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The Entertainment Top 5: Wii Fit, Tom Petty, and Muppets!

Posted by Alex Zalben


The Entertainment Top 5 is how you should spend your hard won dollars this week. Check out the full list, below:

1. Wii Fit [$90]
Why? It’s a big week for video games, what with Garfield’s Lasagna Tour coming out and all, but the bigness news is Wii Fit, the exercise machine for your video game system. The Wii is already the 800-ton gorilla of the video game industry, so why not make that an 8000-ton gorilla by taking over the exercise industry as well. Reportedly, the Wii Fit lets you feel the burn, but will it be fun? Only time, and hundreds of thousands of Wii Fits sold will tell. Oh, and if you haven't gotten one yet? Good luck, they're already out of stock.

2. The Muppet Show Season 3 [$26]

Why? The best variety show ever. There has been no show that has influenced a generation of comedians quite like The Muppet Show did, and in its third season it was given the Peabody Award for excellence. Oh, and, you know, Muppets. This is a no brainer.

3. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – Greatest Hits [$10]
Why? There was one day in college where a friend was driving me around, and I spent probably about thirty minutes launching into why Tom Petty was the greatest musician of our time. For the life of me, I cannot remember a single thing I said during than conversation monologue, or why I thought it was so important at the time. Maybe listening to their recently remastered greatest hits will remind me?

4. Scarlett Johansson – Anywhere I Lay My Head [$13]
Why? If this is even half as good as The Return of Bruno, it’ll be pretty f-ing bad.

5. National Treasure 2 [$23]
Why? I mean, why not? That’s basically what you guys said by seeing this, and the previous movie. The only movie series in history that’s made mega bucks because people had nothing better to do. Actually, that’s not totally fair or true, but really? You really want to keep watching National Treasure movies? For the rest of your life?


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Wendy Atterberry is a recent transplant to New York City via Chicago. You can often find her at some karaoke dive bar singing her repertoire, which includes "Midnight Train to Georgia," "Daniel," and most recently, "Sweet Dreams." Don't expect her to always hit the right notes. She lives in Manhattan with her boyfriend and two cats, and has a blog like everyone else.

Alex Zalben is a writer living in New York City. He's written for McSweeney's, Modern Humorist and PulpSecret.com. As one-fifth of the sketch comedy group Elephant Larry, he has been written up in the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, and pretty much every other major publication. Their blog was named one of PC Magazine's Top Blogs for 2007, and they recently won an ECNY Award for their viral short, "Minesweeper: The Movie." Alex did not know love until he bought his first Mac.

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