When Lee Standish (Ben Koldyke) and Angel Ortiz (Amaury Nolasco) are laid off in the “man-cession” they decide to dress for success. To get hired as pharmaceuticals sales reps that means cross-dressing to play nurse with doctor clients, who are apparently all male. Hilarity ensues. These Bosom Buddies have far less chemistry than their 80s counterparts. In part because Lee is married man who has little in common with his

If you don’t read Savage Dragon #177 the terrorists win. In this Godzilla parody, Osama Bin Laden’s body drifts into the radioactive waters of Japan. He mutates into a green giant hell bent on destroying New York (again). Unfortunately, the Savage Dragon is out of town so it’s up to his son, who uses his wikipedic knowledge to lure the monster away from the city with Whitney Houston music. Once

All Alex wants for Christmas is for his parents to stop fighting. He asks them for a robot hoping that it will bring his family together instead it tears them apart, literally. This isn’t your typical killer robot story. It gets you to sympathize with the machine but not by humanizing it, rather by dehumanizing the human. At first Blinky acts as a surrogate parent, but the boy quickly grows

A Minnesotan principal can kiss his job goodbye after organizing a provocative prank for the school’s pep rally. Students at Rosemount High School were blindfolded and told that they would receive a kiss from a “special someone.” Afterwards, they tried to guess who it was. One student said his kissing partner had “luscious lips.” When the blindfold was removed he discovered that those lips belonged to his mother. Principal John

The tricorder is the Swiss Army knife of the Star Trek Universe, a handheld device capable of scanning and instantly diagnosing a patient (human or otherwise). The earthly applications aren’t lost on trekkie Bill Gates. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation & Grand Challenges Canada are investing $38.5 million to replicate a tricorder, which would be a literal life safer in developing countries where doctors typically wait days for results.

The long-awaited Star Wars themed-Xbox 360 is not far away. According to Kotaku, it will make an appearance on a “popular network television show” airing in February. They don’t say which show but The Big Bang Theory is the most likely choice given its nerd fan base. The only other possibility is Two and a Half Men, which stars Ashton Kutcher as Walden Schmidt, a millionaire with all the best

Pikachu usually communicates by incessantly squeaking “pika” but when another Pokemon finds his weak spot, he uses another four-letter word

Last Halloween LAIKA, the animation studio behind Coraline, introduced us to their newest creepy kid ParaNorman with a spine tingling trailer set to the psychedelic song “Season of the Witch” by Donovan. In the new family friendly, but less groovy, trailer we learn more about Norman’s paranormal ability to see dead people including his Grandmother and other not-so-friendly ghosts. ParaNormal Release Date: August 17, 2012 Trailers below

Dutch designers MVRDV are being called “Al Qaeda lovers” for mocking 9/11 with what that looks like a freeze frame of the Twin Towers exploding. Dubbed “The Could,” the towers are connected halfway up by a 10-floor-tall pixelated cloud that houses common areas such as gardens, fitness center, pool, and shops. MVRDV initially feigned ignorance to any similarities between the buildings. “It was not our intention to create an image

In a very special holiday episode of Community, the gang gets into the Christmas spirit whether they like it or not. The Glee teacher recruits Jeff and his friends after an anonymous tip about copyright infringement shuts the glee club down. One by one they are seduced by song into joining, and I do mean seduced. Annie gives Jeff a lap dance while parodying Madonna’s cutesy version of “Santa Baby”

Fans of anime and manga series Ranma ½ have long wondered if Ranma, the gender bending protagonist who transforms into a woman when splashed with cold water, could ever become pregnant. To which creator Rumiko Takahashi answers, “I don’t think about that, and neither should you.” Well apparently one of the writers on the British TV series Misfits has been thinking about it. In season 3 episode 6, a boy

Nothing quite sets the season like Christmas cards of Santa, or as he’s known in Japan “American Christmas Devil.” Brad McGinty received this unique card from his grandfather. “These aren’t personal Christmas cards, but rather leftover cards from my grandfather’s failed attempt at starting a greeting card company a few years after WWII,” claims McGinty. A few years after my Grandfather returned from the war he decided to start a

As part of its effort to become a world leader in robotics, South Korea will start using robot prison guards next spring. Unlike the deceptively cute Jailbot featured in Superjail!, these R2-D2s with smiley faces are genuinely benign. Creator Lee Baik-Chul programmed the robots to monitor inmates for abnormal behavior. “But the robots are not Terminators. Their job is not cracking down on violent prisoners. They are helpers. When an

Are you tired of wasting money on toys that your kids will play with once? Toygaroo lets you rent toys and return them for new toys each month. Billing itself as the “Netflix for toys,” Toygaroo offers several plans starting as low as $24.99 for 4 toys every other month. Of course the look on junior’s face when you take away his favorite toy is priceless so if your child

Parents may want to dress down when visiting Santa this year. The world famous Charles W. Howard Santa Claus School is teaching students to size up parents in order to scale back expectations. Fred Honerkamp, a lecturer at the school, suggests that Santas blame mischievous elves for any possible shortcomings on Christmas day. “In the end, Santas have to be sure to never promise anything,” said Honerkamp. Other Santas are