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Olivia Munn Does Filthy Things With Raw Seafood

Seth — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:02:41 EDT

Defamer's enduring fascination with Attack of the Show host Olivia Munn, and her ongoing explorations of the strange worlds lying towards the far reaches of her personal shame-threshold, continues: In her latest escapade, Munn communes suggestively with a variety of aquatic wildlife. Surely you require no more explanation that that, but we'll offer some anyway:

Says the AotS website:

"Olivia does a screen test for a remake of Russ Meyer’s erotic 60s classic ‘Vixen’ by performing a sexy dance with aquatic animals."

We urge everyone but animal rights activists to now click through to watch Munn's erotically charged tango with a splayed salmon, then compare it to the Vixen original. Both made us inexplicably giddy—though not quite as giddy as if Mark Wahlberg had then wandered into the frame, and said, "Hey, squid. I like all those arms you got, that looks really great. So you're a squid, right? What's that all about? OK, well it was great to meet you. Say hi to your mother for me, OK?"

Olivia's Sexy Fish Dance [G4]

It's Time: Kill the TCA Press Tour

STV — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:00:00 EDT

As far as circles of hell go, we've already established you can't really do much worse than the Television Critics Association semi-annual press tours — the gaseous summer version of which is feeding the palms in Beverly Hills as we speak. But it's not just the bloggers and bitter ideologues who have ruined the bed-in between networks, stars and the writers who love them (until the expense account runs out, anyway); we're learning more today about why the TCA tour may have bottomed out earlier than predicted, featuring an opening cavalcade of virtually uncoverable has-beens and hypocrites who don't bode well for the future of, well, anything. From the WaPo:

The day on which the Thank God We're Working Summer TV Press Tour got its start was one of singular euphoria. ...

So thrilled were the critics with the whole still-employed/Beverly Hills/expense-account thing, they generously overlooked TV One following its first session, on racism in America, with one that kicked off with homophobic remarks made by a guy who appears to be one of the new co-hosts of TV One show Black Men Revealed.
And, hours later, they also graciously let it slide when Florence Henderson — born 1934 — slipped in a reference to herself as being part of the baby boom generation...

*GUNSHOT*

And this is one of the good items — a self-effacing glimpse into the abyss of modern culture, where ex-SAG president Ed Asner predictably wheezes on behalf of an actors strike, the Hallmark Channel cannibalizes the very bones of cable television and Ted Koppel fakes what little funk remains beneath his ever-thickening species of wig. Sign us up, seriously. How did we ever overlook the credentialing process?

We think we know, actually: Having proven its irrelevance after nobody — not readers, not viewers, nobody except perhaps the overextended networks and publishers who pay for it all, and certainly not us — even noticed when the WGA strike necessitated its cancellation last January, the TCA press tour is but a holdover of entitlement and uselessness, all but invisible, little but dead. Which is to say: Make it stop. Dogs, ponies, shows — drown them all, pocket the money, make better TV and hire back the swaths of critical dead who gave half a fuck before polishing network turds became the law of the land.

Or just call it even. We don't even care at this point as long as the publicity reach-around in TV, film, politics and pretty much any measurable media ecology makes so few people happy or even remotely intrigued. Just make it stop. Katherine Heigl doesn't need your defenses, Chandra Wilson. Olivia Munn and Kevin Pereira's "romantic tension"? Kill yourselves. Mark Cuban on day-and-date film releases for the trillionth time? He can afford to be wrong for 20 lifetimes, but beat writers fall for it year after year after year.

So, TCA press tour attendees? Hello? We love you as people, support you as peers and just want to see you happy. Really. And we know your editors will take it rough, but they'll get over it, and anyway, it's time: Put this dog down.

That Sputtering Sound You Hear? Another Press Tour Revs Up [Washington Post]

Somebody, Anybody, Everybody Scream!

Mark Graham — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:30:00 EDT

· First there was Ninja Warrior. Then came Unbeatable Banzuke. Now, we are holding our collective breath in hopes that the G4 Network brings Screaming Japanese Man to these fine shores. Until then, this will have to do. [YouTube]
· Hey you guys, do you like popular culture? How about the internet? If you answered "Yes" to both of these questions, we'd like to wholeheartedly recommend that you pay Videogum a visit. Co-written by longtime friends of Defamer Gabe Delahaye and Lindsay "Lindsayism" Robertson, we think it will make for a nice addition to your daily routine. Give it a whirl, wontcha? [Videogum]
· For those of you who enjoy both chocolate products and cannibalism equally (and frankly, who doesn't?), we're fairly certain you're gonna get a kick out of this: Newborns made of chocolate! [Pravda]
· We like Tay Zonday and "Chocolate Rain" quite plenty, but we would never get him tattoed on our arms. Nope, his face deserves Tramp Stamp placement all the way. [Blogger]
· And lastly, while we're not generally the type to toot our own horn, it's worth noting that the impossibly shiny-haired Olivia Munn gave us a shout-out on Attack Of The Show last night. The video clip appears, as things often do here, after the jump.

Olivia Munn Wonders Why Lindsay Lohan's Boobs Hang Low

Mark Graham — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 20:50:50 EST

Our fondness for Attack Of The Show's impossibly shiny haired Olivia Munn has been well-documented on these here pages. Aside from our fanboyish appreciation of her considerable physical charms, the thing that we feel separates Munn from the other pretty faces that grace the telly is her fearlessly honest assessments of some of the, shall we say, floozier members of the Young Hollywood set. Take her comments on Lindsay Lohan's boob-baring photoshoot, for example. What other female television color commentator would dare label LiLo as looking "haggard" and then follow that crack by putting her low-hanging boobs on blast? We can answer that for you: none. Olivia Munn, we salute you and your impossibly shiny hair. Stay gold.

WATCH VIDEO

Olivia Munn Slips, Falls, Doesn't Sue G4TV For Workman's Comp

Mark Graham — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 20:54:25 EST

G4TV's impossibly shiny haired co-host of Attack Of The Show, Olivia Munn, sure is a trouper. During a bit that aired near the end of Friday's episode, Munn took a nasty spill while writhing about in a shallow pool of baby oil (and you wonder why we DVR the show every night?). Turns out that her slip-n-fall bruised more than just her ego; after the show was completed, paramedics were called to the scene and she was "whisked" away to a local hospital.

Despite being diagnosed with a separated left shoulder, Munn showed up on-time and in high spirits for yesterday's AOTS taping (did you hear that, Seacrest?), her damaged wing safely snuggled in a sling. While G4's crack staff of legal eagles are probably breathing a collective sigh of relief that Munn decided not to sue for negligence, we're betting that an extra zero (or two) will find their way into Miss Munn's next paycheck for her troubles. Stay safe out there, kids!

Attack Of The Show [G4TV]

Attack of The Hot-Dog-Gobbling G4 Host

Mark — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 15:20:25 EDT

All the great TV segment concepts are incubated in the far more experimental medium of basic cable, but eventually work their way up to conservative network programs desperate for fresh ideas. Accordingly, it shouldn't be long before a View producer sees this clip from G4's Attack of the Show and tries to escape their boring, post-Rosie rut by forcing Elizabeth Hasselbeck to hop on Whoopi's shoulders and deep-throat a mustard-slathered hot dog as Joy and Barbara squeal their approval.

Olivia Munn's Hot Beef Injection [Fleshbot]