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Football Is Literally the Most Popular Sport, Shocked? – Survey of the Day
While pro football’s ultimate champion will be decided next week, the entire NFL was a winner in 2011, as the league has never been more popular.
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Oh Yeah! Matthew Broderick Brings Back Ferris Bueller For Super Bowl Ad [VIDEO]
Last week we saw Matthew McConaughey reprise his role ‘Dazed and Confused’ slacker Danny Wooderson in a music video, and now it looks like the nostelgia will continue with Matthew Broderick playing his iconic Ferris Bueller character for a new Super Bowl ad.
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Hungry? Try a $100 Hot Dog
If you think the hot dogs at the stadium are a little pricey, wait until you get a load of this.
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Watch the Worst Church Singer of All Time [VIDEO]
Singing in front of an audience at church is a lot less intimidating than subjecting yourself to, say, the judges on ‘American Idol‘. But it still takes guts to stand alone on a stage and belt out a tune, so that’s why we have to commend this enthusiastic fellow who sings ‘Looking For a City’ for his congregation despite having what could be fairly described as a dreadful singing voice.
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NHL Player Attacked By Adorable Children [VIDEO]
Kevin Bieksa of the Vancouver Canucks was resting on the bench during his team’s recent skills exhibition when five fans seated behind him started to relentlessly harass him with pokes to the head. Will the grizzled defenseman take their bait and respond?
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New York Is Officially the Nation’s Rudest City
According to a ‘Travel + Leisure’ survey of their well-trodden readership, New York City, true to its reputation, is the rudest city in the nation.
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High School in Utah Can’t Be the ‘Cougars’ Because Name Could Offend Women
There is no doubt that the word “cougar” has undergone a metamorphosis over the last few decades — no longer just meaning a “a large American wild cat with a plain tawny to grayish coat,” it now also suggests a whole different kind of animal — usually a Chardonnay-drinking woman of a certain age on the prowl for younger man meat.
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What Would You Do If You Were on a Sinking Ship? — Survey of the Day
The recent Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster in Italy left 11 dead and 21 missing. Poll Position asked 1,145 American adults what they would do, if given the choice between waiting on a sinking ship for help or jumping into the frigid water and trying to swim to safety.
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Volkswagen Turns to ‘The Bark Side’ for New Super Bowl 2012 Commercial [VIDEO]
In 2011, a Volkswagen commercial staring a pint-sized Darth Vader who thinks he’s mastered the force was the undisputed champion of the ad portion of Super Bowl Sunday.
And if you think that formula of cute kids and ‘Star Wars‘ is unbeatable, just check out what VW is planning for 2012. Yep, they’re adding dogs to the equation.
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Squirrels Dancing to Michael Jackson Is Why the Internet Was Invented [VIDEO]
Michael Jackson has been dead for over two years, but his amazing legacy of song and dance lives on in this video of squirrels boogie-ing to the King of Pop’s all-time party-starting jam ‘Don’t Stop Tll You Get Enough.’
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Did Steve Carell Make a Cameo Appearance on ‘The Office’? [VIDEO]
An eagle-eyed tipster has sent the New York Post a screenshot from last week’s episode of ‘The Office” which seems to show Steve Carell, the show’s former star, making an unannounced cameo.
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Wendy Williams Launches Campaign To Save the Twinkie [VIDEO]
Last week we got some sad news. Hostess, the company that makes Twinkies, among other artificially-flavored treats, will declare bankruptcy.
Taking it upon herself to preserve what she calls the “creamy goo that holds this country together” talk show host and sweet tooth Wendy Williams has launched a campaign to “Save the Twinkie.”