Duck Duck LOOSE November 11, 2009 9:01 AM | permalink

If you haven't checked out the new truTV show It Only Hurts When I Laugh, (Thursdays at 10pm) it's important that I share with you some valuable information. This program is only a few weeks old, and it has already featured not one, but two clips of people getting attacked by ducks. I love duck attacks, because they are equally horrifying and hilarious, sort of like an early Sam Raimi film, or listening to Elisabeth Hasselbeck speak for any length of time.  

Here's the first one, in which a British TV reporter bumps into one bill that he can't pay back.

And to save the best for last, here is an infuriated duck chasing a woman in a bikini. You are welcome.

How-To's & How-Not-To's Video Dump November 5, 2009 4:03 PM | permalink

One of the most popular videos of the week, with the best back story: Drunk forklift driver totally destroys a liquor warehouse. Gives new meaning to the term “under the influence.”

Everyone loves a good how-to video. Here’s a clever trick on opening wine bottles without a corkscrew. God, I really coulda used this in college.  I’m also throwing in a video on how not to open a wine bottle without a corkscrew for good measure.

And this one from Daily Motion’s truTV channel is not for the squeamish. Check out this skateboarder’s freakish arm accident. And he doesn’t even flinch!

Six minutes of people doing random, non-useful stuff with actual useful stuff.  It’s strangely captivating. Oh, and Chinese take-out thrown in for good measure. 

Don’t have time to sit around and scrounge the internet the video that’s all the latest rage? Luckily Metacafe has a mix of the best web video’s ever.

Snow-way Mobile October 30, 2009 12:21 PM | permalink

Yesterday afternoon I posted a sneak peek from The Smoking Gun Presents: World's Dumbest on our official World's Dumbest Facebook Fan page.

We often tag the celebrity talking heads and the real people in our videos on Facebook which makes the page super zingy.  But the best part is the fan comments.  Check out this one we got about the brand new snowmobile clip we put up before last night's show...

Dr. K: When I was a cop in Michigan in 1982 I arrested a guy for DUI on a snowmobile. My first clue was that there was no snow on the ground and it was September and his snowmobile was tearing up the neighborhood lawns. It might have been that same guy from the video.

Thanks Dr. K!  Maybe it's the same guy, or even his kid... either way, both are a little slow-mobile and cut from the same dumb cloth. 

Wanna see the clip?  Well you could go to the TSG Presents Facebook page, or just watch it below right now!

truTV Facebook Fan Spotlight! October 14, 2009 1:58 PM | permalink

We have a Facebook Fan Page -- facebook.com/truTV -- that currently boasts over 22 thousand fans. On it we post sneak peeks, tag our real stars in photos and much more.  We read and appreciate all the comments left for us.  And yesterday, after posting a sneak for a new Rehab: Party at the Hard Rock Hotel, one comment stuck out.  This one:

When I saw this, I decided I had to know more.  So I contacted Paul -- a total stranger, pictured at left -- and asked him for an interview.  He obliged and I think the result is pretty excellent.  Check it out.

So, video game or truTV -- which did you choose? What was it like? Did you make the right decision?

I ended up choosing truTV. How could I not ? I get to watch beautiful women with a side order of drama on Rehab. I gotta say, one of the best decisions I have made in a while. I even watched the re-run just for the fun.

Was that comment intended to make us jealous? If so, it worked.

Originally, it was not meant to make you folks jealous, it was an actual dilemma that I was forced to address at the time, but thinking back on it now, it worked pretty well didn’t it?

What is yer new video game, incidentally?

Well, the new Tim Schafer game (who in my opinion is one of the funniest guys in the video game industry). Brutal Legend came out today, I went to the midnight release at the local game store, so I was able to curb my urges because I played that beast till 3 in the AM. I tend to function just fine on a few hours of sleep.

What are the three best video games of all time?

That is very hard thing to answer. I mostly play video games for the single player aspect, so they will be based on my favorite single player experiences These are all on the Microsoft console X-Box 360.

1. Grand Theft Auto 4 – Rockstar
2. Ninja Gaiden 2 – Team Ninja
3. Splosion Man – Twisted Pixel

What is the dumbest video game ever?

Most games that come out and coincide with a movie that is being released in theaters at the same time are usually terribly made and only sell because of the license development companies get with the movies. If you want proof, please type "E.T. the video game" into Google. Case in point.

Anything else you want to tell the world?

All the people on the Facebook page for truTV, please, for the love of all known deities that you may follow and believe in, if you do not like a particular show that the page is posting for, please do not ruin the experience for fans to get together and chat about their shows, it is thoroughly irritating.  Thank you, this has been a public service announcement. :P

Any sites of yours can we link to?

My personal blog that a friend and I have started – gamingsimplicity.blogspot.com

And a friend's blog that is the sister site to ours. He is trying to become a real gaming journalist, so hope he enjoys the plug :) – jags-corner.blogspot.com

Thanks Paul!

Crown Royally Dumb October 8, 2009 9:44 AM | permalink

Tonight at 9PM e/p you can catch a brand NEW episode of The Smoking Gun Presents: World's Dumbest.

And stay tuned to this dumb blog, because as soon as we have a sneak peek clip from tonight's show, we'll be posting it here!

For now, enjoy this excellent clip of NY Yankee Joba Chamberlain's DUI pullover.

No, that's not Joba in the picture.  That's comedian Mike Trainor, making fun of Joba.  You can follow Mike on Twitter here.  And follow truTV on Twitter right over here -- where we tweet all our sneaks!

truTV on SNL October 5, 2009 3:06 PM | permalink

The truTV parody on Saturday Night Live this weekend?  Yes we saw it! 

You can watch it here.  No, it wasn't exactly up-to-date with our brand...

But who the frack cares? It was nearly six minutes, featured a Forensic Files tune-in and our logo was on the air for a good long while (pictured at left with the faux show title) for free.  So thanks for that, Lorne!

Plus it was funny, IMHO.

We have arrived.  Everybody is talking about us.  Like Lady Gaga and Madonna, we are officially a pop culture phenom. 

Combine this sketch from Saturday Night Live with Jimmy Fallon's drummer tweeting about truTV on Friday night and it's clear, NBC totally has a crush on us.  It's kind of cute. 

Private to NBC: Birthday cake ice cream and mix CDs are the keys to our heart. 

Fallon's Drummer <3's Us! October 5, 2009 1:26 PM | permalink

Frank "Knuckles" Walker, percussionist for Jimmy Fallon's house band, The Roots, gave us a nice shout out on Twitter this past Friday night in prime time:

@twittFKnuckles DAMN!!!!.TruTV got the best reality willdest car chases!!!..love the thrill,the excitement....THE AGONYYY!!! lol

Thanks Frank!  Question for you: How come when I search "Jimmy Fallon house band" or Jimmy Fallon Roots" no official NBC website comes up on the first page?  Did Zucker key Google's car?

But seriously, thanks for watching and tweeting, we are mega honored!

Calling all funky fresh truTV fans -- you can follow truTV on Twitter here. We see and love all of you tweeting about us, for reals.

Thunderclaps, Ho! October 1, 2009 9:49 AM | permalink

Up until today, I had thought that a thunderclap was a something that only happened in nature, when the air surrounding a lightening bolt becomes superheated and expands rapidly, causing a shockwave which manifests itself as thunder.

Now, thanks to the ladies from our Rehab: Party at the Hard Rock Hotel, I have learned that it's actually something caused by shaking your bikini-clad butt. Here's a video sample.

Oh, I'm sorry, that's Thundercats.

My bad.

Here's the real clip.

Now, if only we could get the ladies from Rehab to re-enact that Thundercats intro, then we'd have us a viral video on our hands.

truTV Sweepstakes = Hope? September 24, 2009 12:50 PM | permalink

Summer's over.

Days are getting shorter.

You and me -- we're getting paler.

Time to buckle down, eat inadvisable things and be miserable for at least six months before we're ready to try and peel off our clothes and attempt to look like something other than doughy Twilight rejects.

NO WAIT -- THAT DOESN'T HAFTA BE YOUR FATE!

With the Get Rehab Ready Sweepstakes you've got a chance to win a trip to Las Vegas and a package to help you look fab for fun in the sun.

Don't let this opportunity pass you by: Enter the truTV & Hollywood Tans GET REHAB READY SWEEPSTAKES now!

And my promotional gene compels me to say...don't forget to watch a new episode of Rehab: Party at the Hard Rock Hotel (pictured at right) this Tuesday at 10PM e/p on truTV!

Men Are Pigs? September 24, 2009 9:04 AM | permalink

In case any of you ladies out there have ever called your husband a pig, you might decide that you owe him an apology after checking out this clip from The Smoking Gun Presents: World's Dumbest.

Of course, this kind of behavior is nothing new for this blog.

And at least Marion and Rachel never got get arrested for having sex with a table.