Archive for the ‘Comedy’ Category

From E: The greatest thing you’ll see today

February 1st, 2012 | Arts, Comedy | Comment »

Kristen Bell, Ellen DeGeneres, Dax Shepard, and a sloth: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5jw3T3Jy70Related posts: From E: The best thing I’ve seen today. An excellent example of my greatest fear: Quite likely the greatest footage ever. Read more »

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From E: The best thing I’ve seen today.
An excellent example of my greatest fear:
Quite likely the greatest footage ever.
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Gran Torino suffers from only one thing.

God bless the writers at The Daily Show

December 14th, 2011 | Arts, Comedy | Comment »

On last night's episode of The Daily Show, Jon Stewart and Aasif Mandvi did a brilliant segment on the controversy surrounding TLC's All-American Muslim, and the decision by American hardware store chain Lowe's to pull its advertising from the show following complaints from groups like the Florida Family Association that ... Read more »

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From xkcd – Password Strength

August 10th, 2011 | Arts, Comedy | 1 Comment »

I'm not sure how technically accurate this is, but if it's even remotely on point, then it's totally worth sharing with all those companies that force you to add capital letters and numbers to your passwords when you're creating an account, no? No, you're right. We're all too lazy to find ... Read more »

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From Manolis: I don’t want to marry you.

July 31st, 2011 | Arts, Comedy | Comment »

This video of two kids fighting is a wonderfully honest depiction of what it feels like to be a child - arguing passionately about something that's simply not an issue, and also not having any sort of meaningful reasoning you can verbalize for why you're so angry and worked up ... Read more »

Terry Techno is funny.

March 22nd, 2011 | Arts, Comedy | Comment »

I guess these are old, but the first one had me in stitches. Such efficient comedy. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WFsIskJ05I[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngGKjYXSc0g[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0B-dt8Kvvg[/youtube]Related posts: Fine. This is funny. Very funny Funny. Read more »

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Fine. This is funny.
Very funny
Funny.
Unfairly funny
I Love You, Man > Funny People

Fine. This is funny.

March 3rd, 2011 | Arts, Comedy | Comment »

It took three people to send this to me before I finally watched it, and, yes, it was worth sending. Baby laughing hysterically at ripping paper: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP4abiHdQpc[/youtube] It's amazing how much potential YouTube has to be both a source of joy and a means by which we bring joy to others. And they said ... Read more »

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Terry Techno is funny.
Very funny
Funny.
Unfairly funny
I Love You, Man > Funny People

Josh Groban sings Kanye West’s Tweets for Jimmy Kimmel

January 5th, 2011 | Arts, Comedy | Comment »

Great sketch from Monday's episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Axzxe1a78E[/youtube]Related posts: Absolutely hilarious. The best thing you’ll see all day: Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake give a primer on rap history with the incredible Roots King Kanye Read more »

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Jon Dore on Conan

November 12th, 2010 | Arts, Comedy | 2 Comments »

Sesame Street FTW

October 12th, 2010 | Arts, Comedy | Comment »

Smell Like a Monster, a Sesame Street parody of the Old Spice The Man Your Man Could Smell Like ads starring Isaiah Mustafa, featuring one very talented Mr. Grover: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkd5dJIVjgM[/youtube]Related posts: Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps looks pretty outstanding Oh, Street Fighter. Louis CK, acting badly Read more »

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From Wondermark: Dealing with utility companies

October 10th, 2010 | Arts, Comedy | Comment »

I'm not sure if David Malki, the creator of the Wondermark comic strip, intended for people to see parallels between this comic and the experience most people have with their power/cable/phone companies, but it's tough to believe otherwise. Only because it's just so accurate. Enjoy: Related posts: From xkcd – Password Strength Interesting licensing ... Read more »

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Sarcasm? No. Truthcasm.