Who does Dave Franco play in "Superbad"?

Search: dave franco; greg the soccer player

Why: Joel at 2Pz posted this picture of James Franco (yesterday, pre-Oscars) with his cats Sammy and Zelda,

and then I got to reading about how James and his brothers all love kitties, and then I read this sentence,

With his memorable roles in Superbad and a regular gig on TV's Scrubs, Dave been making a name for himself in Hollywood, with very little help from his superstar older brother.

which I thought was weird because I've seen that movie like 14 times in 2011 alone.

Answer: "Greg the Soccer Player"! Is that one of the guys at the party?

Owait, no:

Source: IMDb, Youtube

The More You Know: And he's also in this (and so is some lengthy discussion about their cat Toby [and so are some real kitties]).

Acting With James Franco Episode 1: "Sense Memory" from James Franco

Incidentally, did you see this last week on SNL? Because it was funny:

I want to watch "Fajita Roundup"

Search: fajita roundup

Why: Lucy Lawless is credited in this episode of "Veronica Mars." Chandler was all, "Yes! I love Lucy Lawless!" (and then we talked about "Battlestar Galactica"). When she appeared on screen, this happened:

ME: Whenever she's in anything, I'm sort of always aware that she's a famous person.
CHAN: Who? Who is that?
ME: Lucy Lawless.
CHAN: WHAT! She's blonde! Why does she look like that!
ME: Anyway, she always plays bitchy aggressive characters. She can't just blend.
CHAN: Have you ever seen "Fajita Roundup"?
ME: No, I don't know what that is.
CHAN: WHAT! Google it right now!

But - full disclosure - after 2 more lines of dialogue, I remembered that I had, in fact, seen it. It's an SNL skit about Stevie Nicks.

Answer: Lul.

lucy lawless
Uploaded by dummy-account. - Classic TV and last night's shows, online.

Source: DailyMotion

The More You Know: Ian recently gave her* a mix tape. I wonder if she listened to it.

EDIT!!! Stevie Nicks, not Lucy Lawless.

I want to watch the SNL digital short "Boombox"

Search: snl boombox

Why: It's funny.

Answer: By The Lonely Island, and that's Julian Casablancas (of The Strokes, who still exist). Everyone was wearing fingerless gloves:

Source: Hulu

The More You Know: The 3 guys in The Lonely Island (TLI) are Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone (the cute little one), and Akiva Schaffer. They started doing comedy skits in junior high in Berkeley, CA. They created MacGruber, and Taccone directs all of those sketches and is directing the movie (due out May 21).

What is a jalopy?

Search: jalopie; jalopy origin

Why: On the SNL sketch "New Car Horns (by Tina Tina)," the old-timey horns goes, "Aawoooga, jalopy. What?"

Answer: It's just an old-ass car! Theories of origin:

• from the Yiddish word shlappe, a term for an old horse (actually Polish)
• from the French word chaloupe, a kind of skiff - which is a boat, not a car
• from the Italian-American pronunciation of "jelly apple" - the jell-oppy, "one of the decrepit old carts from which Italian immigrants sold this delicacy during the early part of the 20th century..."
• from Spanish galapago, i.e. one of those big slow tortoises (galapago means "saddle," btw)

And this:

A theory is that it is derived from a non-Spanish pronunciation of Jalapa, Mexico. It seems that, during the 1920s, many decrepit automobiles were shipped from New Orleans to scrapyards in Jalapa. The theory is that some of the dockhands or crew members who did not speak English began naming these broken-down autos after their destination, and the name eventually morphed into our current jalopy.

Other words for shitty cars: flivver (1910), heap, tin lizzy (1915), crate (1927), bucket, beater, hooptie (1990), and clunker (2009).

Source: Historical Origins of English Words and Phrases, Answerbag

The More You Know: Doorbells and More. Ding dong! Router! Netflix! What?

I want to watch "Bear City" on SNL

Search: bear city snl hulu; bear city intro

Why: Joel at 2PzNaPpod posted this video of a 3-legged bear walking upright in the woods!!! And it has a baby!!

Answer: Here is the intro, which is what I mainly wanted to watch. Do you hear Fred Willard?

Source: VIRB

The More You Know: That bear is bowlegged. Have you ever noticed how bowlegged Ben Stiller is? It distracts me to no end.

I want to watch Garth & Kat on SNL

Search: snl video

Why: They crack me up, and each other / themselves up, too. I like to mime their motions.

Answer: Here is the most recent from 2/6/10:

Source: NBC.com, Hulu

The More You Know: Here is - I think - the first one, from Christmas:

What did Alex Trebek do before "Jeopardy!"?

Search: alex trebek

Why: I was just watching a college championship show. Man, what a bunch of nerds.

Answer: He hosted other game shows! He was born 1940:

• 1966 - high school quiz show "Reach for the Top"
• 1970 - Canadian show "Jackpot!"
• 1973 - NBC Show "The Wizard of Odds"
• 1974-76, 78-80 - "High Rollers"
• 1976 - CBS game show "Double Dare" (not the Nickelodeon one)
• 1977 - "The $128,000 Question"
• 1981 - "Battlestars" and syndicated Canadian game show "Pitfall"
  
• 1984 - revival of "Jeopardy!" (which had originally run 1964–75 and 1978-79)
• 1987 - NBC show "Classic Concentration"
• 1991 - "To Tell the Truth"
  

From Feb. to May 1991, Trebek made broadcast history by becoming the first person to host three American game shows at the same time.

Source: Wikipedia

The More You Know: This isn't the best one, but I couldn't find a good video of the one with "anal bum cover." Adam Sandler, Ben Stiller, Jimmy Fallon, Tom Cruise, Will Ferrell... what a bunch of polarizing figures.

What makes a boat a yacht?

Search: yacht definition

Why: In The Beast (1996) (TV), the couple that killed at the beginning (spoiler alert) call their little saily boat a yacht when they call in for distress. In The Amber Spyglass:

Suddenly they saw him. Heads turned with a snap, and at once all those wings were raised high, exactly like the sails of a yacht, and they all leaned in with the breeze, making for the shore.

For some reason, I always thought of yachts of enormous boats - with motors, I guess - like cruise ships.

Answer: From the Dutch words jaghd and jacht, meaning "hunt," a yacht originally was a light, fast sailing vessel used to convey important persons. Now it is generally understood as a "pleasure boat" (not work boat) of any size or style, either sailing yacht or powerboat.

Yacht lengths generally range from 20 feet (6 m) up to hundreds of feet. Luxury crafts smaller than 40 feet are more commonly called "cabin cruisers" or simply "cruisers." A mega yacht generally refers to any yacht (sail or power) above 100 ft (34 m) and a super yacht generally refers to any yacht over 200 ft (70 m). This size is small in relation to typical cruise liners and oil tankers.

Source: Mimi.hu, Wikipedia

The More You Know: When was the last time you watched this?

I got a nautical themed pashmina afghan.

I want to watch the SNL sketch "The Mellow Show"

Search: snl jack johnson

Why: I told Dan I would put it here.

Answer: Ultimate Frisbee:

Source: NBC.com

The More You Know: Hemp necklace.

I want to hear the Kathie Lee Gifford song "Everyone Has a Story"

Search: kathie lee story

Why: Kathie Lee and Hoda are talking about this "Saturday Night Live" sketch on hour 11 of the Today Show (at 4:25):

Answer: Here it is. Pretty!

Source: YouTube

The More You Know: I was so full of second-hand embarrassment for January Jones, you guys. Why was she hosting anyway? Let's remember her at her best:

I want to watch the SNL infomercial "Steve Martin's Penis Beauty Creme"

Search: steve martin penis beauty cream

Why: Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin are hosting the Oscars.

Answer: Here it is!

Source: Hulu

The More You Know: Martin has hosted "Saturday Night Live" 15 times - more than anyone else - and even has his own "SNL - The Best of" compilation. Other frequent guests who have hosted the most episodes (the "Five Timer's Club"):

15 - Steve Martin
14 - Alec Baldwin
12 - John Goodman
10 - Buck Henry
9 - Chevy Chase*
8 - Tom Hanks
7 - Christopher Walken
6 - Drew Barrymore
6 - Elliott Gould
6 - Danny DeVito
5 - Candice Bergen
5 - Bill Murray*

*former SNL cast members

Did Casey Kasem finish college?

Search: casey kasem

Why: In Away We Go:

BURT: They expect that from me.
VERONA: They expect you to sound like Casey Kasem.
BURT: Verona, most of these guys are in their 50s and 60s. We're talking about millions of dollars of insurance futures. They don't want to be dealing with some 33-year-old that didn't finish college.
VERONA: Oh, so Casey Kasem finished college?
BURT: ...Yeah.

Answer: Yes! He graduated from Wayne State University in Detroit! Just like Tom Sizemore!

Kasem was born in 1932 to Lebanese Druze parents. His real name is Kemal Amin Kasem.

Source: Wikipedia

The More You Know: Scene:

BURT: This next long-distance dedication-
VERONA: No.
BURT: -goes out to a really special girl. The letter reads: "Dear Casey, My name is Burt, and my girlfriend's pregnant and frustrated. Could you play a song that will make her smile? Thanks. Signed - Burt Farlander."
VERONA: Your pregnant girlfriend's gonna kill you.
[They smooch.]
BURT: Thanks, Casey.

I want to see the T-Mobile commercial with the SNL alumni

Search: t-mobile commercial carvey

Why: Zack mentioned it the other day, and then I saw the latter half on the tee-vee. I spotted Molly Shannon, Darryl Hammond, and Dana Carvey.

Answer: Here it is, for the MyTouch 3G! Somebody recorded this with a camera! And it has Chevy Chase, too!


Source: YouTube

The More You Know: Like the one with Whoopi Goldberg, this one features the song "If You Want to Sing Out" by Cat Stevens, aka Steven Demetre Georgiou, aka Yusuf Islam.

I want to watch "Porcelain Fountains" from last night's SNL

Search: porcelain fountains

Why: Kylie of 2Pz says she liked "Norwegian Actors' Playhouse" and the digital short "On the Ground," but like... What - are you kidding me? How can you not have porcelain fountains all over your blog?

Answer: Watch the classic Scarlett Johansson vehicle here!

Source: Hulu

The More You Know: You gotta get yourself some marble columns.

You gotta get yourself some chandeliers.

What happened between John and Mackenzie Phillips?

Search: john phillips

Why: They were on Celebrity Family Feud tonight on SNL.

Answer: Oh, I am out of the loop:

In September 2009, John's daughter Mackenzie Phillips claimed in a new memoir, High on Arrival, that she and her father had a ten-year incestuous relationship. She stated that the relationship began when she was 18 years old in 1979, after Philips raped her while they were both under the influence of heavy narcotics on the eve of her first marriage.

Phillips appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show on 23 September 2009 in which she told Winfrey that her father injected her with cocaine and heroin. According to Phillips, the incestuous relationship ended when she became pregnant and did not know who had fathered the child. These doubts resulted in an abortion, which her father paid for, "and I never let him touch me again."

Source: Wikipedia

The More You Know: Here are Mackenzie, Chynna, and Bijou Phillips:

Who was the Tony Award named for?

Search: tony award

Why: On SNL, Will Ferrell says he was nominated for one for his one man show ("You're Welcome America: A Final Night with George W. Bush").

Answer: Antoinette Perry! She was the co-founder of the American Theatre Wing in 1939. The Tony's full name is the Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre.

Source: Wikipedia

The More You Know: The name of the Emmy Award comes from a feminization of "immy," a nickname used for the image orthicon tubes that were common in early TV cameras.

When do the new seasons of all my shows start?

Search: [i searched for each show separately]

Why: I like summer and everything, but man, do I miss TV.

Answer: Whew, I am just in time:

• 30 Rock - Oct. 15 (Thurs.)
• American Idol - January 2010
  
• America's Next Top Model - Sept. 9 (Wed.)
  
• The Biggest Loser - Sept. 15 (Tues.)
• Burn Notice - TBA (on hiatus)
  
• Dexter - Sept. 27 (Sun.)
• Family Guy - Sept. 27 (Sun.)
  
• Frisky Dingo - never,
• Glee - Sept. 9 (Wed.)
• Gossip Girl - Sept. 14 (Mon.)
• LOST - Jan. or Feb. 2010
• My Boys - unannounced
  
• The Office - Sept. 17 (Thurs.)
  
• Saturday Night Live - Sept. 26 (Sat!)
• The Simpsons - Sept. 27 (Sun.)
• SVU - Sept. 23 (Wed.)
• Ugly Betty - Oct. 9 (Fri.)
  

Source: Wikipedia

The More You Know: I am watching the new "Melrose Place" right now, and I guess - at the very least - it's not as stupid as "90210."

But anyway, here are some other shows people watch, though I am not one of those people:

• 24 - Jan. 17, 2010 (Sun.)
• 90210 - Sept. 8 (tonight!)
  
• The Big Bang Theory - Sept. 21 (Mon.)
• Bones - Sept. 17 (Thurs.)
  
• Californication - Sept. 27 (Mon.)
  
• Dancing with the Stars - Sept. 21 (Mon.)
• Entourage - July 12 (Hope you watched!)
• Friday Night Lights - Oct. 28 (Wed.) on DirecTV, then on NBC in summer 2010
  
• Fringe - Sept. 17 (Thurs.)
• Grey's Anatomy - Sept 24. (Thurs.)
  
• Heroes - Sept. 21 (Mon.)
• House - Sept. 21 (Mon.)
  
• How I Met Your Mother - Sept. 21 (Mon.)
  
• It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia - Sept. 17 (Thurs.)
• Mad Men - Aug. 16 (Catch up quick!)
• Monk - Aug. 7 (This one too!)
  
• Private Practice - Oct. 1 (Thurs.)
• Project Runway - Aug. 20 (Thurs.)
  
• Supernatural - Sept. 10 (Thurs.)
• Top Chef - Aug. 19 (Wed.)
  
• Two and a Half Men - Sept. 21 (Mon.)
  

Seems like every show I don't care about comes on Mondays. Set your DVR!

Who all wrote essays in "Things I've Learned from Women Who Dumped Me"?

Search: things i've learned from women who dumped me

Why: I'm listening to the audiobook. So far, I've heard an Introduction by Nick Hornby and pieces by Andy Richter and Will Forte.

Answer: These fellas:

1. Dan Vebber ("Sex Is the Most Stressful Thing in the History of the Universe")
2. Andy Richter ("Girls Don't Make Passes at Boys with Fat Asses")
3. Will Forte ("Beware of Math Tutors Who Ride Motorcycles")
4. David Wain ("Persistence is for Suckers")
5. Stephen Colbert ("The Heart is a Choking Hazard")
6. Neal Pollack ("Don't Come on Your Cat")
7. Alex Gregory ("Technology Can Be Friend and Foe")
8. Tom Shillue ("Eggs Must Be Broken...")
9. Larry Wilmore ("Women Are Never Too Young to Mess With Your Head")
10. Eric Slovin ("Keep Some Secret Admirers Secret")
11. Andy Selsberg ("A Grudge Can Be Art")
12. Rodney Rotham ("I Still Like Jessica")
13. Tom McCarthy ("Don't Leave Too Much Room for the Holy Spirit")
14. Dan Savage ("I Am a Gay Man")
15. Bob Odenkirk ("Nine Years is the Exact Right Amount of Time to Be in a Bad Relationship")
16. Damian Kulash, Jr. ("A Dog is No Reason to Stay Together")
17. Marcel Dzama ("Strange Gifts Can Scare")
18. Ben Karlin ("You Too Will Get Crushed")
19. Adam Schlesinger ("You Can Encapsulate Feelings of Regret, Panic, and Desperation in a Two-and-a-Half Minute Pop Song")
20. Paul Simms ("I'm Easy")
21. Todd Hanson ("Things More Majestic and Terrible Than You Could Ever Imagine")
22. Alex Gregory ("Always Make Her Feel Like She's #1")
23. A.J. Jacobs ("Dirty Girls Make Bad Friends")
24. Matt Goodman ("Being Awkward Can Be a Prophylactic Against Dry Humping")
25. Marcellus Hall ("Lessons of a Cyclical Heart")
26. Patton Oswalt ("Dating a Stripper is a Recipe for Perspective")
27. Bob Kerry ("Sometimes You Find a Lost Love, Sometimes You Don't")
28. Jason Nash ("Don't Enter a Karaoke Contest Near Smith College; You Will Lose to Lesbians")
29. David Rees ("Get Dumped Before It Matters")
30. Rick Marin ("It Wasn't Me, It Was Her")
31. Bruce Jay Friedman ("She Wasn't the One")
32. Sam Lipsyte (Notes Towards a Unified Theory of Dumping)
    

Source: Amazon

The More You Know: Lol, Dan Savage wrote a book called Skipping Towards Gomorrah. That's clever. He also coined the neologisms Santorum, saddlebacking, and DTMFA.

Why do people say "Yegads"?

Search: yegads origin

Why: Charisse just said it. She's 9 minutes late to a meeting. Also, I think it's used pretty often in "The Far Side" (though I can't find any examples, so maybe it's another comic).

Answer: Yegads (or "egads" or "egad") just means "Oh, God." It's a term from the 60s... the 1660s.

Source: Dictionary.com

The More You Know: Ay, dios mio.
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Who was the wedding band in "Dan in Real Life?

Search: dan in real life soundtrack

Why: I just wartched it.

Answer: It was some chick and Sondre Lerche, a Norwegian guy who did most of the songs on the soundtrack.

Source: Wikipedia

The More You Know: Look how cute. He kind of looks like Seth Meyers.