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And we’re back with another favorite stories countdown post! Last Friday we checked out Sergio’s list, but this time around we spent some quality time with Ellen Fox, co-host for The Rotten Tomatoes Show and all around funny person extraordinaire.

Watch Ellen Fox on The Rotten Tomatoes Show on Thursdays at 10:30/9:30c on Current TV

Here’s what Ellen had to say about her top 14:

Ya know who gets their own two-hour TV show about stuff they like? THIS guy! Yeah, tonight Current is re-airing my countdown of favorite videos – and if you like my taste in movies, you may like these segments, too! (Also, if you don’t like my taste in movies, you may finally find something we both like.)

If there’s a common thread running through the line-up, it’s probably “Beautiful Women Doing Interesting Things.” Catching catfish with their bare hands, rioting over chocolate, driving convoys through Iraq.

Enjoy!

So, grab your headphones, tell your boss you have a 2-hour conference call, and check out Ellen Fox’s top 14 Current TV videos for a taste of what is airing on Current TV today at 3pm E / 6pm P. If you can’t make it, we’ll be re-airing it again on Monday 9/28 at 3pm E / 6pm P.

Boobs 101 from Viral Video Film School

Here’s Ellen Fox’s top 14 list:

1. Boobs 101 – Viral Video Film School on infoMania
2. Target Women: Chocolate – Target Women on infoMania
3. I Hate Trendy Bars
4. Nose Jobs in Iran
5. Bonnaroo Silent Disco
6. Ode to Chest Hair: Let it Grow from The Rotten Tomatoes Show
7. ELLIS G. – The Life of a Shadow
8. Jell-O Artiste
9. Shanghai Tattoo
10. Dead Beautiful
11. Lauren Bush
12. Night Convoy: Iraq
13. Passive Aggressive Email Boxing from SuperNews!
14. Girls Gone Grabbling

And, if you just can’t get enough of Ellen, check out this interview she did with Douglas Caballero for Current Exposed titled, The Dirty Business of Hollywood.

Mystery Bug photo by aussiegall on flickr

hey community!

we’ve been receiving reports that some community members are noticing issues when they try to share their stories with others. i thought it would be a good idea to clear up a couple of things, and let those of you who are experiencing this problem know that we are on the case.

first, a while back we noticed some strain on our submission tool, which we like to call “the clipper.” this strain was a direct result of pulling in a posters contacts list for the sharing portion of the clipper, so we revised this flow to only pull in 100 contacts at a time. we realize this isn’t ideal, and we are going to be making improvements to the clipper workflow in the future. for now, this helps reduce the load and keep things running.

second, let’s talk ghosts in the machines. a number of you have reported that when sharing items with some of your contacts, you are finding that those shares never actually reach their intended recipients. typically, this sort of behavior is a result of someone blocking you for oversharing, but for a few we’ve noticed that isn’t actually the case — shares are just not being sent out due to some unknown bug in the system. most cases center around people who copy and paste lists of usernames into the sharing field under the “invite a friend to chime in on this” section. our team is looking into the matter, and trying to get to the bottom of things, so we hope to have this resolved soon.

for now, if you’ve noticed any odd behavior when attempting to share items with people, please head over to our Get Satisfaction thread on sharing and post some details. your experiences could provide the necessary clues needed to get to the bottom of the case.

thanks!
– mario