Highly animated man gives local news interview...plus Songify version

Oh, local news. THIS is why we watch you.

Life does indeed hit you hard, Bro,

Naturally, the Songify guys got a hold of this and I think it is one of there best ones yet:

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I just don't know what to believe anymore

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Google vs Bing, the parody ad

Landline TV has created a great parody of the Google Super Bowl ad pitting Google vs Bing. It will probably be funnier if you have actually seen the Google ad so I embedded it first.

Google Super Bowl Ad

Parody

If you haven't tried Bing yet you can give it a try by clicking here.

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Batman Voice WIN

You know how sometimes when it is late at night you get in that weird state of mind where you are too tired to really be awake but too awake to go to sleep? For me, this is the time where I will laugh uncontrollably at any thing that is remotely funny.

Last night I experienced just this situation. I honestly laughed so hard when I watched this video that tears were coming out of my eyes.

If you have not see Batman Begins or Dark Knight you may not see why this impression is funny. I suggest checking out Christian Bale's "Batman voice" first.

Note: Yes, I realize this isn't the funniest thing ever, but it is still awesome.

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Pixar Lamp

As a HUGE Pixar fan, I found this quite humorous.

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

Dude Perfect Basketball

Dude Perfect is a group of college guys that all used to play basketball. At some point they started competing with each other for the best trick shot. One day someone decided to start filming them and when people started liking their videos they became Dude Perfect. They have a lot more videos than these if you want to look them up on YouTube. Be sure to watch the second video with a crazy long shot.





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TROOPS

This video is old. I mean oooooooooooooold. I believe I first watched it in college....in 1998. However, I have referenced it a few times over the last few weeks and apparently none of my local friends have ever seen it. Since this is completely unacceptable I post it now for you and them. It is a parody of COPS set in the Star Wars world. Anyone that has seen Star Wars will get the general humor but fans will get the subtle things. Also, I love Tom Servo as a droid, lol.



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Yeah, I cried a little

I know this is old but I came across it again today and figured I would join the masses of people spreading this video. Also, that is pretty much exactly the way my dog tries to hug.




Here is a fuller version of it:




This is from a documentary, Christian: The Lion at World's End. You can read a little of the story here. Animal Planet also started running a new documentary this week, Christian the Lion.

Edit: I just found out apparently Oprah has been showing this recently or something. Um, I don't watch Oprah, I promise! Here is another video I found:



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Meme of the moment

Today I am enjoying the meme "Play him off, keyboard cat". (If you don't know what a meme is click here.) I know it is pretty stupid but I have watched about 20 of these today already. Yes, I am at work. Why do you ask?

Basically, the way it works is something that wasn't supposed to be funny turns out to be funny or embarrassing and a cat plays the keyboard. Simple!

Here is the original video:



Here area few classic viral vids with the keyboard cat treatment.







You can start your adventures here.


Perhaps later I will post on my favorite meme, "I accidentally".


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Your business card is CRAP

**insert witty America Psycho reference here**

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Narcoleptic Dog

I"m pretty sure I shouldn't be laughing as hard as I am right now about this.



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No, I really can't understand you

This is a little old but I still laugh every single time I watch it.



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Left 4 Dead

I have been playing a fair bit of the zombie-killing game known as Left 4 Dead and highly recommend it. I love killing zombies only slightly more than killing nazis. Anyway, one of the characters seems to hate just about everything. Someone took that and made this video which I think Francis would have appreciated it...but hated. I found this to be extremely funny, but if you haven't actually played the game then maybe it isn't.




Here is the game's trailer:

Epic Rock

Mark Gormley - Without You



This is the most epic song/video of all time. The camera can barely capture the raw energy that IS Mark, thus causing him to appear to stand around and pose. The poor girl in the video is so amazed and enthralled by Mark that she can do nothing but walk back and forth over the same ten yards of beach for no real reason, her mind clouded with images of giant glasses and power stances. This song of "heartbreak and loneliness" is an anthem for all of us that have walked through weird forests then ended up on the moon, very much alone.

I recommend you check out his other songs and maybe pick up a cd or a tshirt. I know I am!

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Best Car Commercial Ever. Or Worst.

God Bless America. /flag wave

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Chris Dane Owens thinks he is better than you

This is what happens you read too many fantasy novels, get a huge budget from your record company, and then try to cram every fantasy cliche into one 4 minute video. My personal favorite is the little mustache he has; I could almost take this video seriously but for that. All that being said, I can't wait for the rest of the trilogy. This is so awesomely bad it starts turning back towards awesome. Do any of you have the urge to buy Chris Dane Owens cd now?




Oddly, I do have a desire now to watch Stardust yet again.

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"Where The Wild Things Are" Trailer

I am starting to get really excited about this - and I didn't even know about it until earlier this week. Where have I been?

Where the Wild Things Are + Spike Jonze + Arcade Fire = awesome trailer


Shamelessly taken from: Bears Eat People (a great blog, btw)

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There's Environmentalism, and There's Crazy People

Last night a friend of mine showed me this video. After a few moments of stunned silence that this has been online for a few months and I had failed to stumble onto it yet, I began to enjoy it for what it was.

I am not an environmentalist in any modern political sense, but I do think we have a responsibility to be good caretakers of the Earth. God's glory is reflected in His creation and therefore I have an interest in that reflection staying as pure and accessible as possible. That being said, I have no problem with most of the things the more aggressive green folks have problems with and disagree with a lot of their set positions, such as global warming. Anyway, I hope that we can all enjoy laughing at the absurdity of this particular group.



And, of course, the parodies:

Short List of Musicians I Wish Weren't Dead

I was listening to some music this morning while I did some work (yes, I did some actual work) and at some point noticed that most of who I was listening to today were dead. It made me think about who I wish was alive and still making awesome music. I'm not realyl talking about musicians that died from old age, rather, ones that died early. This is in no way exhaustive and is, in fact, a super short list. I realize people have different tastes and I'm sure some of you will be horrified I didn't put your favorite on here, but....it's my blog so deal with it. =P Feel free - and I highly encourage you - to bring up and link to who you miss in the comments section below.

I kept it pretty simple and just went with the three that immediately came to my mind.

Elliot Smith





Nick Drake





Jeff Buckley

I couldn't find any videos that would let me embed so you have to click the links to see the video.

Last Goodbye

Grace

Forget Her

Hallelujah - (you've heard this one for sure...)

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Video Dating

Yeah, I realize this is probably fake and it has been sitting in my favorites for over a year so I'm sure some of you have already seen this but I find this funny every time I watch - mainly due to the fact I'm sure my video would have looked a lot like this when I was 26. You should have read my eHarmony profile......




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