Silky’s Sunday Blues: Monkey-ed Movies Edition

In Februray of 1998, TBS Superstation began running a series of short films dubbed “Monkey-ed Movies.” These 90 second promos parodied popular films and TV shows that ran on TBS at that time; but as the name implies, the original actors were replaced by costumed chimpanzees and orangutans.  Writers Tom Stern and Tim Burns produced over forty of these spots, but [...]

Hater Hall of Shame: Tom Cruise Edition

Thomas Cruise Mapother IV, Born July 3, 1962 Today the Hater Hall of Shame welcomes a man who was once one of the most popular actors in Hollywood.  Tom Cruise (not to be confused with the inventor of the Hoveround) was born in Syracuse, New York, and was the third of four children born to Mary Lee [...]