Where The Wild Things Are movie trailer

The trailer was just released for Spike Jonze's adaptation of "Where The Wild Things Are". Looks like they're saving serious money on CGI by putting some dude in a big furry costume.

Lost: The sugar cube of truth!

I guess Ben really knew what he was talking about when he told Sayid that he was born to be a killer.

Here's some random thoughts from last night's episode:

1 - Little kid Ben is not dead. Either Jin wakes up and brings him back to camp where Jack saves his life (blowing their cover and moving the story along) OR Richard Alpert comes along and works some magic on him OR he just magically heals like Locke did when he was shot by Ben. As per the "rules" of time travel that were laid out by Faraday (and the producers over and over again) the future cannot be changed. Ben is alive in the future, so he can't be dead in the past.

2 - I think Ben had to be shot. Remember, the past can't be changed, so everything that happens is supposed to happen. The island wouldn't have allowed Sayid to shoot Ben if it wasn't supposed to already happen. This shooting could explain how Ben becomes the leader of the Others. Locke was told that he had to kill his father and then die and ressurect in order to return to the island. We know that Ben also must kill his father, and perhaps being shot and rising from the dead is what makes him one with the islanders.

3 - Those Dharma people are adorable. Just when you think they're gonna cut off Sayid's fingers, they gently remove his restraints. And when you expect the creepy dude in the tent (one of the "Darryls" from Newhart!) to shove bamboo stakes under Sayid's fingernails they give him the sugar cube of truth. I wonder how they were planning on killing him - tickling him to death?

4 - The list. Remember the list of "special" people that Ben sent Michael to bring to the Other's camp at the end of season 2? It was Kate, Sawyer, Jack and Hurley. Are they special because they were the only ones on the second plane that were flashed back in time? Yes, there's also Jin and Sayid... but Ben probably knows that Jin doesn't speak english yet and that Sayid would follow along anyway (which he did). Could these people have been chosen because they were the ones that Ben "remembers" from the 70's?

5 - Lafleur and Juliette. Come one, do you really expect to live together forever in harmony at Dharmaville? You KNOW everyone dies in the purge. Suck it up and get with the program!

6 - "A 12 year old Ben Linus brought me a chicken salad sandwich, how do you think I'm doing?"

That is all for now... let's continue the discussion in the comments section below.

Listener Submission: Cigarette Mash

Hey Boris I heard you talking about the old Cigarette Mash commercial that ran back in the 80's. I found the commercial in this video of a commercial break from WPIX in New York. I bet you were watching this when it was live just like I was eating a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

Thanks for the great show every morning!
Carlos

(NOTE - The Cigarette Mash starts at 1:04)

Kid draws obscene picture on his parents' roof

A kid got busted for drawing something on the roof of his parents' Million Dollar home. He was caught when a helicoptor kept hovering so it could get some photos.

Click here to see what was on the roof

Kid harpist plays Star Wars cantina theme

As we found out on Flight Of The Conchords this weekend, playing the harp CAN be manly. It can also be AWESOME if you're playing the Mos Eisley Cantina theme from Star Wars!

E.T. found in Berkeley Heights

Here's another find from Google Maps street view. This time, it's E.T. the Extra Terrestrial. Someone spotted this strange beam of light and what looks like E.T. sitting in a field next to it. I don't know who these people are who scour Google Maps finding drunks, dead deer and aliens. All I've ever found on street view was a huge truck blocking the bar I was trying to get directions to in NYC.

Link to the E.T. story

Aftermath of the Lance Armstrong bike crash

We talked yesterday about the bike crash that caused Lance Armstrong to break his collar bone. Check out this video of the aftermath. There are mangled bikes and wounded cyclists everywhere!