Happy 4th!
My sister just moved to the D.C. area. She says this song is very accurate about the local culture.
GoRemy’s website is here. Remy is 29 years old and seems to be one of the rare YouTube creators who is making a living off making silly videos — unless he’s somehow paying the bills with his Yelp! reviews:
Gullivers Movers
Category: Movers
5 star rating
5/19/2009
Had a couple items moved. Everyone I dealt with was very nice and helpful. Final price was as estimated as well. Great job!
Remy’s last video was paid for by lobbyists who are against cap and trade. I like the idea of viral video makers getting in on some of the interest group slush money. For example, wouldn’t you like to see Tay Zonday (the chocolate rain guy), sing a song about a public option for health insurance? “Chocolate rage! Insurance companies routinely deny coverage. Chocolate rage! Public option covers you no matter what your age.”
There are so many things I want to know about this.
Ted Danson gives a lesson in… how to avoid falling for bad pick-up lines? Good pick-up lines?
My mind has been blown. I looked up the original post on Everything is Terrible. There was no information in the post, but an anonymous samaritan linked this page in the comments. There, I discovered that this clip is the climax of an educational video starring such 80’s celebrities as Mallory Keaton called How Can I Tell If I’m Really in Love?.
Here’s another bit of it:
I like the wacky professor dude. “You can’t have a conversation with an ass. Even if it’s a smart ass.” That’s one for the ages. One for the ages.
- Q: What’s the difference between Michael Jackson and a grocery bag?
A: One is white, made out of plastic, and dangerous for kids to play with and the other you carry your groceries in. - I just bought a new car stereo… When you shout out “Soul”, it plays soul music. When you shout out “Rock”, it plays rock music. Some kids ran in front of my car, and I shouted “fucking kids!” and it played Michael Jackson.
- Did you hear about Michael Jackson’s toaster? The bread goes in brown, and comes out white.
- Q: What child’s game does Michael NOT allow to be played at his Neverland ranch?
A: Got your nose! Put it back! - Q: How does Michael Jackson pick his nose?
A: From a catalogue. - Q: How many Michael Jacksons does it take to screw in a light bulb?
A: None. Michael Jackson only screws little boys! - Q: What’s the difference between Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley?
A: About two dress sizes! - Q: Why does Michael Jackson like twenty eight year olds?
A: Because there are twenty of them. - Q: What do you call Michael Jackson, with no money?
A: Tito. - BREAKING NEWS… NEW EVIDENCE HAS ARISEN THAT MICHAEL JACKSON DID NOT DIE OF CARDIAC ARREST… HE ACTUALLY DIED OF FOOD POISONING… HE ATE 12 YEAR OLD NUTS.
Too soon?
You can hardly see this dangerous grizzly when he turns sideways. All the more dangerous.
Talk about making a story out of nothing. I wonder if the reporter was chastised for embellishing the visuals. I wouldn’t mind it, actually, if the local news had more whimsy. Everything goes better with cardboard, even Tron…
Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert, suggests a new holiday for June 25th: Negative Christmas. It’s sort of like the Christmas version of a half birthday. Sort of.
On this day, rather than giving gifts, you can force a family member or friend to discard one item that he or she already owns. The selected item might be a hideous shirt that you consider an abomination, or that pair of bedroom slippers that are an insult to all footwear. The idea is that the unrecipient should be better off without the item you ungift.
For example, let’s say you have a single friend who has a collection of Star Wars memorabilia and also complains that he can’t get a woman to stay the night. You could help by making him give away the full-sized wookie that he keeps next to his dresser. When the next Negative Christmas rolls around you could go after the collection of light sabers he keeps over his mantle. It might take you a few years to make any difference in his love life, but think of it as a project.
For real Christmas, people often give gifts of clothing or accessories so the recipient will look attractive. For Negative Christmas you could pay a crazy guy with tattoos to punch your friend in his soft tissue every time he eats a Big Mac or skips going to the gym. In the long run it will help your friend more than a new necktie.
You thought that movie Moon was a sci-fi head trip? Wrap your head around “Bunnies in Space.”
Is it all an elaborate advertisement for bunny-sized NASA hats? Silly NASA, you’ll never raise enough for a Mars mission through YouTube bunny videos, no matter how dirge-like their background vocals.
I will say this. Bob is among the finest bunny thespians of his generation. Simon, go back to bunny acting school.
We’ve posted some literal music videos here before. This is the latest one and it’s a deserving addition.
Not to go out on a limb, but Iron Sky looks to be the definitive movie about Space Nazis.
[thanks to GU]
If you were looking forward to Transformers II: Revenge of the Fallen and G.I. Joe this summer, then you must be in seventh heaven. Because there’s a new trailer that just came out for another movie based on a toy franchise: My Little Pony.
This Summer, Action Walks On All Fours!
Are you going my way on the carrot highway? My favorite part is the hip-hop breakdown in the middle.
Appropriate user name for the YouTube poster: BargainBinOfOblivion. I can only imagine that this video, like the One Ring, was cast into volcanic lava, but somehow ended up in a bargain bin at a thrift store, only to be spread like H1N1 across an unprepared internet.
Some sample lyrics from the new tune by SF artist eXile:
You can check out iTunes, for the hits that I provide you. MySpace
me on the fly, and maybe I reply you.
Best use of ringtone in a rap song! No lyrics about cut and pizaste so he must not have thrizee-point-oh.
[via modmyi thanks to reader GU]
Man, it’s too bad this Star Wars spinoff t.v. show from the 80’s never made it to air.
In case you’d like to compare with the (even more funny because it is real) opening credits of Magnum, P.I.:
If you like this, you’ll probably also enjoy Creepy Diff’rent Strokes.
As easy to use as a back brush!
This chair relieves pressure on… well, it’s all explained…
Was that Werner Herzog doing voiceover?
This is a spot-on parody of behind-the-scenes featurettes. I love it.
Alvin Hall is known as “The Man Who Will Save You Money” on British t.v. show (not making this up) Auntie’s Natural Bloomers. He perhaps gained fiduciary wisdom at the expense of basic bird biology. One should always feed hungry ostriches before making a news report in front of them wearing a delicious bow tie.
If anyone ever dares you to eat a naga jolokia, be aware that it is a full four times hotter than any other known pepper.
I have to imagine Kyle from Castillero Middle School was aware of the reputation, but didn’t understand the implications. Embedding is blocked so here’s the link:
YouTube Link – Eating the Naga Jolokia
Wait for it… wait for it… Notice he has milk and bread to absorb the heat. Notice how little it helps.
[via bb]
For comparison, here’s a video of Kyle eating a habañero:
IF YOU LIKE THIS TRY: Wrong eating
Further proof that Japan is lightyears ahead of us technologically, but behind us culturally.
