Sorry to disillusion you, but Cash4Gold, the company that targets poor, desperate late-night TV watchers with endorsements by equally cash-strapped celebrities, is a scam! Okay, maybe you already knew that. But unless you're one of the poor chumps who dialed their 1-800 number, you don't know how they fleece customers—4 Cash!—or what the state plans to do about it. more ›

PolitickerNY posted this video that Governor Paterson's reelection campaign has packaged from video taken during the governor's 55th birthday in May. PolitickerNY notes, "It's pretty remarkable: full of celebrities sending the governor their regards in a tone that's less Happy Birthday than Get Well Soon." You can see State Senate President Malcolm Smith proclaiming, "I love you. And just know that every decision that you've made thus far has put New York right back where it needs to be as the Empire State," while LL Cool J says, "I think he'll be fine. I think it'll work out. When you're laying on the weight bench and you inherit 2,000 pounds, it takes a bit to move it off your chest." There are also statements from MC Hammer, Carmelo Anthony and Allan Houston!! more ›

We've really been digging YouTube for these historic videos from the NYC music scene of the 1970s and 1980s-- if you have footage, please upload it! Today's clip is Blondie, singing "Picture This", one of the greatest songs ever. The band looks amazing; check out those insane pants she's rocking! MC Hammer, eat your heart out! The uploader, zzz80, has a bunch of other historic videos-- check out Blondie's Kung Fu Girls and Will Anything Happen? from the same show. more ›

But Gothamist cannot forget the MC Hammer cartoon of 1991, "Hammerman." Mighty Beatnik thoughtfully has a video file of the opening credits and this description of the cartoon: "Hammer stars as Stanley Kirk Burrell, a worker at the community centre helping local children. Whenever the hammering beat of his rapping rhymes activates his magic dancing shoes, streetwise Stanley is transformed into Hammerman –the first musical superhero." And from the dusty backroom files of Gothamist, we seem to recall the notable Jewish landlord stereotype as well. more ›