teevee.org's annual April 1 layout *now she ded from laugh*

[tzikeh]

ETA: Oh my God, it's a working Wiki. You can edit entries or add your own. Thanks to jacquez for the heads-up.

Every year, the stalwart teevee.org site does an April Fool's site, which they leave up for a bit because it usually involves several pages. This year, they have TOTALLY outdone themselves with "teeveepedia", based on Wikipedia and just absolutely hilarious. Every entry is set up just like a wiki entry, complete with links on random words. I keep hitting "random page" and laughing my ass off.

Some examples:

Comcast is a cable company that reaches octopus-like across the United States. It was founded in 1963, with the express purpose of charging people as much money as possible for basic cable service without getting slapped down by the government or having an angry mob burn down its offices. It has succeeded immensely.

Comcast's customer service staff enjoys industry bragging rights for having the shortest average time for making callers cry and/or resort to a stream of blistering obscenities.

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Numb3rs 1s a CBS TV s3r13s about FB1 sp3c1a7 ag3nt Don 3pp3s (Rob Morrow) and h1s math3mat1ca7 g3n1us broth3r, Char713 3pp3s (David Krumholtz), who d3v37ops formu7a3 to pr3d1ct th3 act1ons of var1ous cr1m1na7s. Judd Hirsch p7ays th3 broth3rs' am1ab73 fath3r A7an, and Peter MacNicol stars as Char713's f377ow Ca7Sc1 prof3ssor, Dr. 7arry F731nhardt.

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Deadwood is a goddamned showpiece HBO drama. It's also the best motherfuckin' cowboy drama on television, bar none. Did those whoresons on Bonanza ever get a faceful of naked whore? Did Michael Landon ever moon the audience? Was there a body count at the end of every episode? Hell no, fuck no, and you know damn well there wasn't.

Watch Deadwood, cocksuckers, or get fed to the pigs.

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PBS, short for "Please Buy Stuff" in honor of its frequent viewer-mooching pledge drives, is what passes for public television in the United States. Its programming includes many, many recycled programs from the BBC; Sesame Street; long-winded documentaries in which old photographs are slowly zoomed in upon while an actor reads excerpts from letters; and various programs about science, history, and current events. Aside from its quarterly attempts to hit viewers up for money, PBS exists to educate and enlighten audiences, providing them a clear and accurate view of modern and historical events. For this reason, it has earned the fear, loathing, and undying enmity of the Republican Party, and the mild disinterest of the American public.

PBS is also the nation's leading source of commemorative tote bags.

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Jon Stewart is an actor, comedian, TV host, and the imaginary boyfriend of approximately 40% of American women between the ages of 21 and 35. He hosts The Daily Show on Comedy Central.

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Comments

[aerye.livejournal.com]

Ohmigod. The link for Hitler? That takes you to President George W. Bush?

I love these people.

[zoerayne]

Slash fiction is a form of fan-written fiction often circulated on the Internet. Presumably originated by gay men, it was quickly co-opted by heterosexual fangirls. In slash fiction, male characters in a television series or film are romantically or sexually coupled together, sometimes in blatant defiance of any existing characterization or story logic, primarily because it's just totally hot.

Slash fiction is believed to have originated with a series of stories posted on Usenet in the late 1980s, detailing an allegedly fictional coupling between Guns 'n' Roses frontman Axl Rose and his guitarist, Slash.

Popular examples of slash fiction include Kirk/Spock, Picard/Riker, Mulder/Krycek, Angel/Spike, Xander/Spike, Anyone with a Y chromosome/Spike, Spike/Spike (time travel is involved), Andy/Barney, Fred/Barney, Bo/Luke, Bert/Ernie, Joey/Marcel, Michael/K.I.T.T., and nearly every episode of the television series Smallville.

*dies*

[morgandawn.livejournal.com]

too funny. thanks so much for this post.

"All of this work is completely fictional and intended for satirical purposes. Lawsuits are unnecessary, and we'll remind you that satire is protected speech until they repeal the First Amendment."

[jacquez.livejournal.com]

The only problem is that they've locked down some of the entries, so I couldn't like my William Shatner entry back to the main Star Trek page!

But I understand why they're doing that - they need to protect the major stuff for the joke to work.

[estrella30.livejournal.com]

omg. that is seriously the best thing EVER! thank you for pointing it out!!

[kiki-miserychic.livejournal.com]

I could spend all night going through that.

[castalianspring.livejournal.com]

The SciFi Channel is a cable television network aimed squarely at people with a deficit of social life and a surplus of disposable income.

It is perhaps best-known for its terrible, terrible original movies, which are produced on five-dollar budgets in various Eastern European countries, and written, directed, and acted in by people who should all know better.

Bwahaha! So, so true. Thanks for the link. I'm going to be up all night playing with it.

[st-crispins.livejournal.com]

Hilarious! Thanks for the link

[dementedsiren.livejournal.com]

OMG (http://teeveepedia.teevee.org/index.php/American_Idol) This is the best April Fools site ever.

[dementedsiren.livejournal.com]

The link in the Prison Break (http://teeveepedia.teevee.org/index.php/Prison_Break) article for "tedious, seasons-spanning conspiracy" goes to the X-Files page.

This is the shit.

[amilyn.livejournal.com]

This is simply GORGEOUS.

[melina123.livejournal.com]

OMG Bert and Ernie are JUST FRIENDS.

But the rest is totally true, yo.