After looking through various movie parodies, extremely painful amateur stunts and videos featuring Midget Muay Thai Kickboxing, it's time once again for Friday silliness.

Ugly news: The Russians have finally developed television.

All I ask is "why do people do this to themselves?

Clever critter.

And now for some exicting competition.

The Internet is all abuzz about the "Cloverfield" monster flick that J. J. Abrams has coming on 1-18-08. I've discovered exclusive footage.

The next time one of the older folks in your family talks about how far they walked to school in the snow, show them this.

Well, they all had to start somewhere.

It's amazing what can jar the old memory banks. A collection of retro television logos.

The motorheads down in Hoodlem Alley may like this. [BTW, this guy's blog features some of the funniest writing on the Internet, bar none.]

I want one of these. And this. It's been about 17 years since I first heard of the project. And I would pay good money for a framed print of this too.

A strange pop culture mix.

OK, some of this isn't funny -- it's downright weird.