
I love the Muppets, but was Sesame Street this hip when we were kids? This sketch perfectly caters to children and their Downton Abby obsessed parents.


(I'm Dilbert and his pointy-haired boss).
Maria Menounos bet on the Patriots to win Sunday's Bowl game. She agreed to wear a teeny-weeny Giants bikini in Times Square if she lost the bet.
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I love the Muppets, but was Sesame Street this hip when we were kids? This sketch perfectly caters to children and their Downton Abby obsessed parents.

Here, in my opinion, are the two best ads from this year's Superbowl. Oreo takes the cake (or cream-filled-cookie) for humor with this 'whisper fight' idea.
Dodge Ram hit the bulleseye with this 'lump-in-the-throat' tribute to farmers, in large part due to repurposed audio from the late, great Paul Harvey.
Do you agree with my choices? What was your favorite commercial from game day?

Good grief.
The original voice of Charlie Brown, 56 year-old Peter Robbins (A Charlie Brown Christmas, It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown), has been arrested for stalking and making threats against his ex-girlfriend and her plastic surgeon. Apparently Robbins paid for his then-girlfriend to get some new "Great Pumpkins," and wanted his money back once the two broke-up.

In further behavior unbecoming of Charlie Brown and Snoopy, Robbins alledgedly abused his dog as well, threatening to continue doing so unless somebody gave him a refund for the surgery.
Robbins has never had any other run-ins with the law, so his lawyer is portraying him as a man "distraught."
For now Robbins is in a San Diego jail, with bail set at $550,000. If convicted, he may be trading in his yellow-shirt with the zig-zag design for a 9-year stint in prison orange.

A couple of years ago, Robbins narrated a "Charlie Brown Christmas" storybook App. His voice was warm and familiar, and it was a treat to hear a grown-up Charlie Brown speaking to a grown-up me. This is how I would prefer to remember Peter Robbins.

Speaking as a life-long fan of "A Charlie Brown Christmas," I hope Robbins gets any help he may need and that there's a happier ending ahead for the voice of one of the most beloved animated characters of all-time.
Please don't pull the football away from Peanuts fans, Charlie Brown.
For the latest updates on this story, visit here.

This is how you tackle your New Year's resolutions:
1) Set a goal (World's largest snowball fight).
2) Take steps towards that goal (order truck loads of snow delievered to Seattle Center, invite people to participate, and communicate your intentions to the Guinness Book of World Records).
3) Follow through (start throwing snowballs)!
Check out the results in this no-snowball-left-unturned video from ContourCamera on YouTube.

Picture by: Ryan Miles/Splash News
Was veteran sportscast legend Brent Musburger being a perv when he called attention to former Miss Alabama Katherine Webb in the crowd? He called her (gasp!): a beautiful woman, and went on to say "Wow, I'm telling you quarterbacks: You get all the good-looking women." Factual on both counts, and pretty respectful if you ask me.
For her part, the woman formerly-known as "the girlfriend" of University of Alabama quarterbrack A.J. McCarron says Musburger didn't owe her an apology, although he issued one.
And Webb's star is rising on the internet: two weeks ago she had 300 Twitter followers. Today she has over 233,000 (and climbing).

Picture by: Ryan Miles/Splash News
To get a good look at the woman who is surely on Brent Musburger's "laminated list" (y'know, the freebie affair your spouse will give you if you get a chance to hook-up with your favorite celebrity), check out our Katherine Webb beauty gallery here.

Each of these holiday TV specials is shown year-after-year. Which is your favorite?
If you ask me, the most popular Hallmark Keepsake Ornament of 2012 is this Wile E Coyote item.
I say that because I went on a desperate search for him all over the North Sound. I must've driven to or called seven Hallmark stores! Nobody had it in stock anymore. Four days earlier they had plenty. That'll teach me to hesitate buying an ornament I like next year.
There is a happy ending to my story, however, an employee in Silverlake found one of the coveted Looney Tunes decorations for me. THANK YOU!

My quest made me wonder, though, what are the other outrageously popular Hallmark ornaments this year? Here are the top 3, as posted by Squidoo.
"Celebration Barbie."
"Frosty Fun."
And this "North Pole Countdown" radio. It really works!
I'm also partial to this Christmas Vacation "Marty Moose" mug.
Whatever your taste, good luck on your search. And don't wait too long, you may be left out in the cold!