“I have to take my dog to pilates” is going to be my new excuse to leave meetings.

The surpassingly weird digital short:

Justin Timberlake does speed-hosting:

The other funny one was “Garden Party” which doesn’t seem to be available, I imagine because of the use of the Ricky Nelson song. Here’s a review:

Trading a bar for a cramped car, four guys have weird reminiscences while singing the refrain from the 1972 Ricky Nelson hit. It’s more of the usual sexual peccadilloes and social misanthropy –anonymous bathroom sex, a flunked drug test, and so forth- that it’s sad to see such a wonderful one-off sketch from two seasons ago turn into a tired recurring sketch. Besides, was the gory ending all that necessary?

–TV.com

Michael Mills - Hidden Satanic Messages in Rock Music

He should’ve been listening to this guy, Joe Aufricht, who likes to regress himself to the age of 13 and sing, if you can call it singing, satanic messages of sexual liberation. The “Horny with Two Chicks” song that begins this track is perhaps the most unlistenable-to thing ever recorded.

Joe Aufricht - Mockery and Perversion

[Via WFMU's 365 Days Project]

Four cans of tobacco. Ew…

Scarfing the contents of an ashtray…

[via Around the Net - If you watch the video at the link, you'll see host Olivia Munn almost choke to death trying to recreate the tobacco video Big League Chew.]

Last week, Barack Obama hope-surfed his way into the White House, utterly destroying John McCain in a way that should be illegal to do to an old man. His flawless campaign, movie star looks and air of fairy-tale magic have led America to expect he can do anything. In the public imagination he’s a cross between George Washington, Merlin and Mr. T. Of course, these are probably unrealistically high expectations for him to live up to. But are they unrealistically high enough to ensure a successful Obama presidency? Possibly not.

Disappointment has long been America’s curse. What do you expect from a country whose constitution includes the phrase “more perfect?”

- Obama expectations: far too low? - Metro