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A Searchin' USA on a very important topic. Searchin USA Episode “Diversity, French chicks, wedding vows” Paul: Oh, gutentag Google heads welcome to Searchin USA, the searchenist show in… I can’t do this, is too hot. It’s too hot. Off camera Guy: Do it, get in there. Paul: Ok, ok ouch. Whoa, sorry where was I. Sorry rough night. Okay, so this may come as a surprise but a lot of people search for things that are inappropriate for children, so keep your little inquisitive eyeballs away from this show. Let’s go. The arbitrary theme for this weeks show is diversity. So here is my top five diversity related searches for this week. Number five chupacabre. This fabled Mexican livestock killing monster is tearing the inside of the top 1000. Chomping down on 121. Dios mio. Number four Pokémon porn. Simple alliteration. Or downfall of this civilization. Number three Gambar Pemerkosaan. I tried to find out more about this extremely popular internet search. It comes down to either being a sordid video of a Malaysian call girl. Or a killer recipe for stir fry. Either way I want a heaping scoop of that. Number two, statue of liberty. Nothing screams out diversity like a four hundred pound French chick. Made of pennies, and symbolism. And my number one diversity pick of the week is 8192 audio codec data tag. This is the mating call for a rare species of human, called dorkus maximus. They rarely come out at night because of their sever agoraphobia. And tend to nurse until the age of thirty. So who wins in a internet search off, between Swedish disco international megastars Abba, and increasingly irrelevant American rock act, Aerosmith. Well its crimazing but Abba is staying alive with 220 while Aerosmith is way further down the stairway of search heaven at 912. The only thing good to come out of that band was Liv Tyler and that really cool arcade game with the machine gun. What was it called? Revolution X, yeah. Play it. Confessions of the hipster. It can really wear away at ones faith in humanity pouring over data from internet searches eighteen hours a day seven days a week trying to bring you this show. Then you stumble on a diamond in the rough, like wedding vows, at 401. And everything seems to make sense. If just for a moment. In the spirit of this blessed exception we have written our own vows for you internet. Give me your hand. We pledge to be there for you, through hog tied grannies and topless social security benefits. Through Bon Jovi's, and big booty’s. We will always be there to bring you the most depressingly hilarious internet searches that you make. You believe me? Thank you. Um yeah. Ok it looks like me and the internet are off to our honeymoon in Aruba. Four days of Mai Thais and the He Haw dance. Until I get back, keep searching USA.

Diversity, French Chicks, and Wedding Vows

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Category: Entertainment

Show: Searchin' USA

114 views, 20 days old, 3m:28s

For over 40 years, Iron Man has been one of the most intriguing Marvel heroes.. Bif Bam Pow Wow Episode “Iron Man” Tom: I am an Iron Man fan. Friend’s fans and esteemed creditors welcome to another exciting installment of Bif Bam Pow Wow. I am Tom your invincible host and today we are going to take a look at Iron man. Now despite what you have heard about this new John Favro creation that is in the works. Iron man has been around for more than forty years and in many incarnations. He is probably best known as a member of the avengers, but Iron Man is a righteous super hero in his own right. He is dark, mysterious, conflicted, and one of the more intriguing marvel creations. Whether it is comic books TV series, cartoons or movies, there will always be room for iron man on my shelf. Iron man was perhaps one of the only comic book characters, excluding perhaps maybe C Montgomery Burns from the Simpsons, be inspired by the millionaires Howard Hughes. Now his fir appearance was in March 1963, in Tales of suspense number thirty nine. His mission was eventually to take on criminals and spies but he quickly widened hi scope to include communist and basically anyone ho threatened the security of America. George bush is a very big Iron man fan let me tell you. Now the iron man suit, well its kind of a long story, and this is why you got to see the movie and read the comics. I mean, that’s what we are here for right? Ok, now the suit, he needs it to kind of keep his heart beating and it also gave him special powers. Dick Cheney is also a very big Iron Man fan. Now just as the iron man character evolved through the years so to I his patented armor. Some of hi more memorable outfits include the classic red and gold, that debuted in tales of suspense number forty eight. Which eventually morphed into the preppy silver and red in the eighties, hey even armor suits need to change with the times baby. And finally we have the current and my personal favorite extremis armor. Now before you get all whooped up about the new John Favro film I have got a couple of recommendations to get you up to sped on iron man. Ok folks, it is time for my favorite part of the show, Toms picks and pans. The first thing I want to mention is iron man number one twenty eight. That is volume one people. It is the first issue of the demon in a bottle storyline. This is critical iron man. It is his history, it is what he is all about, it’s what he is known for. Demon in a bottle is where iron man I like chugging scotch at nine thirty in the morning. Trying to put on his boots a like falling over and firing off repulse ray into crowds and stuff. Oh it is so hilarious, you got to check it out, really classic iron man, it I what he is known for. They taken All those issues and collected them into a really nice trade paper back, you really should check it out. Very important. Ok, my personal favorite iron man is recent offering by write Warren Ellis who is super cool. He brought you the extremist story line. Where the suit is all updated and it like taps into tony Starks brain and he can control the armor by remote and do all sorts of cool stuff. You really should check it out. The arts good too. Extremist also collected in a trade paper back. Don’t miss it. Alright people here I what to avoid when it comes to iron man. There was a cartoon series in 1994 that was just well, awful. It is awful, it is terrible. He animation is okay, but and the dialog is just painful to listen to. God, Tony Starks mullet I bad, oh, I say just avoid it all, all together, all together. Alright all you collectors get on the edge of your seats because now I am going to tell you about tales of suspense number 39. If you are lucky enough to have this book, or if you find one, even in mediocre condition, with he cover kind beat up. Maybe a little brown. You could still probably sell his book for about anywhere from $500 to $1500 dollars. That’s what I am saying. This book is extremely hot right now because of the movie. Everybody is snatching it up left and right so, there you go. A really good condition copy, well that could go upwards of eight to ten grand. It is the first appearance of iron man, right? Aright now don’t touch that pace maker people because I have got a very special customer coming in. Mr. Davey, and he Is going to review the invincible iron man DVD. To warn john Favro ht not to do. Aright Davey take it away you got like uh, 90 seconds. Davey: Well thank Tommy. Dear john Favro I saw your excellent picture Zathura, and I got to say I think it would be perfectly impossible to direct the iron man picture. I watched this direct to DVD animated version of iron man though. It makes some mistakes that I would like to make sure you don’t fall into the same pitfalls. First of all iron mans origins. You are probably familiar with this but in the comics iron man is a character who I born out of the Vietnamese conflict. He is hero against communism. His movie transplants him to modern day china. Yeah you got to update the story, but somehow we got to make sure that he is not a hero against Asians or any sort o ethnicity. You will probably put him in the middle east. I would say avoid any stereotypes. Just a tip. Second of all, yes it has got to be updated to suit the modern day times, but there is certain elements to this character and who he is that should not be altered. This movie has iron mans father still being alive, shouldn’t be the case. Iron man should be his own person who is coming into his own. He owns his own company, he invents his own suits ,everything about him is original. Having his father still alive is not as important as maybe giving Bruce Wayne parents alive or Peter Parkers uncle Ben alive, but I still think that is a change which is unnecessary here. Third of all, tying into that, I know I can relate to being a billionaire industrialist. Many people may not be able to; I am just saying that we keep him grounded and fairly relatable. Finally, the animation in this is pretty terrible. I have seen Robert Downey Junior live and in person, he is much more animated than this movie ever will be, so you are already on good track right there. So in conclusion, I am just hoping that you can make the bet possible picture. Signed a friend of the fans, Davey Sohl. Tom: Awesome, I hope you got all of this notes there Mister Favro, alright you listening? Very special thanks to you my friend Mr. Davey, good work. Alright I got to go now, but first some parting word s of wisdom courtesy of tony Stark. They say the bet weapon is one you never have to use. I say the bet weapon is one you only have to use once.

Iron Man

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Category: Entertainment

Show: Bif Bam Pow Wow!

Tags: iron, man, new, trailer, hero, marvel

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Nicole discovers how good a massage can feel in this episode of Zen living. Zen Living Episode “Benefits of Massage” Nicole Tomlinson: I don’t know much about massages but I know it’s got to feel good. Well we will see how good it really feels and all the benefits of real massage, when I get one. Next on Zen Living. This is Joli Offield and she is going to work her magic on me. Hi Joli. Joli: Hello. Nicole Tomlinson: I am really excited. Joli: Well I am really glad this is a really fun process. Nicole Tomlinson: I just wanted to get a little more information. What should I be looking for? What constitutes a good massage? Joli: Well there are a lot of different modalities and body work in massage. Really I just think someone who listens to you as a massage therapist and listens to the client. And what they are really looking for. What can I accommodate for you? Nicole Tomlinson: What did you do to become qualified to become a massage therapist? Joli: In the state I am in we had to do a three hundred hour course. And then we also had to do what you called continuing education units. And then after that you just continue to take more tests and make sure that you are still certified for the state. Nicole Tomlinson: So when one is investigating a spa to go to what should you look for? Joli: Well cleanliness for sure, you know you want to make sure that the face rest that we are going to put up here in a minute. It has a clean disposable or a clean sheeted cover. Also the sheets themselves. You want to make sure that those are clean. Often times they are a little wrinkled or something, but you want to make sure they are clean and the place should look fairly put together. Number two is that there is some sort of certification hung on a wall somewhere. You want to make sure that there is a licensed person. Nicole Tomlinson: Great, well you want to get started? Joli: I do. So what we are going to do is I am going to walk out of the room and I am going to let you undress to your level of comfort. I will knock before I come in, and you just say you are ready. And then we will just start the massage. And what I am going to do is I am going to tuck this in so I can get all the way down to the lower back, here. To the sacral border that is here. Nicole Tomlinson: So what are the benefits of massage? Joli: Well some of the benefits are circulation, your repertory system, your skeletal system, your muscular system. Also circulation. And like I said flexibility for those who are doing sports massage. And just all over relaxing relief. Nicole Tomlinson: Who benefits the most from massage? Joli: I think everyone benefits from massage. You know my clients aren’t just really one person. They wear many, many hats throughout the day. They are athletes, they are a parent, they are an employee, they sit all day in front of a computer and they have a lot of things that they need worked out. And a lot of muscle tension. And sometimes just a place to meditate and breath. Nicole Tomlinson: Cana anyone get a massage? Joli: Those are the thing called contraindications. And contraindications typically mean that you shouldn’t get a massage either in a specific area, or for all over body. If you have a contraindication like an open wound, or a rash. That might be a place that a therapist should really avoid, and you should be aware of so that you can tell the therapist when you go to get a massage. Nicole Tomlinson: What about pregnant women? Joli: Pregnant women are so lovely to massage. Absolutely, and one of the things that you want to look out for is that if you are passed your third trimester that the therapist sets up a place for you so that you have plenty of bolstering and pillows. And it is a nice comfortable place for you to relax. You should always lay on you side, and you shouldn’t stay on your back too long. So what you really want to do is you want to check with your medical practitioner before you go and get a massage. Before I doze off I would like to thank my talented massage therapist Jolie, if you can I definitely recommend fitting in a massage every so often. I am Nicole Tomlinson, and from all of us at Zen Living, thank you so much for watching. And we will catch you next time, peace.

Benefits of Massage

Channel: ON Networks

Category: Lifestyles

Show: Zen Living

969 views, 20 days old, 5m:04s

The Glam-Pop icon serves as inspiration for a fabulous and colorful cocktail. Cocktails on the fly Episode “Date with David Bowie” Alberta Strauss: Greeting, salutations, hey. I am going to tell you how to make a fun little cocktail. It is called a date with David Bowie. The date with David Bowie has kind of a fun and kooky history. I had some customers coming in, I was having a hard time and they heard that I thought I was all that mixing these cocktails. And you know flighty is kind of all that. I guess, I don’t know but there telling me, first there asking me for this drink. They want a drink that’s Pinocchio after he gets in a fight with Gepetto. Ok so flighty tries to mix this cocktail. And then after awhile they drink that down and they like it. Believe me flighty is searching her brain to figure out what the hell a Pinocchio fight with gepetto blah, blah, blah. And then they want Socrates to fall. And I am like oh my god; I put out something for that. We are having fun it is a Saturday afternoon, it is kind of slow. And then finally the last cocktail of the day was the date with David Bowie. And so you know I thought who wouldn’t want to go on a date with David Bowie. I mean I know I would, and so I got this fun sparkly sugar at the bar. And you can get this too, at your local fine food store. Normally it comes in a single color. Don’t get cake decorated sugar, its real granulated sugar. And you can mix two colors together. Maybe David wants to go on a little color scheme and a little blue and white. Or a little red and blue or something like that, you never know what David wants to do but this is a Ziggy Stardust sugar. I did all kinds of colors mixed together. Because you know Ziggy is kind of crazy, it is different every time, I figure on a date with him. So anyway, this cocktail is a fun cocktail, it is not a serious cocktail like flighty normally drinks. This is a fun drink. It is a date with David Bowie; I mean okay, so it’s easy its fun. Alright so I am going to put some orange vodka in there, I got some Sky going. So I am going to put in about an ounce and a half, there we go, an ounce and a half of vodka, and then Luxardo Maraschino liqueur. Fabulous stuff, not related to the red bar cherry. Pour in about half an ounce, yum, yum. I can tell this is going to be good. I mean whatever I put in this glass is going to be tasty because it’s a date with David Bowie. Okay put in a splash of this fabulous stuff after all. Look at that color, fantastic. Okay, there we go and then we need about an ounce or so of fresh lemon juice. There we go and then we are going to match it with simple syrup. Okay that I starting to look pretty tasty. You know it has got alcohol in it so you know flighty is going to think it’s tasty. So for a little David Bowie Pizzazz we are going to put some blood orange in there. Flighty is going to muddle it, muddle, and muddle, muddle it. Muddling it always makes things better. And who wouldn’t want to muddle with David. I got to say, cha, cha, cha, changes; okay I am not going to sing anymore I promise. There we go I had to just get it out, a little bit of changes. Muddling, and then the excited part comes, okay we are going to edge this glass with the Ziggy Stardust sugar. Here we go shoo, shoo, wishoo, sound effects makes things better. So we are edging oh look at this, look at this fabulous sugar. It’s going to be so good. Okay look at that, sparkly deliciousness. Okay so let’s add some ice, to our glass. And let’s add some ice to this glass too. You don’t want to use the, the same ice that you use in the glass that you’re mixing with. Because after you shake this up this is going to be called tired ice. And we don’t want tired ice in our drinks. We just want fresh, fun delicious. Okay so let’s put a little layer of the blood oranges in there. He would probably like that, I would think so. I mean I know so, I like blood orange. Yes. Add some ice here. Okay. And then we are going to shake it up, okay. Make a face. Always make a face, no I am just kidding that was a bad face. I am just goofing with you. Silly boy face, okay now we are ready to pour. Oh we are going to pour a tall glass; it is going to be delicious because it is a date with David Bowie. Okay, and then we are going to top with a little bit of seltzer. There we go. It is looking good isn’t it? Just like David himself. Put a little mint sprig garnish, get yourself a red straw. And you are ready to let’s dance, right baby? There we go cheers, a date with David. Aah dreamy, let me taste it to make sure. Yeah it’s dreamy. Date with David Bowie: 1. Add 1.5 oz Orange Vodka 2. ½ oz. Maraschino Liqueur w/Aperol 3. Add 1oz fresh lemon juice 4. Match with simple syrup 5. Add slices of blood orange and muddle 6. Edge a tall glass with Ziggy sugar 7. Add ice and layer with blood orange slices 8. Shake and strain baby 9. Top with Seltzer 10. Delicious

A Date With David Bowie

Channel: ON Networks

Category: Food

Show: Cocktails on the Fly

Tags: vodka, cocktail, alcohol, recipe, best, drink

951 views, 20 days old, 5m:44s

Divorcee and single parent Jeff Klein talks about post-marriage dating. On Dating Episode “The divorced Dater” Andrea Syrtash: On today’s show we are talking to Jeff Klein a single parent who didn’t expect to be single again. We are exploring some of the realities of being divorced and dating. I am Andrea Syrtash and this is ON Dating. What are your feelings on dating someone who is divorced? Man on Street: Yeah I think someone who has been divorced is fine I mean they got experience. Woman on Street: I always thought that I didn’t want to date anyone who was divorced but the guy that I am with now is actually divorced. Woman on Street: I wouldn’t consider dating somebody who is divorced just because you never know why they are divorced and there is no sense in judging them perhaps since it could have been there fault. Man on Street: I would date someone that’s divorced but I would have to kind of know a little bit about the background. Man on Street: I think it has become more practical I mean there fifty percent of the population is getting divorced. I mean it’s a practicality to consider people. Jeff Klein married right out of college and had his daughter a few years after that. At thirty four he never expected to be back on the dating market, though he is having a great time. Jeff claims he can balance his life as a bachelor with his life as a single dad. And you can have it all as a divorced dater. Is that true can you have it all? Jeff Klein: I think you can maybe have it most. Maybe not all but enough. Andrea Syrtash: So how do you balance it? Jeff Klein: Well I think the most important thing to remember like in any circumstance is that I have already been there. I have already had a wife I have a daughter, I have a beautiful daughter and I enjoy spending time with her. So once you realize that I think you really don’t need to stress out about dating so much. And when you’re not stressed dating just comes a little more naturally. Andrea Syrtash: That is definitely true, to take the pressure off and know your life is pretty complete and that a nice dates a good enhancement but you already have a good life is a great thing. Jeff Klein: Absolutely. Andrea Syrtash: so you are pretty upfront it seems. As you should be I thing as a single parent, you come as a package and people should know that. Are you pretty upfront when you are not with your daughter about you status? Jeff Klein: I just think it is important not to try to hide anything and there’s not this moment where you say there is something I have to tell you, I am a dad. That just puts too much, it makes it seem to desperate. And it is a relaxed thing. I am proud of my daughter some women are interested in dating someone who has a child. Some women aren’t. And I am obviously looking to date the people who are. Andrea Syrtash: So if you’re like on an online dating site would you actually include a photo of you and your daughter on the site? Jeff Klein: Well that’s a good question. I think on MySpace and friendster I have had pictures of my daughter. For online dating I mention it but I don’t really put photos up, because it is a little… Andrea Syrtash: I should note there are a lot of single parent dating sites where not only is it totally acceptable it is encouraged to show your family. Jeff Klein: Sure I know plenty of people who have met matches on, I think there is single parent meet.com. I have a friend who is dating someone another mom a single mom from that site. Andrea Syrtash: So Jeff I am sure you are very conscious of the fact that you probably don’t want to bring anybody home or introduce your daughter to a woman until you are sure that it’s going somewhere that it’s been a number of months. That’s a big thing single parents have to keep in mind. Has that been your experience? Jeff Klein: Yeah that’s actually something that I have always wondered about because I have dated people who have been frustrated by the fact that I won’t introduce my daughter to them right off the bat or at all even. I was just curious what do you think is the? Andrea Syrtash: I think that’s a really important discussion to have with the person. So if someone takes it personally remind them that its actually not at all about her and that its just about the protection of your daughter. And I think any woman who is caring and looking for a man who is thoughtful would actually appreciate that if you phrased it that way. Jeff Klein: I usually explain to people that I want my daughter to have a healthy sort of a healthy outlook on relationships when she is older. And not see a parade of dates that I am on or that her mother has. Just because she has already been through a relationship that ended. I want her models to be positive models of healthy relationships. Andrea Syrtash: I think that’s excellent. Jeff Klein: But I still don know the time line. I don’t know if there is a hard fast rule… Andrea Syrtash: There is no time line, I would say at least three to six months just so you now in that time you have probably been out with the person a number of times has seen her environment have met some of her friends and family. But there is no exact date ht at is a good time to introduce your daughter. I think it will be intuitive; you will have a gut feeling this is really going somewhere. This is a person who is going to be in my life for awhile, now its time to integrate. Jeff Klein: And now that she's five and a half she is actually asking me when I am going to have a girlfriend. Andrea Syrtash: How do you respond? Jeff Klein: I tell her when I meet someone who I can fall in love with and recently she did the ooh, but that means your going to kiss them? I said no. Andrea Syrtash: We don’t kiss, daddy does not kiss. Jeff Klein: No, daddy doesn’t kiss. So in terms of meeting people online what do you recommend on a profile. Because while I have been on a few sites I never really know how much to mention or how much to not mention do you have any advice? Andrea Syrtash: Well profiles, yeah absolutely I think profiles are good with anybody to keep concise. And it is important to be specific and mention some of your interest. You are very interested in doing things with your daughter so I would mention some of those other interest. About me. Jeff Klein: Would you recommend putting my little pony first or strawberry shortcake first? Andrea Syrtash: That is a common… Jeff Klein: What should be the top interest? Andrea Syrtash: Yeah interesting, that’s a common dating dilemma with profiles. I would pick the one you prefer and lead with that. Jeff Klein: That would be my little pony. I think. So here is the question for you, I feel like that the people that I meet if I am face to face or in person it is a lot easier to get past the fact that I am a single dad. If I am meeting people through a social setting through friends or at work or though salsa dancing or whatever. But sometimes I feel like putting online, if I am trying to meet people online that it could be a deal breaker. That someone’s looking at a profile and they will see that I have a child and they won’t… Andrea Syrtash: It will be to be honest it will be a deal breaker for some people but the great thing about online dating is there are millions and millions of people online who will be open to it. And you can be so upfront about it in your profile without trying to find the dance before you bring it u or bring your daughter up. So I think there is some opportunity for you there to just say its about me and your interest right away and get specific about what you love about benign a dad. And then move on from that about what you love about dating and what you are looking for. So don’t focus on that the entire profile. But you can be upfront pretty immediately and I think that’s to your advantage. Jeff Klein: So where do you mention the princesses and the… Andrea Syrtash: Ponies? Jeff Klein: My little ponies. Yeah where does that stuff go? Andrea Syrtash: Well I think that’s a great opportunity to bring in your great sense of humor and in the interest you can talk about strawberry shortcake in a really kind of cute and funny way and that will be endearing to alot of women. Jeff Klein: Or really scary. Andrea Syrtash: Or really scary but those aren’t the women you want to date so. Jeff Klein: Sure. Andrea Syrtash: I even think that you show that being a single dad and a bachelor is hot. It is sexy; it is sexy to talk about strawberry shortcake Jeff. Jeff Klein: Hmm. I will keep that in mind. Andrea Syrtash: Keep that in mind but it seriously… Jeff Klein: Hey can I talk to you about strawberry shortcake? Andrea Syrtash: In all seriousness it is really a wonderful thing that you are dedicated to your daughter and I am sure a lot of women will be very impressed and very touched by that. SO I wish you all the best of luck. I hoe you come back and share your online experience. Jeff Klein: Thank you. Andrea Syrtash: Here are some tips for single parents who are dating: Take time to learn about yourself first before you jump back into dating. Take time before introducing your child to your date. Make your child part of your online dating profile, but focus on other things as well. Thanks for watching On dating and remember even a bad date makes a great story, so get out there and always have fun. I am Andrea Syrtash I will see you next time.

The Divorced Dater

Channel: ON Networks

Category: Lifestyles

Show: ON Dating

Tags: Online, dating, divorce, how, meet, help

91 views, 20 days old, 9m:10s

Veronica Mosey explains how her comedic style can compete with mens. Comedy insider Episode “Women in Comedy” Christian Thom: Yes I do have a beamer; I keep it at my place in the Hamptons. Hi Christian Thom here, New York has the highest ratio of single woman to single men than any city in this country, nearly seven to one. And guys if you’re employed and bathe regularly, that number can double or even triple. So fella's if you cant make it here, you can’t make it anywhere. Oh and If you don’t have time to bathe, just throw on a European accent. That works too. Yes, I keep my BMW with my Aston Martin in South Hampton. Aww, but enough about romance, whether a man or a woman its sink or swim when your up on that stage. And our boobs can not be used as a flotation device, unless they are really, really fake. So don’t call them female comics, they are just comics, and tonight comic Veronica Mosey, will tell us exactly what that means. Guy in bed: Where’s my coffee? Veronica Mosey: It’s frustrating really; I have tried this inline dating stuff. I don’t know if you guys ever tried this. Bu the worst thing about online dating in New York City is every body puts the same hobbies down. You know what the most popular hobby is? Hiking and biking. Just real quick where the fuck do you hike? Apparently there is no more elevators, you just repel down your elevators in the morning. Christian Thom: Ok, how is it different being a female comedian, than being a male comedian? Veronica Mosey: Uh less spots and you just don’t get as much of an opportunity. First of all I think you have to spend the first couple of minutes on stage proving that you’re funny. Because if they have seen one woman that is not funny, then they are just going to perceive that your not funny. And off stage, when you kill, like I always do. You come off stage and you end up having someone say you, you usually hate female comics but you are really funny. There's one thing a guy wrote, I prefer women who like candle light dinners, and he had to specify that. I prefer women who like candle light dinners. And I don’t know a lot of women who don’t like candle light dinners, so was thinking like maybe he had a bad experience. Like maybe he made the dinner, and then lit the candles, and then she walked in and she was like, what the fuck! What’s with the candle light dinner you fucking asshole! You said we were going hiking and biking. Maybe she was like a burn victim, made candles. Christian Thom: Now how do you navigate around that? Do you play differently to the women in the audience than you do to the men? Veronica Mosey: No, I play the same to everybody. I want every single person in that crowd to like me. There is absolutely no reason for me to play to the women when I like men. I just think it puts you in a frame that’s it. Now you’re supposed to talk about getting your period and how men suck. Right ladies oh my god! Like I used to do a whole bit about that. I actually had a bit about female comics because I hated them so much. I hated the way they came out and put you in that category. And I think the problem is again you have to remember that you are representing the community. I know it sucks but it’s the way it is. When you are a minority in any situation, you are representing the community. So if you’re a female comic and if you get up and all you talk about is how you cant meet a guy and all these women issues or female issues. Douching or whatever the heck it is. No on is interested. And then what happens is you just ruined it for the next girl because when she gets up on stage she has got to deal with the fact that guys are going to go, uh. Do you ever get corrected by a kid? That sucks right. Especially when you cant say shit back because it’s like your friend’s kid, or your brother’s kid. I was at my sister in laws house and I was talking about this movie. And I was like the movie was so stupid, my nephew was like, that’s a bad word Aunt Veronica! And I was like, movie? I didn’t know what he was talking about. He is like stupid is a bad word, you shouldn’t say that word right mommy? And my sister in law backs him up because she is a fucking bitch right. And so she says to him like, yea, we don’t say the word stupid in this house. I was like yea, well that’s fucking stupid. Yea, and then I got into trouble again because apparently fucking is a bad word too. Christian Thom: But despite some of the negatives, there is a lot of things that female comedians can get away with that I can’t. In your act you can talk about slapping kids and it’s cute, if I do that there is no other way for it to be perceived than angry. Veronica Mosey: Yea, that is true, because anything said with a smile and a little wink gets you. I mean women can do that in many things with their lives. They don’t want to admit it, but they do. So yea I definitely can get away with more. I just think we coddle our kids; they have to get hurt they have to hear bad things to learn how to handle. Like my brother and his wife have this six inch foam bumper. It goes like this around there kitchen table. So my nephew won’t hit his head on the table. Ok the best way for a kid to learn not to hit his head on the table is to let him run by and hit his fucking head on the table. Like let him run by and catch his eye lid right on the corner of it, you know what I mean? Or if it doesn’t happen organically that’s ok, just grab his fucking head and smash his face on the side of the table. And when he is on the ground be like, that was really stupid. Lesson learned right? In the beginning of my career I dressed in miniskirts and boots and shit and I thought if I look sexy on stage. If I look hot, then people will pa attention to me. But I found out it is actually the opposite. You really can look sexy and attractive, but you can’t look slutty. There is kind of a fine line. Once you do that then people say oh we are not going to pay attention to what she is saying. Christian Thom: Well that s all they are focused on. Veronica Mosey: Right, exactly. And when women say well I want men to respect me for my brains and not my body it’s like… Yea, but all your doing is expressing what a whore you are, so therefore that show you’re going to be portrayed. It is frustrating to me at the club I will see girls come in and they will be completely blitzed or they will be and I am this guy and I will completely rag on them, I will rip them to shreds. And it makes them hopefully look at themselves and go home and say geez, I look like a real moron. For the most part is usually works. Yea, but otherwise I get yelled at by some girls whose like this. At the end of the show like, I can’t believe you said that about me. Like I am stupid, I sound stupid, stupid? I can’t stand the way they say that shit. One thing I can’t stand in this town is protesters. I think protesters need to work on their shit, ok? First of all get a job. I never understand where these people work ever, they just write signs in marker. And I heard these people protesting the war, that’s cool. But they kept chanting 2, 4, 6, and 8 down with anger down with hate. 1,3,5,9 occupations is a crime. And I was like odd numbers are not cool in a protest. The 2 4 6 8 we have heard that, it rhymes with hate or discriminate or irate right? 1 3 5 9, never mind that there is no seven in there. A woman a female comic just need to know who she is; if you know who you are you have all different aspects you can talk about. You don’t have to just talk abut being a woman. And you are a human being, you have a million different things going on in your life, you don’t have to do that. And all the women who have made it big have never had sexually specific material. You know Ellen DeGeneres is a lesbian, she doesn’t talk about being a lesbian ever, and she just talks about life and living. Roseanne Barr, domestic goddess routine, more about family it wasn’t about I am a girl. It was all about family and how she perceived life. So I think if you want to become a respected female comic, or respected comic. Just, you know, kind of forget that you are a girl. I essentially think you just have to be who you are, be a person. Christian Thom: I try to do that. Veronica Mosey: I know you do. I hope you figure you out soon, that would be nice. Veronica Mosey: Hey I am Veronica Mosey, thanks a lot guys I had a great time.

Women In Comedy

Channel: ON Networks

Category: Entertainment

Show: Comedy Insider

Tags: free, comedy, monologues, stand, up, comedian

329 views, 20 days old, 8m:11s

Learn about the pros and cons of online date diaries. On Dating Episode “Date blogging” Andrea Syrtash: Hi I am Andrea Syrtash, today in On Dating we’re talking with the popular blogger Alyssa Shelasky, who will talk to us about some of the pros and cons of keeping an online dating diary, otherwise known as the data blog. Date blogging it is a whole new way to date, or is it? Stay tuned to find out. Would you be mad if your partner wrote about your love life? Woman on street: If someone that I was dating wrote about me I would be a little upset, depending on what it was. Man on street: I don’t think I would be really mad, as long as they went divulging everything about our relationship. Man on street: I am an open guy I probably would just laugh. Woman on street: I don’t know I guess it depends what they said I guess. Man on street: If it was extremely personal than I would have issues with writing about me on a blog, ECT. Woman on street: I would be upset if somebody wrote about my love life, I think that that is very personal. Man on street: It depends on what they would write if I would be mad if they wrote about it. Woman on street: If they did not ask permission I probably would be shot, but I would not be that upset. Andrea Syrtash: We are in the studio today with Glamour magazine’s online resident dater Alyssa Shelasky, Alyssa claims that she is very good at being single and she is up for anything to meet the right match, is that true? Are you up for anything to meet the right match? Alyssa Shelasky: I mean I was when I first took this assignment that was my goals in life, to find the one and find happiness and let the glamour readers’ help me along the way. I don’t know that that is all I’m obsessed with anymore, but it is definitely part of my life. Andrea Syrtash: For those who do not know did I get it right, is it an online dating diary? Alyssa Shelasky: It is basically a everyday column documenting my life as a single girl at the time in LA, so from first dates to bad dates, two being set up or issues with the ex, it is just my diary focusing on my love life that I am sharing with the world. Andrea Syrtash: So you are sharing it with the world, and what do the guys who your dating think about this generally? Alyssa Shelasky: Well yeah, nobody, the guys in general did not really like it. I mean there is a certain type of guy who loves to be blogged about and those are these narcissistic types of men who I’m not generally attracted to in the first place. So the kind of guys I’m attracted to I like the more serious, mature men and did not want a part. Andrea Syrtash: I can’t see it being very good, just as a dating coach I am thinking part of the dating strategy is the mystery and intrigue right at the beginning of dating. Alyssa Shelasky: It is like you need a certain poker face I guess when you first start dating somebody and there is no such thing. Of course I was in control of how much I wanted to write or how little I wanted to write so I could maintain some sense of personal privacy. I never blogged about personal sex life or anything like that, I kept it very G rated. So I tried to be careful with most things I said, but still most guys they do not want even the littlest thing mentioned. And so it was a hard balance between giving the readers something that is compelling and taking care and nurturing these new relationships that I was developing. Andrea Syrtash: How much do you consider the readers? If they make comments like Alyssa do this, or do that are you following that? Alyssa Shelasky: Well, when I first started at glamour that was sort of the gimmick; the readers were going to get to vote on my actions. Andrea Syrtash: Vote on your dating life? Alyssa Shelasky: Yeah, I mean I would give them the questions I would ask them things that I was comfortable as sort of any kind of answer. You know, I am not sure about this guy on paper he looks great but I am not physically attracted to him should I give him another chance. Well that would have been mean I did not actually say that one, because then the guy would have read that I was not physically attracted to him. But you know what ever I would, I am not sure about this guy it has been three dates should I give it one more, yes or no? Andrea Syrtash: And based on the vote you would yes or no? Alyssa Shelasky: Yeah, I mean I would have to do whatever they said and sometimes I did not really like the answer but it was this sort of a pact I had with them. It was only for six months and I was just like you know what, I’m going to do this crazy experiment. Who knows maybe it will work, and is not as a writer and a journalist what a cool opportunity to do something different and so modern, because blogging is so when it is that right now. Andrea Syrtash: So yeah, that is true; it sounds like a very interesting social experiment at the very least and probably an experiment for your dating life because you are trying new things that you may not have tried. Alyssa Shelasky: While that is true, I had just come from a breakup and I literally picked up and moved to L.A. overnight because I was like I want to start fresh. You know, when you first breakup with someone you are inclined to, for me at least, to isolate and be a hermit and just stay away from boys in general. So this really helped me. I fell like I was obligated to date at least three or four nights a week. Andrea Syrtash: It was your job. Alyssa Shelasky: It was my job; I was paid to the social and put myself out there, so I think that was good. It was good for the healing process and it got me back out there. I met some great people, I did not meet my future husband which is totally fine. Andrea Syrtash: But you have some good experiences? Alyssa Shelasky: Some good experiences, yeah. Andrea Syrtash: I thought you on a panel at SXSW talking about is a cool to blog after a first date, can you share so the conclusions that you came up with for the viewers? Alyssa Shelasky: Yeah, my conclusion for me it was very, it is sort of a counterproductive thing. It is almost impossible to have a healthy relationship with the guy if you’re writing about it, maybe some people can do it and maybe some couples can do it before me I couldn’t do it. That is what ultimately when the six months were up and glamour was like do you want to keep doing this I was just I have two, it is not a great idea I really want to meet somebody and I do not think I can do it while I’m talking about it on line. Andrea Syrtash: So now you are blogging about dating and many other things, or are you not blogging? Alyssa Shelasky: Yeah, I needed a major break from blogging about dating, I just felt like, I had met a few good guys along the way that were like you know what, when you’re done with this, this whole crazy job of yours call me. And I just want to focus more on serious guys and take my personal life more seriously, so I just blogged about other things. I mean life is more than just about boys and I am 29 almost 30 and still trying to figure out where I want to live and my whole identity so there’s plenty of topics and juicy things outside of the bedroom. That my readers seem to be, and you know they’re happy for me, they understand. Throughout the whole six months they’re alike Alyssa we can give you all the advice in the world, all the votes in the world, but at the end of the day you need to quit his job if you want to find a guy. But he got that it was a very difficult situation. Andrea Syrtash: So that is an obvious con, in a totally get that so for viewers who think about date blogging, and I’m heard this come up a lot. Can you have a date blog and still have a good social life? Alyssa Shelasky: If it is anonymous, that changes everything. It would be great, I would love to write an anonymous blog because there so many things, drama and idiosyncrasy is that go along with dating that you could only tell your best friend. Could you imagine if we could all talk about it on a blog? Like the real hardcore stuff, the stuff I could not say with my name attached to it. Andrea Syrtash: And with your parents reading it. Alyssa Shelasky: And with my pants reading it, and with my, you know my accountant and with my pants reading it, and with my you know my accountant reading it there are just things I did not want to talk about. But think about the beginning of the relationship and how many crazy thoughts are going through your head. So yes anonymously I think you can do it. Andrea Syrtash: So blogging, has this helped or hurt your social life? Alyssa Shelasky: I would say it helped, because I have always wanted to be a writer in New York City and of course like all female writers I wanted to be the next Carrie Bradshaw I have met so many cool people in this blogosphere as they call it, and I have met a lot of other women who are attempting to do something similar, like have a dating blog of their own or write about life as a single girl in New York. We all sort of have the same experience where we feel a responsibility to our readers to be as open and honest and cool as possible, but yet the downside to that is that it hurts people involved. It can embarrass guys, but any way it has been great to meet others. I used to be at US weekly and I was sort of just chasing Ben Affleck around Turks and Caicos and I was like hmm was this one I went to Columbia for? So this has helped me identify as a journalist in some sense of the word. Andrea Syrtash: OK so that is a great piece of advice, to be anonymous if you’re going to start a date blog or a dating blog, what do you call it a dating blog? Alyssa Shelasky: A dating blog, kissing and blogging. Andrea Syrtash: Kissing and blogging, what is another kissing and blogging piece of advice you have? Alyssa Shelasky: I think you just have to be prepared for the comments that you get, a few deleting bloggers that I know do not allowed comments because it just encourages people, I mean you are talking about some really personal scandalous things. It really brings out a very opinionated side in people, so I get some wonderful loving comments from women who have never met me who are like, who say the sweetest things. I also get some people who are really judgmental and say some hurtful things and just the types of people who just want to be mean, Internet trolls’ I guess they’re called. Andrea Syrtash: So you probably have to have a thick skin going in right? Alyssa Shelasky: Yeah, there’s something called having a bloggers skin which I have yet to develop, because I am so sensitive, I’m definitely too sensitive for this kind of dating blog. Yeah, if you have a thick skin and you can actually laugh at what they’re saying, these are women who have nothing better to do then refresh the glamour website all day long. So you either have to have a sense of humor about it or not read it, or just look at it like a sociologist or something. Andrea Syrtash: It is one person’s opinion. Alyssa Shelasky: It is a person’s opinion that has never known you, and has never looked inside your eyes and does not know the kind of person that you really are. I just think that you have to own it; you have to get into it. When you meet guys just say hey I have a dating blog, and I promise I am not going to ruin your reputation, I promise I’m not going to reveal your name or anything about you. You might not likely you are going to read, love me or leave me. Andrea Syrtash: Here are some things we learned about date blogging; blogging can be stressful and hard on relationships. Anonymous blogs tend to be the best; you can be the most uninhibited this way. Always be prepared for feedback if you have a blog, no matter what that is going to happen. I am sure people would love to check out your writing, where should they go to do that? Alyssa Shelasky: They should go to the glamour.com web site and my blog is called Alyssa centric. You can either see my face and click it or look for Alyssa centric. Andrea Syrtash: And you can also find it on our web site at Onnetworks.com, thanks so much for watching On Dating and thanks so much for being here today. And everybody should always remember that even a bad date makes a great story so get out there and have some fun, I will see you next time.

Date Blogging

Channel: ON Networks

Category: Lifestyles

Show: ON Dating

Tags: Online, dating, internet, sites, writing, blog

304 views, 20 days old, 11m:22s

Sex and violence in video games is a potent issue and has been for quite some time. Play Value Episode “Controversy” Josh: Any time any kind of new artistic medium emerges there is always controversy, people thought that radios were rotting kid's minds, then it was comic books, then it was TV, then movies. There are people that thought the jitterbug was going to be the downfall of society. Everything brings controversy with it and videogames are certainly no exception. TJ: There has always been controversy in games and it all starts in the 30s and 40s with pinball. The way that you play pinball was there were no pads like you play now, you put a ball in and shook it around until it went in the right pocket and it paid out. So pinball was essentially a game of chance, gambling. Libi: So in order to other words take a hit at the Mafia, pinball became illegal. And then the New York mayor at the time LaGuardia went so far as to take pinball machines down to the river, slash them within ax and then shove them into the water. Jeff: In 1976 New York decriminalized pinball and almost immediately after, literally months later the first controversial video game comes out. Dan: No sooner was pinball legalized then video games took their place, the torch was passed and they aware now public enemy number one. Parents up in arms, legislators angry as hell, why is that? It is a game called Death Race. TJ: And the object of Death Race was you are driving around and running over Gremlins, well running over Gremlins kind of looks like running over people in the 70s because graphics were really bad. Josh: All you can see is a pixelated head, a pixelated body, pixelated legs, and pixelated arms, which do anyone looks like a person. So parents started to object. Libi: The woman who is at the forefront of emerging protest was Ronnie Lamb, a housewife, PTA member, and she led protest marches, went on Phil Donahue, was really active in getting arcades banned from malls. Dan: It wasn't really the videogames themselves that where the problem most of the time. No parents thought that Frogger was going to corrupt their kids it was the environment they were playing these games in. It was dark sweaty rooms full of machines, and kids standing in front of them. The creepy old guy with the crotch mounted coin changer and the leer in his eye that was the real problem. Josh: Kids would skip school to hang out at arcades; parents just viewed the institution of an arcade as a public menace. Get rid of them. Jeff: What is interesting here is that Nolan Bushnell, who started Atari, sees this and that is what inspires him to open Chuck E. Cheese, a place with safe games where people can bring their kids and they will have a good time. Dan: They are well lit, they are well supervised, you can bring the kids there and the parents can be there. In fact Nolan Bushnell made more money with Chuck E. cheese than he ever did from Atari. Jeff: And if death race is the first videogame controversy than the first controversy at home on the consoles is Custer's Revenge. Where General Custer dodge's arrows to go rape an Indian woman, but apparently some people thought that that was not OK. Josh: This game was retarded, and it was a slap in the face against everybody pretty much, from the people to take it in the game, to women, to people playing a game. You now, it was not even classy porn, they deserved a protest and a protest is what they got. Dan: Now after the big videogame crash of 1983 the issue kind of went away, because they were not a lot video games around. Occasionally one would pop up, like there was Commando Libya, where at the end of the level all the bad guys that you beat you lined them up and shot them against the wall. Josh: And then there was NARC which came out in the late eighties, which you were NARCS killing drug dealers, and you're blowing them up and body parts are being strewn all over the screen. Needles are being injected and thrown into your leg, and other words it was awesome. The way that Midway got around the ultra violence in it was positioning it as an anti-drug game. Jeff: And it's really, really very funny to me that they were preaching an anti-drug message with extreme, extreme amounts of violence. Dan: But for the most part things were nice and calm. Nintendo prided itself on being very family friendly and the industry largely policed itself. TJ: Sega then decides to give consumers the things that Nintendo does not, you know a violent, dirty, gritty type games. Then Mortal Kombat comes out. Dan: Incredibly gory, incredibly violent, and of course incredibly successful, now both Sega and Nintendo wanted to take the game and put it on home systems. Josh: Mortal Kombat looked better on the Super Nintendo I would argue, but it did not have blood. It did not have the decapitating moves. The Genesis had the full thing. Jeff: It is all about the blood, that is the trademark and the fact that everyone knows that it is in the Genesis version makes the Genesis version outsell the super Nintendo one 4 to 1. Dan: So it may seem like a win for Sega, but of course it came back and get them on the ass, because whenever you do something that Mom does not like you end up in front of a congressional committee and that is where the videogame industry ended up, and front out of Joe Lieberman and all these other congressmen. Jeff: Society at this point is still kind of wrapping their head and around the idea that it is not just children playing video games. Today it was pretty accepted that games come out that are clearly for 18 and over but it was not always that way. Libi: Congress called Sega to task for their ultra violence version of Mortal Kombat and another game called Night Trap which is almost really a B-movie it has got vampires chasing co-eds in pyjamas around at a slumber party. Jeff: And it is really no worse than you would see on USA up all night, but just the fact that it was on a Genesis and not a VCR made all the difference. Sen. Byron Dorgan: About two months ago I saw the video game Night Trap for the first time; it is a sick disgusting video game in my judgment. Dan: And the ultimate outcome of all of this is that they created the ESRB a ratings board for video games. Kind of like the MPAA for movies, it is voluntary but all of the games have these ratings. Jeff: One of the genres that probably attracted the most controversy was the first person shooter, a lot of people look at them as almost murder simulators and of course it does not help when Columbine happens and it comes out that the kids were playing Doom and into Doom. TJ: And so now there is a link being developed between these school shootings, which now to start to happen more regularly. It seems like more and more school shootings are happening. Jeff: And then of course Doom is followed by games like Duke Nukem, and Quake and all of these games have to try the top each other in violence. TJ: And that is kind of brings us up to today, they has never really been a resolution. Every few years a study is done that say a games causes kids to kill, games do not cause kids to kill. So I think that that is an ongoing battle that will continue for the history of gaming. Jeff: After Columbine the controversies there, but nothing really comes of it ages kind of spirals around. Until, one of the Grand Theft Auto spin-offs, San Andreas, when it turned out that somewhere deep, deep in a game there was a sex scene that was never completed but left on the final disk. Dan: Some hidden footage somewhere in the game with some fully clothed 3-D characters hopping up against each other in a bed. It was not anything worse than you would see on Adult Swim but parents and congressmen and politicians were outraged. Jeff: Hillary Clinton makes a huge deal out of this, she is threatening to shut the game companies down, she is threatening to do things that she does not even have the right to do but she is making a big stink. Dan: How did the videogame industry solve this problem? Well they held a fundraiser for Hillary Clinton's re-election campaign and mysteriously no further hearings were ever held. Hmm. TJ: And the one constant and all of this is that controversy in games means sales. Jeff: It is the same with films, and books and with music. It is just the best free publicity you can get. Libi: You know all the concerned parents and the governing boards might want to raise a fuss a little less often if they do not want their kids rushing to stores to buy these games. Jeff: The bottom line is that they can regulate and they can market these things all they want, but it is up to the parents to keep track of what their kids are playing. If parents did their job the government would not always have to step in.

Controversy!

Channel: ON Networks

Category: Video Games

Show: Play Value

Tags: nintendo, ps2, ps3, sega, atari, classic

394 views, 20 days old, 8m:00s

Need to save money, but still want to take out your honey? Here's how!. On Dating Episode “Best dates on a budget” Andrea Syrtash: Online daters go on a lot of dates. This can get expensive. Today I will share 20 of my favorite dating ideas for daters that want to have fun without breaking the bank. I am Andrea Syrtash and this is On Dating. What is the best budget date? Man on street: The best budget date to me is an ice cream cone, and a cup of coffee. Woman on street: A good budget date is walking around the city. Man on street: I would say just going out to the park. Going running, working out, I think that’s like a great budget date. Woman on street: The best budget date would probably be bowling. Man on street: We have a quick slice of pizza or something like that. Walk around in maybe like a nice neighborhood, where you don’t have to spend so much money. Man on street: A coffee and a walk. Woman on street: Going to the beach, walking on a boardwalk. Woman on street: Just walking around, going to a park, kind of things like that. Just walking around you don’t have to spend lots of money. Andrea Syrtash: A client once told me he was spending about $200 a week on dates with women who he met online and he never wanted to see again. He was pretty annoyed. Now who knows where he was taking these dates. But one thing is clear, you dot have to spend a lot of money to have a great date. Whether you are interested in romance or adventure, there are plenty of low cost date options. I have devised a lit according to your interest: -outdoors -adventure -romance -culture First of all it’s always a good idea to give your date a few options and let him or her pick one. You may recall in the predate episode I mention that instead of suggesting coffee. Which is totally unimaginative, unless it is a really cool café, or dinner which is too time consuming and expensive. It is a good idea to let your creativity come through when planning initial dates. So get out pen and paper and try out some of these more interesting and more cost efficient dating ideas. Try a picnic. Impress your date with a fun dish. Go on a bike ride or walk through the park. And make your destination ice cream. Sports are great for competitive flirting. Shot hoops, play tennis or Frisbee, or rollerblade. Take your dog for a walk or meet at a dog park. And go fly a kite. For those of you who like adventure. Buy a guide book for your city and pick a one hour walking tour. Go to the top of the highest building in town, and take a camera to tae some great shots of the views. Pick an eastern cuisine. -Indian -Vietnamese -Chinese These are generally cheaper dining spots and a little more interesting than the usual fare. Check your local listings for free events and carnivals. And be a tourist for a day. Few of us visit the landmarks that are popular in our hometown. If you would like to have some romance, meet at a wine bar for a glass of vino. The lighting here is usually great for romance. Pick a cozy café to meet at for dessert. If the weather is warm, rent a rowboat. If it’s cold out try skating. For a romantic evening that wont cost to much, make pizza at home with your date. And take a salsa class together, it s great for skin to skin contact together and it is a lot of fun. And finally of those of you who want a date with some culture. Pick a gallery or museum to visit together. Many of thee museums have pay what you can. Check out your cities indie bands. Cover is cheap and it is a great way to support local musicians. See a film at a repertoire movie house, and grab a hot chocolate after. Take advantage of the free live comedy available in almost every city. And try attending a lecture or a workshop that you will both enjoy. I am sure you have heard that some of the best things in life are free. Give your date an experience he or she will remember. Be creative, trust me some of the best dates are the most unconventional, and the less expensive ones. Thanks for watching On Dating. And remember, even a bad date makes a great story, so get out there and have fun. I am Andrea Syrtash, see you next time.

Best Dates On A Budget

Channel: ON Networks

Category: Lifestyles

Show: ON Dating

61 views, 20 days old, 4m:20s

You may be surprised by Andrea's booty call advice.... On Dating Episode “Booty call” Andrea Syrtash: You are hooking up with somebody new and things are exciting, but how do you know if you are just a booty call? Stay tuned for the five clues. I am Andrea Syrtash and this is On Dating. How do you know if you are a booty call? Man on street: It is 10 o'clock at night and you are sober and they are not. It is 10:15 at night they are gone and you feel filthy. Woman on street: Well if the guy is only calling you around 2 a.m. on a Saturday night when he is drunk that it is a good chance that he is your booty call. Woman on street: sometimes I don't think you know that you are a booty call until it actually happens. Man on street: Yeah I'm going to go with that. Woman on street: and then it is days later and he does not call and you're wondering why. That is why. Woman on street: It is usually on the weekends, maybe late at night and that is the only time that you are hearing from them. Man on street: If someone just calls you to come over and you do your thing and then that is it, you do not hear from them, then that would be a booty call. Woman on street: If there is shame the next morning, then you are a booty call. Andrea Syrtash: To be or not to be a booty call that is the question we will look at today. For those of you who have been living under a rock and do not know what a booty call is: A booty call is a telephone call, other communication, or visitation made with the sole intent of engaging in sex with the person being contacted. There is nothing wrong with having the booty connection was someone as long as you are on the same page. I have a friend who insists on it and she is not alone. A lot of women are looking for fun without commitment. So never assume, that is the first rule of the booty call. Have a conversation about where you stand and what you are looking for, and if you're too shy to do that just make sure you do not mislead someone into thinking it is something more than it is. That means no discussions about the future and no pretending that you’re exclusive. Safety is the second rule of the booty call, if you want to engage in casual sex that is your prerogative but be safe so you do not end up regretting this fun arrangement. On the flip side how do you know if you are the one who is booty is being called? Here are the five clues: You are constantly drunk dialled by your date, these days that also means your text messaged, or sent a drunken email. You stop by each others homes late at night, usually after other plans had ended. There is a little lounging around the next day, you wake up and go, brunch out is not an option. You have not met your booty calls friends or family, except when you stumble over at strange times. And finally you are rarely invited to activities that do not lead to sex or you are rarely called just to talk. So I say if you're into the booty call go for a just make sure you do not mislead your self and get attached to a connection that is met to stay between the sheets. So thanks for watching On Dating and remember even a bad date makes a great story so get out there and always have fun, I am Andrea Syrtash I will see you next time.

Booty Call

Channel: ON Networks

Category: Lifestyles

Show: ON Dating

Tags: sex, booty, call, advice, how, dating

229 views, 20 days old, 3m:05s

Frozen dinner rolls get a bad wrap. No pun intended..

Lamb, Frozen Dinner Rolls, Banana Chips

Channel: ON Networks

Category: Food

Show: Stump the Chef

7 days old, 7m:24s

Bernadette Pauley has a discussion with Christian Thom about the college circuit. Comedy Insider Episode “College humor pays comedians well” Christian Thom: Hi Christian Thom here, hanging in the park outside my old Alma Mata NYU. You know it is right here in Washington Square Park where many freshmen have their first interaction with actual New York urban culture. By buying dime bags of oregano laced with trace amounts of actual pot. Go violets. Yes the NYU mascot is the Violet. $47,000 a year in tuition and you have to root for a flower. I guess that makes or chief rival masculine dignity. Could you imagine if the UCLA Bruin was a flower? Go pansies. Beat off the Trojans. Now that’s just wrong. You wouldn’t know it, but college campuses are actually thought of as huge comedy clubs by comedians. Because think about it, there are more people willing to laugh and get drunk here on a Friday night, than al the comedy club in New York combined. And tonight comedian Bernadette Pauley is going to give us a glimpse into the college circuit. Bernie, most people think of comics as performing in night clubs and comedy clubs only. But that is just one professional arena out of many. And you play at a lot of colleges as part of your media. Bernadette Pauley: Yes, I travel the country, state to state. Been to Alaska, and it is a large part of my bread and butter. I got the husband at home, he is pretty good. Not easy being married though. Everyone tells us it is easy right. They are like oh just get married it is awesome. Ha, ha, ha, ha. You will just run around like a married princess it will be great. Just do it. Everybody lies. Oprah she ha ten sows a week on having a good marriage. You don’t see her doing that shit do you? Christian Thom: Now you have a certain act that you do in the clubs. And then you have another act that you do in the colleges. How doe the material change? How does your act change? Bernadette Pauley: Well there is different theory’s about that. I don’t have an entirely different act, now people. Some people say you have your college set, your corporate set, and your club set. And that is what you do, and you make your living and that is what you have to do. Other people, you might call them purist say if you change anything your pandering. But right now I alter it a little bit because you have to look at people’s experience. Like a lot of times in clubs I can do tons of marriage material. Cut to colleges nobody is married yet. I do a lot more pop culture. Don’t even start talking about being married until like after half an hour has passed. So that they really know me and who I am. It is like I guess boxing. You do a little bit of a jab, jab, and a left here, and a right there and you kind of move them on over into your territory. I shouldn’t complain though I have a pretty good life, if look around at the rest of the world people have it really bad. Little tiny kids living in slums don’t even know what a house is. They jus sit in these puddles all day. Women wear Burkes’. Get set on fire. No one in the world deserves to live like that. Unless of course you are one of the girls on MTV’s my super sweet 16. And then it is okay. Actually I think we should start a little exchange program. We will take the kids from the slum puddles, we will ship them over here, and we will ship those girls over there to take their place. We could plink them right in the puddles. Plunk, plunk, plunk. Take away their tiaras. Give them flies instead. Christian Thom: So tell us the process of booking yourself into colleges, or into the college circuit. Bernadette Pauley: Okay um, I didn’t even know the college circuit existed. And I was vey lucky someone referred me to their college agent Matt Schuler, and I have been with them for like seven years now. And they are awesome, they submit me to colleges. They have a great relationship with colleges. And also they submit me to NOCAS, which is the national organization of campus activities. The get together for this huge conference and it goes like 72 hours. And they will pick like ten comedians, five poets, a juggler, and magicians. Christian Thom: Entertainment. Yeah. Bernadette Pauley: Entertainment. And then after your showcase you go to this giant building or area and you stand in a booth. Like up for sale, which is ridiculous. So you are like between the juggler and the band. And everybody is just like… Christian Thom: And you feel like a whore in Amsterdam. Bernadette Pauley: Yes and it goes good sometimes. And it goes poorly sometimes, and you just never know, there is no rational. So sometimes people are like oh my god, you’re a superstar can I have your autograph? And like we want you to come to our school, and then sometime there like, uh can you move over so I can get the person I like. You know what I mean. So it is really hard on the ego, but I guess it is a good test. And then what do you do to feel better about yourself? You drink too much, you spend money you don’t have, and you do drugs, which is what you are doing right now. So don’t watch that stuff, but if you find yourself watching it, you get strong. You take your remote, you watch a little cops. You will be like oh, I am doing okay. Yeah, I am better off than the guy with no shirt and his wife with no bra. Uncle Larry? Christian Thom: Colleges are actually a really legitimate circuit that runs parallel to the clubs as well. Bernadette Pauley: It’s a very legitimate circuit. Once in awhile people will try to act like it isn’t. Like oh you do colleges, your just a sell out, your just a hack, you do cruise ships you’re a hack. And trust me there are a lot of really bad hacky acts on cruise ships, so don’t get me wrong. But if you really want to be a purist, colleges might be an ore legit venue. Because if you look at the history of comedy, and Jay Leno, and Ellen DeGeneres, and all these people. All these people were around hello, before comedy clubs. Comedy clubs sprouted up and were built around them. People used to do comedy at bowling alleys, at strip clubs, at colleges. And they just toured state, to state, to state. This is the old fashion way. His is how real comedians came up before everybody wanted to be one. And they were like; ooh I could get a sitcom and have a lot of money. All these guys, Seinfeld and the rest of the included, comedy clubs were built up around them in this comedy rush. Before that these guys were still working six nights a week on the road, doing colleges. My mother was so excited when I got engaged to him though. Irish catholic mother, she was like oh good because for awhile there we though you liked girls. I was like mom that is ridiculous alright, I am so not gay. I mean sure I have made out with a couple of girls, but it’s not because I am gay, it is because I am an alcoholic. She was relieved, we are Irish. Ironically my best friend of 11 years is a lesbian and I was her first girlfriend. I just didn’t know it. I believe that every comic should probably be well rounded, and that includes doing your corporate, doing your club gigs, doing your colleges. Doing some stuff in other countries when you can. You really have to be well rounded because, I am repeating myself. But in the older days there weren’t comedy clubs, so you just took gigs everywhere and anywhere you could get them. That’s how they became so well rounded. That’s how those guys can handle themselves in front of anybody. And why not have a huge open market full of college kids that appreciate you begin there. And these are the people that are going to watch you on TV ten years from now. So why wouldn’t you want to go see them in person. They can just be such a great really appreciative crowd. They are not hammered like in comedy clubs sometimes. You do a Friday or a Saturday night midnight show. You are like why am I here. You know what I mean, I am just babysitting. You know. Christian Thom: In a bar. Bernadette Pauley: And nobody begrudges you anything, nobody tries to chat you a hundred bucks off the check when you get there. Which happen in quite a few comedy clubs, so for me, I couldn’t not do them. You guys are fabulous I have been Bernadette Pauley, thank you guys so much.

Back To School

Channel: ON Networks

Category: Entertainment

Show: Comedy Insider

Tags: college, humor, comedian, tour, comic, comedy

116 views, 20 days old, 7m:58s

Join Manjit for a tour through the Italian capital of Style - Milan..

Milan

Channel: ON Networks

Category: Travel

Show: City By City

2 views, 8 days old, 6m:59s

In the studio with two successfully matched online dating authors. On Dating Episode “FindingyourmateOnline.com” Andrea Syrtash: According to today’s guest finding your date online is easy. As long as you follow some of their true and tested strategies, stay tuned. I am Andrea Syrtash and this is On Dating. Do you think you can find your true love online? Woman on street: It is very difficult for me to believe that I could find a true love online, on the net or whatsoever. Woman on street: I think you can find true love anywhere if you are looking for it. Woman on street: I highly doubt it, it’s not possible. Because you don’t know who’s out there, who you are meeting. Man on street: I think it’s possible. Man on street: Finding true love online is probably not the nest place to look in my opinion. Woman on street: I actually know someone who found true love online it’s my sister in law basically. She is just about to get married to a person she met online so believe in that. Andrea Syrtash: After years in dating in the real world Karin Anderson and Beth Roberts decided to be proactive with their dating lives. They studied the world of internet dating and both met their husbands online. Now these two friends and business executives have decided to make online dating a business and teach people how to date online effectively. So welcome. So how did you guys make they decision to go online in the first place? And what did you find when you went online? Beth Roberts: Well we were friends, we me tin the mid nineties in the entertainment industry. We both worked in the entertainment industry. And we started to explore the internet just sort of causally. Just sort of to see what other people were doing, what it was all about. And we started I guess as voyeurs online. And we would look at other people’s ads, and at that time they were just word documents with lots and lots of language. And we could see what other people were saying and posting. After awhile e started noticing that some of the men that we were reading there postings, they were kind of attractive. They were interesting; they were people that we actually be interested in dating. Andrea Syrtash: What are some of the don’ts that you see people doing in online dating? Karin Anderson: I would say the biggest don’t involve photos. People don’t think about who their audience is going to be so maybe when the men will think wow this is a really cute photo of me but it’s from college or it’s outdated. Or I was at fault with this. They put pictures with themselves with their niece or nephew or friends or their dog. Who might be adorable, but you really want it to be you that’s the focus. And with men vice versa, the number one photo don’t that we tell them. Don’t post a picture of you leaning against your car or you motorcycle. You and your buddies might think that’s awesome, but women really aren’t attracted to that. So really think about who your audience is. Andrea Syrtash: So simple is better in terms of photos. Beth Roberts right, exactly. And you know you find when you talk to people about online dating one of the biggest fears that people have is that your not going to look like your photograph, or your not going to be the person that they think you are. So you want to make sure that you take a new photograph. We have a lot of do’s and don’ts about how you would take that photograph. But take a new one, it’s got to be current, accurate, and make sure you look good, not too good. But make you look good. Andrea Syrtash: That’s great. What are some of your do’s? Other do’s with photos, make it new. What else would you suggest? Karin Anderson: You should be the center of attention. Don’t have anyone else on your photo. If you have a recent photo that you like with a friend in it, don’t crop them out. Just you should be the center of attention. And also do a close-up and a full length shot. Because everybody, both men and women want to see the whole package. Beth Roberts: Right, we had a client who gave us a photograph to post online, and had him, and it cut his arm, he clearly had his arm around the girl and it cut the girls arm. So we said no, no, no, that looks like you have a girlfriend and that’s the breakup or something. Get us another photograph don’t have anyone in it. So the next photograph he sent us was him with a baby in the picture. And he is single without kids. And I said no, people don’t have context, you have this memory that’s wrapped around the photo. You’re at a party with a glass of wine, it was so fun. Or you had a boa on your head at your birthday party. And it shows your light gay side, when you’re a lawyer or something. But people don’t have context, so you need to think about who is going to be looking at it. Andrea Syrtash: Your audience, yeah. Beth Roberts: Your audience, and when you take a photograph show it to a friend. We always want you to involve other people I online dating because you’re going to be very subjective. Get some objectivity, does this look like me? Is this too good? Is this not good enough? You know have friend weigh in and tell you what to do. Andrea Syrtash: I totally agree with that. I always tell clients that as well, I mean they are your best and most honest audience, some of them, some of the time, if it’s a good friend. Karin Anderson: Right pick a friend similar to who you would like to meet. So if you really want to meet a nice responsible man and settle down, don’t pick your friend who is the playboy bachelor at age 45. Don’t ask his opinion. I for example picked a good friends husband that I really admired, I liked the traits about him. So I would ask his feedback on my photos, on my ad and it worked. My husband is very similar to my best friend’s husband. Beth Roberts: And it’s really important to get the male perspective if you’re a female and the female perspective if you’re a male, because again, they look at things differently. The other sex and the people you are looking to meet, Might look at things differently. And so although it’s cute to you, it’s cloying to them. Those are the kinds of things you want to avoid. Andrea Syrtash: You also have something in your book which is very cute by the way. The visuals are awesome. You have these three steps for dating. Can you tell me what that is and tell me each? Beth Roberts: When you are a beginner. You are going to have a different approach than when you are in immediate stages or in the expert stages