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House Eats 3: Cousin Sal vs. Joe House
By Grantland Channel atJimmy Kimmel Live’s Cousin Sal faces off against B.S. Report stalwart Joe House in an eating competition at New Orleans’s Acme Oyster House. It’s gross. For real.
Jimmy Kimmel Live’s Cousin Sal faces off against B.S. Report stalwart Joe House in an eating competition at New Orleans’s Acme Oyster House. It’s gross. For real.
Rembert Browne and Bill Simmons watch The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air’s Carlton on speed.
Grantland's Rembert Browne missed the 1980s because he's only 25 years old. Every once in a while, Bill Simmons will make him watch YouTube videos from the ’80s and "explain" (read: not explain) them. This is Rembert "explaining" Journey's "Separate Ways."
Grantland's Rembert Browne missed the 1980s because he's all young and stuff. Every once in a while we make him watch YouTube videos from that era and he "explains" (read: doesn't explain) them. This is him "explaining" Lionel Richie's "Hello." Lionel, go back to your classroom.
Bill Simmons and Rembert Browne celebrate Teen Witch's "Top That" freestyle battle scene.
Grantland's Rembert Browne is 25 years old and did not experience the '80s. To educate him from time to time, Bill Simmons shows him clips from YouTube in a series oddly titled "Rembert Explains." Sometimes the clips aren't even from the '80s, they're just insane — like this one, the actual music video for the Tommy Seebach Band's song "Apache."
Grantland's Rembert Browne is 25 years old and did not experience the '80s. To educate him from time to time, Bill Simmons shows him clips from YouTube in a series oddly titled "Rembert Explains." Sometimes the clips aren't even from the '80s, they're just insane. The clip they are watching here is of Prince’s domination of the 1985 American Music Awards. Price and The Revolution’s outfits, acceptance speeches, and gigantic Santa Claus bodyguard are not to be missed.
Lupe Fiasco's fourth album, Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album, was released Tuesday. To mark the occasion, two Grantland contributors from different generations offer their complicated feelings on the latest from one of music’s most polarizing figures.
Hua Hsu: When both Chief Keef and D.L. Hughley dis you, when Pete Rock feels “violated” by you, when your attempt to spark conversation on misogyny and the B-word morphs into a kind of sub–culture war, when you name something The Great American Rap Album and then announce your retirement shortly before its release, when a rundown of the past season of your life becomes a muddle of hyperlinks, then clearly it’s no longer just about the music. Full disclosure, if it wasn’t already obvious: My interest in Lupe Fiasco’s Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album is totally born out of the Charlie Brown raincloud that floats above it. We live in an opinion-heavy time, for sure, but how did someone so innocuous end up becoming the most dissable rapper around?
The only difference between Bill Simmons and me is that he saw the events of the '80s in real time, and I only learned about them upon sitting down in a room and watching '80s clips with Bill Simmons. Knowing this about ourselves, we decided to sit on stools, turn on video cameras, and watch a bunch of THOSE clips. This is the first. There are hundreds more.
But this one …
Well …
Welcome back to our series Rembert Explains the '80s. Every so often, we'll e-mail 25-year-old Rembert Browne a video from the 1980s that he hasn't seen. Rembert will write down his thoughts as he's watching it, then we'll post those thoughts here. This week's installment was selected by Grantland editor-in-chief Bill Simmons: "Say Say Say" by Michael Jackson and Sir Paul McCartney. If you have an idea for a future episode of Rembert Explains the '80s, e-mail us at hollywood@grantland.com.
Rembert's Note: I know this song, because it was on Thriller, but the only thing I think I remember about the video is that there was a bank robbery. And maybe face paint?
0:04 Why is that white lady shouting? Why?
0:09 Oh hi, Sir Paul McCartney. Why is he looking so Grapes of Wrath-y right now? Dude was in The Beatles.
0:15 Sir Paul is slanging "wonder potion" at all these sad, downtrodden people. Seems rude.
Editor's Note: Welcome back to our series Rembert Explains the '80s. Every so often, we'll e-mail 24-year-old Rembert Browne a video from the 1980s that he hasn't seen. Rembert will write down his thoughts as he's watching it, then we'll post those thoughts here. This week's installment was selected by our Hollywood Prospectus editor, Mark Lisanti: You Can't Do That On Television ("Drugs" Episode, 1981). If you have an idea for a future episode of Rembert Explains the '80s, e-mail us at hollywood@grantland.com.
0:01 "Mr. Rogers Neighborhood Pusher"? Oh, I like where this is going.
Things I didn’t expect to happen when Draya recorded a podcast with me at the Grantland Studio:
Editor's Note: Welcome to our series, "Rembert Tries to Explain the '80s." Every so often, we'll e-mail 24-year-old Rembert Browne a video from the 1980s that he hasn't seen. Rembert will write down his thoughts as he's watching it, then we'll post those thoughts here. The third assignment was given by editor Mike Philbrick: Any episode of ALF from Season 2. If you have an idea for a future episode of "Rembert Tries to Explain the '80s," e-mail us at hollywood@grantland.com.
Rembert Note: I sort of remember what ALF looks like, but haven't the slightest clue what the premise of the show is. Given the freedom to pick any episode from Season 2, I picked Episode 24, "Tequila," which aired March 28, 1988, or more popularly known as the date of my first birthday party.
Initial notes:
