the Moon” to another How It’s Made video, about mmmmmpeanut butter.

To vote, just take a click over here. http://www.sesamestreet.org/onair/history/vote

Until his stuff dries out. Didn’t mean to imply that Josh has been hitting the sauce and is in need of ‘drying out.’

Josh has asked me to pass along his apologies to everyone who was looking forward to the video today, and we’ll work to get it up as soon as he can.

In the last ten minutes, I not only made Melissa Joan Hart laugh, I also may have helped Patrick Duffy decide on a Halloween costume for his crab. Yes, I know I just made the man seem senile, but just watch his YouTube videos to get the context right.

Patrick Duffy & The Crab Discuss Facebook and Ringtones

So yea, I got ‘PDuffs’ to acknowledge that Crab’s Balloon Boy Balloon costume could double as a serving apparatus for popcorn, and I got to call Melissa nee Clarissa on something I misread and got a response of ‘ha.’ And it makes me feel happy.

Michael Jackson is a name that certainly resonates with anyone our age.  For better or worse, he left a legacy that perhaps will never be rivaled and forever changed music.

If you hadn’t heard, up until his death, he was rehearsing for a series of comeback/farewell shows called “This is It” that would take place at the O2 Arena in London.  Over 100 hours of footage were recorded from these rehearsals, and, following his death, were turned into a movie to show what This is It would have been. Said movie will only be in theaters for 2 weeks starting October 28.  Fans have been lining up in droves across the country for days to get tickets that went on sale tonight at midnight.

I’ve got tickets to the October 27 sneak preview and will definitely touch base on how the movie is.  I’m not and never was a HUGE Michael Jackson fan, but it’s just one of those things…you know, when else will this opportunity come along? And while I realize it’s just a film, it’s part of the pop culture history I love to embrace.  I’m excited.  I just hope it doesn’t turn out to be one of those cult status things to where I’m the only guy in the room not wearing something Bedazzled.

Tickets can be purchased at your local box office, or at www.thisisittickets.com

Jeez, I’ve been giving free plugs out like crazy lately.

This is the first time the world has seen Pee-Wee since his appearance as a presenter on the 2007 Spike TV Guy’s Choice Awards, where he was more than welcomed by fans who hadn’t seen him since all that crap went down over 10 years prior.

Pee-Wee reappeared seemingly out of nowhere this past week on the Jay Leno Show and has been making a series of appearances in person and on the internet with sites like Twitter and Facebook.  I’m freakin’ stoked.  PEE-WEE HERMAN IS MY FACEBOOK FRIEND.  WHAT!

For being close to 60 years old he still pulls that crap off pretty darn well.  I’m interested in seeing how his new shows are going to work out, what they’re going to lead to and who’s playing all the characters now that they’ve all aged (or actually become legitimately successful) as well.  Here’s the video of P-Dub on Leno.

For more information on “The Pee-Wee Herman Show” and to buy tickets, visit www.peewee.com or Ticketmaster.

Mr. Bubble is a good guy.  He’s always been there for us with a bottle of the pink stuff at the end of the day if we so chose to call on him.  So naturally, his newfangled bath foam has to rock.  Right? Wrong.

Maybe I hold Funny Color Foam on a high pedestal, but when you’ve got perfection the first go-around, there’s no need to re-invent the wheel.  But still, with M. Bub’s credibility, I was willing to give it a shot.  First off, I was intrigued by the top from which the foam is emitted.  instead of the small hair mousse-type thing on top, it’s got something more like a whipped cream top.

It smells nothing like Mr. Bubble.  In fact, it smells like chemicals and cheap perfume.  It’s got a slimy residue to it and isn’t really soapy at all.  But, that whipped cream bottle tip sprays out a huge glob of pink cotton candy, which I guess is pretty cool considering everything else sucks.

Basically, you could edge a cake with that stuff and no one would be the wiser.  Until the trots took over, that is.  The girth of the foam this thing dispenses got me to thinking.  I texted Chase and asked him what the first random household item I could try to consume with foam would be.  His reply was the sink.  I was going for something a little smaller and funnier, but CHASE said the sink.  So the sink you get.

Behold, the bathroom sink.  I was skeptical that one bottle of this stuff could cover the entire sink.  But, I was armed and ready to try.  Afterall, I’ll never actually use this stuff.  Might as well put it to science.  So, I got to work laying the foundation.

Chase was specific that I cover the faucet, so I made sure to get that on my first pass just in case.  At this point, I was fairly sure with half a bottle left, I could finish the outside job, but bowl of the sink would prove to be the hardest part.  So, in an effort to kill two birds with one stone, I opted to put something in the bowl that would not only take up space, but destroy evidence.

With that in place, I began covering all my open spaces.  I began smoothing it out, in the end, I DID IT.  YES.

As my excitement began, I started jumping up and down and calling to wake the girlfriend up to say, “Remember how you never said I’d never use that bottle of Mr. Bubble foam from Wal-Mart? Well GUESS WHAT?” It was a mission complete.  In your face, Chase, Justin and Kelly.  I began to wipe my success away.  In the end, I was left with this:

Assuming you’ve never done it before, but then again, who hasn’t, cleaning up a giant, gelatinous monster of bath foam isn’t easy.  In the above photo, that’s about a quarter of the foam that came out of that little can.  It expands like crazy and, the only way to get rid of it is to water it down to “melt” it.  And when you’ve got enough foam to encase Aretha Franklin, it takes some time.  But in the end, all the pink sludge went down the drain with my hard-earned money I spent on this crap.

I just keep telling myself it was for science.