Chan Ho Park Answers His Critics

Chan Ho Park is a relief pitcher for the NY Yankees. After performing horribly in the first game of the 2010 season, he pitched 3 innings of score-less relief in Game 3. Reporters asked him what was the difference, and he answered with brutal honesty.

I'm trying to assure myself that's it's okay to laugh at cultural mis-understandings, but I think to be honest I feel guilty and racist laughing at this. I will entertain thoughts in the comments section.
(From emails)

30 Rock Lambasts Crimson False Modesty

Famously, Harvard's noblesse oblige dictates that alumni cannot name-drop their own institution's name, and must thusly pepper speech with annoying euphemisms like, "I went to school in Boston." Tufer is a TGS staff writer who is stereotypically falsely modest and wants to desperately let everyone know that he attended Harvard. This 30 rock episode had not one but TWO occasions in which they lambast Crimson false modesty and sense of superiority.

Take 1
Take 2

If I were a betting woman, I'd guess a Tufts writer is on staff at 30 Rock.

(From CE)

What sound can do.

What sound can do. is a Youtube commercial for a sound effects and lighting firm in Milan. I'm not fond of posting commercials, I just like the idea of a smart typist baby.

(From Buzzfeed)

Student Brings Typewriter To Lecture

Student Brings Typewriter To Lecture is a Break.com video showing a student who brougth a typewriter to a lecture hall instead of a laptop. WAH-WAH.

The best part about it is the "ding!" sound.
The second best part is the commentary about this video.

From Buzzfeed:
[Editor's Note: Man, lecture halls must have been so loud back in the old days.]
Buzzfeed Commenter: "Uh, nobody typed during a lecture back in the old days. We scribbled notes with a pen. In a paper notebook."
Rebutted by second commenter, "O RLY?!"

And finally, commenter from Gizmodo, "What class is this, Douchebaggery 101?" Touché.
(From Buzzfeed)

Checkmates

Checkmates is an Upright Citizen's Brigade comedy sketch original where, "a good-girl chess player falls for a bad-boy checkers player from the streets." Way ludicrous. A+.
(From Justin and Wilmar)

T Pain Obama Auto-Tune

T Pain Obama Auto-Tune is a Youtube video of a T-pain digital short on Jimmy Kimmel Live.  Basically, they introduce the iPhone app where you speak into your iPhone and it autotunes it to make you sound like Cher/T Pain. (You can actually buy this app, so I slapped a "commercial" tag on this TOTI entry.)

They took a few Obama snippets and made it sound funny.  I'm not sure why they didn't even mention the Autotune the News folks, when clearly, this is their bag.  I mean, T-Pain even went on Autotune the News #8, so it's not like he wasn't aware of it. Whatever, I didn't watch the original Jimmi Kimmel live episode to know precisely if he mentioned it or not. 

I was also uncomfortable with the twinkling grills at the end... but less guilty about the amputation joke. Does this make me a bad person? 

Boop. Enjoy!

(From J. Pae)

Homeopathy & Nutritionists vs Real Science!

Homeopathy & Nutritionists vs Real Science! is a stand-up routine by Dara O'Briain about the public understanding of biological and health science.  

Basically, teehee. Especially after my CAM class on homeopathy. For the uninitiated, that's a field whereupon people think that "like cures like." They make healing potions by diluting something to or beyond avogadro's number... and shake the hell out of the bottle (calling it "succussion"). Then they call that an elixir and sell it to you. 

The routine is precious. 

(From Boing Boing)

The Friends Theme and Sugar Ray

The Friends Theme and Sugar Ray is a video of Rob Paravonian doing stand-up. "Rob Paravonian uses the theme from Friends and the Sugar Ray song Every Morning to show that if you listen to the lyrics of a pop tune, it becomes really difficult to enjoy it anymore." True. This video is a blast from the past my friends.

Though I did always think that Sugar Ray guy sounded fratty and douchey. Wait, did I just say the same thing twice? Sorry.
(From my AIM profile. For realz.)

The Asian Spanish Teacher

The Asian Spanish Teacher is a comedy video about Señor Chang, a Greendale Spanish instructor who challenges and confronts your Asian stereotypes.
(From T. J.)

Slow Jam the News: Health Care Reform (9/14/09)

Slow Jam the News: Health Care Reform (9/14/09) is a self-explanatory video from Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, where Jimmy and the Roots jam about health care.

Accordign to the Huffpo, "Jimmy Fallon and the Roots sexualized the health care debate last with a sensual slow jam about reform. 'Bipartisanship means everyone can partay,' they crooned.

Jimmy, of course, cracks up through the entire thing. It's incredibly juvenile. And sexey.

Highlights:
"Let's do it with the lights on" [crack up]
"...diaphanous... I don't mean to be too pedantic."
Enjoy!
(From )

Ali G Interviews Noam Chomsky

Ali G Interviews Noam Chomsky is a self-explanatory YouTube video of Ali G interviewing Noam Chomsky. I make no apologies about despising Noam's views on linguistics (mostly the stuff about the non-existent language organ) so I found this interview especially hilarious. He doesn't seem to catch on that the Ali G Show is a comedy thing.



(From Me )

Marquee Fail

Marquee Fail is an entry on the failblog that is too good to ignore. It's a photo of a marquee advertising two movies, that reads kind of like your stalker's magazine-cut-out love notes. 

"There will definitely be blood... Maybe"

I love the follow-up by the commenter on Buzzfeed. "Bambi II isn't afraid to lay all its cards on the table. None of this 'maybe' stuff." 

(From Ted )

Lindsay Lohan's eHarmony Profile

Lindsay Lohan's eHarmony Profile is a Funny or Die monologue by Lindsay Lohan. Yeah, it broke a couple of days ago, but I'm just now catching up.

I thought it was a cute spot.  Short, sweet, charming. Her PR person must be thrilled. "Lindsay Lohan is newly single and ready to mingle!"

(From all the gossip websites she keeps afloat)

Extract (Teaser Trailer)

Extract (Teaser Trailer) is the trailer for the upcoming Mike Judge movie, "Extract." Mike did "Office Space" in 1999, which is probably the only good thing he's ever done, other than attend UCSD.  I really like both those things, so I'll give this a shot.  

According to MTV, "Judge envisions 'Extract' as an evil-twin sequel to 'Office Space,' but now it's the boss who has a bad case of the Mondays. 'He's the owner of a company that makes vanilla extract and orange extract, and that kind of thing. 'Office Space' was sympathetic to the employees, and the bosses and the managers were the a--holes. This one is sympathetic to Jason Bateman's character as the owner, and all the employees are the a--holes. ... It's another workplace comedy.' "

There you have it. 

(From BuzzFeed)

Mind-Melting Demo Disasters

Mind-Melting Demo Disasters. As New York magazine explains, "Some awesome anonymous country label has started a tumblr on which it's posting the worst (i.e. best) unsolicited demos it has ever received in the mail. They are all, without a single exception, fantastic."

I guffawed-out-loud at the Step Aerobics Class From Hell. Also, I embarrassedly kind of liked the track that sounds like something that was made on a 1988 casio keyboard... that is, until the singer started singing. It was all chill, pseudo-French and whimsical up until then. Then it was like, ew, no. Let's NOT get it on.   Anyway, the list of finds goes on and on. Enjoy!

(From my friend Courtney, who should not be occupied past 11 and New York Entertainment, and primadona926's flickr)

Malört Face

Malört Face is a Flickr group showing people who have just tried Malört. 

According to Buzzfeed's Peggy, this is "a wormwood-flavored Swedish schnapps. It seems like Malört face could describe the worst possible face you can make." 

According to Wikipedia, "Malört, a distilled beverage, is the name of a Swedish style of schnapps called "Beska Droppar", flavored with wormwood. The word malört is the Swedish word for the wormwood plant. The smell and taste is musty and extremely bitter. Malört is popularly alleged to be a cure for indigestion." 

According to me, that's crazy.

(From Peggy's Buzz. Photo Credit: Phil Dokas, Phil Dokas, and Phil Dokas. )

Super Intense ER Promo

Super Intense ER Promo is a College Humor video parodying the uber-intensity of ER. I know, I know, College Humor is PLAYED. But, I miss ER, and TV.

AND I'm out celebrating finishing a 6 tests right now, so good enough.

(From Hart)

ShamWow Overdub

ShamWow Overdub is a video on YouTube spoofing the Shamwow commercial. It's kind of totally wrong, but I admit, I did chuckle at "caca water." You just can't see the commercial the same way after this.

(From Buzzfeed's Peggy Wang)

New Math

New Math is a well-designed, simple website about concepts as math equations run by the mysterious CRAIG DAMRAUER. Craig claims to bake his ideas fresh every monday. Simple, delightful. Some of the ideas are rather half-baked, but I appreciate the fresh visual appeal.

As a tangential aside, I always have trouble spelling "equation." It makes sense that there is a T there, because the two sides equaTe but it's weird that everyone pronounces it equaSION. Like an invasion of equal signs. Sigh. I digress. Enjoy!

(From sorry, I forgot)

Important Things With Demetri Martin

Important Things with Demetri MartinWed 10:30pm / 9:30c

Series Preview

Important Things with Demetri Martin is a show on Comedy Central that debuted today (okay techincally yesterday). Anyway, finally, the kid gets his own show!

Previously mentioned, Demetri.


(From The Comic's Comic, Buzzfeed)