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Wednesday, August 19, 2009

'Always Sunny in Philadelphia' Musical, 'The Nightman Cometh' Is on a Real Tour [Dayman!]


Watch out, Broadway, because the boys (and lady) of Paddy's Pub -- the fictional bar from 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia' -- are going on a for realsies tour of America with 'The Nightman Cometh,' Charlie Day's musical from Season 4's finale.

Yes, that's right, the masters of karate and friendship for everyone will be hitting a city near you. Hopefully, anyway -- there are currently six shows listed on the tour. You can purchase tickets for five of them right now (the Beacon Theater in New York is currently unlisted) by visiting Live Nation (cue booing).

And the best part of the whole shindig? It's the actual actors -- Rob McElhenney (Mac), Day, Glenn Howerton (Dennis), Kaitlin Olson (Sweet Dee) and Danny DeVito (Frank) -- who will be performing.

The folks at FX warn that tickets will go on sale quickly, so join me in a Live Nation stare starting at 9 am tomorrow morning as we all attempt to get tickets for what is sure to go down as the best musical ever. Oh, also join me in watching internet weirdos recreating 'Dayman' in one of the best YouTube clips ever.


Monday, March 16, 2009

Dhani Jones Premieres on the Travel Channel Tonight

As some of you may know, I'm a bit of a sports nut. Sports, travel and reality television, to a certain degree, are three of my favorite things. 


So imagine my surprise (and excitement) when I found out that Dhani Jones (linebacker for the Bengals -- sports) was appearing on the Travel Channel (self-explanatory) for his new show (again) "Dhani Tackles the Globe" a show that premieres tonight.

The premise is this: Dhani travels around the world, competing in new and different sports.
He learned about rugby in England; the martial art Muay Thai in Thailand; hurling in Ireland; dragon boat racing in Singapore; Schwingen (wrestling) in Switzerland; pelota in Spain; sailing in New Zealand; and surf lifeguard competitions in Australia.

Part reality TV, part travel show, each episode chronicles his weeklong attempt to master a new sport, interspersed with sightseeing trips and forays into the local culture.

"It allows the entree of, 'I'm an athlete, you're an athlete, we both compete. Let's meet each other on those terms,"' Jones said in a telephone interview from Ohio.
It also allows us to see more reality television! WOO. No, seriously -- if there was one more reality television show that you should add to your "to watch" list ... Dhani Jones bouncing around the globe, swimming with sharks (kind of) and dragon boat racing(!) is definitely the play to make; by all accounts it's going to be one of the best new shows that the underrated Travel Channel drops. Oh, also, you can follow him on Twitter for more info.

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

CNN Anchor Has, Um, Peanuts on the Mind

Just a warning, if potential Freudian slips involving multiple usages of the scientific word for male genitalia, consider this your "NSFW" warning. See, the CNN anchor in the video below was trying to talk about the outrage over "peanuts" on Northwest airline flights. Instead, she, um, well, yeah, let's just say that Georgia peanut farmers don't appreciate the stereotyping.