Jeremy Taylor

Tina Yothers of ‘Family Ties’ fame and comedian Niecy Nash (‘Reno 911′) did the city mouse/country mouse thing on Tuesday’s episode of ‘Celebrity Wife Swap,’ both emerging relatively unscathed.

Why was Jon Stewart eating food out of croc-wearing celebrity chef Mario Batali’s mouth on Monday’s ‘Daily Show?’ Oddly, it has to do with Stephen Colbert’s run for president.

The CW announced on Thursday that the network had ordered 10 episodes of the musical chairs-based game ‘Oh Sit!.’ Yes, this is what TV has come to.

The 2004 cult movie favorite ‘Napoleon Dynamite’ returns as an animated comedy on Fox next week, with original Napoleon Jon Heder voicing the title role. To promote the new show, Heder showed up on ‘Late Night With Jimmy Fallon’ Monday in his famous Napoleon Dynamite outfit, and proved that he still has all his most famous character’s incredulous “jeez” and “whatevers” down pat.

Are you planning on using your passport in 2012? According to a Travel-Ticker survey of 2,301 people, Italy is the most popular overseas travel spot for the coming year, with 43 percent citing it as one of their “dream destinations.”

Thanks to the website RecordSetter, which allows folks to invent a world record in anything, many a wacky record was set and/or broken in 2011. Some of our favorite RecordSetter marks this year include the record  for two girls slapping each other with pizza, the record for most time spent simultaneously juggling, eating and balancing on “rola bola” and the man who set a world record for most quar

White Castle has become a go-to spot for Valentine’s Day dates, and a couple in Louisville, KY has taken that tradition a step further by having their wedding in the popular fast food chain. Mazel tov! Pass the onion rings.

Tim Tebow may have missed out on being selected to the Pro Bowl Tuesday, but the polarizing Denver Broncos quarterback has just received a completely different type of honor. Number 15 is the celebrity the most Americans would like to live next door to in 2012, according to a new poll.

During the Cincinnati Bengals’ game against the Arizona Cardinals Saturday, Bengals receiver Jerome Simpson jumped high in the air and then somersaulted over Arizona linebacker Daryl Washington. It was a spectacular move that ended with Simpson landing in the endzone on his feet.

While 2011 is about to be gone forever, you can still get a neat little recap of the year that was from WGNA 107.7 on-air personality Richie Phillips’ annual year-in-review song. Set to the tune of ‘Battle Hymn of the Republic,’ ‘Rhymin’ Richie’ sings all the big events and bold-faced names of 2011.

Then: Angela Watson was a child beauty pageant winner and model — which made her a natural to play beauty-obsessed wannabe model Karen Foster on the long running TGI Friday sitcom ‘Step by Step.’ So what happened to her?

Then: Jason Hervey played Wayne Arnold, bullying older brother to Fred Savage’s Kevin Arnold (and, really, the entire nation) on the hit sitcom ‘The Wonder Years.’ Before his star turn as Wayne, Hervey had substantial experience as a child actor, including a recurring role on ’Different Strokes.’