Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Meet Defamer Australia’s New Work Experience Kid
2:45PM Jess McGuire | Yesterday when I loudly announced on Defamer Australia that I had a message for Larry Emdur, I didn’t actually expect to get a response from the man himself. But guess what? Larry sent me an email later that afternoon and just about made my day, I tells you.
Hey Jess. !!!
Thanx heaps for the message. I really appreciate it, especially as you’ve busted away from your normal format to deliver a silly personal message. If anyone ever wants me to forward on a message to you I promise I will…..with bells on!!.
Happy bloody new year and all that stuff.
Larry
Isn’t that pretty much the loveliest thing evs? And it appears to have come from a genuine Channel Seven address, so I declare it to be legit. And you know what that means, don’t you?
IN 2009, PLEASE SEND ALL CORRESPONDENCE FOR DEFAMER AUSTRALIA TO THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS
JESS MCGUIRE
C/O LARRY EMDUR
CHANNEL SEVEN SYDNEY
PO BOX 777
PYRMONT, NSW 2009
Thank you. And thank you, Larry Emdur. Defamer Australia still thinks they should have picked you as the new Dancing With The Stars host (sorry, Daniel MacPherson!)
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How’s ‘The Bass’ Going On Facebook?
1:05PM Jess McGuire | Y’all remember The Bass is all over social networking sites now, yeah? It seems like literally days since I’ve had a sook about my Facebook wall being a fawning Bassingthwaighte comment-free zone, but don’t think my pain over that issue has lessened in any way. If anything, the Christmas season just hammered home how alone I feel sometimes, and how much I need some personalised love from The Bass.
While Natalie Bassingthwaighte is yet to deliver the personal comment goods as far as yours truly is concerned, I cannot fault her enthusiasm for the site as a whole. Every day I wake up to find my feed littered with news of Natalie making new friends, being tagged in a picture with fans, and adding new photos to albums called “NYE Rehearsals 30/12/08.”
She’s ALSO written a couple of notes. The following was my favourite:
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YouTube Clip Of The Day
11:46AM Jess McGuire | My housemate Steph sent me this clip.
Described on YouTube as follows:
David Unger Hart, the worst puppeteer in the world, invites the worst dancer (Francine Dancer) and guitar player (Michael Boyd) in the world for an off-key celebration of Christmas. Be sure to watch til the end.
Shall we?
I LOVE CHRISTMAS!
PS: Surely this is not REAL? That level of professionalism is awe inspiring. More » SOMEWHAT RUBBISH BLIND ITEM!
10:35AM Jess McGuire | Which recently very-much-in-the-news Australian warbler has been joining the very Facebook groups that proclaim him to be a dick of the highest order? The hate group in question lists a variety of reasons why folks should loathe the critically acclaimed performer, including “His face is always shiny” and “His take on subtle observational humor is to find the stupidest person he knows and make them rhyme”.
And after joining the posse on Facebook, the man himself – he’s using a pseudonym, but it’s definitely him – offered up yet another reason to detest him while writing on the wall:
“He is also a total c— who fingers other people’s dogs. Don’t forget that.”
DUDE! Your current level of success means you don’t need to bother responding to hate groups with eight people in it (and that figure includes you), even if your contribution is amusingly sweary. Sure, some spotty teens make not dig your sense of humour, but as far as the critics are concerned? You’re perfect! More » 
Poor Kylie Minogue Has Had To Sell Her House!
9:44AM Jess McGuire | From what I can understand from the papers and stuff, things aren’t looking good when it comes to the world’s finances. But it hadn’t really hit home for me until I learned that our very own pop princess, the fabulous Kylie Minogue, has had to suffer because of the current global economic crisis. I mean, really – hasn’t she suffered enough? This shit is bananas… back when bananas were really costly and the Baby Jesus would cry himself to sleep.
Australian singer-songwriter Kylie Minogue has been forced to slash the price of her Australian holiday home by half after being hit by the credit crunch.
Wait til you see the actual figures. I actually burst into tears. More » 
More Franco Cozzo Goodness For You
8:37AM Jess McGuire | If you were scratching your head at yesterday’s YouTube Clip Of The Day video, it’s time we put the subject of the clip – the great Franco Cozzo – into his natural environment, and that’s selling Italian furniture.
Why don’t you come for yourself?
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‘Watchmen’Gate Update: Warner Gambles, Geeks Revolt
8:20AM STV | There’s still not much to report from the front lines of World War Watchmen, where a smattering of fire today has nevertheless nudged half a million angry refugee fanboys into comics-genre exile. More »
Robert Pattinson Hates Prop 8, Los Angeles Comedy Scene
8:16AM Kyle Buchanan | Has the comedy world learned nothing from the time it angered Brooke Shields with jokes about a freshly-dead Estelle Getty? Apparently not, since it now falls to Twilight star Robert Pattinson to cry, “Too soon!” More »
Joke-Stealing Dane Cook Victim of Money-Stealing Brother
8:09AM Kyle Buchanan | In a year where so much went wrong for Dane Cook—vagina-faced flops, dog poop lawsuits, and the public ire of Molly McAleer—at least the comedian could rely on his family. Or, maybe not! More »
