Listen, I'm not going to pretend I'm some sort of pop culture expert or anything, even though that's what it says on my business cards. So I won't even pretend to know why Adult Swim, most known for its cartoon about talking milkshakes and wads of meat, released a hip-hop album called African Swim, that you can download here. All I know is that it is amazing, and you should all listen to track seven, "The Place I'm From" by Rusty Dusty. Phe-nomenal.

Thank gawd for the internet! Not only does this wonder world wide web keep food on our table, but it also allows controversial videos to live on until the end of time. Case in point: this “Dial M For Monkey” clip.

The toon, a “backup” segment on Dexter’s Laboratory, came under fire after airing an episode featuring an exceptionally feminine character by the name of “Silver Spooner.” How feminine? Well, he doesn’t zoom around space, but, rather, swishes, a fact made evident by big glittery letters when he flies away from the scene of a condiment crime.

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• Mr. and Mrs. Barack Obama are "bringing sexy back" to campaign trail, threatening to sell more magazine covers than Brangelina.

• Brandweek exec (and creator of Cartoon Network's "accidental" bomb-scare) apologizes for confusing the phrase "marketing campaign" with "low-level terrorist attack."

• Keith Olbermann suggests that Fox News extend the 1/2 Hour News Hour laugh track to include all of their programming.

• Jimmy Kimmel will continue hosting his late night talk show his reign as America's most effective OTC sleep aid through the year 2009.

• Only The New York Times could sound progressive by chirping "let's give it a whirl!" in reference to new media.

• Magazine editors airbrushed a naked photo of Burt Reynolds…and all they digitally "retouched" was his dangling cigarette??

• Money Honey cheated on her high school boyfriend with a whiny loser! Fortunately for her, the lucky "other man" is still bragging about rounding second base with her a mere twenty years later.

• Radar rounds up all of YouTube's greatest accidental talents, and reminds us why they're hilarious pitiable.

• Cartoon Network looks for new chief who will focus on multiplatform initiatives, not getting fined $2 million for "fake" terrorist attack.

• With a little help from Slate, even the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue can be boring!

• We all know Anna liked yogurt, SlimFast and Worcestershire sauce, but what's in CNN's fridge? Expired milk and a Victoria's Secret bag.

• If The 1/2 Hour News Hour loses the laugh track, will anyone still be laughing? (Answer: No, no they will not).

You gotta hand it to Cartoon Network. Even after a $2 million fine, the Turner Broadcasting subsidiary racked up countless multiples of that fee in free publicity since their light board marketing campaign led to fears of terrorism and incessant press coverage. But like all good things, it must come to an end. Like the end of the road for CN chief Jim Samples, who just handed in his resignation.

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Reports the AP:

Turner Broadcasting Systems and Interference Inc. have agreed to pay $2 million for a Cartoon Network advertising campaign that caused a widespread bomb scare, the attorney general said Monday.

The amount of free publicity generated for Cartoon Network's Aqua Teen Hunger Force: $200 million.*

* It should be noted: We pulled this number out of our ass. But it's probably close.

While Boston got all riled up and phoned in the bomb squad over Cartoon Network's light board advertisements, decent and honest New Yorkers such as yourself didn't give a shit about Aqua Teen Hunger Force's attention grab.

Those blinking billboards that brought out the bomb squad in Boston and nearly shut the city down were spotted in New York weeks ago - and didn't cause a stir.

In fact, some of them "are on eBay now," Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said yesterday. "People are trying to make a buck out of it."

A well-earned thank you goes out to Madison Avenue, for bombarding our town with so many marketing messages, we've tuned out potential terror plots.

Turner Broadcasting is very sorry for placing light-up devices around major cities to promote its new show and movie Aqua Teen Hunger Force. Very. Sorry.

ABC 5 Boston: TV Network Takes Responsibility For 'Hoax Devices'

B&C: Two Suspects Arraigned After Turner Marketing Campaign Sparks Terrorism Scare

E!: Aqua Teen Hunger Force Promotion Bombs

AJ-C: Turner TV show promo scares, angers Bostonians

TV Week: Turner Apologizes for Adult Swim Promotion

MSNBC Test Pattern: THE MOON RULZ BOSTON: AQUA TEENS SHUT DOWN BEANTOWN

AP: Man arrested for Boston marketing 'bomb' hoax

Also, they're very much basking in the very publicity they hoped to attract.