I'm still waiting for the Wes Anderson spiderman movie to come out. Here's the trailer. (new window)

@ The All-Powerful Atheismo

Wow, that's... a bit much, no?

deadsanta: @ The All-Powerful Atheismo

Wow, that's... a bit much, no?

Seems rather apropos to me

lmao The All-Powerful Atheismo

lmao all the livelong day.

Is that above pic of ranty chubby ginger boy?

He directed that fox movie via email from Paris. The movie was filmed in London.

Wimpler.

The All-Powerful Atheismo: i567.photobucket.com

I love you.

The Fantastic Mr. Fox went well with shrooms.

I once took a dump that looked EXACTLY like Scott Wampler.

Eight Wampler links in six days. Nine in seven days. Not a single other Examiner link in the Showbiz tab during that time.

You'd think that with the hundreds of people writing thousands of articles for the Examiner that stories by those other writers would have been submitted, but I guess the wacky Fark community just keeps gravitating towards this guy.

And no wonder! His articles are funny, informative, well-written, and always engaging. It's a shame he's capped at only having two or three posted a day, because if we could get four or five (or dare we dream it, six), that would be AWESOME.

Kaybeck: I once took a dump that looked EXACTLY like Scott Wampler.

Check the smell because it might have actually been Wampler living in there. Did it smell worse than a standard shiat?

Wombatzu: i.imgur.com

Damn, I lol'd.

/I'll just leave this here

Just dropping in on the epic Wampler beatdown. Excelsior, I say.

Altho I have a feeling TAPA is gun get a vacation. The mods get uppity when someone insults the Wampa.

Know what? As well as Mr. Fox turned out, I don't have a single issue with the email-thing. And he was live with the actors.

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I have enjoyed all of Wes Anderson's movies.

does that make me a 'hipster'?

I'm sure the criterion collection is already salavating at the dvd/blu ray possibilities.

What happened to the singing Wampler jpg?

So all you need to do to get automatic greenlights is interview Drew?

http://www.examiner.com/comedy-in-national/interview-fark-com-s-drew-curtis-vi si onary-internet-god-bourbon-enthusiast

I was of the opinion that at least the Wampler greenlights had slown down, which was an improvement. It looks like he's heading for another golden era, though, doesn't it?

/Wurmple

AmazinglyIntense: So all you need to do to get automatic greenlights is interview Drew?

http://www.examiner.com/comedy-in-national/interview-fark-com-s-drew-curtis-vi si onary-internet-god-bourbon-enthusiast

Interesting link I'm sure. I am so against clicking on Wampler links that I don't even want to click the one you are sharing with us.

schattenteufel: does that make me a 'hipster'?

Do you buy your jeans from the women's department?

Sudo_Make_Me_A_Sandwich: schattenteufel: does that make me a 'hipster'?

Do you buy your jeans from the women's department?

LOL, no, but as a grown man I used to shop in the boy's dept, because they don't do men's jeans with a 28" waist. Luckily I finally hit my middle-age spread & wear a 30" now. whew.

AmazinglyIntense: So all you need to do to get automatic greenlights is interview Drew?

http://www.examiner.com/comedy-in-national/interview-fark-com-s-drew-curtis-vi si onary-internet-god-bourbon-enthusiast

Is that the article where drew says we'll get over wampler's mystery greenlights? I'm so glad drew gets over things himself and never cries fowl when he thinks something wrong is going on, I meant what a huge disaster that'd be if he ever spoke out against something he felt wasn't right.

/fortunately I think the anti-wampler has more merit then his anti-daily show
//so mods, gonna shadow ban this comment too? I've loved it all the other times you've recently done so.

BumpInTheNight:
//so mods, gonna shadow ban this comment too? I've loved it all the other times you've recently done so.

I liked losing an entire thread because the mod was pinned in a corner. Hell, it was one way to kill a Wampler link.

bride_of_adam_cole: Interesting link I'm sure. I am so against clicking on Wampler links that I don't even want to click the one you are sharing with us.

Here you go (untildeleted):

Interview: Fark.com's Drew Curtis -- visionary, internet god, bourbon enthusiast

* October 11th, 2010 11:27 pm ET

Do you like this story?

This month, Comedy Examiner HQ is running a series of interviews with people that have had a substantial influence on the world of comedy. For the first part of this series-- which would focus on the internet-- I knew that I wanted to track down someone who'd made a sizable dent in the online world, someone with a website that had influenced comedy to an extent that couldn't be argued with. And so, I got in touch with Fark.com's Drew Curtis (who is, yes: a visionary, an internet God, and a bourbon enthusiast) to ask him a series of stupid questions. Read on for that interview, my gentle Examiner readers...

As a confirmed smart-ass and internet junkie, I've been reading Fark.com since 2001, but I was late to the party: Drew Curtis had the site up and running two years prior to that, and in the years since, he's built the sort of internet empire that many snarky bloggers can only dream of operating. Over the past decade, Fark.com-- which collects funny, odd, or otherwise compelling news stories from all over the 'net for your wasting-time-at-work pleasure-- has been the go-to site for morning DJ's looking for quick content ideas, late-night writers looking for inspiration, has been referenced on Jeopardy!, and now welcomes well over 4 million unique visitors every month. Quite frankly, you should've been reading Fark.com a long time ago. Where else have you been getting your news?

Since we're doing this month-long series of interviews with people who've been influential to the world of comedy, Drew Curtis seemed like he'd be a great choice for the "Internet" portion of our little Q-and-A Fest: Fark's influence on comedy is obvious to anyone that reads the site regularly, and I wanted to know what Curtis thought about the monster he created. I also wanted to see what he had to say about comedy in general (and, OK, fine, I could ask about politics, just so this thing would have some substance) and the state of the internet today versus what it was like when Fark.com opened its doors back in '99. Here's what he had to say:

Examiner: When you started Fark.com, did you think that it would still be going strong in 2010? At what point did you realize that Fark.com was a full-time job? Do you anticipate managing Fark.com indefinitely, or do you think there'll come a point where you'll pass it over to someone else, perhaps when you're so feeble that you're unable to velcro your own shoes closed?

Drew Curtis: I had no idea Fark would still be around in 2010. Obviously whenever you start a business you hope it succeeds like crazy, but Fark is the third business for me and I've learned to not expect success, just shoot for it and see how close you can get. And that any success you do get isn't permanent.

If it was up to me I'd run Fark forever how I'm pragmatic enough to realize that's unlikely. Odds are things will change. That's just how the world works. If I do manage to make it til old age and keep Fark going the entire time I'll definitely pass it to someone at some point. Pretty sure the world will be a far different place by then though.

You run a website that's extremely popular with comedians: comics use the site to track down stories that might inspire new material; radio shows and latenight talk show writers use the site to find funny stories for content and monlogues, etc. I know someone that works for one of the 3 big latenight shows that swears by Fark.com. Have you noticed the influence? As in, have you ever been listening to the radio or watching one of the latenight shows and thought, "We ran stories on half of this material today"?

More like 95%. Yeah I know they use Fark as a reference. Radio guys are more likely to read it verbatim with no attribution, not anywhere near all of them but it's more likely in radio for whatever reason--I think the penalties in hollywood are much higher. I know guys who write for all of the big three late shows and SNL too, in fact for awhile there one of Jimmy Kimmel's writers' job was to read TotalFark for show material...I know because I met him, decent guy.

As much as I'd love attribution--because man does it ever help--, I understand the problems inherent with it. First off, you can't say "found this on Fark" 100 times in a given a show. Second off, there's not really any mechanism in MSM anywhere, news or comedy, that allows people to say "found this here", because the only thing more tedious than hearing it being Fark every time would be hearing it being anyone/everyone else every time. Nick Denton's folks at Gawker have been really good about using Hat Tips on occasion. Like I said tho I don't want one every time, twice a week per show at most. Otherwise it would get tedious.

I think the greater problem is that legacy media isn't used to mentioning any kind of "competition", and I used euphamistic quotes there on purpose because there isn't really competition here. Up until recently a local radio station in Lexington wasn't allowed to even mention that there were other radio stations in town, as if we didn't already know. The world doesn't work like that anymore. They don't realize that Hat Tipping Fark is likely to make their Internet traffic from Fark skyrocket I guess.

At the end of the day I'm glad everyone uses us as a source. Any of you writers out there reading this feel free to leave Fark on in the background of your sets anytime you want. And if I can help you out with anything let me know.

TV comedies are moving farther and farther away from the classic format that people in the 70's, 80's and 90's grew up with-- live studio audiences,laugh-tracks, normal sitcom trappings-- in favor of a more cinematic approach tofilming: "The Office", "Arrested Development", and "Curb Your Enthusiasm" allfeel unlike anything I grew up with. Do you think this a step in the right direction, or are you unopposed to the classic "sitcom" format?

I think anytime you start relying on a format to get you by you've got weak material to begin with. I'm sure hollywood execs think there's something to it but I'd bet good is good regardless of format. Just wait for the retro sitcom to come rolling around any day now.

You think Jim Belushi will ever apologize for "According to Jim"?

I figure Jim Belushi will apologize for "According to Jim" right around the time Lucas apologizes for the prequel trilogy - half past never.

In case anyone out there isn't already a reader: Fark.com collects links from all over the internet, and its"Politics" tab is filled with links that are designated as either "Commie"(left-leaning), "Fascist" (Right-leaning), or "Neutral", presumably to keep Fark fair and balanced. An average day on the Fark.com politics tab might containlinks to CNN, FOX News, the Huffington Post, and Breitbart.com. Where do you get the majority of your news? Besides Fark.com, of course.

Stratfor.com and Jane's mainly. I use what I read there to help interpret what I read everywhere else. For example, Stratfor likes to point out that how the US Govt reacts to leaks often tells you that they leaked it themselves. So when Wikileaks posts 70k documents online, the entire government military establishment loses their minds. But when Valerie Plame's name was leaked, nothing happened. Not that she's any saint either btw, she's been hawking a nuclear disaster documentary that is chock full of stuff that she flat out has to know are complete BS. Everyone needs a job I guess. The Obama administration leaks just about every controversial move they make ahead of time so that media can froth at the mouth until they get worn out ahead of time while the administration has no comment on it. Then it becomes status quo and the administration announces it officially. Bob Woodward said out of the blue last week Clinton might replace Biden as VP which is an awfully random thing to say out of the blue. If I recall correctly the administration pretended to be confused about the allegations, which isn't the same thing as saying he's wrong. You think Woodward's going public with anything he doesn't actually know already? I don't.

While we're on politics: lately, links to articles dealing with Sarah Palin have been popping up in the Fark.com "Showbiz" tab, which only seems appropriate. Is that what I'm thinking it is, or is that just a wacky coincidence?

Nope, one of my link admin's asked if it was OK to do that, I said sure. She is very entertaining.

Politics-- in general-- has become more about the debate than the solution. Recently, you wiped out all the submitted articles for the "Politics" tab and posted a note to Fark's readers suggesting that they get out and socialize rather than spending their Friday night arguing in the "Politics" tab. I don't think I have a question here, I just wanted to point out that this was awesome, and that someone oughtta find a way to do it in real-life on a mass-scale.

I'm all for it. However I was really drunk when that happened. Pro-tip: don't drink bourbon out of a wine glass.

In the real world, you don't often run into people freaking outover seemingly insignificant things. But online, just about every major websitehas seen some ugliness in its comments section, users who thrive on being theloudest guy in the room, writing the angriest posts or vitriolic screedsagainst...whatever. Ain't It Cool News, for instance, has one of the mostnotoriously bitter comments sections on the 'net. What do you make of thisphenomenon? Is it the anonymity of the internet that encourages these lunatics, or are people just getting angrier about nothing?

It's partly the anonymity thing, but it's partly letting douchebags have a voice at all. If you shut them out, comments are tons better. Gawker Media may have hit on the master plan version of this: authorize each comment one by one. Makes for a better community, too.

Speaking of which: I learned recently that I work for Fark.com, or that you and I are actually friends in real life, or that I'm earning some astronomical sum of money greenlighting my own links on Fark.com. Were you aware of my secret employment with Fark? Because I should probably pick up an 1099-MISC at some point.

Up until about two weeks ago I had no idea who you were. Then someone wrote me a multi-page screed about how bad your writing was (ed. note-- guilty), how much you sucked (ed. note-- almost constantly), how much money you were paying us to list your articles on Fark, and how I should go die for posting so many of your articles. And I was like, "Who the hell is Scott Wampler?" I actually had to ask the mods who you were. They told me that apparently you've become some kind of meme because a handful of tinfoil hat outbound link conspiracy theorists have decided to go into full blow nerd rage whenever we post a link to one of your stories. Which I found incredibly hilarious, partly for how incredibly dumb it was and partly because somehow I'd managed to completely miss this meme on Fark. I've been busy, what can I say. At any rate, to the folks who have decided to devote their lives to the elimination of anything Scott Wampler from all things Fark, I have two things to say to you: I'll do whatever the hell I want, and you need a better hobby. In other words, you'll get over it.

And I still have no idea who the hell you are, Scott Wampler, but thanks for the interesting interview questions. I wish to Jebus you were paying me for outbound traffic, because given the amount of wrath you've gotten over it, we must have sent you something like eleventy billion clicks so far. I'm pretty sure that's worth at least ten bucks so if we ever do meet for beers, you're buying. I guess I'll have to find out where the hell you live or that's not gonna happen.

Absolutely, the drinks'll be on me. What do you drink?

If I could have unlimited amounts of anything I'd go with Woodford Reserve Four Grain, which they only made 12,000 bottles of five years ago. I bought a lifetime supply though so I'm good. On beer it's hard to say I have a favorite. If I see something in a bar I haven't seen in awhile, I'll order that. My go-to these days is Amstel Light, which is by far not the best thing available anywhere but I haven't been to a place that didn't have it in awhile.

While we're going through "likes": Everyone's got a bookmarked list of sites that they visit daily. What's on your list?

I read James Lileks and Roger Ebert's blog. I check out Valleywag because it's fun seeing what life might have been like in the reality distortion field that is silicon valley. I read my local news and kentuckysportsradio.com-- which somehow manages to post at least 5 articles a day about Kentucky sports (mostly basketball)-- that somehow aren't boring. I really like failbook too, I think because it's the one thing I read that is nothing like what I have to read to assemble Fark.

Well, since I'm a film geek, I'm going to ask you about Hollywood's output this year. What've you thought so far, best and worst?

Inception I really liked because it was interesting almost all the way til the end. Could have done without the 15 minute fight scene at the end though, it didn't add anything. I thought the few bad reviews of it were dead on, though. Didn't stop me from enjoying it. I hear that non-glittery swedish vampire movie is pretty good but I'm beyond burnt out at vampires at this point. So I'm gonna have to go with Toy Story 3 as the best movie of the year. A close second would be Twilight: New Moon while listening to the Rifftrax Podcast of it. I think I hurt for a week from laughing so hard.

Alright, we're gonna wrap this biatch up. Two more questions. Where do you see things headed? Like, ten years from now, what role do you think that the internet's going to play in our lives? Will we be more or less dependent upon it? What would you like to see people doing more of online, and what would you like to see people doing less of?

Probably more dependent on it. I already can't remember anyone's phone number, next up for things I'm going to forget will be how to navigate without a GPS or find music I like without iTunes telling me I'll like it. Personally I'm hoping to spend the last years of my life plugged into a real life MMORPG simulation that makes me think and feel like I'm 18 again while my 90 year old body lies in a tube somewhere getting fed thru an IV. Be a great way to finish up a life. Beats the hell out of what usually happens. Which is nothing awesome.

I'm not really sure what I'd like to see people doing more of online, but what I'd like to see less of is the warning signs that not ratifying net neutrality is gonna cause two separate nets: one that the big dogs can afford to be on and the other a ghetto internet that no one goes on. Think FM vs AM radio, or cable vs broadcast TV. I'm about the only person I know who cares about this though, 99% of everyone likely doesn't care or can't understand it. If I see anything remotely like a telcom-run faster internet that you have to pay more to get preferential traffic on, I'm out folks. I've seen this story before, I ran an ISP back in the late 90s.

OK, and the final question: If it turns out the Mayans were right and we're all going to be forced to cash in our chips at the end of 2012, how will you spend the 48 hours leading up to our utter destruction?

I wish I could say I'd be out doing something crazy, which would certainly be true if I was single and 25. But I'm 37 and married with kids, I'd spend the last 48 hours with them watching pixar movies and eating pizza and cheetos, cuddled up under a blanet with their favorite stuffed animals. Folks with kids will understand.

And that, folks, is that. If you're not already a raving Fark.com supporter, be sure to stop on by the homepage at THIS LINK, poke around, and see what you can find: the site's divided up into several categories, and surely one or more will strike your fancy. Many, many thanks go out to Drew Curtis, creator and overseer of Fark.com, as well as the Fark.com mod's that help run the site: all of your work is much-appreciated, guys.

Now, stay tuned for more exclusive interviews over the next four weeks. We're going to be talking with some really cool people, some of which might actually have something worth saying. As per usual, you can click the "Subscribe" button up top to get all future Comedy Examiner articles delivered straight to your inbox, free of charge, as they're published. Why, just look at all the fun you've been missing out on lately:

Kaybeck: I once took a dump that looked EXACTLY like Scott Wampler.

Ha! You owe him a penny!

shoegaze99: bride_of_adam_cole: Interesting link I'm sure. I am so against clicking on Wampler links that I don't even want to click the one you are sharing with us.

Here you go (untildeleted):

Interview: Fark.com's Drew Curtis -- visionary, internet god, bourbon enthusiast

* October 11th, 2010 11:27 pm ET

Do you like this story?

This month, Comedy Examiner HQ is running a series of interviews with people that have had a substantial influence on the world of comedy. For the first part of this series-- which would focus on the internet--
*SNIP*

And that, folks, is that. If you're not already a raving Fark.com supporter, be sure to stop on by the homepage at THIS LINK, poke around, and see what you can find: the site's divided up into several categories, and surely one or more will strike your fancy. Many, many thanks go out to Drew Curtis, creator and overseer of Fark.com, as well as the Fark.com mod's that help run the site: all of your work is much-appreciated, guys.


I never paid that much attention to Wampler besides having fun jumping on the bandwagon, but this guy is a pretty piss-poor interviewer. It's like he thinks getting a name is well enough and he doesn't have to do any leg work after that. The whole article is something that a first-year journalism student would get his ass ripped apart for writing.

The Dreaded Rear Admiral:

Altho I have a feeling TAPA is gun get a vacation. The mods get uppity when someone insults the Wampa.

I didn't last time I posted it. Not that I am daring them too or anything, just that I think the picture is worth the risk.

schattenteufel: I have enjoyed all of Wes Anderson's movies.

does that make me a 'hipster'?

He's got a 50/50 strikerate with me.

I was middling on Bottle Rocket. I kinda enjoyed Rushmore. I love The Royal Tennenbaums and The Life Aquatic. I really couldn't stand The Darjeeling Limited (but adore Hotel Chevalier). Fantastic Mr Fox is one of my all time favourite films.

I await the new film with baited breath.

/ps - Wampler, you suck!

DeaH: Know what? As well as Mr. Fox turned out, I don't have a single issue with the email-thing. And he was live with the actors.

Is that what the headline refers to? Cause stop-motion is amazingly tedious to do and the live-action directors who've made stop-motion films (I'm looking at you, Tim Burton) aren't on set every day. The animators know what they're supposed to do and work best when left alone.

If you want to attack Anderson over something, bringing up the fact that Zissou when over-budget and wildly over-time at Cinecitta in Rome would be a better starting point.

/Wes Anderson has made two or three of my favorite movies of the last twenty years.
//"This Time Tomorrow" is his "Gimmie Shelter"

I have it on good authority that if you cut Scott Wampler bacon grease and the semen of a hundred homeless men leaks out.

Non-Examiner link for those interested in the film (new window)

Sounds interesting. I'm trying to wrap my head around the notion of Anderson and Bruce Willis working together.

Just passing through to check out the Wampler bashing...

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand my day is now made. Carry on, folks. :D

Dwight_Yeast: Non-Examiner link for those interested in the film (new window)

Sounds interesting. I'm trying to wrap my head around the notion of Anderson and Bruce Willis working together.

I love ensemble pieces like this, although I have no idea what this means:

Leaders in their New England town are sticking the idea that they've disappeared and go in search of them.

Sticking "to" the idea, maybe? Not sure.

And a Willis/McDormand setup? Want!

Drew: "At any rate, to the folks who have decided to devote their lives to the elimination of anything Scott Wampler from all things Fark, I have two things to say to you: I'll do whatever the hell I want, and you need a better hobby. In other words, you'll get over it."

HAHAHAHAHA

And people wonder why we're getting so many Wampler links lately.

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h48/IlGreven/Wampler.png

I only just now realized that the troll baiting, snarky and least funny headlines are all connected to Drew's BFF Wampler. Not clicking, Drew. Never clicking.

He did a decent God of War movie. (new window)