HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA:

“…some airline passengers watching the Oscar-nominated film “Sideways” on foreign flights are, in fact, hearing “Ashcroft” as a substitute for a certain seven-letter epithet commonly used to denote a human orifice.

The Post’s Monte Reel, based in Buenos Aires, tells us he heard the former attorney general’s name substituted at least twice in “Sideways” dialogue when he watched the film earlier this week on an Aerolineas Argentinas flight to Lima, Peru. The movie was shown in English and the dubbing was done “in the actual voices of the actors,” Reel reports. Star Thomas Haden Church utters the A-word.”

More from today’s Reliable Source column in the Washington Post.

Oh, wow. Here’s a step-by-step tutorial on how to rotoscope lightsaber effects into your own home movies — i.e., MAKE YOUR OWN JEDI SWORDFIGHT.

…you have NO IDEA how badly I want to try this.

So when I heard a Dukes of Hazzard MOVIE was coming out I called Gus to ask why he hadn’t told me (because he didn’t know – Yes for once, I scooped him!) and then I immediately called Valerie (T.O.O.) to talk to the only other person in the world who would actually be excited with me. (we were both avid viewers in our youth and during the days of the Crazy Valeries)

Then while following another link I found this bit of bad news courtesy of moviehole.com:

Schneider loathes Dukes of Hazzard redo

Look out Stifler, duck for cover Jackass, disguise yourself in a tin of ‘Chicken of the Sea’ Simpson……the original “Duke” is out to get ya.

John Schneider, one of the original ‘Good ol Boys’, tells IESB that if he’s asked to cameo in the new “Dukes of Hazzard movie” – starring the aforesaid Sean William Scott, Johnny Knoxville and Jessica Simpson – he’ll give the offer the birdie. “I wouldn’t drive into that movie even with your car”, the “Smallville” actor says.

According to the site, Schneider isn’t happy that the movie is going to be a spoof of the old Television series.

Now what am I supposed to do? Who wants a blonde Daisy? But Willie Nelson as Uncle Jesse? How can you pass that up. And Burt, Burt Reynolds as Boss Hog. Good gravy!

So do I listen to the love of my life (TV life, Dahlberg) and shun the film or do I go and bask in the glory of a gigantic General Lee???

Now, this made me laugh (this all comes via Josh Marshall, who has his own dog and viewpoint in the Social Security hunt, but never mind that now, what we’re focusing on is the Keystone Cops-ishness of this small portion of the fight):

Here’s an ad currently being featured on the website of the very conservative AMERICAN SPECTATOR (I’ve saved a copy straight from there and am now hosting it here in all of its unglory):

Very classy, yes?

Which links to these folks here — who, as they are apparently cheerfully acknowledging, are the second incarnation of the SwiftVets (and, some might say, their “slimy” tactics.)

But it’s not even that part that kills me. It’s this: AARP=”liberal”? What planet are these people on, anyway? Apart from this particular Social Security issue, aren’t these guys generally on the same side? And isn’t that side a rather more conservative one?

Dad’s right — it’s mutally assured destruction in politics, anymore — demonize and dehumanize your opponent without regard to later consequences for the sake of your goal. Sheesh.

The next Rat Pack Remake by the Clooney/Pitt/Damon crew?

1964’s ROBIN AND THE 7 HOODS.

[via kottke]

THE DAILY SHOW’s Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert on blogs, journalism, and the intertwining/navel-gazing of the two:

JON: Ted, you’re sort of ‘old media,’ you’re an old media reporter. What are your thoughts on, in your mind, the role of these new media figures?

STEPHEN: Jon, the vast majority of bloggers out there are responsible correspondents doing fine work in niche reporting fields like Gilmore Girl fan fiction, or cute things their cats do or photoshopped images of the Gilmore Girls as cats. That’s great. Where I draw the line is with these “attack bloggers,” just someone with a computer who gathers, collates and publishes accurate information that is then read by the general public. They have no credibility. All they have is facts. Spare me…

[via waxy]