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Talking Wild with Ariel Tweto

Posted on May 15, 2013

Ariel Tweto became America’s Sweetheart with the popularity of Discovery Channel’s Flying Wild Alaska.  If you didn’t fall in love with her then, maybe it was during her week-long appearance in Scotland last year with The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson that co-starred Mila Kunis, Rashida Jones, and David Sedaris. Ariel’s been on Craig’s show probably more than any other guest. He likes her. So do we. Ariel recently talked with The Dodgy while hanging out near her North Hollywood home. Craig Ferguson “I owe him so much. He believed in me. He watched the show. If it wasn’t for him, I would never had gone to Scotland. I’ve got a new, different fan following because of him.” Ariel’s most recent appearance on…

Japanese Legs for Hire

Posted on May 8, 2013

Remember that scene at the end of Lost in Translation when Bill Murray whispered something mysterious in Scarlett Johansson’s ear? I know what he told her on that Tokyo street. “Sell ad space on your legs.” Apparently over 1,000 Japanese girls have registered their legs as ad space. Quite the marketing strategy. The girls wear short skirts or short shorts and have an ad stamped on their thigh right above the knee. Kind of a “Look – definitely look, but don’t touch.” They wear this ad for about eight hours and get paid. So ladies, if you don’t like guys (or girls) staring at your legs, at least you can get paid for it. The girls have to post pics of themselves wearing the…