On TV Tonight: SNL Backstage

Whitney Jefferson · 02/20/11 04:10PM

Tonight at 9pm, NBC will air a two-hour program about the behind-the-scenes madness of all 36 seasons of Saturday Night Live. It seems worth tuning in just for the story that Steve Martin teases in this commercial!

How Should We Treat Sex Addiction?

Adrian Chen · 02/20/11 03:45PM

Sex addiction is slowly, inevitably, becoming an accepted thing. Time frames a long article about sex addiction as a debate over whether sex addiction is truly an addiction or just dudes (mostly) being horny dudes. But, come on. When something gets on the addiction path there's no getting off: Within ten years we'll discover the gene for sex addiction, and we'll have already gone through a wave of, and backlash against, sex addiction memoirs. Mothers Against Sex Addiction will form after some sex addict crashes his car while masturbating.

Yes, Even Japan's Allergy Commercials Are Way Cooler Than Ours

Ajay Mehta · 02/20/11 01:00PM

Despite the recent news about China's economy overtaking Japan's as the new second-biggest, it's doubtful that they'll be able to create the strange whimsical culture that Japan has. You can even see it in their medicine ads.

Must Watch Web Series: Dealership

Ajay Mehta · 02/20/11 12:00PM

Used car dealerships can be shady, but Barkley Automotive in Dealership: The Series is more of an absurd playground. Four ridiculous characters come together to sell cars, and the result is a clever, lowbrow, and overall high-quality web series.

Qaddafi Steps Up Domestic Terror Campaign

Jeff Neumann · 02/20/11 10:58AM

Muammar el-Qaddafi seems to being going with a scorched earth-lite policy of dealing with protesters in Libya — he's allegedly hired African mercenaries to bolster his troops, who have been wantonly killing civilians and shooting people at funerals.