A nice counterpoint to the heavy stuff I wrote about yesterday. The grunting really makes it. (via Tastefully Offensive)

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FilmDrunk’s 2012 Oscars Best Picture Bracket - I’m not quite as acerbic about movies as Vince, and I love at least 6 of the Best Picture nominees this year. Not a fan of The Help, War Horse or Pay 9/11 Forward. [Film Drunk]

The Dying Art Of Rap Battles & Beefs - Well hey, at least now we’ve got a Twitter feud between a remorseless violent dancing man-child and a pro wrestler security guards wouldn’t let into the arena because they thought he was a fan! [Smoking Section]

‘Community’ Hiatus Might Have Actually Improved Its Chances at Renewal - I want so badly for these characters to graduate. Shows with a logical end need to reach their logical end! [Warming Glow]

Our 30 Favorite Pictures From This Year’s Mardi Gras Chewbacchanal -
“Here’s a thing we do where we get drunk and girls shows us their boobs. How could we make it better?” “STAR WARS.” [Gamma Squad]

In Case You Ever Wanted To See Robert Downey Jr. As A Pinup Girl - I haven’t, but uh, thanks for sharing. [UPROXX]

Man Repeatedly Pepper-Sprayed At Disneyland During Fight - Where were these guys when Ursula was trying to destroy Prince Eric’s boat? Or when Gaston was in the woods trying to stab folks? [Buzzfeed]

Rick Santorum’s Gmail Inbox Reveals The Truth About GOP Candidate (PICTURE) - The guy’s last name is “Santorum” for Christ’s sakes, don’t vote for him. Who’s his VP gonna be, Charles Mung? [HuffPost Comedy]

Off The Air: 11 Things Adult Swim Left Online - I wish somebody would accidentally leave ‘Look Around You’ season 2 on a U.S. DVD. [Adult Swim]

How They Made The Greatest Simpsons Episode Of All-Time, “Homer At The Bat” - “Last Exit To Springfield” is the greatest Simpsons episode of all-time, thank you very much. [FARK]

Bossip Exclusive: Ray J Planning To Sue Radio Station Over Spoof Fake Interview Discussing Whitney And Bobby - Any time Ray J talks, the other person should respond with OH RAY J, OH RAY J, OH BAYBEE~ until he shuts up. [Bossip]

How Do You Improve Mardi Gras? Add Will Ferrell - I like that Will Ferrell is just wandering around hanging out at stuff he likes. Beer commercials, Spanish language movies, Minor League Baseball, Mardi Gras. [The FW]

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Pre-show notes:

- As some of you may know, yesterday was my birthday, and at some point I got caught up doing whatever the hell it is you do on birthdays and couldn’t get up a Raw Open Discussion thread. Don’t worry, we’re going to pick that back up next week and chances are I’ll pop one up for Smackdown this week to compensate. Also, happy birthday to me! For anyone wondering, I spent Sunday night watching Matthew Palmer get stabbed in the mouth with kabob skewers and thrown off a scaffold at ACW’s Guilty By Association 6 and spent Monday eating veggie burgers.

- Also for anyone wondering, I am now 85 years old.

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Click through to enjoy the Best And Worst Of WWE Raw for January 16, 2012.

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Here’s a picture of me making the world’s teenagers and emo bands jealous. I spent the last six days in southern California doing what one does there (eating sprouts, finding Vince McMahon’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame) so if today’s posts are just big pictures of LeBron James with “uhhhhhhhhhh” under them, I apologize. Before I try to wedge myself back into the creative process, I just wanted to formally say what an amazing dude Burnsy is for holding down the ship while I was gone and making me look like a complete chump.

Oh, and also, a huge thank you goes out to Andrew Johnson and Dr. Diego McCafferty for their outstanding work filling in on The Best And Worst Of WWE Night Of Champions and The Guest And Worst Of Raw 9/19. I couldn’t have left the column in better hands, and am really happy I was swimming in the Pacific Ocean instead of writing 10,000 paragraphs about that sh*t they pulled with Alberto Del Rio. If you haven’t read these yet, give them a look and leave these guys some love.

Otra Links

The Plot of ‘Two and a Half Men’ Recapped by Bored TV Critics - “Person says four or five sarcastic words, makes a face, studio audience laughs. Repeat.” I didn’t even know Two and a Half Men had a plot. At least King of Queens goes places and tries to get away with things. [Warming Glow]

Nintendo Cartridges Get Recycled: 5 Awesome Products Made From Old Games - I was hoping “40 dollar version of Excitebike for new portable system that is still just 30 seconds of game” was on the list. Nintendo cartridges are awesome and make great wedding invitations. [Gamma Squad]

Ryan Gosling Says He’ll Eventually Quit Acting To Focus On Babies - That Brad Pitt “grow a huge beard and carry people/things for Angelina Jolie” model is catching on, isn’t it? [Film Drunk]

7 Shows That Peaked in Season One - Does “The Joe Schmo Show” count? Because it had a second season, and Ingrid’s boobs were the only good part of it. [Unreality]

Darrelle Revis x Jesse Boykins III For Nike Sportswear “Always On” - My dream job is to be the guy who comes up with inspirational buzz-phrases for Nike ads like “Just Do It” or “Always On”. I come up with them all the time. My favorite so far is “Doing Sports”. Second favorite, “Dunking Constantly”. [Smoking Section]

Conan O’Brien Loves Boobs Too - I hear George Lopez hates boobs. [UPROXX]

Nancy Grace’s Cleavage Cannot Be Unseen - You know what? Real talk, I would have so much sex with Nancy Grace. It’d be like those puberty fantasies about hooking up with your mean teacher happening for real. She’d probably drink alcohol out of a Sprite can like my actual 8th grade English teacher, too. [Warming Glow]

Futurama Takes Twelve Years to Tell a Joke? - The best show. [Gamma Squad]

20 Additional Albums From 1991 Cameron Crowe Should Turn Into a Documentary - You have no idea how much money I’d pay for a “Joyride” by Roxette documentary. That song features my favorite lyric ever: “C’mon, join the joyride. Be a joy ride Er.” [Moviefone]

Six Rotten Tomatoes Movie Ratings that Contradict Popular Opinion - The Country Bears has a 30% on Rotten Tomatoes, which I’ve just realized and is total horsesh*t. Somebody get that added to this list. [The Smoking Jacket]

Actors We Love in Sitcoms That Suck - This begins and ends with Reginald VelJohnson. Wait, doesn’t it? [Pajiba]

In what might be the greatest combination of pro wrestling, Fast and Furious movies and cheesy amusement park photos of all time, bear witness to Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson posing on Splash Mountain at Disneyland. Here’s a link to the original photo, in case you didn’t want to miss the Will Ferrell guy taking a dump in the back. The pose is great by itself, but the sunglasses and the sleeveless, patriotic Team Bring It shirt really put it over the top and make it the best Splash Mountain pose since my friend Andy (pictured, bottom left) redefined the genre of fear back in 2008.

Johnson had so much fun on Splash Mountain he swore he’d never leave Disneyland, then left immediately and hasn’t been back since this picture was taken.

Rock’s Twitter account is great not only for pictures like these (including mark photos with Goofy and Minnie Mouse wanting a piece of The Great One’s strudel) but for vague, passionate declarations of nothing, like “GO AFTER IT” or #kicksomef’nasstoday. He is very concerned with bringing it, and knowing whether or not it has been brought.