Tag: comedy
O Fortuna Misheard Lyrics
The Saga Of Biorn
An honest political ad
An evening pause: In honor of tomorrow’s election day, I bring you Gil Fulbright.
And as Robert Heinlein wrote, “We laugh because it hurts.”
Carol Burnett – Palace Guard wants a pony
An evening pause: The title actually has nothing to do with the skit. Think bad television commercials.
Hat tip Phill Oltmann.
Tim Conway & Harvey Korman – WWII airplane jump
Fat Cat Staying Alive 10 Hours
An evening pause: This pause is a bit more than a pause, since it is ten hours long. I don’t expect anyone to watch it all, as the first three minutes makes the point, quite hilariously, and well worth a few minutes of entertainment. As the filmmaker notes, “Fat cats are always funny…”
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
Pachelbel’s Chicken
Jeanne Robertson – Don’t Hire a Hit Man
An evening pause: Hat tip Edward Thelen.
Back to youtube. I am making it a policy to look to see if any youtube video is also available on other sites, like real.video. Unfortunately, this video was not available elsewhere.
If you want to send me suggestions, keep this in mind. Youtube needs some competition.
The Great Kiss-off
The Great Race – Pies Upon Pies
An evening pause: Getting hit in the face with a pie had once been a running gag in many Hollywood comedies, beginning in the silent era but continued repeatedly in movies for decades. This scene, from the 1965 film The Great Race could be one of the last. It surely wins for the most pies ever thrown.
Hat tip Danae.
Strong Link Found Between Watching Soccer, Being Incredibly Bored
From the Babylon Bee:
A new study performed by a Harvard research team found a “strong correlation” between watching a soccer game and succumbing to a feeling of overwhelming boredom.
The study suggests that watching soccer is the root cause of much of the world’s boredom, and that people can live better, more exciting lives if they simply shut off the World Cup and do something else instead. Researchers stated that other activities like watching baseball, enjoying a hockey game, and staring at the inside of a Pringles can are all far better sources of entertainment than soccer.
As the World Cup is now beginning, it is essential of all humanity to read this. For the children!
From the Babylon Bee:
A new study performed by a Harvard research team found a “strong correlation” between watching a soccer game and succumbing to a feeling of overwhelming boredom.
The study suggests that watching soccer is the root cause of much of the world’s boredom, and that people can live better, more exciting lives if they simply shut off the World Cup and do something else instead. Researchers stated that other activities like watching baseball, enjoying a hockey game, and staring at the inside of a Pringles can are all far better sources of entertainment than soccer.
As the World Cup is now beginning, it is essential of all humanity to read this. For the children!
3 scary movie themes played in Ragtime?
Kukla, Fran and Ollie – Here We Are Again
A evening pause: Hat tip Jim Mallamace, who writes, “Before there was Shari Lewis; before there were the Muppets, there was Kukla, Fran, and Ollie. An American television staple from 1947 – 1957, Kukla, Fran, and Ollie demonstrated there would be as large an adult audience for puppetry as there was a child audience. Burr Tillstrom voiced all the puppets. Fran Allison was the host. In this video, they sing their theme song ‘Here We Are Again.'”
Do a quick search on youtube and you can find clips of them singing songs from things like The Mikado and doing satire on television advertising. As primitive as it might seem when compared to modern television, this was a children’s show with a whiff of sophistication.
Mrs. Hughes – Till Death
An evening pause: Good comedy should leave you begging for more. This does that.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
Marshmallow Farming
An evening pause: At first glance you might think this an April Fool’s piece, but it really isn’t. To be a good April Fool’s joke, you have to be fooled for at least a little while, something this does not do. What this video does do however is illustrate in an hilarious way the empty fake nature of television news. This is what they do normally, which has as much reality as this video.
Hat tip Jeff Poplin.
A real look at Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony to Congress
The satire site the Babylon Bee has been hitting home runs all week with a series of posts poking fun at Facebook’s founder Mark Zuckerberg in connection with his appearance this week at a Senate hearing.
- Facebook Staffers Coach Mark Zuckerberg On Humanlike Behavior
- Zuckerberg Begins Testimony By Reminding Senators He Knows All Their Deepest Thoughts, Hopes, Fears
- Zuckerberg Loses Contact Lens During Senate Hearing Revealing Horrifying Lizard Eye
- Zuckerberg Requires House Members To Accept Terms Of Service Before He Testifies
From the last story:
Passing a set of tablets around the room, the tech billionaire asked every person present to read and accept the full 335,000-word, 6-point-font document before they could proceed. “If you would please just click the button signing all of your personal data over to me, yada yada yada, we can get this show on the road,” Zuckerberg said calmly before taking a sip of water. “It’s your basic, no-frills TOS. Nothing to worry about in there, I promise.”
The congressmen quickly skimmed the first of the 1,342 digital pages before clicking “accept” as per their customary approach to signing important legislation as part of their daily jobs, according to sources present.
We must remember that Facebook had previously tried to censor the Bee for publishing “fake news,” and the Bee has clearly not forgiven them for it.
The satire site the Babylon Bee has been hitting home runs all week with a series of posts poking fun at Facebook’s founder Mark Zuckerberg in connection with his appearance this week at a Senate hearing.
- Facebook Staffers Coach Mark Zuckerberg On Humanlike Behavior
- Zuckerberg Begins Testimony By Reminding Senators He Knows All Their Deepest Thoughts, Hopes, Fears
- Zuckerberg Loses Contact Lens During Senate Hearing Revealing Horrifying Lizard Eye
- Zuckerberg Requires House Members To Accept Terms Of Service Before He Testifies
From the last story:
Passing a set of tablets around the room, the tech billionaire asked every person present to read and accept the full 335,000-word, 6-point-font document before they could proceed. “If you would please just click the button signing all of your personal data over to me, yada yada yada, we can get this show on the road,” Zuckerberg said calmly before taking a sip of water. “It’s your basic, no-frills TOS. Nothing to worry about in there, I promise.”
The congressmen quickly skimmed the first of the 1,342 digital pages before clicking “accept” as per their customary approach to signing important legislation as part of their daily jobs, according to sources present.
We must remember that Facebook had previously tried to censor the Bee for publishing “fake news,” and the Bee has clearly not forgiven them for it.
Marina Sirtis tells the costume story
An evening pause: For fans of Star Trek: the Next Generation, this will be especially funny. The filming isn’t great, but it is worth it to stick with it to the end.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
Larry Griswold
An evening pause: Performed live on the Frank Sinatra Show, November 13, 1951.
Hat tip John Conyers.
The Duck Song
Milton Berle & Harpo Marx – I’m forever blowing bubbles
Gaither Vocal Band & Jake Hess – Cool Water
An evening pause: The intro is long, but stick with it, it will all be worthwhile.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
R.I.P. Rose Marie
Rose Marie, best known for her role on the Dick Van Dyke show in the 1960s, has passed away at 94.
Diane and I recently rewatched the entire Dick Van Dyke show, and they come off as fresh and as funny as when they were made more than a half century ago. If you want to see adult comedy at its best, not the modern obscene and shallow adolescent humor that dominates today’s culture, you must see this show.
Rose Marie, best known for her role on the Dick Van Dyke show in the 1960s, has passed away at 94.
Diane and I recently rewatched the entire Dick Van Dyke show, and they come off as fresh and as funny as when they were made more than a half century ago. If you want to see adult comedy at its best, not the modern obscene and shallow adolescent humor that dominates today’s culture, you must see this show.
How to make your dog really happy!
An evening pause: How? You enter the room dressed as your dog’s favorite toy.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
Chuck Jones on Getting Started
An evening pause: “It costs money to die poor.”
For those who don’t know, Chuck Jones directed some of the best Bugs Bunny cartoons that Warner Brothers ever produced.
Hat tip Wayne DeVette.
Facebook updates privacy policy to simply read “LOL”
News you can use! Facebook has replaced its long and complex privacy policy to the simple three letter term “LOL.”
“We wanted to be more forthright with our users,” Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told reporters. “We could give you this boring tome of legalese, or we could simply put it in terms everyone can understand. The popular internet abbreviation for ‘laughing out loud’ is an accurate, concise summary of how we feel about your private data.”
“It’s short, sweet, and to the point,” he added.
Users joining the site for the first time are asked to read the three-letter privacy policy in its entirety before clicking “accept” to acknowledge that the social networking company just laughs its collective keister off at the notion of any Facebook user having any kind of privacy whatsoever.
It is said that for humor to work, it must be based on truth. I think this is a good example.
News you can use! Facebook has replaced its long and complex privacy policy to the simple three letter term “LOL.”
“We wanted to be more forthright with our users,” Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told reporters. “We could give you this boring tome of legalese, or we could simply put it in terms everyone can understand. The popular internet abbreviation for ‘laughing out loud’ is an accurate, concise summary of how we feel about your private data.”
“It’s short, sweet, and to the point,” he added.
Users joining the site for the first time are asked to read the three-letter privacy policy in its entirety before clicking “accept” to acknowledge that the social networking company just laughs its collective keister off at the notion of any Facebook user having any kind of privacy whatsoever.
It is said that for humor to work, it must be based on truth. I think this is a good example.
Ginger Cat vs The Paper Army
An evening pause: Time for some silliness, which I suppose is also appropriate for a Friday the thirteenth.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
Hugh Laurie – All you gotta do is . . .
An evening pause: I posted this in 2011, with the comment, “Once again, a folksinger provides us the answer.” Keith Douglas suggested I post it again, noting that maybe they should play it at football games.
I think they already are, though sadly they don’t know it.
Catching up on stupid news
The political news these days is routinely bad and depressing. Here’s a take, from Andrew Klavan, that provides us a more refreshing look, while giving us all a break from the anger, hate, and dumbness coming from college campuses and Congress.
The political news these days is routinely bad and depressing. Here’s a take, from Andrew Klavan, that provides us a more refreshing look, while giving us all a break from the anger, hate, and dumbness coming from college campuses and Congress.
Trump White House wins Emmy for best reality show
News you can use! The Trump White House has won an Emmy for producing the best on-going reality show on television.
Trump accepted the award in an emotional speech at the Microsoft Theater, thanking the hundreds of staff members he has fired so far in his presidency, as well as his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. “Oh man, I know I’m forgetting so many people,” he said as the background music began to prompt him to wrap up his acceptance speech. “Spicey, the Mooch, Bannon the Cannon, and all the others I can’t remember right now—you guys made this all possible. I know I’m the star here, but it’s the great cast of side characters, past and present, that really made this whole insane circus come together.”
“I’m the best!” he cried out as he was finally escorted off stage.
Read it all. You will realize that real reality is almost always more interesting than fake reality.
News you can use! The Trump White House has won an Emmy for producing the best on-going reality show on television.
Trump accepted the award in an emotional speech at the Microsoft Theater, thanking the hundreds of staff members he has fired so far in his presidency, as well as his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. “Oh man, I know I’m forgetting so many people,” he said as the background music began to prompt him to wrap up his acceptance speech. “Spicey, the Mooch, Bannon the Cannon, and all the others I can’t remember right now—you guys made this all possible. I know I’m the star here, but it’s the great cast of side characters, past and present, that really made this whole insane circus come together.”
“I’m the best!” he cried out as he was finally escorted off stage.
Read it all. You will realize that real reality is almost always more interesting than fake reality.