The Afternoon Meme: "Iron Man 2" Rocks, Sleeping Cats, and Advertising For Commercials

I'm not sure how much footage from Iron Man 2 is new, but I think some of the booty-shaking backup dancing is fresh. The movie footage is spliced together with an AC/DC concert in Argentina to create the feel of a giant Stark Expo. No word on whether it's in the movie or just promotional but it got my blood pumping.

This is the second green band trailer for Kick Ass, which still looks like a comic book crossed with Superbad to me. It doesn't seem that different from the red band trailer from last month except for the little girl not dropping f-bombs all over the place.

IMDB says that From Paris with Love was directed by Pierre Morel, but it looks to me as if Michael Bay had his fingers in it, or perhaps Guy Ritchie. Guns, explosions, car wrecks abound but if you're looking for plot I'm afraid you're out of luck. At least Jonathan Rhys-Myers loses his shirt a lot.

Yesterday on The View a spirited discussion ensued when Joy Behar put forward the idea that gay couples were less likely to be monogamous than straight couples. This all stemmed from a conversation she had with Dan Savage on her HLN show the night before. Michael did reach out to Dan, who said that he had told Joy that many studies show gay relationships tend to be less exclusive than lesbian or straight ones while still being just as loving, and my own personal experience backs that up. So it seems Joy may have extrapolated a little too much, but fortunately Whoopi and even Elisabeth helped temper the discussion. We want to be clear, Joy is absolutely an ally of the gay community and meant no harm here.

CollegeHumor.com takes the concept of literal music videos and applies it to a commercial for Twister, which, if we're honest is an excuse to grope the people we're playing with in a socially accepted way. I could have done without the gay panic at the end about not playing with "all male groups," but it was a rare miss like that for them. Minor warning: Words like "boob" and "ass" are used repeatedly, though accurately and humorously, so use appropriate caution in churches, libraries, and other places of public shame.

This Boston weatherman has gone viral for sharing too much, but the question remains, what was he thinking? Why in the world would he do this? Was it innocent and we have dirty minds? Does he still have his job? Is he single?

Something else that has gone viral in the past has been the Filipino prisoners that do the massive dance routines choreographed to Michael Jackson music. Joy Behar sat down with Michael's choreographer, Travis Payne, to talk about Michael's love of the videos, the purpose of the dancing, and his trip to the prison to choreograph a routine for the inmates.

Also from CNN we hear how the "Pants On the Ground" craze has managed to spread to the point that it's already burnt out. These days, you don't get 15 minutes of fame, you just get 11 minutes. Now if we could get it down to none I'd have more faith in humanity. Of course I'd also be unemployed.

I don't know what to say about this. MTV actually put a camera on Pink Satan and let him pitch himself as a judge for American Idol or the new X-Factor U.S.A. The entire Top 24 could be gay and I still wouldn't liveblog the show if they give him a judge's chair.

Have a palate cleanser after that in the form of a cat just trying to take a nap in a suitcase. His owner just won't leave him alone and it's starting to interfere with him getting his required 23 hours of sleep for the day. It's O.K. though - he'll make sure the human won't survive the night. Because cats are evil. Have I mentioned that before?

I'm not sure that the chance to win a Dodge is reason to faint on national television or not, but the mere thought had this woman on the tacky The Price is Right carpet. Now if they were giving her the $350k Maybach that Diddy gave his 16 year-old son over the weekend, maybe.

It seems to be a new thing to make Super Mario parodies. I've seen a half dozen in the last week but this one made me giggle. All that plumbing and it doesn't seem to connect anywhere. Where's the little plumber's room?

Chris Hardwick was on The Bonnie Hunt Show yesterday and the first half of his interview was hilarious. The second half was mostly just him pimping his show Web Soup. So naturally they only made part two available. But I have such a crush on the little nerd, I'll help him pimp his show.

I can't believe I'm including this, but I just can't believe the stones you have to have to put out a teaser commercial for an upcoming commercial. But it is Disney we're talking about, so I shouldn't be surprised - everything they've ever animated was just a 90-minute toy commercial. Starting Sunday, and running up to a special ad on the Super Bowl, Disney will be airing different spots for Alice In Wonderland across their networks. To see them all, you'll have to spend time watching ABCFamily, ABC, and ESPN. This is the commercial for those commercials.