Out-of-Context Posters #15: How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
I've always been shocked at how many people love 2000's live-action re-imagining of Dr. Seuss's classic How the Grinch Stole Christmas. To this day, this movie...
Hilarity by Default’s Top 13 “Out-of-Context Posters”
A countdown of my Top 13 Favorite Out-of-Context Movie Posters! Movie posters often use their most iconic scene as their focus but what would happen if...
What’s the Worst State to Drive In?
Driving into work yesterday morning, I was struck by a series of events that gave me flashbacks to some of the craziest road experiences...
Inside the Default Studio
For years, one of my favorite television shows was Inside the Actor's Studio. Unlike most brief, and many times obviously scripted, appearances on talk...
The Great Chicken Massacre of 2016
One of the best things about living in upstate New York is the quality of chicken wings. Hot, mild, sweet, spicy, garlicy, even aphrodisiac-ly, when you...
Hilarity by Default’s Top 13 Funny Photoshops of 2016
One of my great joys of writing articles and reviews on Hilarity by Default are the many Photoshops I put together to either get...
Why Drew Brees is like FIREFLY’s Malcolm Reynolds
From mediocre beginnings to game changing champions, the Saints' Drew Brees and Firefly's Malcolm Reynolds share a lot in common beyond their gun-slinging prowess.
reTROview: Mega Man (1987, Capcom)
While Mario and Link might be some of the most memorable characters from the olden days of Nintendo, there is another character that had...
Hilarity by Default’s “How It Could Have Ended” 2016
2016 is at an end and while many may not look fondly back at this year, I'd like to leave it on an optimistic...
Other Default Stories
Deleted Disney: Is “Proud of Your Boy” ALADDIN’S Most Tragic Cut?
ALADDIN's "Proud of Your Boy" stands as one of the most heartbreaking deleted Disney songs but would it have fit in the final film that we got?
“Mail Order Brides” 1×14 | Brisco County Jr. Reviews
While tracking down the insipid Swill Brothers, Brisco and Bowler rescue Episode 14’s titular “Mail Order Brides” from a runaway carriage.
Steve Martin as the Genie in ALADDIN (1992)?
Would Steve Martin have played a good Genie of the Lamp in Disney's animated smash hit ALADDIN (1992)? How would he have compared to Robin Williams?
Deleted Disney: “Land of Sand” – The MARY POPPINS JUNGLE BOOK Song?
Default Assault takes a look at "Land of Sand" from a proposed MARY POPPINS Magic Compass sequence - a song which would later end up in THE JUNGLE BOOK.
“Steel Horses” 1×13 | Brisco County Jr. Reviews
Socrates’ job is put on the line after four “motored cycles” are stolen by a gang of bandits in BRISCO COUNTY Episode 13, “Steel Horses.”
Christina Ricci in INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE?
Would Christina Ricci have played a good Claudia in Anne Rice's INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE: THE VAMPIRE CHRONICLES (1994) in lieu of Kirsten Dunst?
SALUDOS AMIGOS vs. THE THREE CABALLEROS – Donald Duck’s Latin Showdown
It's time for Donald Duck's Latin American showdown - SALUDOS AMIGOS vs. THE THREE CABALLEROS. Produced as part of the U.S.'s Good Neighbor Policy...
“Crystal Hawks” 1×12 | Brisco County Jr. Reviews
Brisco County Jr. finds himself wanted for murder in Episode 12, "Crystal Hawks." Desperately trying to clear his name, Brisco has to contend with...
Is THE THREE CABALLEROS (1944) Disney’s Trippiest Movie?
Flying donkeys, half woman/half horse hybrids, dancing men that turn into cockfighting roosters, and the birth of Jesus! It can only be THE THREE CABALLEROS
“Deep in the Heart of Dixie” 1×11 | Brisco County Jr. Reviews
The chase is on “Deep in the Heart of Dixie!” Episode 11 finds Brisco’s on-and-off again flame Dixie Cousins in possession of an incriminating record...