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Americans Say 2012 Will Be Awesome — Survey of the Day
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Watch a Montage of the Best TV Quotes of 2011 [VIDEO]
Sometimes a TV character will fire off a line of dialogue that is so good you find yourself quoting it the next day. The Huffington Post’s TV critic Maureen Ryan has compiled a list of her 11 most memorable TV lines of 2011, which includes remarks from the likes of ‘Parks and Recreation’s’ Ron Swanson, ‘The Office’ cut-up Jim Halpert, and ‘Breaking Bad’s’ meth-dealing teacher Walter White.
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Whatever Happened to Jonathan Taylor Thomas? [PHOTO]
Then: Jonathan Taylor Thomas played snarky middle child Randy Taylor on the long running sitcom, ‘Home Improvement,’ a role which made “JTT” extremely popular with the ‘Teen Beat’ set. During the ’90s he was also the voice of Simba in ‘The Lion King’ and spoofed fellow child actor Macaulay Culkin on ‘In Living Color.’ So what happened to him?
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Yikes! Elvis the Crocodile Steals Lawnmower From Terrified Park Keeper [VIDEO]
While a crocodile has about as much use for a lawnmower as a fish does a bicycle, that didn’t stop a 16-foot croc named Elvis from ripping the piece of equipment from the hands of one his minders at the Australian Reptile Park and then dragging the mower down into his underwater lair.
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RecordSetter Picks Their 15 Best and Craziest World Records of 2011 [VIDEOS]
Thanks to the website RecordSetter, which allows folks to invent a world record in anything, many a wacky record was set and/or broken in 2011.
Some of our favorite RecordSetter marks this year include the record for two girls slapping each other with pizza, the record for most time spent simultaneously juggling, eating and balancing on “rola bola” and the man who set a world record for most quarters shoved up his nose.
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Relive All the Important Parts of 2011 With a Catchy Song [VIDEO]
While 2011 is about to be gone forever, you can still get a neat little recap of the year that was from WGNA 107.7 on-air personality Richie Phillips’ annual year-in-review song.
Set to the tune of ‘Battle Hymn of the Republic,’ ‘Rhymin’ Richie’ sings all the big events and bold-faced names of 2011.
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Jerome Simpson’s Touchdown Flip Could Be the Greatest Football Play of 2011 [VIDEO]
During the Cincinnati Bengals’ game against the Arizona Cardinals Saturday, Bengals receiver Jerome Simpson jumped high in the air and then somersaulted over Arizona linebacker Daryl Washington.
It was a spectacular move that ended with Simpson landing in the endzone on his feet.
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Icy Staircase Causes Multiple Hilarious Winter ‘Fails’ [VIDEO]
Here’s the dilemma: You notice that a particularly icy stretch of a public stairway is taking down just about every other pedestrian who tries to traverse it.
Do you, A), post a sign warning said pedestrians of the impending danger? Or, B), find a good vantage point and record all of the slipping and sliding?
Based on the video below, one pedestrian obviously selected “B.”
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Admit It — You Re-Gift, Don’t You? — Survey of the Day
‘Tis the season to receive gifts. Inevitably, some of the presents your friends and loved ones will be nice enough to give you won’t be anything you particularly want or need.
So, do you try to make these unwanted gifts usefull by wrapping them back up and giving them to somebody else who might actually appreciate them?
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Shocker! George Clooney and Jennifer Aniston Top List Of ‘Most Wanted New Year’s Eve Kiss’
In the unlikely event you find yourself in a soiree full of Hollywood celebs this New Year’s Eve, which A-lister would you start sidling up to around 11:58 in hopes of stealing a kiss when 2011 becomes 2012?
Turns out that–wait for it–a lot of women want to lay a tipsy smooch on the lips of George Clooney while men want to “make friends” under the mistletoe with Jennifer Aniston.