The first chapter of Joss Whedon’s three act online musical, Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog is online and it’s fantastic. If you haven’t already checked it out, good luck – the site crashed about halfway through the day. Luckily, the musical is also available via iTunes for a small charge. Sure, it sucks to pay for something free, but the free version only stays online through this week. After that you’ll have to buy it anyway.
Mike Birbiglia is a hilarious comedian we’ve recently been turned onto. He pointed out this video clip of his appearance on The Michael Showalter Showalter. Showalter tries to set up gags for Birbiglia, but he ain’t biting:
I can’t say I’m crazy about the video, just because the awkward humor doesn’t always play well. However, if you haven’t seen Birbiglia’s Secret Public Journal stand-up special, it’s definitely worth checking out.
So, apparently a difficulty in activating the iPhone will be the end to all life as we know it, according to the news. Gee, and most of the people I’ve heard from waiting in line just think it’s annoying. I hope they learn the true weight of this before the horsemen show up.
Disney sues Lake County business over use of Tigger, other characters
Stephen Hudak | Sentinel Staff Writer
July 10, 2008
Step aside, Cruella De Vil.
A federal lawsuit filed by Disney Enterprises Inc. has cast a Clermont couple as villains who exploited the trademarked likenesses of Winnie the Pooh, Eeyore and Tigger, too, to enrich their family business, Kool Klown Party People Inc.
Maitland-based lawyers for Disney demanded in the million-dollar copyright-infringement suit that David Chaveco, 32, and Marisol Perez-Chaveco, 31, stop offering live entertainment services for children’s parties that feature performers in “unauthorized reproductions” of character costumes.
The 2-year-old Lake County company offers custom-baked cakes, face painting, pinatas and inflatable “bounce” houses.
Perez-Chaveco, a work-from-home mother of two preschoolers, said she and her husband did not realize they were harming the film and resort giant when they paid $500 plus shipping for the adult-sized costumes of a “blue donkey” and an “orange tiger” from a Peruvian company on eBay.
The costumes were close matches to cartoon versions of droll Eeyore and bouncy Tigger.
“All of a sudden, I’m like some Cruella, the woman who steals puppies,” Perez-Chaveco said, referring to the villainess in 101 Dalmatians.
Punchline: Disney is now filing a second lawsuit for the use of Cruella in Perez-Chaveco’s analogy. Dammit people, when will you learn!
