No animals were harmed in the making of this Buzz: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has withdrawn its protest of a “Greased Pig on Ice” contest in New Hampshire after learning the distressed animal is a man on skates, dressed as a pig. Earlier PETA condemned the contest because it subjected “these highly sensitive animals to such a chaotic and violent ordeal, rife with screaming participants.”
Where was PETA when New Hampshire’s “highly sensitive” residents were subjected to the “chaotic and violent ordeal, rife with screaming participants” of the presidential primary?
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Shake on it: Ohio Art Co., the company that has owned and made the Etch A Sketch since 1960, has sold the drawing tablet to a toy company in Toronto, Canada.
The sale almost didn’t go through because when buyer and seller shook on the deal, it disappeared.
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Channel-surfing the vast cultural wasteland: Comic actress Melissa McCarthy hosts “Saturday Night Live” tonight on NBC.
Considering SNL’s run of presidential candidate hosts of late, we hope this means McCarthy’s running for the White House.
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