The latest Star Wars movie, Clone Wars, opens this Friday. We've done our homework on the new movie, and it actually looks pretty good. As the seventh movie in the epic series, we turned up seven reasons why Clone Wars will be worth seeing. 1. No More Hayden... READ ON

Ed. Mental Floss mourns the loss of actress Estelle Getty, who passed away today after a long battle with Lewy Body Dementia. We all hope that she went to a better place than Shady Pines, and thank her for the many laughs she gave us over the years. Have you ever threatened someone by simply saying "Shady Pines, Ma"? When you feel as jumpy as a virgin at a prison rodeo, is cheesecake the only remedy that will soothe your nerves? If so, you just might be a Golden Girls fan. The show... READ ON

We've covered nerdy comedian Ze Frank and comedy nerd Jesse Thorn's The Sound of Young America before, but now these two great tastes are tasting great together. (See what I did there?) Jesse Thorn of TSOYA interviewed Ze Frank live onstage last month, and the (really fun) video is now available. Discussed: what Ze Frank's deal is, his super-famous video blog, Eskimo Kisses, calling the Mali regarding an Earth Sandwich, and more. Be prepared: awkward comedy is rampant. Ze Frank on The Sound... READ ON

There's a special place in my heart for weird Garfield parodies, but today's subject really raises the bar for weirdness. The Garkov comic strip activates my Nerdy Spidey Sense, as it uses a Markov chain process to create the absurdist dialog. For those of us who don't know/care what a Markov chain really is, let's just say it's a mathematical process that takes an existing body of text (say, all the dialog from Garfield comic strips) and uses it to create new text that almost makes sense. Created by... READ ON