Ah, you’ve gotta love the unintentional comedy. I mean, they’re lighthouses, right?
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One can only expect fun and fireworks when two former Daily Show correspondents get together. And that’s just what we got when Stephen Colbert and Steve Carell got together at NYC’s Apple Store for a sit down about Carell’s Get Smart. The pair shows off their wide range of talents when they decide to sing the National Anthem, in harmony! Check it out:
Comedian and actor George Carlin died of heart failure on Sunday. He was 71.
Carlin may have been a comedian by trade, but to me he was a voice of reason in a world far too willing to blindly accept whatever bullshit it’s fed. Known for his foul mouth, love of language, and outraged persona, I saw him as someone who was completely unafraid to call people out when they’re doing something stupid.
Never was this more apparent than when he was arrested for performing his “Seven Words You Can’t Say on Television” routine in Milwaukee. He fought back, taking his case all the way to the Supreme Court. Ultimately the court ruled that the routine was indecent, and that the FCC had the power to decide what is indecent. So he lost, but at least he fought.
I could go on for a long time about the things Carlin did that inspired me, made me think, or just made me laugh. But instead I’ll just let some of them speak for themselves. Read the rest of this entry »
Happy Father’s Day to all of you dads out there. To celebrate, here’s condom manufacturer Durex’s latest ad. Hilarious!
And here are a few father-inspired musical and standup comedy selections:
If you haven’t seen The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters this probably isn’t going to make much sense. But then again you kind of deserve to be punished for not seeing it, so I’m fine with that. In case you’re still interested, it’s a documentary following the world’s two best Donkey Kong players. Steve Weibe is the upstart, coming out of nowhere to challenge Billy Mitchell, the man who’s owned the world record score for 20 years. I won’t ruin the movie for you, but let’s just say they don’t get along so well.
Now that you’re all caught up, here’s G4’s take on what a sequel would look like:
Can’t…stop…laughing… Some genius took the audio from a conversation between Joe Pesci and Robert DeNiro from Casino and synched it to Elmo talking to DeNiro. Hilarious.
Via BoingBoing
Steve Carell hosted Saturday Night Live last night, and unsurprisingly The Office was up for parody. What’s surprising is that it was actually funny. They got Ricky Gervais involved, and showed original inspiration for his British version of The Office, a show from Japan. Check it out below:
What happens when everyone’s favorite movie anchorman interviews a real anchorman? Hilarity.
Just like Ron Burgandy in Anchorman, Charles Barkley will read anything you put on a teleprompter. His co-host knows this, and hilarity ensues:
That’s tuuurrible.
Iron Man is just about everything a comic book movie should be. It’s funny, it’s exhilarating, and it’s got great characters. Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark is perfect. Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Potts is a perfect foil for Downey’s cocksure playboy. The Dude is very good as the menacing bad guy. And director Jon Favreau is so money baby, and he doesn’t even know it. If Iron Man is any indication of what we can expect from this year’s crop of comic book adaptations we’re in for a treat.
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Sunday Music Spotlight alums Plants and Animals have announced a string of tour dates, headlining with fellow SMS alums Rock Plaza Central. The Canadian trio is hitting both coasts through May and June. If you live anywhere near where they’re playing do yourselves a favor and go see them. If not, go buy their album Parc Avenue
WED, May 14 - Philadelphia, PA @ World Café Live Upstairs ** (P&A headlines)
THUR, May 15 - Baltimore, MD @ 8X10 **
FRI, May 16 - New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge ** (P&A headlines)
SAT, May 17 - Brooklyn, NY @ Union Hall **
SUN, May 18 - Boston, MA @ TT The Bear’s ** (P&A headlines)
MON, June 23 - Seattle, WA @ Nectar Lounge
TUE, June 24 - Portland, OR @ Doug Fir (w. the Dodos)
WED, June 25 - San Francisco, CA @ The Rickshaw
FRI, June 27 - Pamona, CA @ The Glass House
SAT, June 28 - Los Angeles, CA (TBA)
** CO-HEADLINING TOUR WITH ROCK PLAZA CENTRAL
For more information head over to Parc Avenue’s official site
For some reason this just struck a nerve and made me laugh. Hard. Kind of embarrassingly hard actually…
If you haven’t already seen the Big Dog Robot video that’s been circulating teh intrawebs take a second to watch it:
Pretty amazing/scary/incredible/creepy, isn’t it? Kind of makes you want to welcome our robot dog masters, doesn’t it? Well it turns out a lot of work went into it, and the early versions were slightly less successful:
Today’s my second-favorite holiday that honors a guy that allegedly drove snakes from a place that had no snakes (my favorite of course being Whacking Day). In honor of “Saint” Patrick, here are the three most musically gifted Muppets — Beaker, Animal, and The Swedish Chef — preforming “Danny Boy”, a song that everyone thinks is Irish but actually isn’t.
Kevin Smith is hard at work shooting his latest film Zack And Miri Make A Porno, starring Seth Rogan and Elizabeth Banks. Apparently feeling inspired by Jimmy Kimmel and Sarah Silverman’s recent videos, Smith unleashed this homage today. In it Elizabeth Banks admits that she is, much to her chagrin, f***ing Seth Rogan. Hilarious.
Warning: This isn’t censored. At all.
Is it just me, or is late night TV actually funnier without the writers? If you haven’t heard about the latest late night feud let me catch you up. Conan and Stephen Colbert both take responsibility for Mike Huckabee’s popularity in the Republican primaries, and neither is happy with the other taking credit. This has led to verbal sparring matches between the two. Then Jon Stewart got involved, claiming that he is responsible for Conan’s whole career, and therefore he is truly responsible for Huckabee’s success. Last night this all boiled over, with segments on all three shows. But the one from Conan is the definitive battle, with Stewart and Colbert crashing the show for a rumble. All I can say is “Boy, that escalated quickly… I mean, that really got out of hand fast.”
Before we get to the video, let’s go over a few things. First of all, Sarah Silverman has been dating talk show host Jimmy Kimmel for over five years. Second, Kimmel has a long-running “fued” with Damon, where he asks him to appear on the show, then runs out of time before Damon gets any airtime. So, with that in mind, here’s Silverman’s clip from Kimmel’s show:
If you’re a regular reader you already know how much I love a good mashup. It’s the audio from the episode of Friends where Chandler and Joey take on Monica and Rachel in a trivia challenge. Only now the video is supplied by The Flash, Batman, Wonder Woman, and Robin. Oh, and Ross is Superman. Hilarious.
What do Star Wars and the classic Eddie Murphy comedy Coming to America have in common? A Ha! It’s James Earl Jones. Well some jokester has takes Jones’ best lines from Coming to America and mixed them with his role as Darth Vader in Star Wars. And? A Ha!
If you’re anything like me you’re a big fan of Scrubs, and you think that one of the funnier characters on the show is The Todd. Well here’s The Todd, rapping a song about his favorite body part, uninhibited by NBC’s puritanical rules:
For the full story behind this video head on over to TV Squad
Ok, this might require a little explanation. 2 Girls 1 Cup is a video making it around teh internets. It’s one of the most disgusting things you’ll ever see. If you want to know all about it, here’s the Urban Dictionary description. If you actually want to see it, you can watch it at the official site, but don’t say I didn’t warn you. Now back to our regularly scheduled program…
An interesting phenomenon has sprung up around 2 Girls 1 Cup: people are video taping other people’s reactions to seeing it for the first time. Now someone has made a parody of those reaction videos. Keeping up? Without further ado, here’s Kermit the Frog watching 2 Girls 1 Cup (without showing any of the original video):
College Humor put together this mockup of what an episode of 24 would have looked like if the show was set in 1994. Check out the hilarity as Jack Bauer and the CTU team tackle pagers, floppy disks, dial-up internet, and pay phones:
Robot Chicken put together a great spoof of 300. Playing on the fact that the movie isn’t historically accurate, the twisted minds of RC gave another historical tale the same treatment. So watch as George Washington, John Hancock, and the rest of the founding fathers kick some serious British ass!
Who knew that underneath that gruff exterior Darth Vader was really a hard-core blues harp player?
I’m not sure whether this clip condemns beauty pageants or justifies their existence. Contestant Stacy Hedger has a great routine planned. She got her black leotard, bedazzled in silver, with sparkly fringe. She’s got her choreography, which includes a nice little Charlie Chaplin impersonation. And she’s got her trusty trumpet. Everything seems great.
Until it actually starts. Then it’s just a train wreck. Go ahead, watch it. I guarantee you’ll stare at it, mouth agape, alternating between disbelief and abject horror. Ah, I love the internet…
And to celebrate here’s a montage of some great moments from the series:
Twisted, but funny…
This video is very simple: it’s a little yellow robot (think an animated Peep) dancing to Spoon’s “I Turn My Camera On”. Sounds dumb right? Well it should be. But for some reason I can’t stop laughing…
That little limbless robot has far better moves than I do.
But wait, there’s more, and this time it’s a public performance:
Brace yourself. You’re about to hear a Darth Vader impersonator cover a song by a YouTube sensation.
If you don’t know what Chocolate Rain is all about, here’s the original:
Yes, that’s his real voice…and it gives me nightmares.
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From his new CD/DVD Werewolves and Lollipops:
Joining the pantheon of William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, and Don Johnson, Joe Pesci tried his hand at rapping in the late 90s. Here’s the video for the song “Wiseguy” off of his album “Vincent Laguardia Gambini: Sings Just For You” (which I’m ashamed to admit I actually own…from back in the BMG music club era…):
The classic Bugs Bunny cartoon “What’s Opera Doc?” was released 50 years ago this week (on July 6th, 1957). This is the operatic short that gave us Elmer Fudd singing “Kill the Wabbit, Kill the Wabbit” to the tune of Wagner’s “Ride of the Valkyries”. It has introduced several generations of children to the concepts and themes of opera. In 1994 it was voted the #1 cartoon of all time by 1000 members of the animation industry.
For those of you not familiar with the story, the demigod Siegfried (played by Elmer Fudd) is on a mission to kill the wabbits when he sees the fair Valkyrie Brunhilde (played by Bugs in drag) on what’s probably the fattest horse ever portrayed in animation. Siegfried falls in love, Brunhilde plays hard to get, they dance, Brunhilde’s wig falls off revealing Bugs, and then things get interesting. Siegfried calls upon the elements to strike down Bugs, and when he finally is successful in striking down Bugs with a lightning bolt, he immediately regrets it. This is an archetypal opera libretto, dealing with love, tragedy and regret. But enough of me talking about it; just watch it for yourself:
McSweeney’s Internet Tendency has a hilarious letter from Optimus Prime’s GEICO agent in regards to his recent claims:
$6,564,239.44 requested reimbursement for repairs to a truck part called the “Autobot Matrix of Leadership.” You stated this occurred in “an ultimate confrontation between good and evil,” with a Ms. Meg Atron and a Mr. U. Nicron causing the damage in question. Mr. Prime, I have checked every known car- and truck-part catalog published in the United States and have found nothing even resembling that part, never mind any part so expensive. Whatever disagreements you had with Ms. Atron and Mr. Nicron, I suggest that next time you either settle things peaceably or leave your Autobot Matrix of Leadership at home so it doesn’t break. GEICO does not cover Autobot Matrix of Leaderships.
The world’s greatest fake rock band regrouped for a performance at Live Earth. In this clip they invite seemingly every bass player in the building to join them for “Big Bottoms”. If you don’t understand why this is funny please go watch the bloody movie. Or, if you really want to blow your mind, go watch these same guys turn into a folk band in A Mighty Wind.
In a followup to his very funny video The Landlord Will Ferrell plays a man accused of murder. When he refuses to confess, the cops bring in their most dangerous weapon…
Finally, it all makes sense…
I gotta say “Yellow Ledbetter” is my favoritist Pearl Jam song, but darn if the lyrics aren’t completely unintelligible. Luckily MisheardLyricsGuy has solved the mystery, cracked the code, and figured out the lyrics.
Thanks for clearing it all up MisheardLyricsGuy!
A group of people with way too much time on their hands has staged Spike Lee’s classic Do the Right Thing with those wicked cool 1970’s Sesame Street Fisher Price toys. I had a set of those toys as a kid. Why didn’t I think to reenact a racially charged, highly adult movie with them? I guess I’m just not very creative…
They had me at “Fuck you Mr. Hooper”…
via BoingBoing
Watch as Little Macauly Culkin tries to defend himself from The King of Pop…
Love him or hate him, you have to agree Peyton’s hilarious in this skit from SNL:
As usual The Onion has produced a dead-on satire. This time their target is the media’s need to report something immediately without bothering to find out what actually happened. Brilliant!
Fun Times Guide has an archive of what may be my favorite radio ad campaign ever: Bud Light’s “Real Men of Genius” (and it’s predecessor, “Real American Heroes”). You know the ones. A professional announcer guy extols the virtues of some kind of random person while a bad Steve Perry-esque vocalist chimes in. Here are a few of my favorites:
Bud Light Real Men Of Genius Mr Boneless Buffalo Wing Inventor
Bud Light Real American Heroes Mr Footlong Hotdog Inventor
Bud Light Real Men Of Genius Mr Jean Shorts Inventor
Bud Light Real Men Of Genius Mr All You Can Eat Buffet Inventor
Head over to Fun Times Guide for the rest (along with commentary on most of them)
We all of course remember the song “My Humps” by the Black Eyed Peas. There was a time last summer when you couldn’t turn on the radio without running into that song. While the song was a little bit on the catchy side it wasn’t until I saw this that I realized how unbelievably inane the lyrics were…… WOW….
Courtesy of the wicked satirical wit of Alanis Morissette we have her stripped down, piano drive “parody” of “My Humps” a great video too!
And for those of you in the mood for a flashback, lets take you back to First Year of college (1994 Yikes!!!!) when Miss Morissette floored MTV with “You Oughta Know” and “Ironic”. Has it really been 13 years?
Of course she was also on the 80’s Nickelodeon Classic “You Can’t Do That on Television”…. Now THAT was a show!
Wow, didn’t realize how very Monty Python-esque the title sequence was……
OK, I’m getting too random here….. I’m stopping now!
Adam Sandler filled in for an ill David Letterman on The Late Show the other night, and had on Don Cheadle as a guest. The two are promoting their new movie Reign Over Me which hit theaters this weekend. So how close did the two of them get while making the movie? Check out the video:
Not that there’s anything wrong with that…
via Superdickery
Because winning an ill-defined war, against a vaguely defined enemy, takes an indefinite amount of time…
Here’s a clip from a BBC show of a dad singing an NWA song to his kid, with some creative censoring. The description doesn’t do it justice. So without further ado, here’s “Help the Police”:
Ah, back when Saturday Night Live was funny…
Remember, Do Not Taunt Happy Fun Ball.
I had no intention of covering the whole Britney Spears meltdown thing. Then I saw this: BuyBritneysHair.com. Hilarious!
via WWTDD
Funny (and very well done) video by NY sketch comedy group The Post Show.
via CineFile Video
Is there anything this guy can’t do?
And of course, “Foggy Mountain Breakdown”:
I think everyone is pretty much familiar with the “Chuck Norris Facts” floating around the net (Chuck Norris sleeps with a nightlight. Not because Chuck Norris is afraid of the dark, but because the dark is afraid of Chuck Norris.). Well, Chuck is in trouble, because here comes Jack Bauer! Time for some Jack Bauer facts!
Top 5 personal favorites:
-Life doesn’t give Jack Bauer lemons. Life asks him which fruit he wants.
-The city of Los Angeles once named a street after Jack Bauer in gratitude for his saving the city several times. They had to rename it after people kept dying when they tried to cross the street. No one crosses Jack Bauer and lives.
-When asked what he got on his S.A.T’s, Jack Bauer promptly responded “Blood.”
-Some people see the glass as half full. Others see it as half empty. Jack Bauer see the glass as a deadly weapon.
and finally…
-It’s no use crying over spilt milk… Unless that was Jack Bauer’s milk. Oh you are so screwed.
Did you hear that? I think Chuck Norris just wet himself.
Rob Paravonian (the guy that did the rant about Pachelbel’s “Canon in D”) is back again. This time he points out how stupid the words to pop songs can be. Hysterical!
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