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Earlier today over at Team Coco, the awesome cult's fiery haired leader revealed the name of his new talk show on TBS. The show doesn't start until November 8th but now we have a much better idea of what we can expect from the show, at least if the title means anything. Clearly in a nod to one of the most iconic roles of The Governator's career, O'Brien has announced that his new show will simply be called Conan as the inclusion of "The Barbarian" part would clearly have turned off women and younger viewers. Either way I'm pretty pumped the talk show host is going to have a bit more of an action/adventure flair than in year's past. You can check out the fancy little announcement video below, you know, if you're in to that sort of thing.

It's pretty clear that the one thing preventing Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket from truly becoming a cinematic masterpiece is that for all of its amazing storytelling and performances, there really isn't much for kids to connect with. Of course it's not at the ideal time as the film's legendary director passed away eleven years ago, but it looks as if that one problem has finally been solved. A new cut is making it's way around the interwebs that replaces the abrasive sounding jacket with something a little more kid-friendly: Full Metal Disney.

Donald Duck voicing R Lee Ermey in his iconic role as Gunnery Sargeant Hartman? Yes please. Yes please very much.   [via filmdrunk]

If you're like me you had better things to do on Saturday than pay attention to Glenn Beck's non-political ode to himself in Washington D.C. Thankfully for us those of us that missed the day's events, New Left Media went around and visited with some of the proud Americans who were there to help embrace all that is wrong with our wonderful country. Unfortunately these patriots are just a tad bit uninformed, although they wear denial nicely, sort of like that denim jacket you've been rocking lately. Feed me some Muslim lies you crazed new lefties.

On 8.28.2010, Glenn Beck’s “Restoring Honor” rally was held on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.  The purpose of the rally, which Beck claimed to be “non-political” despite featuring Tea Party-favorite Sarah Palin as a speaker and its being attended entirely by conservatives, was unclear.  The participants spoke abstractly about the need to restore “honor” and “pride” to a country that had lost it.  When pressed for when our country had lost its honor, most cited the election of Barack Obama.8.28.2010 also represented the 47th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech, and Glenn Beck has been criticized for by civil rights groups for trying to misappropriate the occasion.

Last year, Beck referred to Barack Obama—our country’s first African-American President--as a “racist… who has a deep-seated hatred for white people or the white culture.”  When offered the chance to respond to Beck’s statements, his fans either agreed with him or simply refused to believe that he had ever made them.

While the speaker list was diverse, the overwhelmingly white crowd expressed paranoid and conspiratorial fears of multiculturalism—that atheists or black liberation theologists or radical Muslims or “free-loading” Latinos were going to ruin our country.  There was the constant suggestion that white Christians and their way of life are somehow under assault, and that the attendees of this rally were here to put an end to it and return the country to what it used to be.

Either way Glen Beck would never say Obama is a racist. It's thirteen minutes long so clear some schedule if you're going to take the plunge as it's thirteen minutes of bliss if you enjoy watching people disregard facts and reality. I'd also like to commend interviewer Chase Whiteside for his patience and lack of any mocking tone, which is the cheap route I would have taken.

Also I just know what my sister tells me.   [via the daily what]

Last Friday night Super Hella Awesome favorites Marco Benevento and Joe Russo combined forces for the one and only Duo show of 2010, an acoustic affair at New York City's Highline Ballroom. For those that weren't able to attend the show I have some great news for you, the most important of which would be that Marco informed the crowd the Duo were still very much in cahoots, and actually intend to record new music together this year. Putting the cart in front of the horse it seems the world could be gifted a new Duo album next year, and one would hope a few shows in support of it. Heaven forbid a full fledged tour.

The other bits of news are more of the immediate consumption variety as we have a killer video below of the band's final song of the evening "Becky". Thanks to Clinton Vadnais for the unbelievably great vid (if you have any more from the show please let us know). As a small sampling of The Duo's only performance of the year will do, you are probably now bitter that you can't bask in the rest of the awesome, but have no fear as the amazing NYC Taper covered the show and now has a crisp copy of the show up for download. Head on over to his website for the deets, just don't forget to say thank you.