Last year, in the dark days of December, it seemed like nobody (except Cali Swag) knew how to do the Dougie. Today, though, First Lady Michelle Obama is all over the internet showing the nation that she knows how to get down - doing the Dougie and the Running Man at Alice Dean Middle School. It's all part of her "Let's Move!" campaign, to encourage American children to exercise and be healthier. We call it awesome. more ›

In honor of the legendary Chicago architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, who was born on this day in 1886, here's a delightful (and informative!) ear worm for you: more ›

Do a Youtube search for Jeopardy host Alex Trebek and you'll get videos of varying quality, from Trebek cursing while recording commercial drops to spazzing out during episodes of Jeopardy. Some are gems, some are crap. Here is the creme de la creme. Deadspin posted this yesterday from another website, Solid Verbal, which takes sound bites from Trebek and puts them over highlights from a college football game. If ESPN would hire Trebek to actually do this once, we'd actually watch Sportscenter again more ›

Hot on the heels of the Groupon Super Bowl ad ca-ca comes this parody ad from Conan O'Brien. We think Coco and his writing staff pulled their punches here, but you decide. more ›

Earlier this morning we received a direct message on the Chicagoist Twitter fed from local raconteur Billy Dec. more ›

This should bring back some bad memories for those of you who remember the hangover of the post-Super Bowl XX years. Here's John Drummond after the Washington Redskins knocked out the Bears in an NFC divisional playoff game from January 1988. This game, wound up being Walter Payton's final game as a Bear. He, unlike the rest of the team, went down fighting. more ›

As we noted earlier, the entire Gothamist network has been dealing with some technical issues most of the day that seem to have been ironed out (knockonwood). Comes with the territory, but it still doesn't make it less frustrating for readers or staff. more ›

Scottish comedian Billy Connolly just added three new dates to his current run at the Royal George Theatre. the new dates, October 14-16, are a second chance to see one of the great observational comedians alive today, as you'll see from this NSFW clip (language). more ›

We've mentioned the Where The Wild Things Are film adaptation and its upcoming Chicago screening/ fundraiser (a few VIP tickets are still available). And lucky for us, the folks at LandlineTV created a hell of a great parody of the trailer based on another classic childrens tome and, frankly, we'd totally go see it. more ›

Yesterday, we brought you a trio of cute, cuddly, and funny insurance commercials. But reader "augustkl" took umbrage with our calling the ads the greatest ad campaign of all time, suggesting, instead, that the title was held by the locally produced Eagle Man commercials. After looking at these three ads, we think he may be on to something. Like a John Waters movie crossed with Sesame Street on meth, the Eagle Man commercials make the Empire jingle sound like Tchaikovsky. more ›