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I remember watching Jeff Smith with my Grandmother on PBS as a child. This jolly man would whip up some delectable dishes that my Grandmother and I would drool over. Well, my Grandmother drooled all the time so maybe that doesn’t count, but it is still one of my fondest memories. Grandma used to tell me The Frugal Gourmet was my Grandfather. I believed her because I was 6 and she was my Grandmother. That was until years later I realized Grandma was just going crazy, or looking at it now maybe she was just messing with me. Either way, I love Grandmother. And while Mr Jeff Smith wasn’t my last TV Grandfather, he was the first. So I now leave you with the only video I could find on the internet of him. His cooking show was much better than this Letterman clip, but it works. Oh how I miss Grandpa. I wonder where he is today?

Sometimes it’s better not to conduct an internet search of your favorite TV Grandpa.

It’s really too bad this was before my time. I wish I would have been able to experience the true power of cartoons selling cigarettes to children. All I got was Joe Camel.

This has to be good, simply from the first few lines…

The minister has the number 666 tattooed on his arm.

But Jose Luis de Jesus Miranda is not your typical minister. De Jesus, or “Daddy” as his thousands of followers call him, does not merely pray to God: He says he is God.

De Jesus, 61, grew up poor in Puerto Rico. He says he served stints in prison there for petty theft and says he was a heroin addict.

De Jesus says he learned he was Jesus reincarnate when he was visited in a dream by angels.

“The prophets, they spoke about me. It took me time to learn that, but I am what they were expecting, what they have been expecting for 2,000 years,” de Jesus says.

The church that he began building 20 years ago in Miami resembles no other:

* Followers have protested Christian churches in Miami and Latin America, disrupting services and smashing crosses and statues of Jesus.

* De Jesus preaches there is no devil and no sin. His followers, he says, literally can do no wrong in God’s eyes.

* The church calls itself the “Government of God on Earth” and uses a seal similar to the United States.

He says he has a church-paid salary of $136,000 but lives more lavishly than that. During an interview, he showed off a diamond-encrusted Rolex to a CNN crew and said he has three just like them. He travels in armored Lexuses and BMWs, he says, for his safety. All are gifts from his devoted followers.

I’ll let you finish the article at your leisure, make sure to watch the video. Since I don’t have the proper tools I couldn’t view it, let me know if this guy is as crazy as he seems. And as far as the Rolex and BMWs go, when will Rev Gurt’s followers start buying me those kinds of things. You can skip the Rolex but send the cars. And NO, I’m not the son of God. I won’t make that claim again.

Pastor with 666 tattoo claims to be divine - CNN.com

UPDATE: Here is a video from last year where Jesus makes an appearance on the Today Show.

what the hell is this? I’m on the side that says its sleazy to promise your lady friend cocaine and then give her the OTC knock-off. what is this stuff anyway?

I was recently talking to an old friend about the Hi-C Ecto Coolers and drinking them as a child. First off, excellent product tie-in Hi-C. That match was made in heaven as the Ecto Cooler became far more popular than expected and the flavor actually lasted for almost 20 years. It was in 1997 that Minute Maid changed the name from Ecto Cooler to “Shoutin’ Orange Tangergreen”. Shoutin’ Orange Tangergreen was then renamed in 2006 to “Crazy Citrus Cooler”. This leads me to the point of this story.

The conversation about Ecto Cooler involved it’s flavor. My friend made the argument that Ecto Coolers were simply Hi-C Orange drink renamed. I felt that there were some modifications to the formula to change the flavor. I do not believe that the Ecto Cooler was simply a re-colored orange drink but instead a new citrus blend. We were not able to settle on an agreement.

After doing a bit of research on the product I have come to the conclusion that I was correct. If you look at the current and previous naming schemes, both indicate either “citrus” or “tangerine” which leads me to believe that there is more than orange flavoring in those drinks. So to you oh arguer of argue, I say bring it on, because Slimer’s got my back on this one and no proton pack can stop us.

I’m starting to feel old, I remember when Hi-C came in CANS!!!!! And notice the reference to “citrus cooler” in the commercial.

This is pretty awesome. Not so much the content of the video, but the fact that someone pirated the signal and broadcast over the station. I wish we would see more stuff like this. I’m not a fan of big media, but thats obvious already. I wish someone would pirate broadcast over most of the crap of TV today, it would be a big improvement. And hopefully their broadcast would be during commercials, because NO-ONE wants to watch those anymore.