I forget how many of y'all are Christopher Guest/mockumentary fans, but he and his acting friends have got another film coming out that skewers yet another aspect of American entertainment culture. The film is called "For Your Consideration" and appears to take on the whole ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Friday Funny: For Your Consideration
I forget how many of y'all are Christopher Guest/mockumentary fans, but he and his acting friends have got another film coming out that skewers yet another aspect of American entertainment culture. The film is called "For Your Consideration" and appears to take on the whole ...Friday Funny: Demonic Children
Forgive me for being late with this one, but I just had to be sure to get a Friday Funny up this week. The FF here came from Boing Boing and is a wonderful array of old illustrations of children from various magazine ads. they have a sort of Norman Rockwell meets David Lynch ...Friday Funny: Treadmill Dancing
Once again, it's time for the Friday funny, and once again the FF has absolutely NOTHING to do with travel. BUT that said, you have to really admire the creativity and practice that went into this bloody brilliant dance routine on a treadmill. Simply called "Treadmill ...Friday Funny: Jack Black Conducts
A fine video for the conservation-inclined reader today. This comes from an organization called Siftingbaseline.org, whose purpose seems to be saving the oceans...always a good message, I think. The concept here seems to be that one would not want to listen to a symphony ...
Friday Funny: Scuba Diving Cat
I can already hear the collective groan from gadling readers who are going to be unhappy that I am choosing something this cheesy for my Friday Funny. Normally, I select items from places like McSweeneys or The Onion. But today, just because I'm feeling kind of loopy, ...
Friday Funny: Peter Sellers for TWA
- Today's Friday Funny some to us via YouTube, courtesy of Jaunted, and is a marvelously campy old commercial done for TWA featuring the late, great Peter Sellers. If this doesn't make you laugh out loud and close your eyes for a moment of silence for the prodigious talent ...
Friday Funny: McSweeney's on Air Travel
Once again, as we have several times before, we turn to the acerbic wit of McSweeneys for our Friday Funny. This send up of the whole liquids on flights issue is good for a giggle. Not wickedly brilliant like many McSweeneys bits, but funny. ...Friday Funny: Robin Williams
Robin Williams fans will devour this wonderful interview that took place yesterday on NPR's Fresh Air program. I was driving through Connecticut yesterday and caught the interview and my eyes were tearing up listening to the piece. But it is also thoughtful, touching and ...Friday Funny: Diet Coke and Mentos: The Fountain Opera
Once again for today's Friday Funny I have to depart a bit from the theme of travel. I apologize, but I came across ths video over at Revver and I was just too impressed and blown away NOT to bring it to the attention of a wider audience. So, dear Gadling readers, take a ...Friday Funny: The Onion
For today's Friday Funny, I've got to go back to a classic Onion piece with the headline: Fritolaysia Cuts Off Chiplomatic Relations With Snakistan. This wickedly clever satire takes on an increasingly common type of conflict between small nations and former republics of ...Friday Funny: McSweeneys
I am a regular fan/reader of McSweeneys, but I confess I saw this first over at Worldhum, and so they should get some link love. But it's Friday, and it's beautiful outside here in NYC. The radio said this morning that there is no humidity. Imagine that. A summer day in the ...Friday Funny: Hilarious Want Ads
Not entirely travel-related, though they do come from overseas...this series of hilarious want ads from a New Zealand Web site are just too damn funny. Reminds me a bit of Doug Lansky's Signspotting stuff, but more funny. ...Friday Funny: What's With the Germans?
As a friend of mine pointed out in a recent email, yes, the Germans may be a soccer powerhouse, but when it comes to taste, well, they are probably not going to finish up high in a World Cup of Culture anytime soon. What evidence do I muster to make such an argument? Well, ...Friday Funny: Simpsons Gag
OK, not quite travel-related, inless you consider moving at light-speed through time, matter and the universe travel. Hey, I guess I do. Sort of a mixture of that wonderful factor of ten film and, well, cartoon comedy. Anyway, really good stuff, and Simpsons stuff to boot. ...Friday Funny: The Singhsons
As if the Simpsons itself isn't funny enough (probably the funniest, best show in the history of television IMHO), sometimes the Simpson satires are also a hoot. We posted about the real-life Simpsons from Britain a while back, a creepy, amazingly accurate flesh and bones ...Friday Funny: Colbert Says Don't Go to Europe
Funny man, faux conservative Stephen Colbert of the Colbert Report want to help you with your summer plans. Those plans, says Colbert, should most definitely NOT include a trip to Europe. Or at least this is the sage advice offered to young folks who might be leaving college ...
Friday Funny: Bands if Brits Won
Very short, but very clever from the folks at McSweeneys. ...Friday Funny: Earth Sandwich
OK folks, here's your chance to participate in history. zefrank, whose antics haven't been on my radar screen for some time, not since he helped me improve my dance moves, has got a fine little film asking all of humanity to take part in one of the greatest human efforts ...Friday Funny: Berlitz Commercial
OK, I've never actually seen this one on TV, but damn I wish I had. This wonderful admonition to learn English is devilishly clever. Now, I'm not part of the whole you've gotta learn English to live here group, or the American Anthem can only be sung in English group, but I ...Friday Funny - Videos
Thought I'd throw a couple of tummy
tickling videos at you for today's Friday Funny. It's a rather diverse lot, but I think you'll enjoy them all. First up, we have Samurai Panda, a video from
Japan that is a mixture of Quentin Tarantino, saucer-eyed Anime and . You'' never ...
