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Every year, The Boston Phoenix publishes a list of the 100 Unsexiest Men of the Year, where they judge 100 males involved in everything from sports to politics to the internet. They always include several TV faces (and other body parts), and this year they've included a cartoon character.

No, not Dr. Phil, though he is a bit of a cartoon. The "doctor" is on the list, but the cartoon character I'm talking about is Quagmire, from Family Guy. The Phoenix sends a note to creator Seth MacFarlane that "nothing screams hilarity like jokes about date rape!" Giggity.

What's going on at the other TV blogs via the internets.

• Could TV ratings actually increase because of the strike?
• Here's The Shield's Shawn Ryan on the strike.
• First Diane Keaton, and now Colin Farrell.
• Lou Dobbs, interviewed by Esteban Colberto.
• Which cast member of The View has had a threesome?
• Oh, never mind, Chris Daughtry actually meant to say he loves American Idol!
• Breaking Bad debuts on AMC tomorrow night.
• Why Margaret Cho won't do Ellen Degeneres' show.
• Brian Williams grabs a red-eye flight.

Here's what's happening on other blogs via the interweb.

• FOX is playing around with its Monday night schedule.
• Happy 10th Anniversary, William Shatner and Priceline.com! [via Best Week Ever]
• Is Lou Dobbs angry about his lack of airtime during CNN's Iowa Caucus coverage?
• We've talked about this here before, but what five cable channels would you choose if you could only have five?
• The longtime Leno vs. Letterman battle is over. Leno won.
• The effect that Tom & Jerry had on the making of cartoons.
• Pictures from the season two premiere of Jericho.

Um...I'm really not sure what to make of this video from CNN. It's not Dancing with the Stars exactly, but there is dancing and there are stars.

It shows the new Fab Four - Anderson Cooper, Wolf Blitzer, Lou Dobbs, and Larry King, with Cooper definitely the "Paul" of the group - dressed as Christmas elves (complete with funny hats, green suits, red and white stockings) and doing a bizarre dance to the tune of "Jingle Bells." OK, obviously, it's just their heads pasted on top of elf bodies. I wonder if they had to get the permission of the four anchors to do this or if it's just something CNN decided to do on their own. I can't imagine Dobbs being thrilled with it but I can see the other three laughing at it. Oh, I'd pay money to see Dobbs or Blitzer do their shows in those outfits.

You can "Elf yourself" at Office Max's elfyourself.com.

First of all, an open plea from me to the promo people at Comedy Central: For the love of God, get some new pictures of The Daily Show correspondents. I'm tired of posting with these out-dated photos. Now, get to it. Chop, chop.

It seems like everyone has something to say about the Mark Foley scandal... Even Donald Trump. Best line (and it wasn't even a joke): "And, you know, if I were gay, which is perhaps a well known story that I'm not, I would admit that I'm gay. But he would come in with magnificent-looking women. It was like torture to me watching this. And fortunately, I'm married and very happy." And I'm glad Jon caught his tendency to crouch during impersonations. Was wonderin' when he'd finally notice.