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A Cappella Tribute to John Williams

Brian A. Thomas — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 19:02:52 +0000

Time to geek out, perhaps one of the greatest things ever.

hat tip: Twenty Sided.
EDIT: The guy is doing a lip sync of the song originally done by Moosebutter, with their permission.

Lowest Grossing Film of All Time Made $30 at the Box Office in 2005

Brian A. Thomas — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 05:47:40 +0000

Yes, Thirty Dollars. That is what ZYZZYX RD. made in its box office run. To be fair it was ran in just one theater for one week just to meet SAG requirements, as the director wanted foreign distribution before it would be tackled by domestic distribution… Actually, after you take out the $10 refund to the make-up artist and her friend, the film made only $20 in theaters domestically.

Your Moment of Humor: Usain Bolt Celebrates Early…Very Early

Brian A. Thomas — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 04:39:03 +0000

A moment of humor for everyone:

Geocaching in the Presence of Muggels

Brian A. Thomas — Sat, 31 May 2008 10:51:08 +0000

As I noted before, I am getting interested in going geocaching. While most people know the term Muggle to refer to a non-magical person in the world of Harry Potter, but in geocaching parlance it refers to anyone not aware of geocaching who might endanger the cache, become suspicious of your activities while you are wondering around looking at your GPS or otherwise looking for the cache, or might find the cache by accident. (Some cache’s have been destroyed by bomb squads after somebody accidentally found it and feared it was a bomb, sometimes it may not go that far but the find may cause problems.)
Anyhow, here is a humor video I found on geocaching in the presence of Muggels.

The video is apparently also a hint to finding geocache GC18WM8.

The Empire Strikes Barack

Brian A. Thomas — Tue, 06 May 2008 06:27:35 +0000

One of the funnier videos in a while

When Sports Commentators Don’t Know the Game They are Commenting on

Brian A. Thomas — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 13:06:27 +0000

Got to love... "The pitch! And that happened. Apparently it was an S according to the board..." and many other great moments:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lrrx5CgdZaA[/youtube]
To be fair, the English commentator is doing a direct translation of the Japanese commentator... of course with how popular Baseball is there, I have to wonder how the Japanese commentator got his job. It appears that it was a singer/comedian, named John Mayer making fun of a Japanese broadcast, not doing a direct translation. The whole thing would be like me trying to do commentating for a Cricket match or something.

Viral Video of the Moment

Brian A. Thomas — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 02:48:25 +0000

From the Department of Misunderstood Lyrics that You Didn't Know Were Misunderstood comes a contestant hopeful on Bulgaria's, Music Idol (think Pop Idol or American Idol in Bulgaria) singing Mariah Carey's "Without You", but she has a curious misunderstanding of the lyrics. Here is her tryout (complete with subtitles):
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQt-h753jHI[/youtube]
After that she was invited back to sing it again, where she seems to have gotten a better understanding of the lyrics, but still sings "Ken Lee" at the critical moment... and a few other fun moments:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cT18LZItBLA[/youtube]
Valentina Hasan, the singer above, came from the second season, but just because it is cool, here is the winner of the first season, Nevena, singing a traditional Bulgarian folk song, Izlel e delio haidutin:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWPTqdT79Rs[/youtube]
FYI: The bagpipe is a Kaba Bagpipe, and the song itself, not Nevena's rendtion, is on the Voyager 1 spacecraft.

Humorous Music Video of the Moment

Brian A. Thomas — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 12:15:16 +0000

From Saturday Night Live comes another SNL Digital Short: Iran So Far, making fun of Ahmadinejad's (President of Iran) statement that there are no gays in Iran (given that many homosexual men from Iran have attempted to get asylum in various countries based on being homosexual and fear of being put to death there because of it, proves his statement was false, incandescently this reason is often rejected even in gay friendly countries, and so if they don't commit suicide as is sometimes the case, they are deported back to Iran where in all likelihood they were put to death... okay enough sad serious stuff onto the humor):

Male Restroom Etiquette

Brian A. Thomas — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 05:30:50 +0000

I believe, though I am not going through the trouble of looking for it at this time, I posted sometime ago a Male Restroom Etiquette Test. We now have a video that shows the rules and what happens if the rules are violated (the short of it, a brake down of Maslow's hierarchy of needs, then of society at large):
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzO1mCAVyMw[/youtube]
Remember, obey the rules.

This is What Happens When You Find a Stranger in the Alps

Brian A. Thomas — Fri, 11 May 2007 05:52:42 +0000

I was watching The Big Lebowski, perhaps one of the funnies movies ever (abide, profanity filled, but still very funny). This was on cable TV so they had to cut some of the profanity out. When Walter (John Goodman), is smashing what he thinks is Larry Sellers car, he says in the cable version "You see what happens! This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps!" Originally of course it was "...what happens when you f*ck a stranger in the *ss." (A small aside, the show Branded, that they talk about around this time was a real show.) I am not sure what led them to decide the "...find a stranger in the Alps" would be a good substitutes, but it was one of the funniest substitutions ever...
Oh here is a video of it.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YHXdnWLvH4[/youtube]
I have to say, it may be nearly as funny as the original. Applause for the person who came up with that line.