2011 Year in Review

Sometimes a TV character will fire off a line of dialogue that is so good you find yourself quoting it the next day. The Huffington Post's TV critic Maureen Ryan has compiled a list of her 11 most memorable TV lines of 2011, which includes remarks from the likes of 'Parks and Recreation's' Ron Swanson, 'The Office' cut-up Jim Halpert, and 'Breaking Bad's' meth-dealing teacher Walter White. Read Mo

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.

Every year, the folks over at JibJab give us an animated year in review, and they've done it again for 2011. You'll find a lot of 2011's top newsmakers and stories in the clip below, including (deep breath) Charlie Sheen, Herman Cain, Lindsey Lohan, Dr. Conrad Murray, Arnold's Schwarzenegger's love child, unemployment, Anthony Weiner, Rupert Murdoch, the Japan earthquake and non-gay Bert and Ernie

'The Twelve Days of Christmas' can be a tedious song to sing (and listen to), so Jimmy Fallon livened it up a bit on Wednesday's 'Late Night.' Instead of three French Hens, eight maids-a-milking, and six geese a-laying, Fallon and his 'Late Night Carolers' sang about Charlie Sheen, Kim Kardashian, the Royal wedding, Herman Cain, Occupy Wall Street, and other big news stories from 2011.

In what may be the perfect summation of the crazy year that was, Rebecca Black, the internet sensation who sang the notorious song 'Friday,' was the top Google search term for 2011. Granted, Google doesn't take into account searches that were made ironically and/or while inebriated.