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It's Monday, here's the 'Airwolf' intro

Mon, 19 Sep 2011 09:38:05 -0500

Monday is the most painful reminder of Monday. That's how I think about it. With that being said, what's a better way of nixing those Monday morning blues than listening and watching to the intro of a great 1980s TV show. In this case "Airwolf." For those of you who might not remember, "Airwolf" followed the adventures of Stringfellow Hawke (Stringfellow?) and Dominic Santini. From then on, it gets really, really complicated. More complicated than I remember it being. Long story short, they fly a supersonic helicopter developed by an arm of the CIA.

Gaggle of folks lift car to save man's life

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:44:58 -0500

This video may not be funny and it isn't a hilarious meme like this one, but it is exciting and inspiring. According to the CNN story: "Police said the BMW pulled out of a parking lot and in front of the motorcyclist. Curtis said the motorcyclist tried to avoid the car, which resulted in him laying the motorcycle down. "After crashing, gas spilled out of the motorcycle and ignited, engulfing both the motorcycle and the front end of the car in flames, Curtis said. The motorcyclist became lodged underneath the burning vehicle." Scintillating!

Holy expletive, it's a goth dance-off

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 12:35:40 -0500

I can't really write a cogent treatist on this goth dance party, mostly because it’s a goth dance party. The construct in itself is enough to make my head explode. Goth kids congregating together is about a razor’s edge away from being a cosplay convention. I say this because one of the partygoers, the one wearing the mask, reminded me of Kabal, from the “Mortal Kombat” games.

5 shirts to fight work gloom

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 13:37:09 -0500

It's good to see that, despite the weak economy and high unemployment, there's a healthy level of sarcasm and disdain toward the job market. Below are 5 shirts you may want to add to your wardrobe if you'd like to convey misery to your boss but are too passive-aggressive for a face-to-face.

Recreating "The Office" mischief

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 13:30:28 -0500

David Thorne, an Australian humorist, has single-handedly turned the Jim pulling pranks on Dwight (from “The Office,” the American version) into a real-world thing. HappyPlace.com has the ten complaints filed by Simon Dempsey against Thorne for the various infractions. Well, what he views as infractions and what we read with glee.

Man in bikini dancing at Fort Lauderdale Beach

Tue, 15 Feb 2011 16:30:31 -0500

As stunned visitors tried to eat their lunch, a sunburned man in a bikini strutted by and decided to put on a performance for everyone to enjoy. What do you think?

Vladimir Putin covers Fats Domino at charity event

Tue, 14 Dec 2010 09:40:40 -0500

(Presidential Press and Information Office, courtesy)

Noted Russian head of state and judo master (see left) Vladimir Putin sang "Blueberry Hill" at a charity event. What else can I say?

No word yet on if George W. Bush will counter on America's behalf with a cover of the Big Bopper's "Chantilly Lace."

Thanks to our own John Dahlberg for the tip on this one.

World Cup to Qatar, Russia: Can we blame Morgan Freeman for this?

Thu, 02 Dec 2010 15:54:36 -0500

As you probably know by now, we're not getting a World Cup. Not in 2018. Not in 2022. Not ever again.* This is terrible news, and, as with all disappointments, we could really use a scapegoat. Morgan Freeman, one of our nation's most beloved actors and penguin-documentary narrators, may be just that. If you skip to the seven-minute mark, you'll see, during the United States World Cup bid presentation, Freeman skips a page in his speech and momentarily stops, potentially losing the audience he may have had eating out of his palm. Sure, none of us could pull off a speech on that level and this is a ridiculous, unrealistic assumption, but who knows what that World Cup committee was thinking when they voted us out: * = This, like the rest of this post, is pure, wild speculation without grounds.

In memory of Leslie Nielsen: The hilarious intro and ending to 'Police Squad'

Mon, 29 Nov 2010 07:28:58 -0500

Like many of you, I was saddened to hear about the passing of actor Leslie Nielsen. Predictably, I immediately started thinking about the great comedies he was involved in. One personal favorite has been "Police Squad," the short-lived television series that led to the "Naked Gun" movies. This show has one of my favorite opening credits of all time, and definitely my favorite convention for showing the closing credits in a TV show. The intro, for 50 seconds, had so many great visual jokes: The fact that every character was involved in a shootout, the random guy on fire, the guest star being murdered within seconds of their introduction (the star and murder method changed every week), the announcer's title and the displayed title never matching and, of course, Abraham Lincoln: More about the brilliant ending to the show after the jump.

Why are there so many Tommy Seebach video remixes? (Or: Why are there not more Tommy Seebach video remixes?!)

Thu, 25 Nov 2010 12:34:19 -0500

When the Tommy Seebach Band produced a video for their song "Apache" (yes, it's the original "jump on it" song), I highly doubt they knew they were molding the building blocks for a music video for pretty much any song ever made by anyone. But, somehow, they did just that. Watch the cheap, cheesy (in hindsight, at least) original below: Now, watch the same shots, set to a remix of Air's "Kelly Watch the Stars": A slight series of edits, and the dance moves/instrumentation/action they shot seems to match everything. After the jump, check out more examples, including AC/DC, Madonna, and The Prodigy (there are dozens more elsewhere on the Internet — some have NSFW lyrics, so watch out):

Computer animation of TSA screenings

Fri, 19 Nov 2010 15:01:30 -0500

Evil special-interest suits with pet snakes, a future of naked travel, security officers seducing passengers with bad jazz music... once again, Taiwan's Next Media Animation takes the news too far with hilarious results:

Thanksgiving turkeys cooked in less than 30 seconds, in groups of 96, by Mega Man and more

Fri, 19 Nov 2010 10:58:53 -0500

In the spirit of the week before Thanksgiving (the holiday, not the slasher film), I've wrangled some exceptional examples of turkeys getting cooked 1) Turkey gets cooked in less than 30 seconds with thermite If you're as impatient as me, this turkey-cooking method, by way of explosive powder, may work for you. There are some minor side effects, however, such as a crispy exterior, drier meat and loss of furniture/home: More after the jump:

Today in history: The Gettysburg Address

Fri, 19 Nov 2010 10:41:00 -0500

On Nov. 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln gave one of the most famous speeches in American History, the Gettysburg Address. As described on the Library of Congress' website: "Abraham Lincoln was the second speaker on November 19, 1863, at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery at Gettysburg. Lincoln was preceded on the podium by the famed orator Edward Everett, who spoke to the crowd for two hours. Lincoln followed with his now immortal Gettysburg Address. On November 20, Everett wrote to Lincoln: 'Permit me also to express my great admiration of the thoughts expressed by you, with such eloquent simplicity & appropriateness, at the consecration of the Cemetery. I should be glad, if I could flatter myself that I came as near to the central idea of the occasion, in two hours, as you did in two minutes.'" The Library of Congress has two copies of the Gettysburg address. Images of those two drafts are available here. Along with the images of the two drafts, an interesting video presentation produced by the History Channel is also available on the library's website here. It's worthy to note how incredible it is that a two-minute speech, given 147 years ago, could have such an impact on American history. Below is a transcript of the speech: Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting-place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead who struggled here have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living rather to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth. Library of Congress, courtesy

World Toilet Day: Squatting for a safer world

Fri, 19 Nov 2010 09:44:18 -0500

The Big Squat (WorldToilet.org, courtesy)

Today is World Toilet Day, folks. You know what that means! What's that? You don't? Okay, I'll explain. In short, World Toilet Day is a day dedicated to generating awareness of those who don't have access to those wonderful porcelain gods in all their glory (treated sewage, proper sanitation, etc.). That's 2.6 billion people, according to the WTD site. There are a few events around the world (none listed near our Fort Lauderdale offices), but the marquee act is The Big Squat, where participants squat for one minute in a very visible spot and explain the reason to anyone who asks.

Bristol Palin + 'The Situation' in a safe sex commercial = magic

Wed, 17 Nov 2010 12:59:07 -0500

Bristol Palin, daughter of former Governor of Alaska Sarah Palin, and Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino, of "Jersey Shore" fame, are together in a new safe sex commercial. This PSA is nothing short of just strange. This tapestry of awkwardness is only exacerbated by "The Situation's" elegance in displaying the strip of condoms he apparently carries around on his person at all times. Despite the fact that Palin is one of the finalists on "Dancing With the Stars" and that Sorrentino was on the show earlier this season, there's no real reason why they would actually ever be together, much less throwing around nicknames for one another (B-Pain and Sitch, in this case). Next PSA I want to see: Pauly with Margaret Thatcher.