Before we bemoan the state of television — or specifically reality television — I guess we should be happy we don’t live in Japan. For instance, this clip of a monkey getting freaked the hell out by a popcorn machine.

I just want to make sure you all know about this. That show that John linked to yesterday — the one about the four female friends who happen to be werewolves?

The working title is “Bitches.”  F’real.

I’m really excited about reviewing it when it comes out — just so that I can pan it and have the title of my post be “Bitches Ain’t Shit.”

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