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Tina Fey Raps With Donald Glover
30 Rock’s Tina Fey raps with Community’s Donald Glover on Childish Gambino’s, which is Glover’s rap stage name, Royalty mixtape on the song “Real Estate.” The whole mixtape, which consists of 18 songs can be found for free on Donald Glover’s website.
Fey is only on the last song on the album. The full song can be heard below.
The songs featured on Childish Gambino’s new mixtape are:
1. R O Y A L T Y.
2 We Ain’t Them {prod. Childish Gambino and Ludwig}
3 .One Up (ft. Steve G. Lover) {prod. Childish Gambino}
4. Black Faces (ft. Nipsey Hussle) {prod. Boi-1da}
5 Unnecessary (ft. Schoolboy Q and Ab-Soul) {prod. Childish Gambino}
6. Shoulda Known {prod. Childish Gambino}
7. R.I.P. (ft. Bun B) {prod. Childish Gambino}
8. American Royalty (ft. RZA and Hypnotic Brass Orchestra) {prod. Childish Gambino}
9. It May Be Glamour Life (ft. Ghostface Killah) {prod. Myke Murda}
10. Toxic (ft. Danny Brown) {prod. skywlkr}
11. Silk Pillow (ft. Beck) {prod. Beck and Childish Gambino}
12. They Don’t Like Me (ft. Chance the Rapper) {prod. skywklr}
13. Arrangement (ft. Gonage) {prod. Childish Gambino}
14. Won’t Stop (ft. Danielle Haim of HAIM) {prod. Childish Gambino and Ludwig}
15. Bronchitis {prod. Beck}
16. Wonderful (ft. Josh Osho) {prod. Boi-1da}
17. Make It Go Right (ft. Kilo Kish) {prod. Childish Gambino}
18. Real Estate (ft. Alley Boy, Swank, and Tina Fey) {prod. Childish Gambino}
Theme Songs with Forgotten Lyrics
Classic television themes are instantly recognizable. If a theme words, you can sing them. If it doesn’t, you can hum it. However, some classic themes have words that only hardcore fans are aware exist. Others theme songs have words that I swear exist solely to be put on lists like this one. Either way, the lyrics do not actually enhance most of the songs and are better off as answers to obscure trivia questions.
8. Hogan’s Heroes
The “Hogan’s Heroes March” never needed lyrics. The song perfectly fits Hogan’s Heroes without it. While the lyrics don’t totally kill the song, since they are sung by Robert Clary (Lebeau), Richard Dawson (Newkirk), Larry Hovis (Carter), and Ivan Dixon (Kinchloe), they don’t exactly add anything to the song and are quite ridiculous even by Hogan’s Heroes standards. Seriously, this song starts with “heroes, heroes, husky men of war”, goes on to use the word “ear-o’s”, and then has the singers praise themselves for being heroes. If the premise of Hogan’s Heroes didn’t doom the show from the start, these lyrics certainly would have. Thankfully, they were never intended for use on the show.
Fourth of July Marathons
Fourth of July Marathons are ubiquitous with the holiday, which is why every network appears to have one.
Here is a long, yet still incomplete list of marathons sorted alphabetically by show.
America’s Funniest Home Videos (11am-11pm, ABC Family)
America’s Got Talent (9am-5pm, Oxygen)
American Greed (11am-6pm, CNBC)
Cajun Pawn Stars (7pm-3am, History)
Criminal Minds (8am-5pm, A&E)
Dancing With the Stars (8am-2pm, GSN)
Andy Griffith Dead at 86
Griffith as Sheriff Taylor
Andy Griffith died today at the age of 86. He is best known for playing Sheriff Andy Taylor in The Andy Griffith Show and Ben Matlock in Matlock.
The first time America met Andy Taylor was on The Danny Thomas Show, which served as a backdoor pilot to The Andy Griffith Show. In honor of Griffith, below is the opening scene of that episode of The Danny Thomas Show.
What is your reaction to Andy Griffth’s death? Share your thoughts in the comments.
Anderson Cooper is Gay
Anderson Cooper has officially confirmed what the internet already suspected: he’s gay. Cooper came out in an email sent to Andrew Sullivan of The Daily Beast.
In the email, he wrote,
“Recently, however, I’ve begun to consider whether the unintended outcomes of maintaining my privacy outweigh personal and professional principle. It’s become clear to me that by remaining silent on certain aspects of my personal life for so long, I have given some the mistaken impression that I am trying to hide something — something that makes me uncomfortable, ashamed or even afraid. This is distressing because it is simply not true.”
The full email can be read at The Daily Beast’s website.
NBC’s Remaking the Sound of Music
Craig Zadan and Neil Meron
For some bizarre reason, NBC Entertainment chairman Robert Greenblatt has decided to approve a live broadcast of The Sound of Music play. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Greenblatt says, “There used to be a tradition of broadcasting musicals live back in the 1950s, and we’re thrilled to do it once again with a musical that has been a family classic for five decades.”
Smash executive producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron will produce the live play. Zadan and Meron say they do not intended to remake the film version of The Sound of Music because that would be “artistic blasphemy.” No word yet on who will be in NBC version of The Sound of Music or when it will air.
Weekly TV Update: July 2
Each week we bring you stories from around the Internet that you might have missed.
MTV has a recap of last night’s BET Awards performances. Entertainment Weekly has a full list of winners.
Dexter fans will be disappointed. Executive producer Sara Colleton confirmed that Dexter is definitely ending after season 8.
Erin Andrews leaves ESPN. She will now host her own show on Fox Sports.
If you’re still interested in The Newsroom, Vulture has a review of the latest episode.
Seth MacFarlane’s Ted topped the box office this weekend. How similar is it to Family Guy?
Watch The Newsroom on YouTube
If you missed the premiere of The Newsroom and want to catch it before tonight’s episode at 10pm, you can watch the full first episode for free on YouTube.
Clark Gable Is the New Host of Cheaters
Clark Gable, grandson of the actor Clark Gable, will replace Joey Greco as host of Cheaters. Executive producer Bobby Goldstein, who created the confrontational show where people confront their cheating significant other, told The Hollywood Reporter, “We just felt it was time to freshen up the show with a new host.”
Before landing the gig with Cheaters, Gable modeled and had a minor role in the low-budget Italian film Looking for Clara. When it comes to acting, Gable says, “It’s in my blood, and I really want to do it. Just like my grandfather. But I don’t want to be compared to him in any way because I am different. I just happen to be born into these great circumstances, so I feel it gives me a great opportunity for what I want to do.”
Least Shocking News of the Day: Savannah Guthrie Replaces Ann Curry
Savannah Guthrie, who co-anchored today’s episode of Today with Matt Lauer, has officially been announced as Ann Curry’s replacement. She has been with NBC chief legal analyst and will continue to be in that position. The only thing that has changed at NBC is that Ann Curry is no longer co-anchor of Today. At least, the final chapter of Curry’s Today show saga has been written and everyone can move on.
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