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The Santa Tantrum Awards are back!

We sponsor a lot of random contests on The Poop. By far the most prestigious is the Santa Tantrum Awards, which celebrates the iconic image of a child crying or screaming on St. Nick's lap. This year marks the fifth Santa Tantrum Awards in four years. ( ...

From PETER HARTLAUB, San Francisco Chronicle,  23 Nov 2009

Tonight I'm Gonna Block You ... Lego meets "Spinal Tap"

I was searching on YouTube for my favorite scene from "This is Spinal Tap" -- the "Lick My Love Pump" sequence -- and ran into the videos of BortMcClinenburg , yet another genius with way too much free... I was searching on YouTube for my favorite ...

From PETER HARTLAUB, San Francisco Chronicle,  20 Nov 2009

"I'll be screwed if they ever ration ..."

Upon hearing yesterday about the Eggo waffle shortage, I reacted the same way a few of you probably did. They still make Eggo waffles? (It's the same feeling I used to get when flipping through channels in 2007 and realizing that "E.R." was still on ...

From PETER HARTLAUB, San Francisco Chronicle,  20 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Safeway Inc.,  Patrick Swayze (musician)

The Poop family DVD suggestions

Up: The latest from "Monsters Inc." director Pete Docter is worth seeing again. The story of an old man and a Wilderness Scout in a floating house was a strong Pixar film, and the Emeryville company packs a lot of extras in its DVDs for a decent price - ...

From PETER HARTLAUB, San Francisco Chronicle,  19 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Pixar,  Brad Bird

Review: 'House of the Devil'

The "Saw VI"-loving moviegoing crowd isn't going to have much use for "The House of the Devil," a horror movie that rations its violence, torture or mayhem as if there were a shortage. The main character appears to spend more time ordering pizza than ...

From PETER HARTLAUB, San Francisco Chronicle,  19 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Ti West,  Jocelin Donahue,  Tom Noonan,  Greg Kihn

Review: 'Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call'

"Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans" sounds as if it belongs alongside "Lost Boys: The Tribe" and "Leprechaun: Back 2 tha Hood" on the straight-to-video shelf. On paper, nearly everything bodes poorly for this film, from the fact that it has ...

From PETER HARTLAUB, San Francisco Chronicle,  19 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Abel Ferrara,  Val Kilmer,  Simon Le Bon,  Nicolas Cage,  Werner Herzog

Kids and guns ... a father waffles

When my wife saw the Happy Meal toy missile launcher that my son brought home the other day, I feigned an appropriate amount of outrage. "How can McDonald's do this in good conscience?" I said, insisting that I didn't know what was inside until he ...

From PETER HARTLAUB, San Francisco Chronicle,  19 Nov 2009
Related Topics: McDonald's,  Honda,  Harry Chapin

A little something to get you in the Christmas spirit ...

I should say that while I'm about to kind of have fun with this spot, I enjoyed and continue to enjoy KTVU's local coverage. Live in Los Angeles for a few years, and you'll develop a huge appreciation for the quality of our Bay Area newscasts. -- In ...

From PETER HARTLAUB, San Francisco Chronicle,  18 Nov 2009

One more thing about Troll Appreciation Day ...

The salmonella reference came from an epic comment by snappyssidekick. I don't mean to highlight any one comment from this amazing thread, since there were so many memorable ones (and wirelessandy and dk_brown were the tireless workhorses of this ...

From PETER HARTLAUB, San Francisco Chronicle,  17 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Agatha Christie

A tribute to ... Costco disposable diapers

I was extremely unenthused when my wife brought home a giant box of Costco diapers six or seven months ago. I stared skeptically at the little lion cub on the front of the Kirkland brand diapers, where a picture of Mickey Mouse or Elmo was supposed to ...

From PETER HARTLAUB, San Francisco Chronicle,  17 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Costco

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