If you’re not celebrating New Year’s Eve like this vintage movie theater intermission clip suggests… YOU’RE DOING IT WRONG.
Holiday
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How To Not Sound Like Glenn Beck: A Mandatory PSA from Phoebe Robinson and Jessica Williams
I saw a LOT of holiday shows this holiday show season, and in one cringe-inducing moment in one such show, a character made a Kwanzaa joke. This was weird for a number of reasons that I think are best explained in this video. You may remember Phoebe Robinson, a very funny lady based in Brooklyn, […]
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Trailer for the Black Mirror Christmas Special…
… ummm… which you probably can’t watch unless you’re in either a relatively small group of people, or a goddamn thief. Why? Because unless you live in England, like to steal stuff off the internet, or are a DirecTV subscriber, you won’t be able to watch the Black Mirror Christmas Special tomorrow on Christmas day. […]
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The Only Christmas Medley You’ll Ever Need (or Want)
Behold this clip from the 1976 Sonny and Cher Christmas Special, featuring the following: • Sonny and Cher (at that time, divorced)• Bernadette Peters• Captain Kangaroo (!)• Shields and Yarnell (trigger warning alert: mimes)• Poor little awkward Chastity Bono • And the moment starting at 2:05 which makes it allllll worth it. HAPPY HOLIDAYS, EVERYBODY!
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Ghosts, Murder, and Sentient Candy: Here Are the Holiday Shows You Still Have Time To See
Owen Carey Holiday theater season isn’t over yet! Many of this year’s best and most imaginative/strange holiday shows have already closed (farewell, Rudolph, and SANTA, Liminal’s tale of Christmas and DEATH). You’ll have to wait until next year for delightful stop-motion animation acted out by actual people—and maybe until never for Liminal’s next holiday play, […]
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Darlene Love’s Final “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)”
1986 was the first year that R&B singer Darlene Love performed her barn-burning rendition of “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” on David Letterman. Remind yourself: And though she’s visited Letterman to reprise the song ever since, it was questionable if Darlene was going to show up for this year’s holiday show. However—probably because she knew […]
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TONIGHT! Don’t Miss Portland’s Holiday Office Party!
FINAL WARNING! If you love fun, dancing, and well-earned holiday hangovers, do not miss TONIGHT’S Portland Holiday Office Party at Branx! Because so many of you have unconventional non-office jobs (or hate the office you do have) we’ve concocted the holiday office party of your dreams. We’ve converted Branx into a nondescript corporate office filled […]
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Twist Your Dickens: Getting into the Mean-Spirited Holiday Spirit
Portland Center Stage I have seen so many holiday shows, I feel like my eyes are bleeding melted candy canes and holiday cheer. And I’m seeing another one tonight! (Sidenote: One holiday performance I didn’t go to is Liminal’s Santa, E.E. Cummings’ tale of killing Santa Claus. Jenna Lechner reports on it here.) Today’s report […]
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Mercury White Elephant Gift Exchange: The Longest Jump
As you know, I have EXTREMELY STRICT RULES when it comes to the Mercury‘s annual “White Elephant Gift Exchange” party—which you can read and follow yourself, right here. One of the more interesting aspects of my rules is what happens when an employee attempts “a steal”… 2e. “Any person whose present is stolen can challenge […]
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Wm.™ Steven Humphrey’s “Unfuckwithable Rules of the White Elephant Gift Exchange”
Our annual Mercury “White Elephant Gift Exchange” is going down in about an hour, and you’re not invited. HOWEVER! In the public’s interest, here is my annual blog post, “Wm.™ Steven Humphrey’s “Unfuckwithable Rules of the White Elephant Gift Exchange” for those who don’t want their office White Elephant exchange to be a fucking disaster.—Wm.™ […]
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Win Tickets to Portland’s Holiday Office Party (Attendance Mandatory)
Let’s face it: your holiday office party is TERRIBLE. Or even worse? You don’t have one at all! That’s why the Portland Mercury is pleased to announce the second annual Portland’s Holiday Office Party! It’s the party for party-haters, or party-non-havers! SO. What makes Portland’s Holiday Office Party so much better? JUST THIS: • Fun-time […]
