Smokey is way more intense in person.

Lets talk Mitch. Mitch Hedberg that is. In my humble opinion, he is the greatest comedian of all time. Now, here is where some of you may quote George Carlin’s “Seven Things You Can’t Say on Television” or Bill Cosby’s “Noah” routine. Or perhaps you, like me, are a huge fan of Robin William’s “Beginnings of Golf.” While all these things are great and will be remembered for all of history, I believe the crown must go to my man, Mitch.
What makes him so great is consistency. He is able to do a routine where the crowd laughs at every joke. They laugh because each joke is funny, not just because they are still laughing from the one before it. The way you can tell this is by quoting individual jokes in everyday life. Don’t lead up to it, don’t explain it afterwards. Just quote it. Just read some of these and see if you laugh at them:
I order the club sandwich all the time, but I'm not even a member, man. I don't know how I get away with it.
I had a neighbor, and whenever he would knock on my wall I knew he wanted me to turn my music down, and that made me angry because I like loud music, so when he knocked on the wall I'd mess with his head. I'd say: "Go around! I cannot open the wall. I don't know if you have a doorknob on the other side, but over here there's nothing. It's just flat.
I saw this wino, he was eating grapes. I was like, "Dude, you have to wait."
I saw this lady on TV, she was born without arms, she was born with her hands attached to her shoulders, and that was sad. But then they said, Lola does not know the meaning of the word "can't", and that to me was actually kind of worse in a way, you know, not only does she not have arms but she doesn't understand simple contractions.
I want to get a vending machine with Halloween size candy bars, Fun Size candy bars, then the glass pane will be a magnifying glass. They will be pissed off but it will be too late.
(all these quotes from Wikiquote)
I know this statement will contradict my last one about Jeff Dunham, but Mitch is so good, he doesn’t need the crowd. He is horrible at improvising, so he just does monologue the whole time. Awesome, I know. If you have ever seen any video of him trying to wing it, he is not funny. Except for one time when the microphone came unplugged. He spent a couple minutes trying to plug it back in, finally did, and said, “Man, I hate puzzles.” Classic.
The other thing about Mitch is the fact that he is able to makes jokes about anything. That is what I truly admire about the man. Many comedians need to makes jokes about topics that are taboo. You hear these horrible things said about incest, racism, drug addicts, racists, and rape. You laugh, don’t even try to get out of that. You laugh. But you will go to hell. Its cool though, I hear everybody does.
Mitch is able to joke about things that nobody else can. He talks about a cockroach infestation in his house, then says, “I wish it was a koala infestation. That would be like, the cutest infestation ever. I would turn on the light, and they would scatter, but I wouldn’t want them to. I’d be like, ‘Come back, I want to pet you and feed you this leaf.’”
He makes his fair share of drug jokes and racism stuff, but he doesn’t rely on it. Most of his drug jokes are about himself anyway. The man couldn’t do a show sober. And he died of an overdose involving cocaine and heroin (facts thanks to Wikipedia). Drugs suck. Not only to they make people really annoying, but they get rid of most of the best comedians and all the old rock stars. Somebody should make them illegal.
I guess my real question is what makes a quality comedian? I know they need to make people laugh, but what else is there? Is there even a set criteria that can be set to grade them on. Maybe it’s personal style, maybe there is something more. Also, I am looking for some new material to check out. I realize that I haven’t covered all the big names yet, but I am getting to that. I know all the big names, and I will cover them. If any of you know people who are just starting out or don’t have a large following, drop me their names and I will check them out. Thanks.

Your Wish Is My Command!

Well, Sarcastic Lobster, you wanted more cartoons like the Rejected Cartoons? You're in luck! I happen to be a huge fan myself, and I've spent some time finding others cartoons just like it. The creator's name is Don Hertzfeldt, and he's written tons of short videos that are all over YouTube. The Rejected Cartoons video is, by far, the most popular, but you can find plenty more with a little searching. All of them have a similar style of grotesque injury befalling a poor innocent character, but it's somehow done in a hilarious way.

You pointed out that the cartoons are random, because one cartoon has absolutely nothing to do with the next. I'll give you that. Most of Don's videos seem very random at first, but you'll notice that all of them do follow a theme, however loosely or unimportant that theme is. For rejected cartoons, I think that random was what he wanted for all the different "Family Learning Channel" fillers. This first video won't be so random, as we follow our hero through the trials and tribulations of romance:



You noticed the opening said it was "A Bitter Film." Like I said, injury is Don's angle. It's sort of slap-stick humor with a twist. While normal slap-stick tries to be tactful about its characters' injuries, Don is very blunt about it. He'll just have the guy get his eyes pulled out, or his side ripped off and beaten against his head till he passes out. The next video shows what I mean about how to the point he is (the point being injury):



Billy's Balloon spends the entire time whooping Billy's ass.

Now you can find a ton of other videos like this on YouTube by searching "Don Hertzfeldt" or checking out his website, but I want to show this one last video because it is so different from most of Don's work. In this one, named "Lily an Jim," two characters are set up on a blind date, and have a completely awkward and horrible night (watch out this is long, but its worth it):



When I first watched this, I was shocked to find the only violence was on the TV for a few moments. After watching the rest, I decided that the downer of a film still follows Don's "Bitter Film" genre, but in a much different way. The normal Don violence being only on the TV also made me wonder if his other videos are a sort of commentary on television these days. Maybe, maybe not. All I know is that every single one of these videos make me laugh in a completely different way than other comedy, which is what makes Don Hertzfeldt so great.

Rejected Cartoons

Ok wow, one of the more interesting videos I’ve found on the internet so far. I was just randomly looking at videos on YouTube and I found a video called Rejected Cartoons. So I thought that it would be pretty funny and clicked on it. After watching it, I was thoroughly entertained.

Rejected Cartoons is a bunch of random animations that I found on YouTube. One of the animations in the video includes a baby taking its first steps and falling down a large set of stairs, some are just indescribable, and you need to see them for yourself. I mean if you weren’t expecting something like that you would be like “Was this guy high when he made this?” (Which probably isn’t far from the truth). No matter how confusing this was, I would still like to see more video similar to it just because I found it funny as hell.

Napoleon Dynamite – Cult classic or Dog shit?

“I caught you a delicious bass” – Napoleon Dynamite

He might have caught us a delicious bass, but he didn’t seem to catch one for me in his movie.

Have you ever come across some sort of direct stupidity that can sometimes, barely be passed off as humor?

The movie Napoleon Dynamite makes all the efforts it can, in order to push this type of studied stupidity to it’s limits.

This movie re-defines the words “Odd” and “Weird”, at least in my dictionary.

This movie was widely released back in August 2004 and went on to gross over 40 million dollars. This posed to be a huge achievement considering the fact that this was a low-budget movie. It was greeted with loads of laughter when it debuted at the Sundance film festival in early 2004.

Storyline:

The Plot of the film, mainly, revolves around five characters namely Napoleon, his friends Debbie and Pedro (Vote for Pedro!! He offers you his protection.), his Uncle Rico and his brother Kip. The Storyline is based in Preston, Idaho.

The stage for what we can expect from the film is set in the opening scene when, On the way to school, Napoleon ties a plastic doll toy with a fishing line and chucks it out of the window of his school bus.

Napoleon is strange teenager (from his hair to his love for tetherball) who is considered to be a geek at his high school and is always picked on. He is the kind of guy who lives in his own imaginary world as he considers his Llama, Tina, to be a liger (mix breed of a lion and a tiger) and likes to play tetherball on his own. Napoleon lives with his grandmother and his old brother Kip who happens to be over 30 years old(..and unemployed!) and is always trying to find love in the midst of thousands of chat rooms on the internet.
After his grandmother is injured in an accident, Napoleon and his brother Kip are left to be taken care off, by their Uncle Rico. Uncle Rico is a old-fashioned door-to-door salesman who thinks that he would’ve gone pro and be a millionaire by now, only if his high school coach would’ve let him play as quarterback.
Soon, Napoleon befriends a new Mexican student, Pedro, who is devoid of any gregariousness and a geeky amateur photographer, Deb.

Napoleon expresses threnody over his inability to attract girls towards him. He thinks that he lacks “skills”. Pedro consoles him by reminding him that he has “sketching skills” and asks him to sketch a portrait of a girl that he wants to ask out to the dance.
Napoleon tries to ask a girl named Trisha out to the dance. Unwillingly, after being forced by her mother who thinks that Napoleon is a retard, Trisha agrees to go. However, the date does not go well and Napoleon ends up dancing with Deb, who happens to be Pedro’s date for the dance.
Meanwhile, Kip and Uncle Rico start a sales business, and are successful to some extent.

Pedro decides to run in the election for school president against Sumer, who is a one of the most popular girls at school. Napoleon agrees to help him using his “legit skills”. They do whatever they can, in order to gain advantage over Sumer. Napoleon sticks out flyers saying “Vote for Pedro” all over the school. Pedro goes around saying that he offers his protection to whosoever votes for him.
However when the time comes for the final speeches, Pedro and Napoleon are taken aback when they find out that along with a speech, each contender is to present some sort of a skit. After his short ( and uninspiring) speech, Pedro loses hope and starts to walk out of the venue until Napoleon comes on to stage and performs a dance.

Shortly after , Pedro is declared as the winner of the elections. Napoleon’s unexpected and surprised talent of dancing results in Pedro’s triumph (we now have his protection!!). He is very content with Napoleon. All is well in the end as Napoleon plays tetherball with Deb and his grandma returns back.

Conclusive Analysis:

Despite the fact that this movie doesn’t have a storyline with a strong base, it was successful to a high extent.

When I first saw this movie about a month ago, the experience deemed to be a somewhat “strange” for me. According to me, this movie tries to expand the humor offered by an otherwise, flat storyline.

Although this movie is classified as a PG Comedy, I think that people can either love this movie or simply hate it. Its more like a one sided affair rather than two. It is very difficult to say that you liked some aspects of this movie and disliked some.

Although some scenes made me laugh, I did not like this movie. To broaden it up, I did not like the way in which producers of this movie tried to expand the dull and flat storyline of this movie and achieve humor out of it.

I think that the biggest problem of this movie is that it sends out an unclear and a mixed message.

The way in which the characters react to everything is just weird. They have slow reaction times, lifeless and painful expressions. All the characters seem to be insulated from reality and their “reality” seems to be inaccessible by us. For instance, Napoleon and Pedro barely seem to register their triumph in the end. That doesn’t make much sense.

People who find this movie to be funny, most likely laughed at the characters rather than with them. This is the main reason why I don’t like such “Comedy” movies. Such people laugh at the characters either because they think that they are superior to them or because they pity or like them. However people who dislike such “comical” instances, are bound to hate this movie and think of it to be nothing more than rotten crap (“rotten crap” is solely used to describe the extent of hatred).

This leads us back to the same question that was raised in my previous post.

Why do we need to laugh at people because we think that we are more superior to them?

What kind of Humor lies in mocking the physical attributes of a person?

What kind of humor does the mocking the way people talk hold?

What meaning does the word “Humor” reflect in today’s society?

On a more broader note, Why do we need to use mockery as a tool of humor?

Whatever happened to the light hearted comedy that everyone could enjoy?

Is this movie destined to be a cult classic? Or, is it one of the biggest pieces of dog crap ever conceived ?

As usual,

The question my friend, is for you to answer.

highAgain~ Out.

Knocked Up

So I was browsing through the local Best Buy, and I saw something that brought back some memories. I noticed that Knocked Up had come out this week, so I bought it since it was such a pleasant experience the first time when I saw it in theatres with my friends. Since I have a habit of needing to see all the special features for a movie that I can, I felt the need to buy the two disc collector’s edition. Let me tell you, it was definitely worth the couple extra dollars. Not only is the movie itself amazing, but the special features are also very good.

For those of you who don’t know what Knocked Up is, it is a comedy that is from the writer and the director of The 40 Year Old Virgin. The entire main cast from The 40 Year Old Virgin is also in Knocked Up, except Steve Carell, who makes a cameo in the movie. The movie starts Seth Rogen (The 40 Year Old Virgin, Superbad) and Katherine Heigl (Grey’s Anatomy) as the two main leads. Rogen stars as a slacker, named Ben, who is trying to start up a porn website that tells you when and in which movies your favorite female stars appear naked. While Heigl stars as Alison, the complete opposite of Ben, she has career goals and does everything she can to further her career. However, one night of excessive drinking brings theses complete opposites together, for one very interesting night. The one night that they spend together leads to the development of a relationship through an anxious and really awkward courtship. But the movie is only a small part of the DVD.

Some of the exclusive bonus features on the collector’s edition include a documentary about all the actors who were fired before Seth Rogen was deemed the perfect actor for the role. Other special features include a look into how they were able to direct a stripper scene in the movie, two extra gag reels, and video diaries from Director Judd Apatow, among many others. You’ll want to find out for yourself these other special features. The deleted and extended scenes are fifty minutes by themselves with over 3 hours of special features in total.

One reason I thought the movie was so good was all the comedy throughout the movie. They were able to address a serious situation that many people experience while mixing some comedy into it. Although some parts of the movie was slow, but overall I found the movie to be hilarious. My cheeks were sore even after the second time that I watched the movie. The script was well written, with very witty dialogue. The storyline was also well developed throughout the movie. One of the parts that I liked was putting the relationship between Alison and Ben next to the relationship of Alison’s sister and her husband to show the comparison between the two.

Overall, I thought it was a well done movie with very interesting special features. Knocked Up is a movie for everyone; it is a comedy for all the guys, while it also has a romantic side of the movie for all the girls.

Red Vs. Blue

Since Halo-mania I thought it would be fitting to write about Red Versus Blue. For those of you who don’t know what Red versus Blue is, it is a series created using the game engine for Halo and Halo 2. It is a group of people who add witty dialogue to video that they take from the game. So far they have made five seasons though there definitely will be more with all the popularity surrounding the new game. You can see all of the episodes that have been created on www.redvsblue.com. The basic premise was that it started as a video to showcase how good one of the cast members was at the game. However, while he was doing this, he thought of a recent conversation he had while playing the game a few weeks before. And so this humor filled series for Halo fans was started.

I personally love these videos; they add a lighter side to a very competitive video game. They can lighten up anyone’s day because of the sheer randomness of the videos. I also really like that it actually uses scenes that they make using the game. But this is a very entertaining series that I would recommend to anyone who would like some comedic relief in their life. These scripts are written by themselves and acted out by them also, so you won't see anything like it anywhere else on the internet. Without of further ado here is one of the episodes in the series.

Halo= Death

So once again I was on digg and I cam across this video which depicts the future of the world thanks to Halo. I think anyone who has played the game and become infatuated by it as well as saw how crazy it gets on release day will find the humor in this video. I personally thought it was funny so I can only hope that my audience will feel the same. Without further ado, here is the video.


EDIT: Ok, so last night I decided to play Halo 3 thanks to a friend of mine in Lafayette. Anyways, as I was playing I could realize how the game becomes to infatuating for people, especially this new one and on Xbox live. Halo 3 has been able to add a map editing application as well as multi-player online co-op. These new additions as well as the new weapons, the revival of the original assault rifle, and the killer graphics means that there will be even more people now missing classes, work, and various other tasks due to their inability to pull themselves away from the screen for the time needed to complete the tasks. I think this movie really does show what would happen if more and more people were to start playing halo religiously. Although the movie is a bit extreme, the game is just that addicting.

Three Hunnid (300)

Now I don't have much interest in movie reviews, but this particular movie has been subject to some debate: that is to say that I've been seeking to argue about what the movie-maker's intentions were for the movie "300." Now first and foremost I must note that I DID IN FACT LIKE THE MOVIE. For some reason my opinions seem to give people the impression that I thought it was dumb. This isn't the case. I simply believe that the movie is ridiculously hilarious, and it was the full intent of the producers to create an all-out satire of what I'll be calling "the man's man manly movie."

For those of you who aren't familiar with the story of "300" (or the actual historical Battle of Thermopylae for that matter...), here's a quick synopsis of it from Fandango.com:

The massive army of the Persian Empire is sweeping across the globe, crushing every force that dares stand in its path. When a Persian envoy arrives in Sparta offering King Leonidas power over all of Greece if he will only bow to the will of the all powerful Xerxes, the strong-willed leader assembles a small army comprised of his empire's best fighters and marches off to battle. Though they have virtually no hope of defeating Xerxes' intimidating battalion, Leonidas' men soldier on, intent on letting it be known they will bow to no man but their king. Meanwhile, back in Sparta, the loyal Queen Gorgo attempts to convince both the skeptical council and the devious Theron to send more troops despite the fact that many view Leonidas' unsanctioned war march as a serious transgression. As Xerxes' fearsome "immortals" draw near, a few noble Greeks vow to assist the Spartans on the battlefield. When King Leonidas and his 300 Spartan warriors fell to the overwhelming Persian army at the Battle of Thermopylae, the fearless actions of the noble fighters inspired all of Greece to stand up against their Persian enemy and wage the battle that would ultimately give birth to the modern concept of democracy. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

For a more thurough plot (with spoiler!) Wikipedia's got the best summary.

I know, I know, sounds pretty serious. And it is serious: its the epic battle that is still today referrenced in the same sentence as the word "bravery." But the movie itself is just so damn funny. To be honest, I didn't know there were people who didn't find it funny until several weeks after seeing it. When I saw it in theaters with some friends, there was not one of us who wasn't laughing hysterically throughout the movie. I hope I'm not making any enemies here... So let me tell you what I'm talking about. Recall my statement that "300" is a satire of the ultimate man's movie. To prove this point I'll have to use the "Guns, Tits, and Trucks" theory of what gets a guys attention, and how 300 took these three points over the top (thats where the humor is fyi...)

Guns:
Obviously due to the time period these won't be literal guns. However, I don't really think it's the guns that provide the appeal to men as much as the violence. So we'll say that the gun's appeal is satisfied by the fact that this movie is about 1/8 plot, 7/8 not-so-proverbial ass-kicking. It's pretty much got every kind of violent act imaginable. Here's a sort of condensed version of the movie's fight scenes:



Tits:
This doesn't really take much explanation, nor will I be providing another YouTube clip to prove my point. I'll just reference the scene where Leonidas seeks the Oracle for support to attack the Persian army. When I typed the phrase "300 Oracle" into YouTube, I got a clip from the movie which, when clicked on, provided the following message: "This video or group may contain content that is inappropriate for some users, as flagged by YouTube's user community.To view this video or group, please verify you are 18 or older by logging in or signing up." Huh, wonder what's in there. Long story short the movie has a lot of sexually explicit scenes, including King Leonidas and Queen Gorgo's parting night of ... well, intercourse. To be honest, this section doesn't seem much like satire, but I do still think it was a bit over-the-top.

Trucks:
Again, not literal trucks. This is simply the concept of guys liking things big. It's a bit looser of a topic than the two others, but I think I can find some parts of the movie that will fit. To begin with, the story of the battle sort of writes in a trucks concept just by the odds the Spartans face against the Persians. An almost-literal sea of men (and other creatures) are shown throughout the movie as a reminder of the bleak outcome of our 300 heroes. Secondly, the movie adds a few ridiculous yet manly scenes such as the Spartans building a giant wall out of their fallen enemies. The next scene is possibly my favorite scene from the movie, and I believe proves my point best off all:



I apologize for how short that is, but if you've seen the movie you know what I'm talking about. My question is: where'd he get the apple? My point: how manly is it to stand over a bunch of dead (/dying) bodies eating an apple?

Now let's prove my point. I have a review from some Neill Cumpston as seen on Aint It Cool News:

I just saw a movie that’ll give your eyes boners, make your balls scream and make you poop DVD copies of THE TRANSPORTER. It’s called 300. I don’t know what the title has to do with the movie, but they could’ve called it KITTENS MAKING CANDLES and it’d still rule.

It’s about these 300 Greek dudes who stomp the sugar-coated shit out of like a million other dudes. I have a feeling that a lot of high school sports coaches are going to show this film to their teams before they play. Also, gay dudes and divorced women are going to use screen captures for computer wallpaper.

The movie takes place about a million years ago, and it’s sort of like a prequel to SIN CITY. Except way less guns and cars but twice as much skull splitting. If you watch this movie and go into a Taco Bell, and say to the cashier, “I need some extra sauce packets” guess what? You’re getting twenty sauce packets because your face will punch him in the brain.

I can’t spoil the plot because THANK GOD THERE ISN’T ONE. Just ass kicking that kicks ass that, while said ass is getting kicked, is kicking yet more ass that’s hitting someone’s balls with a hammer made of ice but the ice is frozen whiskey.

TWO COOL THINGS ABOUT THE MOVIE AND ONE THING I DIDN’T LIKE:

COOL THING ONE:
HEAVY METAL DURING BATTLE SCENES

Who gives a shit if the music isn’t historically correct? LORD OF THE RINGS could’ve used some Journey. This movie has that chu-CHUNG kind of metal that you hear in your head when your shift supervisor at Wetzel’s Pretzel is telling you that you’ll have to stay for clean up and you wish you had a sock filled with quarters in your hand.

COOL THING TWO:
FOES, MINI-BOSSES AND A BIG BOSS

Basically, the Greek dudes are fighting these Persian dudes, but the director, who must have a dick made of three machine guns, does it all like a video game. The Greeks fight every death metal video from the last ten years. There’s wave after wave of giants, freaks, ninjas, mutants, wizards, and a hunchback who looks like he’s got Rosie O’Donnell on his back.

Would I have been happy if Dom DeLuise from HISTORY OF THE WORLD, PART I had shown up? Maybe, but this movie more than makes up for that glaring oversight.

NOT SO GOOD THING:
DUDE NUDITY (“DUDE-ITY”)

These are Greek times, when there were a lot of naked women around. And there are some naked women in this film, but almost every naked woman scene has a muscular dude giving the screen an ass picnic. Dude-ity is something directors put in their movies so people will think they’re serious, I guess, and not just throwing in naked hotties.

Any directors reading this – IT’S OKAY TO JUST THROW IN NAKED HOTTIES.

Can’t someone make a movie about naked Amazons and call it PAUSE BUTTON?

My final analysis is 300 the most ass-ruling movie I’ve seen this year, and will probably be the King of 2007 unless someone makes a movie where a pair of sentient boobs fights a werewolf.

To immediately accredit Neill as a perfect man's man (and someone who would score below 125 on our IQ test), I'll point out the statement, "I don’t know what the title has to do with the movie," to be followed almost immediately by, "It’s about these 300 Greek dudes..." Ok, so Neill needs to learn to put 2 and 2 together... He goes on, however, to point out several key points that he liked of the movie: the incredible amount of fighting (as well as the lack of confusing distractions like plot), and the presence of numerous naked women (he sadly thought these scenes were ruined by the added "dudity"). It seems as though Neill was looking for guns, tits, and trucks, and he seems pretty happy with what he got. I think the producers would be laughing at Neill right along with me.

So this is a perfect case of me needing feedback. What'd you think of the movie? I'm not asking if you liked or disliked it, but did you think some (or almost all) of the scenes were so over-the-top that you just had to laugh? Let me know.

Softcore Porn, Owen, and Our Favorite Britney Fan

Okay, I’ll be the first one to admit that I was completely wrong about Good Luck Chuck. Although funny through some parts, the movie just did not any appeal past the nudity and Jessica Alba being partially naked. Dane Cook and Jessica Alba seemed to lack the chemistry that was necessary for the movie to be better than the actual result. The massive amount of marketing couldn’t mask the trashy nature of this movie. Now going from a joke of a movie to a more serious topic, Owen Wilson’s latest movie is slated for release next week.

As most of you have heard, Owen Wilson is recovering from a suicide attempt that occurred last month. Many questions still surround this very real situation. The Darjeeling Limited (yes it is a comedy, so this isn’t completely random) is scheduled for a limited release on September 29, the first movie released with Owen Wilson since the suicide attempt. This movie will obviously be a sensitive topic since Wilson plays a character who is constantly bandaged up. Characters throughout the movie believe that Wilson’s character constantly bandaged because of suicide attempts and constant distraught behavior. I really hope that this turns out to be a success because it would be a shame for a man who’s obviously struggling with his own demons, to be dealt even more problems. Hopefully Owen Wilson will be able to overcome this bump in what was a great career so far and continue his high standard of work in the future.

On a much lighter note, our favorite Britney Spears fan is getting a TV show. Joy! (Sarcasm for those who scored less than a 125 on the IQ test) Like (s)he said in one of his/her famous rants, if anything were to happen to Britney, they would find the first building and jump off of it. That would pretty much be the worst ending to a reality television show ever. I really hope this show doesn’t get any viewers and just gets cancelled right away. Just the thought of watching this crazed Britney fan for 20 minutes straight makes me want to go off into a dark corner and cry….

Borat : CLAMBGNK – The Next level of Sarcastic Humor or it’s Disintegration ?

There is a ninety-nine percent chance that when you initially glanced over the topic and your eyes met “CLAMGBGNK”, you had no clue so as to what it meant.

CLAMBGNK :

Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan

Borat : Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan(lets refer to that biggie title by CLAMBGNK) was released(limited) back in November,2006. Although the movie failed to make its way through the censor boards and onto the cinema screens in many Asian countries, it became an instant hit all over the world(thanks to P2P and the DVD release).

Plot:

In the movie, Sacha Cohen Baron plays the character of Borat, who is a famous journalist fromKazakhstan. Borat is sent to the “Greatest Country in the world”,Unites States of America(or US&A as Borat would like to call it)by the Ministry of Information of Kazakhstan in order to prepare a documentary that explores the various things that make the country so great. He leaves Kazakhstan with his camera crew and the documentary director, Azamaat.

Once in USA, Borat falls in love with C.J(Pamela Anderson) after watching an episode of ‘Baywatch’ in NewYork. Shortly after, Borat receives a letter from Kazakhstan informing him about his wife’s death. He is very content to hear that his wife is dead(wow..Talk about sarcastic humor) and decides to pursue Pamela Anderson and marry her. He convinces his director Azamaat, to shoot the remaining parts of the documentary in California by telling him about the Pearl Harbour being there and Texas being nearby (although the Borat’s real motive is to find Pamela Anderson in California and marry her). Borat and Azamat off on their cross-country road trip and ensuing are confrontations of Borat and Americans, leading to the development of a story-line based on mockumentary(as Wikipedia would like to call it), which some may find to be exuberantly hysterical while others may think of it to be nothing more than a pile of crap that depicts acrimonious persecution towards racism which is unaccounted for.

Analysis:

When I saw this movie about 7 to 8 months ago, I found it to be extremely amusing. Being a Sacha Cohen fan since the characters of Borat & Ali G first surfaced, I partially knew what to expect from the movie. There were times (in fact, there were many many many many…_this could go on forever) times during the movie when I was knocked off my chair and couldn’t help but laughing my ass off.

The various elements that are a part of this movie (besides the plot) and make it “Exuberantly Hysterical” were bound to give rise to criticism and controversy. The movie makes a mockery (or, is a *Mockumentary according to Wiki P.) out of Kazakhstan, the Iraq war and achieves “humor” through certain instances of the film that reflect nothing but denigration of Jews(Sacha Cohen is a jew himself) and Gypsies.

All the Arab countries banned this movie. The Russian government discouraged the playing of this movie at cinema houses. The Kazakhstan government did not receive the movie in a very good manner( as If they would after what the movie depicts Kazakhstan and it’s people to be).

*From of Wikipedia the free enclypedia :

“Mockumentary, a portmanteau of mock and documentary, is a film and TV genre, or a single work of the genre. The mockumentary is presented as if it were a documentary recording real life, but is in fact fictional. It is a commonly used medium for parody and satire. They are often used to analyze current events and issues by using a fictional setting.”*

Despite all of the above, the Movie was a huge hit and debuted as no. 1 on its opening weekend in the United States, received a nomination at the 79^th Academy awards and was named the best comedy movie of the year by the Broadcast films critics association. Some people also called it “the changing face of comedy”.

Although, I still find the movie to be extremely humorous and so may you, but we must ask ourselves this: Is this really the changing face of comedy? Is this what “genuine” comedy has come to?

Conclusion:

I think that I must say this again. I found this movie to be really funny and still do(so may you). However, at times when I try to explore in-depth, the type of humor that is made use of in such movies, I feel that the level of humor has dropped over the years. Why do we need to make a mockery out of various religious backgrounds (Jews ,Chinese etc.) in order to laugh? Why do we use racism as a tool of humor? Why do we need to a mock a country’s poor health and living system in order to achieve humor? What kind of Humor lies in mocking the physical attributes of a person? What kind of humor does the mocking of other languages/the way people talk hold? What meaning does the word “Humor” reflect in today’s society? .On a broader note, Why do we need to use mockery as a tool of humor?

I may have found this movie to be amusing and humorous, you may have as well, but did everyone ?

Whatever happened to the light hearted comedy that everyone could enjoy?

The Question my friend, is for you to answer.

Good Luck Chuck

So tonight was the release of Good Luck Chuck. Of course, seeing as I am a member of this blog, I went to go see it. My overall view of it is that it was very funny and kept you pretty much in tears with humor for the majority of the movie though. As with any movie it had to have a plot. (Spoiler Alert) The plot of this movie was a man, Chuck, who was hexed when he was younger by a girl who was "in love" with him while he was at a birthday party that included the infamous spin the bottle. After this hex, throughout his entire life, he would essentially bang a girl and then after him she would find her perfect match afterwards. He noticed this after going to a wedding and being called the bride's "Charm." Anyways, long story short, he meets Jessica Alba, is afraid of losing her and tries not to have sex with her, only to after thinking the hex was bogus and then drives her away with his extreme affection after seeing that it wasn't He eventually finds her and makes it up to her and they live happily ever after.

So, the rest of the movie synapses you ask for? Well with being very funny, the plot in my mind wasn't great. You could see things coming a mile away, you could see Dane Cook's comedy routine shining through with his character, and there was no real reason for this movie other than to give the viewer a shot of Jessica Alba semi-naked and to be funny for funny sake with Dane Cook being the main comedian. There is a large amount of partial nudity for those easily offended by that, all of it being women's breasts and a large amount of harsh language. Would I suggest that one go see this movie? If you want to see Jessica Alba nearly naked and laugh a lot, then yes. If you want something more deep and meaningful, then search elsewhere because you won't find it here.


Off topic, I came upon a video that will make you realize how all cartoon creators come up with all their cartoons. I have ranted enough so I will let the video do all the work.

Have you ever felt that you had found the girl of your dreams? How many times has that girl turned out to be the exact opposite of what you wanted? Most people are lucky enough to not have married that girl, but Eddie was not one of those people. In a remake of the original 1972 film, The Heartbreak Kid stars Ben Stiller as Eddie, who meets Lila and proposes to her after one week of dating. However, Lila turns out to be the completely wrong girl for Eddie. While on his honeymoon with Lila, Eddie meets Miranda, who turns out to be the type of the girl that Eddie actually wants. He has to find a way to keep his new wife away, while finding a way to the heart of the girl that he truly wants.

This is one I can’t wait to see. Ben Stiller always finds a way to be funny in each of his movies, and I don’t think that trend will change for this movie. The original version of the movie was rated number 91 on AFI’s 100 years…. 100 Laughs list. With a similar storyline as the first version, this should be a very time worthy movie. I feel like I could put myself in that situation, which is another reason why I’m excited for this movie. It does not present an outrageous situation for the movie to take place in. It possible for people to marry the wrong person, and then meet the right person while on their honeymoon, that’s what divorce is for. Obviously Britney has taken advantage of it more than once, maybe the first divorce was a result Jason Allen Alexander had an Eddie moment in Las Vegas. This should offer the heavily advertised Good Luck Chuck (sensing a trend yet?) some very good competition after its release on October 5.

Theory of Comedy

So I've been thinking, and this may have already been posted, so I guess I will post it again if that is the case. Anyways, I've watched a lot of stand-up and although each comedian has their thing, some have song, some have puppets, and some even just have little parts where they imitate the audience, two things always come through in a stand-up show. The first of all of them being that modern humor is not hypothetical situations, it's about the comedian's life in most part and those around him. They will bring up stories that have happened to them over time and tell them with impeccable comedic timing. Take for instance Bruce Bruce, he tells a story about an uncle he has that can laugh without cracking a smile. He also talks about a friend who will giggle a little after every time he says something.








The second point is that we as a society takes a strange pleasure in seeing other people hurt themselves or bring pain to themselves. Sometimes it's funny and sometimes it is just a fascination with pain and suffering. Evidence of the humor side is "America's Funniest Home Videos." This show has been running for years and made a fortune off the misfortune of others who decided to record it. Remember the funniest video you have seen on there. It is probably the video of a man getting hit in the balls or someone slipping and falling off of something like a diving board and into the water or off of a trampoline and hitting the ground. Now we all know that the family member who was recording as soon as it was recorded went and assisted the injured person, but until then they have sat there and recorded another person's physical pain that we will see on the television and laugh at, and possibly allow them to win five thousand dollars.

Now on a different note, I saw couple youtube videos the other day that I found quite funny and I think you will too. First of them is between two stick figures who are having a conversation about how they love noodles, and then decide to find out who loves noodles more. At the end, you do find out who loves noodles more.



The second video is taking quotes from Darth Vader and putting it into a scene from Monty Python that we will all recognize.




For some more funny, I recommend this website. It is from the same people who made the first video, and it has some comic strips that are pretty good.

It's after my bedtime. Do you know where your kids are?

I know that I have covered this man before, but I just saw Jeff Dunham’s Arguing With Myself on Comedy Central. That man is phenomenal. There are very few comedians that can interact with the crowd in a positive manner. Many comedians will either insult people sitting in the crowd or do a monologue. Mr. Dunham held conversations with people in the crowd. Walter insulted the guy who took a bathroom break. He pointed out that Mike (the guy who left) was taking “a $600 piss.” He proceeded to call him a dumbass. Multiple times. But that was the puppet insulting people, not Jeff. Keep that in mind.
The best was a conversation with a man named Nick, who worked in construction. Jeff asked him for the title of his job, and Nick replied with drywalling and framing. Then Walter said, “You know Nick, we have jokes for lawyers, doctors, hell we even got trash guys. But drywalling and framing are not in our repertoire of snappy comebacks. We were going to learn what, but hell, what are the chances now?”
This is the type of wit that should be seen in more shows. Going to a club to get insulted is pointless. I could just hang out with people that don’t like me. All the time. Then I would be insulted plenty. Done. This, however, is a higher level of comedy. Dunham doesn’t just present a preset skit like many comedians do. You know, some comedian gets a lot of laughs for one train of thought, then never changes it again for the rest of his career. The ability to interact with a crowd is what will keep Jeff Dunham’s show fresh and original every time. While there will always be some skits that the crowd expects to hear, most of the show is different every time.
I would like to take my hat off to Mr. Dunham. For those about to crack wise, I salute you.

Red Sox Enjoy Cross Dressing

I thought I would take a break from previewing movies, and discuss how disturbingly comfortable the Red Sox rookies looked in their hazing costumes. It’s nice to know that people know what hazing should truly be like. In an annual event that occurs every year, rookies were forced to dress up in drag or in other outrageous costumes for their plane ride to Toronto. The group of players that dressed up includes Japanese phenom Daisuke Matsuzaka, Clay Buchholz, and Jacoby Ellsbury. Even Matsuzaka’s translator was forced to dress up as a Teletubby.

Imagine what you would think seeing a group of grown men walking through an airport dressed up as a Teletubby, Little Red Riding-hood, and Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz. Hell, I couldn’t even tell what Clay Buchholz was dressed up ass. It looked a cross between a pirate-ish type thing and a ten dollar hooker. But one player did get off easy; Hideki Okajima only had to dress up as a pirate. C’mon now the veteran players couldn’t think of a better costume than a pirate?! They should have dressed him up as Britney Spears or something, anything would have been better than a damn pirate. You see people dressed up as a pirate every day, especially if you’re in Las Vegas. (Everybody know what happens in Vegas, stay in Vegas)

Daisuke seemed to enjoy walking around as the big green Teletubby. What’s really disturbing is how much all the guys in drag looked like they enjoyed it. Brandon Moss even said that it felt “natural” after he put on his Dorothy dress, sarcastically of course. Buchholz’s unknown costume seemed to be a little small for him, although sarcastically said that the dress was “phenomenal”, I bet he wasn’t the only one that thought the dress was phenomenal. No one would blame you for saying that the dresses were comfortable, there’s a reason why all girls like to wear skirts.

Mmm, DingleBerries

Okay, hopefully some of this fine blogs viewers are familiar with the amazing site www.digg.com. This site essentially is a huge news and humor compost, I hope that is a good enough of a comparison. People find articles, pictures, videos, etc. and submit them to digg and from there they might or might not gain popularity. Some of the best things on the web I have found I found on digg, from info about the new iPods to Halo 3, to just funny pictures and videos in general. Take this picture for instance, those two men should really switch seats, or change their last names. Especially mister Dingle, I mean who keeps the last name Dingle, even his parents I think would have been better off to change their last name. Then again, who were they to know that their child would play football and meet a Mr. Berry and become best of buds. (Sarcasm) In other internet news, it looks like a Britney Spears fan boy has decided to exceed that status and move up to mental disorder similar to Robin Williams in the movie where he works are a photo booth, the name escapes me. This video might allow you to better gauge the man/girl's psychosis related to the has been pop-star.




Along with this video has come a slew of parodies from people from random people off the street to Seth Green, who puts in a nice little sales pitch for Robot Chicken in the end.(Note: Seth Green's parody is made in defense of Chris Crocker, the person who was defending Britney.)




One last note, is it me or does anyone else find it slightly amusing that two grown men in the music business decide to make a ridiculous wager over their album sales? Obviously I am talking about 50 Cent and Kanye West. Essentially the wager goes down like this. 50 Cent wanted to think he was some big bad rapper and thought he was better than Kanye. To prove this point, he went publicly and challenged Kanye to more or less and dual of album sales, saying that if Kanye beat him that he would no longer put out anymore solo albums. I don't think Kanye had anything on the line with this wager so 50 made a big mistake there. So September 11th rolls around, and the sales war is off. As of Thursday, 50 Cent decided to go onto a radio show and claim that he will go to war with Kanye's label essentially because he is behind in album sales by roughly one hundred fifty thousand. Now tell me that doesn't sound like someone was being a sore sport.

Dane Will Turn It Around

One comment left on my post about Good Luck Chuck questioned me about whether or not this will be the movie where Dane Cook finally gains some credibility as an actor. I actually do believe that Dane will reverse his bad luck. (It doesn’t hurt that the movie has good luck in the title either.)

For one, he will be working with a much more experienced actor (or Jessica, depending on how you want to look at it). When co-starring with Jessica Simpson, who was coming off a lacking performance in The Dukes of Hazzard, Employee of the Month, neither Simpson nor Cook had established themselves as an actor in Hollywood yet. Although Alba has very limited experience starring in comedies, she has at least established herself as more than just a pretty face with movies such as Sin City(well maybe not that much in Sin City, but you get the idea. She's done more than one movie.) and the two Fantastic Four movies.

Secondly, Dane Cook himself is more experienced. He should be able to learn from his lacking first performance in Employee of the Month. He should be able to improve through each of his future movies and this should be the start of that. I’m not saying that he is going to have the performance of a lifetime, but I expect he will be good enough to help this movie live up to the hype that has been generated by all of the advertisements all over the place. Also, would the spend this much money on advertising if the movie was going to be terrible? (Okay, maybe they would. But that’s not the point.) Lionsgate obviously felt that this movie would be a huge hit or they wouldn’t have wasted their time and money on this movie.

And Now, Without Further Ado...

There are some things on the internet that can change your life forever. Some creations so powerful and moving, that the revolutionize the way you see the world wide web. Unfortunately, what I have for you, is not quite it. It is, however, my favorite video on the HomestarRunner website, and probably the entire internet. More specifically even is the introduction and following advertisement for his beautiful new computer that I find so hilarious. Without batting an eye, Strong Bad is able to insult both his viewers and the medium on which they are watching him.

First, is Strong Bad's satirical narration of his empty desk. His movie-trailer-like introduction pointedly pokes fun at the generic voice over for today's generic blockbuster: "In a world [where something bad exists...], one man [does something heroic]." Certainly, Strong Bad's purchase of a new computer is nothing heroic, but then again, is it to him? This is a rather egotistical hero who places great importance on his Q&A email site. Depending on one's values just about anything could be heroic. The only difference is Hollywood specifically targets conflicts that they know are of value to their audience, while Strong Bad satirically targets the opposite. That's what makes his narration so hilarious and thus what makes all satires funny, but it's not the movie-trailer he's making fun of. It's us; or perhaps, rather, our values which allow the real blockbuster-trailers to grab our attention that he's making fun of. By that idea then, satire is more pointed towards the audience of what it is satirizing than the actual subject being satirized. Make sense? Stay with me...

Next comes the climactic turning on of the brand new computer, Lappy486. He's so proud, he just has to show it off, and this baby's got everything: that is everything it needs to be one of the worst computers I've ever seen. I suppose this would work better for a slightly older generation, as I don't think I can even recall a time where the specs on Lappy486 were considered "high tech," but I do know the time existed (and I was probably even alive for it). We don't even realize it as we're watching it, but the reason it's so funny is because it's true. And "in a world" where technology is changing by the minute, even Strong Bad, who makes a life out of his computer, can fall behind. But what does he care about technology and the internet, he's just got to be funny.

Now don't get me wrong, the rest of the episode is funny, but I don't think it has anything to do with the initial satire, and therefore can be taken for what it is: your average superhero trying to figure out what kind of animal he'd like to be... Pretty standard.

You don't get those types of jokes from Strong Bad all that much, but clearly when you do, they're worth it. This is probably some of the best satire I'll be able to show until I bust out the Robot Chicken Star Wars videos on YouTube...

Posting and You

This video has been out for a while but I found it very funny as well as informative to those of you who post on online forums. This video essentially outlines what a person should do before going onto a forum and posting wildly. It gives "tips" and "advice" as well as maintaining humor. Once again, we will go to youtube for this video since it has become the norm for video posting on the web. It also shows all this in the old informational video from the sixties type style. Feel free to comment on this post, or the video.

Noah, you will need a big room for poo.

Hey! Look over here! Yeah, take some time out of your busy day to laugh a little. Lets talk about a man named Jeff Dunham. First off, I would like to point out that he is an extremely talented ventriloquist and comedian. Actually, he isn’t that funny, but his puppets are. He has a multitude of dummies, but my personal favorite is Walter, an old grumpy man. Because Jeff is only technically the one speaking, he can get away with crossing more lines. He manages to give each puppet its own personality; each puppet is a person in their own right.

In this video (courtesy of youtube), you will meet Walter. This is just a compilation of short clips from different shows. I will post a warning here: WARNING – VIDEO CLIP CONTAINS LANGUAGE THAT MAY BE OFFENSIVE TO WHITE PEOPLE OR PEOPLE WHO DON’T LIKE PROFANITY. There. My part’s done.

What is it about a piece of wood that insults people that we all find so funny? The first time I saw this clip, I fell off my chair and rolled on the floor. Maybe the fact that a piece of wood is speaking and has a personality is part of the reason I love this guy. There is something more than that. Because Jeff is speaking through someone else, he can say whatever he feels like without fear of repercussion. He can say whatever he feels like, insult anyone right to their face, and nobody thinks any worse of him. First, since he’s funny, he can get away with more. But in the clip, people get mad at Walter instead of Jeff. If I walked around with a dummy, would I be able to say whatever I felt like? That would be awesome.

Youtube Mania !

Ahoy there sailors,

As many of you might already know :

YouTube is a video sharing website where users can upload, view and share video clips.
According to me, You Tube and many such similar websites play a great role in the virtual transition from Web1.0 to Web2.0. You can now in a way, truly “Broadcast Yourslef” in this so called “Video Blogsphere” : You Tube.

A significant question to be asked at this point would be:

What is You Tube for YOU ?

In my forthcoming segments, I will be commenting upon some of the videos uploaded on You Tube which I find to be extremely amusing and sarcastic to some extent.

Diet Coke & Mentos Experiments

You might wonder why I would find a video about Diet Coke and Mentos to be amusing. It might become a lot clearer after you watch the video below:

A Diet Coke and Mentos eruption (also known as a Mentos eruption, soda geyser or just Diet Coke and Mentos) is a reaction between Mentos candy and cola. The experiment involves dropping several Mentos candies (usually 5–8) into a bottle of diet cola, (note: normal cola can still be used), resulting in an eruption occurring because of rapidly expanding carbon dioxide bubbles on the surface of the Mentos.

According to our friend Wikipedia :
“When Mentos are dropped into soda, the gellan gum and gum arabic of the candy dissolves and breaks the surface tension. This disturbs the water connection, so that it takes less work to expand and form new bubbles. Each Mentos candy has thousands of tiny pores all over its surface. These tiny pores function as nucleation sites, perfect places for carbon dioxide bubbles to form. As soon as the Mentos enter the soda, bubbles form all over their surface. They quickly sink to the bottom, causing carbon dioxide to be released by the carbonated liquid with which they come into contact along the way. The sudden increase in pressure pushes all of the liquid up and out of the bottle.”

Unless you are a “Chemistry nerd” , Ye probably have no idea so as to what the above paragraph meant, Since I think that I am an understanding being,

Thy answer lies below :

This guy must have some nuts to go ahead and try the “Diet Coke & Mentos” experiment with a new twist i.e.-on himself??!@#!!!. -->

1)He starts up by eating like 8-9 mentos candies from a pack.

2)He then wonders what will happen if he drinks some diet coke after that(In my opinion, that is a huge ass “wonder”).

3)He states that “they”(they probably points out the people who have been past “victims” of similar experiments..haha!) think that something sick will happen after he drinks the diet coke. However, he thinks that nothing is going to happen at all. (you should have thought again my bald friend).

4)He opens up the sealed bottle of diet coke. The camera-man thinks that hes going to vomit, baldie thinks that he won’t. He goes ahead and drinks some diet coke from the bottle and guess what happens ?..........(so it was a huge ass “wonder” indeed).

5)Cokemit (Coke + Vomit = Cokemit) erupts from his mouth …Camera-man,”DEAR GOD!!!!!). He leans against his garage door and says that some thing about his “throat”(that something surely isn’t good!). He says that his legs are numb or something.

6) He thinks that he feels alright, only to drop down panting on the ground and saying,"I don't think that this is going so well".

If you think that video was fake(I did believe so at first), Why don’t you grab a bottle of diet coke and try putting in some Mentos in it.(and do back off after that !!).

CONCLUSION : I WILL NOT TRY THIS AT HOME.

*EDIT*09/16/2007*20:58*

This is in context to Anon's comment.

The Video is fake and heres the video in which the same guy explains what happened and offers his apologies.

.....NOT!

These guys tried to take it to another level haha :

This is so cool!. These guys tried to create a domino effect using the Diet Coke + Mentos Experiment:

Over the last two years or so, producing similar types of reactions has become a popular science experiment and an Internet meme, with videos of Mentos eruptions and even Mentos performance art pieces being posted on sites like Google Video and YouTube.

Lastly,

If some boilers were wondering, the Boiler Markets do sell mentos(any mint should work for that matter) and Diet coke.

Until we meet again

Peace,
highAgain~

Who Would Have The Last Name Woodcock?

On the opposite side of the spectrum from Good Luck Chuck, Mr. Woodcock seems to have popped out of nowhere. I didn’t hear about this movie starring Billy Bob Thornton and Seann William Scott until about a week or two before the scheduled release today. Since this was the only comedy that caught my eye that is being released this week, I thought I would just talk about it briefly. Some of the commercials have given me a good chuckle but I’m just not convinced by this movie. Although it might help that the movie is releasing on a down week for new releases. Seann William Scott hasn’t had a hit since his early career success in comedies like Dude, Where’s My Car? And American Pie. Outside of Bad Santa, Billy Bob hasn’t had a hit comedy in recent memory. Back to what’s important, the preview.

Billy Bob Thornton plays a sadistic gym teacher named Mark Woodcock. He used to torture kids like John Farley, played by Seann William Scott. John later recovers from this early child hood abuse and turns out to be a successful self help author and motivational speaker. When he returns to his home town, who want to reward John for all of his success, painful memories of torment long thought to be buried return. The return of these horrible past event are brought on by John finding out that his widowed mother, played by Susan Sarandon, is now dating Mr. Woodcock. What’s even worse is that the man, who tortured and humiliated him, is now engaged to his mother. The movie shows John trying to prevent the marriage from happening in any way that he can. (Good thing Angelina Jolie isn’t playing John’s mother or Billy Bob would have stayed as far away from her as possible. But would have made this a lot more interesting)

How many pints are in a pound?

I love lazy people. Not just because I am one, but because they provide me with amusement. I’m merely the kind of lazy where I never go above and beyond, unless the reward is well worth the effort, if you know what I mean. I feel that if everyone had this philosophy, the world would be a more mediocre place. There would be no wars because they’re just not worth the effort. That’s enough philosophy for the week. All done, thanks.

However, there comes a point where laziness goes too far. As I walk out of the lunch court today, I finally saw the epitome of lazy. Three guys, all looking at this glass door like they have never seen one before. I’m not that big, but each of these guys could have picked me up with a pinkie. Just wait, this story is going somewhere. One of them goes over to the handicap-door-opening button-thingy. He pushes it, and they all look at the door. It doesn’t open. He pushes it again. And again. And again. I stood and watched this for about three minutes. So I finally approach one of them and say, “What’s the problem with the door?”

“Button no work.”(He wasn’t this dumb, but the picture of one of those trolls in the beginning of The Hobbit is starting to form in my mind)

“Did you try pushing it?”

“Me push one million times.”

“Really? Did you try just opening the door?”

“Door too heavy.”

Okay, the guy isn’t that stupid, but he’s real close. So I walk out the door, and these guys start after me. As we all know, doors can close on their own. This one did, and none of them made it out. I turned around, and they look at me, and then go back to trying the button. Lazy. There, see? I had a point.

What I want to know is if laziness has progressed to the point where it is actually affecting the lives of people to a serious degree. I know it sucks when the remote is out of reach so we end up watching grass grow, but that’s your own choice. Has anyone else been stuck inside because the handicap button won’t work?

Damn Chuck Does Have Good Luck

Good Luck Chuck is one of the most advertised comedies in recent memories. Every time I turn on the TV I’m guaranteed to see a commercial advertising the September 21st release of the movie. The movie appears to be set up to be a big hit with movie going audiences. Good Luck Chuck includes a very interesting story line with two of the biggest names (although I may be a little biased on one of them) in Hollywood. Dane Cook stars alongside Jessica Alba in this upcoming movie.

Dane Cook plays Charlie, a successful dentist who has trouble keeping women around after having an easy time picking them up. Charlie eventually realizes that every woman that he has ever slept with has found their own “Mr. Right”. These women’s soul mates end up being the very next man that the women meet after breaking up with Charlie. This curse is a result of Charlie’s refusal to kiss a goth girl during a game of spin the bottle. Since he refused to kiss her, the goth girl puts a curse on him where every girl he sleeps with will break up with him and marry the next man she meets. Eventually women catch on to this and sleep with him to meet their “Mr. Right”. Dan Fogler plays Stu, Chuck’s plastic surgeon best friend who I pursues as many of his own patients as possible. Chuck eventually realizes how lonely his life is with just sex and no love. He then meets Cam (played by Jessica Alba), an accident prone penguin trainer. Charlie needs to find a way to break the curse while also avoiding sleeping with her because he fears that he will lose the girl of his dreams to the next guy she meets.

The role that Jessica Alba plays is somewhat of a concern to me since she never really played a lead role in a comedy before. I see her as a more of an action film actor but despite these concerns, I believe that this will be a very entertaining movie that will be well worth the money.

Physics in Comedy

I feel like I should explain the name SuperLappy486, what with it being my basis for this whole internet comedy thing. But alas, other topics come up and I think I'll put that off until the next post. Just to get us all on the same page though, I'm pretty sure you're going to need to see this before I can explain the name. He's a "superhero" who answers emails, you're not missing anything.

Anywho...
I think one of the things that'll make just about anyone laugh is some good topic-related humor. It would usually fall under the genre of parody, but it doesn't always need to. I for one am a big physics and math nerd so this one's always good for a laugh:

I remember my rotation unit in Physics class. The teacher made a big 5 minute shpeel about the fact that there is no such thing as a centrifugal force. Apparently physicists are really set on the term centripetal when talking about the force in a centrifuge. To top it off, the whole thing's thrown into the classic James Bond moment with the even more classic Nemesis's line: "I expect you to die, Mr. Bond."

I suppose the lesson here is that every joke (of this type) that a single person finds funny has some sort of throw back to something they already know. For me it was the already funny fact that physicists hate "centrifugal," and the scenario of Bond strapped to a big-ol gerbil wheel that just struck home. I realize that not everyone would find this one all that funny, but I bet you can think of some joke you've heard that has to do with a hobby of yours (or an interest in this case). I'm sure there are some great marine biology jokes that most of us could care less about, but it's all about what you know.

Oh, and if you never took physics, I didn't mean to exclude. Here, everyone can stand to learn something new...

I guess it is my turn now to post something. Well I guess considering the alias I have given myself I should keep my identity relatively anonymous, so personal information will be kept to a minimum. One of the things I will say is that as part of this blog I will be contributing the main amount of internet humor or fads that are humorous, at least to me, as well as commenting on certain stand-up comedians and assorted other things that are deemed "funny." Another thing you, the reader, should know about me is my passion of music and how it affects my life as well as the content I will put up on here. If anyone has ever heard of Stephen Lynch, some of his funniest jokes come from the songs that he puts together. Such as this. It is a funny, yet twisted song about his grandfather dying and the inheritance he comes upon. Mind you, that the clip is NSFW (Not safe for work). So if you plan on viewing it and are in a setting in which loud volume and inappropriate language is not acceptable, I wouldn't click. Okay, time for a abrupt break and switch gears. Some of my favorite comedians are Katt Williams, Bruce Bruce, Gabriel Iglesias, Carlos Mencia, and Flavor Flave. Flavor Flave is my favorite because he is just so freaking hilarious to watch, kind of like a train wreck in motion. It just so bad you can't look away.

Deserts are qualified by the annual amount of rainfall, not the temperature.

A little about myself perhaps. I was born in New York, but to moved to Indianapolis when I learned to drive at the ripe old age of 2. And six months if you want to get technical. Before anyone asks, “Are you Republican? Do you believe in politics and opinions and such?” the answer is no. To both questions. The name is out of respect to the king of the pen, my man Mitch Hedberg.

My interest in comedy is purely humorous; I have no ulterior motives. I like to laugh. I would like to think that I am funny guy and that my life is extremely interesting to other people. I am also a realist, so I know that I have my moments and my life is sometimes mildly amusing to others. Usually when I fall down stairs or drop some heavy object on my toes. Realism sucks.

What I will try to cover in my part of the blog is funny everyday situations and hilarious conversations. On the occasion that my life does not produce any moments worth laughing at, I will fall back to plan A-2. It’s a lot like plan B, but sounds less like plan A failed. However, if I do not want to write about how other people are funny, I will talk about songs with awesome lyrics. For the record, I am currently listening to Kiss Me, I’m Shitfaced by the Dropkick Murpheys. This song is all about the effects of alcohol on your average man. We, as a people, like to believe that booze makes us more successful, more attractive, and better with the opposite sex. According to scientists, the opposite is true. You become more successful, attractive, and suave in proportion with what the other person drinks. Getting drunk won’t solve your problems, but if the rest of the world sees double, you will be twice as awesome.