Tom Blunt

Of 2012's many fails, we have a soft spot for those involving water slides, mudslides, slip n' slides, and... well, you get the idea.

If "Scottish Falsetto Sock-Puppet Theater" sounds like a mouthful, that's because it is -- and these mouthy, high-pitched puppets would like to throw some Christmas cheer your way.

Clearly hoping to cash in on the hype surrounding TLC's 'Here Comes Honey Boo Boo,' MTV has given its 'Jersey Shore' time-slot to a new show about a bunch of rowdy, under-educated backwoods teenagers from West Virginia. Watch the promo right here!

If the U.S. is sending unmanned robotic drones out on missions to kill enemies, we must officially be living in the future, right? Fortunately the animation style of the new 'SNL' segment 'Midnight Snack' is still stuck squarely in the and '90s.

Heather O'Rourke, the actress who played little Carol Anne Freeling in the 'Poltergeist' films, would have turned 37 this year, if she hadn't passed away at the age of 13 from a chronic illness. To this day, YouTube users create tribute videos memorializing O'Rourke, with results ranging from charming to downright strange.

Today a base-jumper named Felix Baumgartner attempted a record-breaking high altitude jump from the place where the Earth's atmosphere ends and space begins.