The clever musicians in the band Walk Off the Earth figured out how to cover Goyte’s “Somebody That I Used To Know” using only one guitar. Watch and be impressed.
But this isn’t their only fun video. To get onto Tastes Funny, you need style, class, gumption, wherewithal and… puppets.
And here they are covering another internet star’s original composition – The Gregory Brothers’ “Backing Up”…
And now, to end on a completely non-musical note… Or maybe it is musical, in the sense that musician often end up bored in hotel rooms with nothing to do. I wonder how many in that situation have invented a new sport? And of those, I wonder how many chose the sport ceiling kicking.
In an interview with the heady website Big Think, beloved magician and filmmaker Penn Jillette made a wacky jiggle face…
Naturally, such a moment was calling out for a remix. If this kind of YouTube bagatelle wasn’t around, would YouTube itself cease to exist? Jillette himself even understands that a weird face like this cries out to be set to a beat and posted for the world’s mirth…
I understand why someone made this — didn’t take that much time & it’s funny, but why did I ever make that sound? youtube.com/watch?feature=…
Why indeed? What is the sound of one Jillete jiggling?, a Zen Master might ask. Now, with no further delay, we present “Penn Jillette Goes Around the World”…
For all you NPR groupies… just as all hetero males dreamed of the Scarlett Johansson nudie photos, here is your fantasy come true. A sex tape with not just “This American Life” host Ira Glass, but also surprise guests…
I never thought Public Radio slash-fiction could be so hilarious. “I was about to do what Click and Clack never had the balls to do. I was about to tap it, brother.”
The sketch is written by Julian Joslin and Michael Grispan and it couldn’t be more dripping with delectable comedic details. As of the time of writing, this is the only video on their YouTube account — auspicious start. More from this duo please, under the “This American Laugh” label or no!
Mahna Mahna, also spelled Mah Nà Mah Nà, is a song by Italian composer Piero Umiliani. Since, like the Trololo song, it contains no words, it was ripe to become an international pop hit.
Most people know it from a performance on the original Muppet show…
The song continues to have a life of its own in pop culture, providing the beginning of the second season of the original Ricky Gervais The Office:
Here’s a dark revision of the song that’s been making the rounds lately…
It’s so rare to find a comedy video about dry economics issues. It’s even rarer to find a funny and well-produced one (although there are some). But this little number can be enjoyed simply as a parody of a classic 80′s video…
Since Ben Bernake has been in the news so much, I think he deserves a least a fraction of the spoofs that Charlie Sheen’s been getting. Bernake’s been “winning” since before Sheen grew out of his diapers (last Wednesday?). The Bernake’s job is ostensibly to “grow the American economy”, so maybe he deserves to be watched a little closer.
A little creepier. By this weird economics stalker dude.
Inexplicably popular in Germany, much like David Hasselhoff. According to this CNN report, it is getting standing ovations all over that nation, and shows Obama’s political rise, from a community organizer facing local gangsters and crime bosses, to the love story with Michelle, to the dance-off with Sarah Palin, to the rousing “Yes We Can” song as he wins the presidency. The actors are American, or at least the one playing Obama is.
I’m betting this next election cycle we’ll be seeing another rash of Obama-themed musical videos. Never fear – when it comes to finding and posting the best of them, Tastes Funny says: “Yes We Can!”
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