Emerald Catron
Emerald Catron has written for Asylum, Lemondrop, MyDaily and Daily Fill. She is one half of rap duo Dem Shortybooz and is a comedic performer around NYC. Follow her on Twitter @emeraldcatron
Emerald Catron
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10 Awesome Musical Performances From The Muppets in Honor of Jane Henson
Yesterday Jane Henson passed away. She was 78 years old. During her life, she was married to Jim Henson, and she worked with him until she took a break from puppetry to raise their children. Together they started 'The Muppet Show,' and Jane's work with the Jim Henson Legacy ensured that future generations would fall in love with the characters she and her husband dreamed up.
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Funny or Die KickStarts ’90s Shows for April Fool’s Day
Inspired by the success of the recent 'Veronica Mars' movie campaign, Funny or Die has started numerous Kickstarters to bring back all your favorite old shows because "people love stuff from the '90s. The only problem is...April Fool's! It's not real.
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See All of Google’s April Fool’s Day Pranks
If you're anything like us, you probably have no idea what day it is. Well, it's Monday, April 1st. Yes, it's April Fool's Day, which means that Google is planning to pull the wool over our eyes all day long. Here are some of the pranks they're pulling, in cas
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‘Stuff From the 90s’ Video Takes a Hilariously Dark Turn
Here's a handy list of stuff from the 90s, in this video from musical sketch comedy group Pop Roulette. Dunkaroos, pogs, 'Dawson's Creek' -- it's all there. (Really it's about one 'Pete & Pete' reference away from being the Buzzfeed handbook.)
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High School Makes Amazing One-Take Pop Music Medley Video
Nearly eight minutes in length, and with 49 people to choreograph, this video was no small feat. The fact that they're all high school students certainly makes it more impressive.
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‘Kabooyow! Lady’ Is Your New Favorite Viral Video Star
Sadly, we don't have more opportunities to scream "Kabooyow! Kabooyow!" in our everyday life. But we *want* to say it all the time now, thanks to Michelle Clark and this news interview she did.
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Thumbs Not Guns in Movies Courtesy of Tumblr
We're going to take a moment to pretend we live in a world where these are movies that were actually made. The blog Thumbs and Ammo is comprised exclusively of stills taken from violent movies. Only the guns have been replaced with one or both thumbs up. Does this mean they were all comedies? Maybe just heartwarming tales of affirmation? Either way, they're hilarious.
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The ‘Knife Game Song’ Is Back, Thanks to Daring Norwegian Teen
Some days you wake up and ask yourself, "what does the world need more of," and the answer is basically never "more kids playing with knives." Yet here we are.
You may remember the "Knife Game Song," which was fairly popular on the web a year and a half ago.
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Groupon CEO Leaks Own Resignation Letter, References ‘Battletoads’
Andrew Mason, now-former-CEO of Groupon, resigned today. Well, actually, he was more fired, really. And he told everybody. How do we know? Because he also publicly released his own letter of not-resignation, because it was going to leak anyway. Here's what it said.
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Here’s a GIF of One Direction’s Harry Styles Getting Hit in the Crotch With a Shoe
Okay, so maybe that's not the most graceful headline. But you didn't come here for grace. You came here to see that one guy from One Direction get hit in the junk with a shoe. Over and over again. You won't be disappointed. (Check out the video above.)
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10 Dumb Tweets About Kurt Cobain for His Birthday
Ugh, come on people. Kurt Cobain is trending pretty hard on Twitter today, since it's his birthday, but we doubt the authenticity of some of these "fans." Here are some dumb, dumb tweets dedicated to Cobain on his birthday. (We left out the twenty gazillion tweets of the quote "Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are," because it's depressing how people aren't picking up on the irony.)
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Manti Te’o Story Helpfully Explained in Taiwanese Animation
If the whole Manti Te'o debacle has got you scratching your head because you don't have time to read large, uninterrupted blocks of text ... here's a cartoon!