If you live in Los Angeles, you might do yourself well to check out Let’s Go! at the UCB theater. It’s sketch comedy written by up-and-comers Paul Rust and Neil Campbell. Stop by for a night of videos, sketches, and maybe even a song or two.
Reserve your tickets or just show up at the UCB theater on Franklin.
Breaking news on the Michael Jackson front—a recent article in a German newspaper reports that Joe Jackson has announced that his son Michael will soon be moving to Germany. From Reuters:
“Michael Jackson is going to become a Berliner!” Bild wrote on top of its front page. “His father is already looking for a house. The King of Pop wants to move to Berlin — his father tells Bild in an interview.”
Another German newspaper, Die Welt, quoted an adviser named Shawn Andrews as saying Jackson definitely wanted to move to Europe because he felt he was being poorly treated at home and that he was also suffering from the after-effects of his trial.
“Michael wants to move to Europe,” Andrews said. “He is positive about that. He feels at home in Berlin.
“No one in Germany ever let him down during the trial,” he said. “Michael himself can’t explain why he’s fallen so deeply in love with Berlin.”
While Underhyped doesn’t doubt that those strange Europeans across the way may treat Michael with more unconditional love than we fickle Americans (apparently one condition we require is a semblance of sanity), we’re not so convinced that Michael’s motivations have are quite so obvious. In an Underhyped exclusive, we’ve got a
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We at Underhyped never settle for second best—as you can tell, that credo is evident in everything we write or post. That’s why we redesigned our look—not because we didn’t like our old one—but because we knew we could do better. Remember folks, as we grow and improve, maybe this design will become our second-best! You know what will happen then? We put up a new one. And the cycle goes on until we settle on second-best. . . and that is the day that we are no longer Underhyped.com, but Secondbest.com.
And no worries, dear readers, for while Fofao may be gone from our header, he’ll never be far from our hearts.
Though we love frequenting his website, and we do our best to keep our reporting up to the high standards set by Matt Drudge, Underhyped has always had a nagging suspicion that there was something a little strange going on with good ol’ Drudge. The thing is, Matt’s an elusive man, and it’s not easy to put your finger on exactly what it is that drives his reporting. Yes, he’s sometimes shameless, both as a reporter and self-promoter. But he’s also really cool, and he’s seems to be a very snappy dresser (we wouldn’t know for sure, but we’ve always hoped!).
When we flipped our clickers to the Drudge Report this morning, it finally dawned on us. China to send pig sperm into space! (such relish and flair in that exclamation point) Eureka! It’s all starting to come together. We look to the left, and there it is—a familiar, characteristically classy Drudge ad for screensavers flashing between a picture of one sexy lady, and five sexy… kitties? That’s when Underhyped jumped into research mode! In the past month, Underhyped has noticed a steadily increasing amount of animal sex on Drudge Report.
Just last Friday, two beasties within 24 minutes of each other! We’re starting to think you find it less and less sick everyday, Matt. And at this point, we find it pretty hard to believe that it’s really such a shock. We’re not here to judge, and we’re not saying that we know what’s going on in your life right now. I don’t know, buddy, do what you want to, but if you ever want to talk about it, Underhyped is very understanding, and you can contact us any time if you want to talk.
Your friend and (hopefully) confidant,
Underhyped
Below, Underhyped will try its first point-counterpoint following the now-infamous Tom Cruise facial. Just see if you can stay impartial!
It was incredibly rude. It really was. I would get angry if I were Tom Cruise. Though apparently, recently anyway, Tom Cruise is more emotional than my teenage sister – full of extreme ups and downs – that’s no excuse to squirt him in the face with water!
Actually, had this happened six months ago to Cruise, it would have been a blip and he probably would have treated it as such. Lately, Cruise has been severely picked on by the media about his relationships, religious beliefs, and other aspects of his personal life. You may say that Cruise brought this on himself by being so open to the public and that a little backlash is inevitable. You may also say that he is a publicity monger, and that his relationship is as contrived as that famous laugh he does. You may say his religious beliefs are taking over his professional career. You may even say he is a little weird. You may say that I should have ten more “You may says� considering his behavior as of late – but I don’t. Here’s why…
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Every so often, we at Underhyped like to change things up a bit and showcase celebrities and personalities from around the globe. Today’s guest, and Underhyped’s first, is Fofao, origin unknown (but possibly Portuguese?). (If you look at our header, you will see his famous mug!) Though we love Fofao, we would rather enjoy him as the enigma he is instead of pursuing a laborious Internet search to find out more about everybody’s lovable pig-faced person (?). All we do know is that Fofao says hello and that he loves you and you should buy his album (yes, album).
So, me and my associate, Mr. Adam, have finally found our place in Southern California only to be barraged with earthquakes and the voice of Maria Shriver, wife of our governor, alerting us to buy a earthquake care package. That being said - LA is scary on so many levels - but still, we LOVE it here!
Anyway, as part of the Underhyped.com team, we are obliged to look at the annals of culture that seem so overhyped in order to either bring them down a peg, realize - SHOCK - that those works of art are actually works of art(!), or just realize we had our panties in a twist and shrug our shoulders. We really aren’t talking about films like “Batman Returns” either. That brand of overhypedness is bought and paid for - and hardly anyone is fooled. But there are other films that are more subversive elements within our culture. They slip into our vernacular so imperceptibly that one day we realize they are sleeping in our bed with us (kind of like spiders or bed bugs or heart-shaped “hug me” pillows). They are supposedly sleeper hits that mean something to us or are somehow relevant to our lives. As VIPW (Very Important People of the Web), we feel it is our duty to analyze and judge and criticize.
So - drumroll - we are going to review the importance of Garden State and Napoleon Dynamite on our everyday lives. These films came out in 2004 - but as sleeper hits, they have continued to reverberate (kind of like a magnitude 4.9 earthquake) in our lives through 2005. Me and my associate - ahem, my associate and I - have been holdouts, refusing to join the masses, until after enough self-imposed alienation, we watched them last night.
