This clip might be old to you, but it’s new to me. I like it because it manages to simultaneously exist in two polar planes as both the biggest spoiler of all-time (bad!) and also an almost incomparably compelling call-to-action to watch their show THIS WEEK (good!). Probably the best television promotion I’ve seen since I started paying any sort of real attention to what makes a good television promotion. And man oh man, that Smulders. Want … to touch … the heinie.

Also, anyone else feel like Jason Segel’s concentration is elsewhere this season? Or is it just that his portrayal of Marshall in the first two seasons was just SO awesome that everything else is bound to be a letdown? I mean, it’s not like I don’t think that the former is kind of forgivable for the first few episodes. After all, he is coming off a big summer in which he wrote and starred in the Judd Apatow produced “Forgetting Sarah Marshall.” All I’m saying is that I miss my Marshall. Come back!

PS, you should all join the HIMYM Awesome Gang on Facebook. I’m in like 30 Facebook groups, but this is the only one that I have been compelled to visit a couple times each week. Good stuff.

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Before we start with the pop cult vivisection, your Uncle Grambo would like to provide the FOW Nation with the handiest piece of info you’ll hear this week. Okay, say you’re a bit lost and you want a quick way to find an address or phone number. Rather than dial 411 or pop open your phone’s redonkulously slow web browser, try this hottness instead. Send a text to GOOGLE (466-453) with the name, city and state of the establishment that you are looking for. Within 10 seconds (give or take), Google will text you back w/the establishment’s address and phone number. Not only is it forFREE, it is also forREALZ. Technology! [credit: that random in the west village who taught The Senator and I this trick last night]

Now that you’re in possession of the handiest piece of information since Yahweh knows when, we can get on with the show. Bullet stizz. Natch.

• First things first. Take a look over in the first of the two right-hand sidebars. See that little section called “Catching My Eye”? Even when your Uncle Grambo gets to be the busiest busybody in the Eastern Time Zone (coming REAL soon), I will be sure to update that section at least a few times a day with prime time besteverness. Just so ya know.

• Second things second. While stranded in NYC this weekend (don’t ask), your Uncle Grambo managed to shake off the blahs long enough to catch a late Saturday afternoon screening of “Dead Silence.” While the film didn’t really deliver the kinds of scares that I was hoping for, I must say that it hit all the right notes when it came to setting the mood. From the use of the old-timey Universal Pictures production logo in the opening credits to the creepy funhouse score, the filmmakers hit the same kind of atmospheric notes in the film that you used to see during the Saturday afternoon Creature Features of the 1970s (yo Count Scary, holla atcha boi!). If yr into that sort of thing, “Dead Silence” is def worth Netflixing. Even if the twist makes no sense whatsoevs.
  RELATED: So! Jealous! of the “Dead Silence” swag that showed up on Lisanti’s doorstep.

• The Onion’s AV Club got Win Butler of Arcade Fire to break down why he broke his guitar on SNL a few weeks back, which you’ll recall set off massive reverberations in The Blogosphere™. [via Gawker]
  RELATED: Amy Poehler … Revealed! NY Times steez.

• The evidence continues to pile up pointing towards “Knocked Up” as the runaway comedy sensation of Oh Seven.
  RELATED: Your Uncle’s has already boldly predicted that “Knocked Up” will turn Katherine Heigl into America’s Next Top Sweetheart. But since it was posted during while this site was still in development, I thought I would resurface that buzz now. Obvs.

• Best interview evs? The Grizz interviews The Miz … now on video! Howevs, The Grizz loses points for not asking The Miz if he TF’d Coral’s bombs.

• Not watching Brotherhood 2.0 everyday? For SHAME. That means you missed your Uncle Grambo’s cameo AND John Green’s trip through the abandoned buildings of Dee-Troit. Easily the best vlog since Congdon’s tees got co-opted by Disney.

And finally, last Thursday night saw the much anticipated return of “The Showbiz Show With David Spade.” Everyone who’s ever read this here site knows how gay I am for “The Showbiz Show”; trust you me, last week’s episode did NOT disappoint. Although my fave bit¹ is not yet online, this segment entitled “While We Were Away” sums up the last six months in pop culture in fanfreakingtastic fashion. Sit back and laugh, yo.

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Although the 2007 Topps Derek Jeter is probably the best baseball card since the `89 Fleer Billy Ripken, this whole fiasco reeks of a PR stunt. Think about it, when was the last time anyone talked about baseball cards? Probably when Sportflics was still in the bizz. If they REALLY wanted to generate buzz, they would’ve photoshopped The Thighmaster eating corn in the dugout instead of a clearly hung-over Mickey Mantle. She mars.

• Here’s the moment that all Britney watchers have been waiting for … THE SPIN! Granta, your Uncle Grambo’s no expert on post-partum depression (that’s Tom Cruise territory), but somehow I doubt that either rampant use of pure grade MDMA or paranoia onset by Belushi-esque hittins of Bolivian Marching Powder is exactly par for the post-partum course.
  RELATED: Miss Modernage recently posted a great video of Lily Allen dancing backstage at a Kasabian concert while they played “LSF” … so hott. The streets are on FIE-AH!

• “I want to squirt on you.”
  RELATED: Outtakes from the Julia Allison Gawker Pinup shoot.

• Those in Ad Agency Land who are looking to get the most bang out of their creative buck should look no further than Sausalito’s own Butler, Shine and Stern. Their recent work for the Mini Cooper brand (including WAY rad interactive billboards and the viral Hammer And Coop series) is setting new precedents for integrating technology into the auto industry’s stagnant media planning approach (ie, buy lots of TV commercials). Meanwhile, over in The D™, GM still doesn’t get it (*shocker*, I know). Their heavily hyped blog, I Got Shotgun, hasn’t been updated since February 13. Durst.

• The 10 Best Video Games To Play When You’re Stoned. No Mario Kart 64? Kramer please! [via Gorilla Mask]
  RELATED: Someone be sure to send this link along to Drew Barrymore and Cameron Diaz, k?

• Meet Taylor J. Norton, “part methodical technician, part methamphetamine addict, part parts scavenger.”

• McPheever? More like McPheltup!

• BEST! The new season of “The Showbiz Show” starts on March 15th. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again … of all the celebrity-focused entertainment recap shows, this is far and away my fave.
  RELATED: Spade’s new CBS show, “Rules Of Engagement”, is WAY better than expected. Along with “H.I.M.Y.M.”, Monday nights on CBS are giving Thursday nights on NBC a real run for their money. Also, is Bianca Kajlich the new Cobie Smulders? DEVELOPING!

¹ Thought everything ever was in Wikipedia? Not so much. Turns out there’s no wiki entry for Sportflics! Someone tell Beckett, STAT!

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Big ups to both Lindsayism and Junkiness for discovering the first trailers for “Knocked Up”, Judd Apatow’s follow-up to “The 40 Year Old Virgin.” Not only will this movie FINALLY make Judd Apatow a household name (and possibly even a brand) after nearly 10 years of being underappreciated (dude was the brains behind “Freaks And Geeks”, “The Larry Sanders Show”, AND “The Ben Stiller Show”), but depending on how the final product plays, it might just do for Katherine Heigl what “There’s Something About Mary” did for Cameron Diaz.

If you think about it, Heigl is primed for success. Thanks to her work on “Grey’s Anatomy”, she’s been in the public eye for the better part of two years. She’s got the looks, she’s appeals equally to both genders (women identify with her, men want to bang the bejeezus out of her), she’s kept her name out of the tabs/kept her “good girl” image intact, and her “success” would make for an excellent Barbara Walters segment (former child star weathers career difficulties to become a megastar). If she knocks this role out of the park — and from the looks of the trailers, she’s got a real chance — we might just have a brand-new America’s Sweetheart on our hands. One with amazing tees.

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