PIGPENCIL by Sandy Wood & Kara Kovalchik

She Who Laughs Last…

Anyone who knows us knows that we’re not heavily into politics, but we couldn’t resist taking part in this project. Several weeks ago, we received a call from Jay Kamhi, founder of a company that has produced popular novelties ranging from stuffed mice to musical gift boxes. He asked us to provide some trivia content for his latest venture, a laughing pen in the shape of 2008 Democratic hopeful Hillary Clinton.

We added a few extra touches that were incorporated into the final product — such as the graphic of the “audio analysis of Hillary’s voice.” In fact, we composed nearly all the text for the back of the blister package for the pen, which you can view at http://www.hillarypen.com/laugh.html

Only a few of these limited-edition pens are still available, so if you want to purchase one (and you know you do), visit http://www.hillarypen.com

TV-holic: Johnny Carson

Jay Leno recently announced that he will be retiring sometime over the next several months. While he’s done an admirable job of hosting The Tonight Show for the past decade and a half, there’s a reason that people mutter “but he’s no Johnny Carson” after mentioning his name.

Learn how the original king of late night TV earned his crown in this week’s Confessions of a TV-holic.

Universal Orlando Quiz

We took advantage of our first “real” vacation in over a decade to take some photos and put together this quiz. We made sure to include plenty of questions that can be answered even if you’ve never been to the theme park.

The quiz is here. The associated blog post is here.

TV-holic: Four Infomercial Superstars

Kara reveals some interesting information about a quartet of TV land’s most celebrated pitchmen (and women) in this week’s Confessions of a TV-holic.

And to answer the questions of some commenters about why Ron Popeil wasn’t included in the mix: Kara mentioned him amongst others in another TV-holic column a few months back. Of course, Mr. Spray-On Hair may well warrant his own article a bit further down the road…

May Day Quiz for mentalfloss.com

It’s here. The associated blog post is here.