More Parks and Rec stuff

Watch this Parks and Recreation gag/blooper reel. It's funny and you'll enjoy it. What more could you ask for? Money. You could ask for money as well. It's not a realistic request, but it is a request.

I'd like to be buried in the Sisterhood of Womyn

So, Dave Foley of Kids in the Hall fame was on WTF With Marc Maron the other week, and that got me thinking about my favorite Kids in the Hall skits. Here's a quote from the first skit I've posted below "I hear menopause is great. It's like taking ecstasy and a rocket-ship ride all rolled into one." I dare you to watch that skit and not laugh. I dare you!

Schaal Right!

Kristen Schaal seems to be everywhere these days, and I am 100% cool with that. Every time she's on The Daily Show, I know that there will be an excellent bit and that I will end up posting it to either Facebook or this blog. Kristen is on The Daily Show, was in Toy Story 3 (my vote for best movie of the year), and is a voice in the great new show Bob's Burgers. Oh, she also has a book call Sexy Book of Sexy Sex (it's funny. Get it for your mom for Mother's Day). Check out these clips of her work, and I think you'll be impressed.

Hey, watch these clips and read this article

I don't know how, or why, but I now receive Spin Magazine. I'm not complaining, it is just weird to randomly receive a subscription to a magazine that you have never purchased. I was flipping through it the other day, and they actually have some good articles; one of which is about Mr. Show with Bob and David. The article (only available in it's full form in the magazine) is an oral history of the show as told by the people involved. This includes, of course, Bob Odenkirk and David Cross, but also Brian Posehn, Patton Oswalt, Jack Black, and a slew of other really funny people. If you like the article, you should check out Splitsider's look back at Mr Show. If you don't know what Mr. Show is, you can watch reruns of it on IFC, or you can check out some clips below (you can also watch if you do know what it is).

"Super" looks super amazing

Super looks like a lot like Kick-Ass, but with actors I like. That's not to say that I didn't like the performances in Kick-Ass, because I really did. Nick Cage played a obsessive comic-book-loving crazy person, which in fact he is. Super on the other hand has Rainn Wilson, Elen Page, and an underrated Steven Weber. Check out the trailer below, and I'm sure that you'll agree.

Hannibal Buress and I agree on the Burritos vs. Jesus debate

Hannubal Buress is a funny, funny man. It's not only me that thinks that; famous people think he's funny too. Chris Rock said "If Steven Wright, Mos Def and Dave Chappelle had a baby, that would be disgusting, but it would sound like Hannibal Buress. The funniest young comic I’ve seen in years." If Chris Rock likes him so much, the least you can do is watch the clips below. Ok, that's a lie, you could not watch the clips, that's technically less than watching them. Sorry for lying.

Bill Murray, this is for you. Everyone else, stop reading now.

I've been really bad at hiding my love for all things Parks and Recreation (in that I haven't hid my love at all, or even attempted to hide it). That's why whenever I come across anything related to the show, my first thought is "man, I love that show", my second thought is "I could really go for a jelly donut right now" (because I can always go for a jelly donut), and my third thought is "I should post this to my blog." The third thought doesn't always translate into action (sometimes I get caught-up in the second thought and google donuts for the next 10 minutes), but this time it did.

I came across a clip of Amy Poehler on Jimmy Fallon's show last night begging Bill Murray to appear on Parks and Rec. This needs to happen. Since no one watches Jimmy Fallon's show, I figured that I needed to help Amy out and post this on my blog (which 10s of people read every month). So, Bill, if you're reading this (which I assume you are), please do an episode of Parks and Recreation. Thanks.

So that's what R2D2 was saying. Thanks Nick Frost.

I'd watch Simon Pegg and Nick Frost recreate Nixon/Frost. The fact that they're trying to recreate Star Wars, just makes this clip from College Humor that much better. I hope that when Lucas decides to cash-in and make a re-boot of Star Wars, and he will, he gets these two to participate in some manner. Who am I kidding, when the re-boot happens it will star Justin Bieber and the cast of Glee.

Conan's final Tonight Show speech is really cool when typed out

No seriously, Conan's speech from his final Tonight Show appearance is really cool when written out with fantastic kinetic typography. You should watch it. On a side note, typography is really cool. That's all.

I miss Family Double Dare

I once had a roommate that was on their way to a concert, and when I asked them who they were seeing they responded "Good Charlotte. You wouldn't know them; they're punk." This was funny because, 1) I used to listen to a lot of punk (and by that I mean actual punk, not Good Charlotte punk), and 2) Good Charlotte isn't punk. They're a rock band, but that's about it. Anyway, their new video is an episode of Family Double Dare. So, that's fun. Watch it below.

Now is the Golden Age. Rejoice!

I really like TV a lot. I say TV not television because it’s my friend (see the clip below and you’ll get that reference). I truly feel like we’re living in the Golden Age of TV (man, I really wanted to write television there, but that would be rude to my friend). There are so many good shows on right now, it’s staggering.

Pop Culture Wars

Earlier this week, Salon’s Matt Zoller Seitz had an article about how kids today don’t “get” the jokes in older episodes of The Simpson’s. The author’s point was that today’s comedies have too many pop culture references, and what may be funny today, will just be confusing in 5-10 year.

That’s a fair statement, but one that I feel doesn’t matter. The fact that a show like Mike & Molly, which doesn’t have tons of pop-culture references, may be more understandable to future generations, doesn’t make Mike & Molly a better show. I’d rather watch a show that he calls out as one of the reference-o-rama’s biggest culprits, Community. I’m so glad to have that show on TV right now. I hope that Community continues to air (and hopefully becomes more successful) and make pop-culture references that are stale after a few years. Because if Community’s a success, then networks will continue to invest in shows that are 1) good (i.e., not Mike & Molly), and 2) offer immediate satisfaction, which is all anyone really wants.

A little game of "Guess Who?"

Whose body does this describe: "coffee-bean ... velvet-covered cement"? Answer after the jump (don't have anything in your mouth when you read the answer, you may spit it out onto your monitor).

They're watching (or they will be after this evening)

My work is instituting content filtering this evening. I'm not sure how that will affect my days of gambling, porn watching, and hacking, while at work. We'll see if this changes the blog at all. Stay tuned. In the mean time, enjoy this video of a slow loris holding an umbrella (ay ay).

Oh, that's how you Dougie. Thanks Panda.

As I'm sure you've surmised from reading my blog, I am a very hip individual. I like all the coolest music, TV, films (not movies, but films), and cute animal videos. However, one piece of hipness has eluded me. The Dougie. I just never knew what to do when that song came on. Thanks to the video below, I will no longer have to run to the bathroom in fear that my friends will realize my dark secret. Thanks Panda.

Breaking Bad on ABC

Breaking Bad is a great show. It's a thoroughly enjoyable program about meth. I'd heard it was great, after all Bryan Cranston has won three Best Actor in a Drama Emmys in a row for the show, but I never got around to watching it because the issue seemed so dark. I'm guessing that I would've gotten into it sooner if it weren't on a channel that I associated with re-runs of Marx Brothers movies. Thankfully, someone has put together clips of what Breaking Bad would've looked like if it was more relatable to me, and was on a network channel. Enjoy Breaking Bad, ABC style.

It's so hard to say goodbye...

Today is Steve Carell's last day shooting The Office. Sad, right? Right. According to Rainn Wilson's twitter, the angels of comedy are weeping (well, he said "wept" but I like to think they're still a little upset about it). Steve had some great moments on The Office (for some reason him stepping on the George Foreman grill pops into my head, which is below), but nothing that he's done has been quite as funny as Ricky Gervais' impromptu dance on the British version of the office.

A tomahawk of honesty in the scalp of lies.

Damn, the Onion is funny. That's all I got. It's been a long day and I just want to go home. Here's a clip from the Onion News Network. Hope that satisfies you content-thirsty-bastards. Jerks

Winning. For Men.

Apparently Jimmy Fallon's show is funny. That's what I hear anyway. After seeing Jimmy's Impersonation of Charlie Sheen for a new fragrance called "Winning" I'm going to have to give him a shot and watch his show. Seriously, this is some funny stuff here. Maybe my favorite video of the week.

Also, Jimmy has his own Ben and Jerry's flavor now. t's called "Late Night Snack," and it has fudge covered potato chip clusters! Yep. I want that now.

Beard Papa is Magic

I've been busy at work, so I haven't had time to update today. Since I'm busy, read something that I wrote on an old blog of mine:

Sarah Silverman may claim that Jesus is magic, but she must have never met Beard Papa. His magical cream puffs have converted me. Beard Papa is my Jesus now. Sacrilegious? Yes, but insanely delicious.

To make this decision I had to do a lot of soul searching and thought as to who to wage my eternal soul on. Ultimately, I settled on a test that would once and for all settle this debate, a taste test.

Keep your Boehner out of my (your) Uterus

Speaker of the House John Boehner is now a meme. YAY! Thanks to the new tumblr, Keep Your Boehner Out of My Uterus, you can laugh at all of Boehner's misogyny. It's great. Check out some of my favorites below.

Best commercial I've seen all day

Who hasn't imagined what it would be like if cats had thumbs? For me, it always involves my cat playing catch with me, or it opening it's own can of cat food (that lazy bastard always makes me open it now). For the makers of Cravendale milk, it's a little more threatening. Check out the commercial below. It's the best minute you'll spend watching videos online all day.

Community + LOST = Head Exploding

So, Josh Holloway (aka Sawyer) is going to guest on Community for a two-part season finale. This is a take off on last year's Modern Warfare episode which, is one of the best episodes of all time (no not just of Community's history, but all TV's history). I'm guessing that they'll tie in a few LOST easter eggs, because they're clever like that (actually they're so clever that they may go in another cleverer direction and out clever themselves), which will be fun to watch. I the meantime, enjoy the promo from the Modern Warfare episode, and Sawyer's nicknames from seasons 1-3 of LOST.

Garfunkle & Oats - Like the Flight of the Conchords, but not...

Maybe you've seen the videos for Present Face, I Would Never (Have Sex With You), or Worst Song Medley, but have you ever wondered who these two women are sitting on a couch singing at you are? They're Garfunkle and Oats, and they're a comedy-folk duo, like Flight of the Conchords, except that they're women, from America, and don't have a show on HBO. Yet... It seems that HBO is developing a series for the duo. Seems like it could be good. I'm interested in how they'll try to differentiate the show from FOTC's series. Check out what they can do with some money behind them with a new version of This Party Took a Turn for the Douche.

Charlie Sheen's Craziness + Cats = AMAZING!

By now, you've no doubt heard about the nuclear-style meltdown that Charlie Sheen is having. He went off on an epic rant on The Alex Jones Show. Medium Large went ahead and added some of his amazingly awesome quotes to pictures of kittens (and cats). It's great. Check out some of my favorites below.

Even more Angry Birds

If you're sick of seeing Angry Birds videos skip this post. If not, then enjoy yet another video about angry birds. This one features notable animated birds and pigs (e.g. Darkwing Duck, Miss Piggy) calling for the end of the deadly Angry Birds war. It's humorous. Watch it.

This made Donald Glover cry from laughter. Maybe you'll like it

According to Donald Glover's (the guy that plays Troy on Community not the guy from Lethal Weapon) website, iamdonald.com, the video below made him cry from laughing. He's a funny guy, and I'm guessing that he sees a lot of funny stuff in his daily routine of starting in Community, doing stand-up, etc., therefore this must be funny. After watching it, I'll agree that it's funny, but I did not cry.

Y2Gay

The DOJ has stated that they won't be defending the Defense of Marriage Act. Yay! This likely won't change anything right now, but it is a big win for equality. For those that oppose this new stance, they can take some tips from the short film Y2Gay. Get it? It's like Y2K, but for the Gays. A quote from the movie "There's always something to be scared of."

Here's a bunch of fireworks going off...

Yep. This is a video of 320,000 firecrackers going off. Apparently it's a memorial to a family member. My only guess is that the family member being memorialized was a fireworks sales person, and over their career, they were responsible for 320,000 fingers being blown off. The other explanation is "AMERICA! FUCK YEAH!" Feel free to choose which ever explanation you like better.

The Daily Show was good last night. You should watch some clips of it today!

Last night's episode of The Daily Show was really solid. A great first 10 minutes of material on the House's move to de-fund Planned Parenthood, then a bit from John Oliver in Wisconsin, and finally Anderson Cooper. The best part was the first 10 minutes of the show (see below), where Jon succinctly sums up the Republicans' pro-life beliefs:

"You can't prevent an unwanted child, you can't get care if you do get pregnant, and we won't give you any help feeding the kid after it's born, BUT for those two minutes, when that skull is crowning, your baby is the most precious thing on earth"

Also, Senior Women's Issues Correspondent Kristen Schaal does a great bit on making sure that we de-fund everything that ties to abortion, which includes The Coast Guard, the FAA, and of course fire departments.

NBA All-Star Game Post.

The NBA had a game that featured their best players in LA this week. Justin Beber was voted MVP of the Celebrity game. Cool.

Well, that is enough about basketball, on to football. There are now two (2) college football QBs that have released "trick shot" videos on the youtube. I'm guessing this will now be a "thing" and we'll be seeing back-up QBs from more colleges that you've never heard of, or don't care about release videos. I for one welcome the videos. These back-up QBs have spent almost their entire lives trying to reach the college level, and now they're holding a clip-board on the sidelines of games that no one cares about. They need this, so let them have it.

That being said, they're both really fun to watch. Check 'em out.

The weather is so nice, I could go for some froyo right now

According to my Weather.com icon on my browser the temperature is a balmy 73 degrees here in DC (that is the only way that I know what the weather is like outside since I work in a windowless cave of despair). Weather like this makes me excited for spring, and therefore excited for frozen yogurt. Here's a clip that's pretty funny and is about a frozen yogurt shop.

Yeah, I'm cool. I know.

I went to a Girl Talk concert recently. I bring that up for no other reason then to prove that I am cooler than you. Here's a Girl Talk related cartoon that I came across today. Also, here's a video of said show:

President Clinton's teats, written by Louis CK

I've been listening to the WTF podcast with Marc Maron a lot this week. I think that I've mentioned the podcast on here previously, (just checked and, yes I have) and it's really worth listening to if you enjoy comedy and comedians. Marc had a two part interview with Louis CK, who is the funniest comedian on earth right now, and they brought up his writing for various shows, including The Dana Carvey Show and Late Night with Conan O'Brien. Two skits that were mentioned were the open skit from The Dana Carvey Show (which, as you're watching it, remember that this aired in prime-time immediatly after Home Improvement), and Bad Fruit Theater: Apocalypse Now. Both are really pretty weird and worth checking out.

Even more Bill Hader! Come drink some Hader-ade with me

Ok, my man-crush on Bill Hader is reaching new levels. I'm starting to see connections to him everywhere I look on the internet. For example, Splitsider has an article on all the movies that Bill Murray (another Bill, another man-crush, and fellow SNL alumni) was considered for and was not in (seriously, he was considered for Kindergarten Cop and Batman).

Also, I'm reading The Daily What today and I come across a Funny or Die skit where Film reviewers Eric Acosta and Wade Randolph make versions of movies that they are waiting for to come out. The skit features the movie "Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son" (I can also not wait for this movie to come out, since I believe that this is one of the first signs of the coming apocalypse). To tie this back to Hader, it stars Jaleel White, who stared as Urkel, and Hader's Stefon mentioned Furkel's (Black Urkels). Check out the FOD clip and a Bill Hader skit that is amazing.

Here's an antelope grooming a cat...

Yep, this is a video of an antelope grooming a cat. Enjoy some weird inter-species making out.

Stefon takes on Valentine's Day

I had a great Valentine's Day this year, but my one regret is that I didn't get my wife a human suitcase. I'll let Stefon explain what that one is (about 3:20 into the clip below). Just watch the Stefon clip below. It'll be the best thing you do all day at work. Honestly, it will.

Sharks are scary.

Sharks are scary. If you don't believe me, just ask a fish. Ok, you can't ask a fish. I realize that was a stupid comment. You know why you can't ask a fish? It's because sharks have eaten them, or are in the process of hunting them and they don't have time to answer your silly questions. Check out this video of some reef sharks darting through a school of fish and the school trying to avoid the shark at all costs.

Shit just got real...

So today I'm reading the facebook (yes, I refer to Facebook like a 65 year-old grandmother would, deal with it) and came across this headline "South Dakota Moves To Legalize Killing Abortion Providers" and I immediately think "well, that's obviously fake and from the Onion. Turns out it's not fake. It's real. Let that sink in for a second (here is a picture of me right when the headline sank in). In other news, Congress is attempting to de-fund Planned Parenthood. Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) has introduced H.R. 217, which would deny federal family-planning funds under Title X to groups that offer abortion access (AKA Planned Parenthood).

Yep, people are so concerned about "babies" before they're born, yet once they pop out (I'm told that babies "pop out" and anyone that says differently is wrong) no one cares about them. Thankfully, Steven Colbert sees that once babies are born, that's when the problem starts. Check out his "Enemy Within" piece on toddlers.

And this is how Judgement Day starts...

IBM's super-computer Watson appeared on Jeopardy last night for the first part of a three-day contest versus two human competeators (Ken Jennings who has 74 straight wins, and all-time Jeopardy champ Brad Rutter). After last-night's show, Watson is tied with Brad Rutter with $5,000 each and Jennings is in third place with $2,000.

I can't help but feel this is exactly what Sarah Connor (of the Terminator franchise) was fearful of; a computer that starts to think like a human (also, if you haven't watched the Sarah Connor Chronicles, you should). I have a feeling that this article from McSweeney's, "Watson, The "Jeopardy!" Supercomputer, Sizes Up One His Opponents Before the Show.", is a pretty accurate account of what went down right before the show started. If you don't believe me that Watson is going to rule us all one day, check out the video of the practice round below.

Valentine's Day, NPR Style

NPR wants to wish you a happy Valentine's Day. To do that they've created eight Valentine's Day cards that you can send to your special someone. So, if you haven't already bought your sweetheart a card, then you're a cheap bastard then send them one of these.

Also, check out SNL's Delicious Dish featuring Florance Dusty and her surprisingly delicious muffins.

Mario Kart: France

Last week my wife and I had people over for a game night where we played Wii games all night (I kill at Wii Sports Resort and challenge anyone at table tennis!). One of the more popular games was Mario Kart Wii. This game is designed to be played in a party atmosphere because it's relatively easy to learn and play and you can screw over friends by bumping them off the course and hitting them with turtle shells.

These are all things that we'd like to do to our friends (and of course random strangers) at certain points, but we don't because that would be frowned upon by our friends, and more importantly, the police. One person is unencumbered by these restrictions, however. That person is Remi (could he be any more French?). Watch his Mario Kart inspired videos below.

Last week in memes

Two of my favorite things are coffee and chocolate. That tidbit of information doesn't relate to the memes that I'm going to mention in this post; I'm just dropping hints for Valentine's Day. Now back to the memes.

Two of my other favorite things are Ariel and Bill O'Reilly. By that I mean, I love the font (I am aware the font is spelled differently) and making fun of Bill "Pinhead not Patriot" O'Reilly. Luckily for me, they were both the target of memes last week. I am of course talking about Hipster Ariel (Ariel from The Little Mermaid with black-rimmed glasses) and Can't Explain That (were Bill proves that there must be a God because you can't explain the mysteries of the universe - where'd the moon come from?). Check out some of my favorites below.

F*ck yeah, It's a Captain America movie!

I was excited to see the first commercial for the new Captain America movie during the Super Bowl last Sunday. I was even more excited to see the Captain America trailer mash-up with Team America: World Police's America, F*ck Yeah! Check it out.

Mubarak steps down

So this is happening now: Mubarak resigns; hands power to Egyptian military. Watch the celebration live on Al Jazeera English. If you missed Vice President Suleiman's announcement that President Mubarak has stepped down you can check it out below.

Norm MacDonald is getting his own show, yay!

Norm MacDonald is getting his own show on Comedy Central, and if you're like me, then you're a below average speller. But that's neither here nor there. What's really important is that Norm's going to be back where he belongs, hosting a "fake news" show. Comedy Central is my favorite source for "fake news", with shows like The Daily Show and The Colbert Report (the addition of the Onion's SportsDome is nice as well), so I can't wait for Norm to join up too.

His new show is going to be called Sports Show with Norm MacDonald (I like the creativity on the title). It may sound like it might be too close to SportsDome, but I think that it'll separate itself from SportsDome given that Sports Show will be talking about actual games, where SportsDome is from the Onion and therefore completely made up. To get you primed for Norm's new show, please check out how hilarious this man is when talking about sports (this is the ESPY Awards monologue).

Louisiana is now Mary Kanada

I've mentioned Very Mary-Kate before (here), and I think it's a great online series. Really, it's the best online series where an actor impersonates one of the actors from Full House, Step-by-Stamos can't hold a candle to Very Mary-Kate (note: Step-by-Stamos doesn't actually exist, but it should). Anyway, I was bored at work yesterday and ended up watching about 10 episodes of Very Mary-Kate. I'm sure you don't have as much free time at work as I do, so just watch the one below. It's worth your time (If you're a consultant, just bill your client. They won't mind).

Brad Bird is a powerful man. Even his kidnappers are super famous

I love Pixar movies. Wall-E may be one of my favorite movies of all time, and if I had my way Toy Story 3 would win Best Picture at this year's Oscars. I've completely bought in to them 100% (speaking of which, read this Onion Op-ed piece from Pixar's Chief Creative Officer, John Lasseter). One of the main reasons that I've bought in to Pixar is their creative staff, which includes Brad Bird (He directed The Incredibles, Ratatouille, Iron Giant, etc.). He's a big deal at Pixar, and a big deal in Hollywood in general. He's stepped away from directing animated features and is now directing the new Mission Impossible movie (still can't say that I'm excited about that). Anyway, check out Brad Bird's acceptance speech for the Winsor McCay Award at this year's Annie Awards and I think you'll see how important this man is (if you don't want to watch the whole video, skip ahead to 4:30).

I want to have a 200-year-old Sunken Ship Ale

I like beer a lot (this apparently means that I'm easy), and I typically pick up on any beer news that pops up in my daily blog reading. One story that I recently came across involves researchers drinking the oldest drinkable beer. Researchers tasted samples of 200-year-old beer found in a Baltic Sea shipwreck, which they said had "burnt notes" and was "quite acidic." Yum!

Everything looks cooler in slow motion

It's days like today (currently 29 degrees outside) that make me wish the weather was nicer so that I could go outside and have fun. It'd be great to have a back yard so that I could go out there and play with my cat (that sounds dirty, but really it isn't you sickos). After watching this video there is no way that you won't want to go outside and play with your cat (again, this video is not dirty).