http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahpvSasR6d8 The Incredible Mouth Band(a band plays a song where instead of playing their respective instruments they say the name of the instrument over and over)
1. Aw, cool! The Incredible Mouth Band is doing a Rutles shout-out! The masks are like the Tragical History Tour ones. In addition to the already-cool idea. Now I want to do one of my own like that.
2. Christopher Lee in George Lucas' LotR made my life.
3. The 'Hobbits To Isengard' one has been around a while, but the techno LotR theme never gets old!
4. Thanks for the entertainment, Strider.
Posted by Fitz (Member # 4803) on :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XwdkxPQCzY A really well made Star Trek spoof. WARNING: The song in the video is Closer by NIN, which contains what some may consider to be inappropriate language.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oq7a7Cw2SP8 This one is pretty cool. It's a bunch of guys pulling off some crazy jumps. These videos have been linked on Hatrack before, I think, but they're definitely worth watching again.
btw Fitz, I just watched that NIN/Star Trek one. I hadn't watched it earlier because I really dislike Star Trek, but that video was awesome. Though I wouldn't suggest most hatrackers, unless they're familiar with Nine Inch Nails, watch that. It's probably a pretty offensive song for most.
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Posted by Orincoro (Member # 8854) on :
That Lucas LOTR movie is really some of the most cogent criticism of Lucas-syle film making i've ever seen: "He's certainly a strange man... it's an interesting way to make a film... certainly not a good way."
And this gem: "I thought, you know, that since LOTR was a pretty serious movie dealing with, you know, some serious issues, that in the scene with the battle at Helm's Deep, I would have a banana... slapping itself in the face"
"so we just all got together and slapped ourselves in the faces, and slapped bananas, and slapped our faces with bananas, and the nwe scanned all that in to the computer, you know, and rendered it, and manipulated it, and then we went back, you know, and added eyes, and bruises, cause THAT was the detail that mattered to us."
Posted by Fitz (Member # 4803) on :
A metaphor for Bush: what happens when you give control of the world's most powerful military to a president who doesn't know the difference between Shia and Sunni?
Posted by Morbo (Member # 5309) on :
But Wonkette posts a photo taken at the same time, and it shows Ricky, Jr. flipping the bird. I can't tell if the kid did it on purpose or not. And there's also this sad shot of Santorum's daughter crying.
Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
I feel bad for saying this, but that picture of the crying girl is just, uh, bathetic.
Posted by Shigosei (Member # 3831) on :
As hilarious as that first picture is, I'm sure he was just straightening his glasses with the wrong finger. The second photo, though, is a bit disturbing.
Posted by Libbie (Member # 9529) on :
I'm glad Santorum lost, but the second picture is a little disturbing. Not least because the girl seems what, maybe 8? or 9? and has matching outfits with her dolly.
Shigosei, you can see the kid flipping the bird in the video too. I've watched it twice and can't tell if it was on purpose or not.
Posted by Libbie (Member # 9529) on :
quote:Originally posted by Fitz: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XwdkxPQCzY A really well made Star Trek spoof. WARNING: The song in the video is Closer by NIN, which contains what some may consider to be inappropriate language.
This song is a staple at our weekly karaoke nights. I sing it, while a friend of mine who's an ASL interpreter signs it. The signs are unbelievably dirty-looking, even considering the lyrics. It's always a crowd-pleaser.
But now I'll think of Kirk and Spock while I sing it. Posted by Libbie (Member # 9529) on :
quote:Originally posted by xnera: Stan, I counter your Google video with this:
I don't know if it's more sad that I actually knew the name of every single episode used in this vid, or that I could predict which episodes would be used before the music even started.
I love few things more than original Star Trek. But I only love it because it's so incredibly cheesy. That is my one saving grace.
Posted by Libbie (Member # 9529) on :
Okay, here's my contribution to the YouTube madness. I dare you to watch this and not do one of the following:
1. Actually laugh out loud 2. Cringe 3. Sing along
I thought the Chad Vader link was in this thread--it must have had its own. I wonder if the next episode is up.
Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
quote: Okay, here's my contribution to the YouTube madness. I dare you to watch this and not do one of the following:
1. Actually laugh out loud 2. Cringe 3. Sing along
Well, I didn't do any of the three. I did, however, stare at it and fell in and out of consciousness while doing so.
Posted by GaalDornick (Member # 8880) on :
The second one is funnier if you know the guitarist. They have a whole bunch of those videos with him and some other guitarists like Yngwie Malmsteen.
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
She has terrifying fingernails. Kate Bush, I mean.
Posted by B34N (Member # 9597) on :
quote:Originally posted by GaalDornick: Funnies stuff:
Wow, that was the ending that occurred to me when I was a kid: Why didn't they just send the eagle in the first place?
Posted by dantesparadigm (Member # 8756) on :
My new Spanish teacher mentioned the existence of this in passing, and I happened to have my laptop open at the time and was able to google it. (He’s the salad-dodger doing the lip sinking)
The class thought it was pretty funny, we’ll be sure to work it into the video yearbook too.
Posted by Stan the man (Member # 6249) on :
Thierry Henry Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
quote: My new Spanish teacher mentioned the existence of this in passing, and I happened to have my laptop open at the time and was able to google it. (He’s the salad-dodger doing the lip sinking)
Meatloaf + Science = Awesome
Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
Not YouTube, but some very nice, very clever little animated shorts.
Really. Watch the top three. Tear yourself away from the crappy, derivative to the nth degree anime and see what real animation looks like. You know, live a little.
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Posted by Flaming Toad on a Stick (Member # 9302) on :
Guess what I did with "The Incredible Mouth Band".
*Gives them time to guess*
YOU GUESSED WRONG!!!
Actually, I tabbed the song's guitar, bass, keyboard and drum parts on Guitar Pro . It sounds awesome, and I had a blast doing it. (At 1 A.M.)
Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :
The worst criminal ever video was hi-freaking-larious.
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
I think I originally ran across Phantom Magnetic Rose through Hatrack, but nonetheless worth rewatching/relistening.
Posted by Juxtapose (Member # 8837) on :
I stared with rapt attention, twice. Is that girl really putting hands to cheeks and screaming "Home Alone"-style because she is horrified by the choreography?
Posted by martha (Member # 141) on :
That wasn't funny. That kid should have kicked the other kids butt.
I laughed hysterically at this one, perhaps it was because I understood what they were saying and it reminded me of my younger days when I was both the bully and the bullied.
Posted by Strider (Member # 1807) on :
great links mack.
Shatner is freakin awesome.
Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
Those links were awesome, Mack. Posted by Swampjedi (Member # 7374) on :
5 Guys in a Limo was really sweet. Posted by Fitz (Member # 4803) on :
Shatner has the best sense of humor about himself of anyone I've ever seen.
Posted by Dr Strangelove (Member # 8331) on :
Some of my classmates in French 1 made this video for their portfolio. I thought it was pretty funny and it had the class in tears laughing.
I'm spent the afternoon watching clips of great moments in basketball. Posted by Strider (Member # 1807) on :
We'll just call these the newest additions to the 'japanese are freakin weird'. No offense to any Japanese board members intended...but come on, check out these links!
That dancing one is hilarious. There's one related to that one which I won't post here, but it shouldn't be too hard to find.
Posted by Mathematician (Member # 9586) on :
"Do you recognize there's a difference between 1 dollar and 1 cent?" "Definitely" "Do you recognize there's a difference between half a dollar and half a cent" "...Sure" "Do you recognize there's a difference between .002 dollars and .002 cents?" "...No"
Makes me glad I'm not with verizon anymore!
Posted by airmanfour (Member # 6111) on :
That's fantastic! I'm on minute ten and the customer service supervisor still doesn't get it.
Posted by Snail (Member # 9958) on :
"Do you recognize there's a difference between 1 dollar and 1 cent?" "Definitely" "Do you recognize there's a difference between half a dollar and half a cent" "...Sure" "Do you recognize there's a difference between .002 dollars and .002 cents?" "...No"
Makes me glad I'm not with verizon anymore!
This one is easily the most annoying thing I have ever found on YouTube.
--j_k
Posted by Strider (Member # 1807) on :
i couldn't listen to the whole thing! I was actually feeling bad for the customer service rep. He wasn't TRYING to be obtuse, he just couldn't understand.
Posted by Phanto (Member # 5897) on :
The Japanese one is startling. Are they really like that?
Posted by ricree101 (Member # 7749) on :
quote: It wasn't me, i did it. I mean, I didn't do it, i did
You know, much confusion could have been avoided if they just went with the very sensible electrical engineering terminology. "I didn't do it, j did" would be a lot clearer, I think Posted by SoaPiNuReYe (Member # 9144) on :
YOUTUBE HAS EVERYTHING
Posted by Irami Osei-Frimpong (Member # 2229) on :
"Do you recognize there's a difference between 1 dollar and 1 cent?" "Definitely" "Do you recognize there's a difference between half a dollar and half a cent" "...Sure" "Do you recognize there's a difference between .002 dollars and .002 cents?" "...No"
Makes me glad I'm not with verizon anymore!
This is officially the first thing I've watched (well, listened to, technically, but you know) on youtube that has actually raised my blood pressure.
Posted by Strider (Member # 1807) on :
I ended up listening to the whole thing. It was INFURIATING having to listen to that entire phone call. I can't even imagine having to go through it in person.
Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
quote:Originally posted by Strider: I ended up listening to the whole thing. It was INFURIATING having to listen to that entire phone call. I can't even imagine having to go through it in person.
Yeah. I'm a pretty laid back person, but I don't think I'd have been able to be as calm as he was throughout the conversation. I suspect that I could have conveyed the point better than he did, though.
Posted by Strider (Member # 1807) on :
yeah, i can think of a handful of ways that "in theory" might've done a better job of getting those employees to understand the problem.
I like the catalog of documentaries SS. probably not good for my productivity though.
Posted by Fitz (Member # 4803) on :
There's a fascinating documentary about Tetris on the page that Storm Saxon linked. When I linked it to my cousin, and told him how intense it was, he thought I was joking. Good stuff.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
Please don't be offended, but if this music doesn't touch your heart then I can only conclude you don't have one.
Decided to add one more-
This is a video of scenes from the movie 'The Cure', which is a very good movie, with the sound track of Declan singing John Lennon's 'Imagine'. Very touching.
Rocketman goes where no man has gone before.
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
quote:I can turn over pages of a phone book, but it involves expelling invisible "Chi" out of my ass, approximately 1 hour after eating at Taco Bell. Also, the "Chi" smells like dookie. But its not.
Posted by GaalDornick (Member # 8880) on :
Warning: the following link has lots of profanity. How the world will end Sooo funny.
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
I liked how China has Japan's flag.
Posted by Omega M. (Member # 7924) on :
Ever see the Scottie Tails videos? Here's a short one:
Ahhh, nostalgia. Someone turned Monkey Island into a live action play. The acting is a bit off, and the lines can be poorly delivered sometimes, but it really brings me back.
Posted by Vasslia Cora (Member # 7981) on :
That's awesome, I don't care that it isn't perfect. I mean not many Monkey Island related things are done nowadays.
Posted by Omega M. (Member # 7924) on :
This is one of the biggest letdowns I've watched on YouTube:
I thought it was going to be a stop-motion animated fight between some marshmallow Peeps; but it's just some Peeps blowing up in a microwave, which the filmers seem to think looks like them fighting. The constant backround yelling of "mortal Peep fight" makes it even more pathetic; I knew people in college who would make jokes like that and think they were so clever. The commenter who says
quote:OMG Give me back a minute and a half of my life back u retards
is exactly right, in my opinion.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
Coincidence that this thread was bumped? I think not!
Its kind of coincidental that the folks at the top say, "NO STOP!' and the guy at the bottom says, "That was awesome!"
Posted by Katarain (Member # 6659) on :
Once I saw the muffin/Centipede mushroom get eaten/shot away in four steps, I began to be shocked at how much time and care the animator took with this.
Posted by Fitz (Member # 4803) on :
I love these, but I thought this one was especially cool:
edit: to fix link and code
Posted by katdog42 (Member # 4773) on :
Okay, I know, I know this is a shameless plug, but I want to share it with you anyway.
As most of you know I am a recently professed young nun from Indiana (just professed last weekend, actually). We recently made a new video for vocations and one that offers a short tour of the monastery. The monastery tour has been posted in part online. If anyone is interested in seeing my home (as well as the back of my head several times) check us out
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Posted by erosomniac (Member # 6834) on :
I didn't bother checking to see if someone had posted these before, but I only just discovered that people have been hacking Guitar Hero. The geek in me rejoices.
That hipster olympics was done by a friend of a friend. The friend showed it to me right when he posted it on youtube.
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :
weird. russian subtitled in chinese(is that chinese?)
Posted by rollainm (Member # 8318) on :
Not a clue.
I'm not sure what I find more intriguing - the voice or the ego.
Posted by MEC (Member # 2968) on :
There's got to be some kind of voice modifier in the microphone that he activates, or it's just playback...
Posted by rollainm (Member # 8318) on :
I'm pretty sure it's real. Hell, I can get that high. Granted, it sounds like crap and I can't sustain it or get anywhere near that kind of volume, but it's not impossible to do.
Posted by erosomniac (Member # 6834) on :
He's...painfully inaccurate.
Posted by Leonide (Member # 4157) on :
he's just going up to a high falsetto. but kudos to him for making it seem like an incredibly difficult thing to do Posted by Threads (Member # 10863) on :
That was awesome, eros. I gotta admit, for the first minute I was thinking "what the hell is this?" But oh, when the singing starts, my my my. Very good.
Posted by erosomniac (Member # 6834) on :
I thought the same thing. Three things kept me watching:
1) "What the hell is in the hands?!" 2) There are a LOT of views on that video and it's well rated. 3) ...well, I'm a Daft Punk whore.
Posted by Phanto (Member # 5897) on :
That was so cool, Eros. I'm not much of a Daft Punk fan(I've only ever heard that song, as much as I'd like to hear more), and that just... wow.
Posted by MandyM (Member # 8375) on :
eros, that was surprisingly awesome.
Posted by erosomniac (Member # 6834) on :
Strider: I'd never seen the one with Natalie live! That's a riot!
Apparently the guy I linked 7 posts up did his act Live on Ellen.
Oh, and people who watched the first vid may have already seen this, but this girl's choreography & concept to the same song are fantastic, even though she's a very mediocre dancer.
Posted by MandyM (Member # 8375) on :
I have seen those too. I think those are so clever. Maybe I just need to get out more.
What really cracks me up is his teachers or parents near the person filming who can't stop laughing.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
erosomniac: What a cool video! Mrs. BB kept saying, "Why are we watching this, this looks stupid." All I could say was, it has to get good, but then again this is youtube, it could be so bad it gets linked as good, just like rick rolling videos! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBGIQ7ZuuiU
But that didn't seem like your style TBH.
Posted by erosomniac (Member # 6834) on :
quote:Originally posted by MandyM: I have seen those too. I think those are so clever. Maybe I just need to get out more.
What really cracks me up is his teachers or parents near the person filming who can't stop laughing.
I really wish I could see more detail on it - the performance loses a lot when you can't make out the fine details of the hand gestures and facial expressions. Posted by erosomniac (Member # 6834) on :
Y'know, I kind of hate Kanye West as a person, but music videos featuring Daft Punk that are ALSO Akira homages are kind of delicious. Posted by rollainm (Member # 8318) on :
You forgot Jeff with Ahmed.
Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :
Neah, there are others too. Another show with Peanut and Jose at least, and other characters. But I thought that was a good start. Posted by Slim (Member # 2334) on :
Not to toot my own horn or anything, but I made this music video, and I know there are a lot of people who like Doctor Who here who will think this is funny. The music was from a Square One TV segment.
A kilted wedding party is geeky? Scottish or Irish elements are no longer accepted as cultural additions to a wedding, and have moved directly into the realm of geekdom?
Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :
Somehow I doubt they were the one who decided exactly which images got included in that montage. Just a hunch.
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Posted by Omega M. (Member # 7924) on :
I just discovered that YouTube has tons of videos of live TV shows getting prank phone calls! Search for "East Coast Bob" or "Captain Janks" to get a bunch.
Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :
This is a fascinating and highly acclaimed 10-part documentary series that was first aired on the BBC, and subsequently on PBS in the US. It follows the history of science and technology with each episode tracking an ancient invention and its effects right up to the modern day (well, up to 1979). I am learning more from this series and from Connections 2 and 3 than I did in 12 years of schooling.
Tex Avery's comedic masterpiece, surpassed only by the sublime King-Size Canary.
And from Chuck Jones we have Feed the Kitty, the first Pussyfoot and Marc Anthony short.
(The scene where Marc Anthony thinks Pussyfoot has been mixed into cookie dough and baked in the oven may be -the- most horrible-yet-funny scene of any cartoon ever made.)
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Posted by Strider (Member # 1807) on :
From JH's sunscreen thread.
This video made me feel all warm and fuzzy.
Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :
“My apartment is infested with koala bears. It's the cutest infestation ever. Way better than cockroaches. When I turn on the light, a bunch of koala bears scatter, but I don't want them too. I'm like, Hey... Hold on fellows... Let me hold one of you, and feed you a leaf." - Mitch Hedberg
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Posted by Kelly (Member # 9576) on :
Yes, I know it's a little late, but I think this German version of Silent Night is absolutely beautiful.
Posted by Luet13 (Member # 9274) on :
DeathofBees, I learned a lot from Connections too. Most of which I've probably forgotten. But the main theme stuck with me: innovations add up, are remembered (usually) and are improved on (eventually).
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Posted by Juxtapose (Member # 8837) on :
Okay... Sarah Silverman baffles me. On the one hand, I find myself sometimes laughing at her, just because she's so outrageous. A rabbi I once knew said that humor is the incongruous, and that we laugh when things are out of whack. But she's gross. I mean, she's honestly gross and nasty, in a really filthy way sometimes.
I can watch Lisa Lampenelli, with all of her ethnic slurs, and I think she's hilarious. Because she's clearly doing it for the fun. With Silverman... I don't know. There's something really almost evil lurking there. But then, I laugh at her sometimes. Usually, I just blush, though, and wonder how she can possibly not blush as well.
Was that completely made up, btw, or did she actually break up with Jimmy Kimmel using that video? I mean, he didn't seem amused, and the look on her face at the end of the video... Ick.
Posted by erosomniac (Member # 6834) on :
I dunno. I watch Sarah Silverman as easily as I watch Stephen Colbert. They're both so disgusting that it's obviously a joke to me. Lampenelli I just find gross, period, but that's probably because she's a gross looking woman.
This is part of a British show called Balls of Steel. If you generally find this sort of crude humor amusing, then this will hit your funny bone in a big way.
WARNING: not exactly work safe, profanity and the like.
Posted by rollainm (Member # 8318) on :
If spiders really creep you out, then watch this at your own risk.
It's totally worth it, though.
Posted by GaalDornick (Member # 8880) on :
Tupac Lives! Such a funny Chappelle Show skit.
Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :
I'm sorry, my brain's having trouble dealing with that.
Posted by krynn (Member # 524) on :
Warning: some Foul Language. Please Be Advised
wow, i just decided that i didnt want to do any of the long list of stuff i need to do and that i should be looking up all the spoofs of "My New Haircut."
wow. some were pretty funny, until i found one of a 3 year old asian kid saying the skit line for line. that kid's older brother is just mean, making a 3 year old asian kid in a botton down shirt and tie say things "****ing skank!" and "Im getting some pussy tonight."
i was a bit shocked.
Posted by happymann (Member # 9559) on :
Baby Troll Smile. Another video in the realm of babies doing weird/funny things.
Posted by Tinros (Member # 8328) on :
I really want the sheet music to whatever he's playing.
Posted by Luet13 (Member # 9274) on :
Tinros, that music is from the Amelie soundtrack. I don't know if there's any sheet music available. It's one of my favorite songs though.
Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :
I really want the sheet music to whatever he's playing.
That was pretty touching, it reminds me of Slaughterhouse Five.
Posted by The White Whale (Member # 6594) on :
Puffy Treat,
that was AMAZING!
I'm left speechless.
Thanks for that.
Posted by Morbo (Member # 5309) on :
Awesome landslide video It has a very static camera, probably on a tripod, and the area around the cameraperson was perfectly steady. But the hill, power poles and forest ahead just march downslope. It's disorienting. Forests shouldn't do that outside of Shakespeare and Tolkien.
Posted by Morbo (Member # 5309) on :
The amount of star cameos in this is mind boggling.
Posted by erosomniac (Member # 6834) on :
I laughed so loud at that that I stopped all work in my office and had to restart the video multiple times so everyone could see it.
Posted by Strider (Member # 1807) on :
Here's the guy that does the Pachelbel rant, going off on the Friends theme song and Sugar Ray.
^^ Warning you have to get through about 1-2 minutes of yap yap yapping. But it's alittle hearth tugging to have a traditional Korean couple coming to terms with their daughter's choice of vocation.
Posted by Tara (Member # 10030) on :
BBC's Sense & Sensibility! All of it! (Something about this must be illegal.)
Posted by Fitz (Member # 4803) on :
I like it, mainly because I like happy, bouncy tunes that disguise not so happy, semi-sour lyrics. Posted by Luet13 (Member # 9274) on :
My mom sent me this link. I don't think I could ever, with any amount of practice, move my body the way that woman does. Or anyone else in that video for that matter. Swan Lake Posted by BlueWizard (Member # 9389) on :
this isn't your typical funny video, rather it is very heartwarming -
I've been holding out for over a week, trying not to post it. But everytime I watch the clip, I can't stop laughing.
Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :
Are they going to use that darn clip now for EVERY "we lost" spoof? It was mildly amusing for the Blu-Ray/HD-DVD thing. Now it's just over-exposed. Posted by rollainm (Member # 8318) on :
I knew I'd seen that before...
Posted by orlox (Member # 2392) on :
After thinking about what the song is about and how they decided to use all these little pieces from youtube I don't think there COULD have been a better music video to this song.
Posted by Strider (Member # 1807) on :
I don't know whether to be psyched or saddened by the fact that I got almost every single one of those references.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
quote:Originally posted by Strider: I don't know whether to be psyched or saddened by the fact that I got almost every single one of those references.
I was psyched, I was also glad to see that nunchuck guy beat up a few ninjas.
Posted by Sterling (Member # 8096) on :
quote:Originally posted by Eaquae Legit: The "real words" to O Fortuna. This made me laugh so hard I cried, the first time I watched it.
Posted in honor of this year being Paddington's 50th birthday. There's even a new book out...one which has the rather shocking twist of the authorities finally realizing Paddington is an illegal refugee.
The Olympics are almost upon us, and so people may remember that gymnastics exists.
This video is interesting to me because I recognize so many of the same training techniques my daughter undergoes, even though she is not now and never will be an elite gymnast like the girls shown here and the Olympians. Still, it does a good job showing you what type of things take place in the training gyms long before a girl reaches Olympic status.
That was awesome, Lisa.
Posted by rollainm (Member # 8318) on :
quote:Originally posted by BandoCommando: One of my students led me to this video today of a rock band in the Portland, OR area made up of a group of 12- or 13-year olds. Quite impressive!
Ha XD thaose starwars vids were cooooool thanks!
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
Hilarious parody. I don't agree with the political message at all (yes, that's a recommendation for far too many of you), but it's funny anyway.
Posted by BlueWizard (Member # 9389) on :
This isn't funny, but it is fun.
Here is a link to a fantastic guitar player. Matt Rach is a 17 year old French boy who sits up in his bedroom making these great music videos. Not only is the musicianship excellent, but the sound quality and video editing are great.
Here is a link to his latest video, but please do view them all if you like sweet electric guitar music.
Seeing all the fantastic young guitar players on YouTube give me new faith in humanity.
Steve/bluewizard
Posted by LargeTuna (Member # 10512) on :
a crazy scottish guy who is repetitive and HILLARIOUS! not everyones sense of humor though. some bad language aswell http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R24fyrs6ofo Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
In self defense class my sparring partner got me right in the thumb and I think he fractured it, because it's never been the same. So I can't slap the bass which is unfortunate because it has stunted my growth with the instrument. The injury in question happened mere weeks after I got my first bass guitar.
Posted by Flaming Toad on a Stick (Member # 9302) on :
You can finger-slap. It's hard, but it works.
Posted by Juxtapose (Member # 8837) on :
The video goes weird toward the end, but it's worth it.
EDIT - I found this while looking for a video of a pair of comedians who do the Who's on first bit, but substitute actual player's names in. If you can help me out I'd be appreciative. Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
That's great!!!
Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :
I've seen this before, about shampoo and the "Kaye effect," but I don't remember if I got it on Hatrack or somewhere else: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GX4_3cV_3Mw Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :
Strider, that was really cool.
Posted by Strider (Member # 1807) on :
i know. in case anyone is unfamiliar with the original video, it's a guy who travels all around the world and dances everywhere he goes. He does this in some really beautiful locations.
The first one became popular enough that he did another one, this time all the people who wrote and emailed him after the first one joined him in dancing.
Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :
EDIT: So yes, it can be cute when a 7-year-old sings a song that mentions alcohol and pot.
Posted by Strider (Member # 1807) on :
while i know stoned normally refers to marijuana, I always assumed the song was talking about coke there(assuming it was more of a catch all term in the past and has only recently been left to the exclusive domain of marijuana). Since it was referring to business men, and coke has always stereotypically been their drug of choice. Though, the song might predate the popularization of cocaine in the business community, in which case it'd more likely be pot, not sure. anyway, random tangent, sorry.
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
Getting stoned can mean just booze and not drugs, particularly in the context of that song.
Posted by martha (Member # 141) on :
I don't get it...
Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :
Are you familiar with the term "shipping" as it relates to various fandoms? The short is poking fun at the tendency of certain Avatar fans to "ship" characters that are rather incompatible in the actual show.
Posted by Darth_Mauve (Member # 4709) on :
If you're a Barenaked Ladies fan (and you should be), they're showing their "Bathroom Sessions" here. Check it out for hot videos of Barenaked Ladies in the bathroom.
I especially recommend "He makes me want her again" as a great song that I've never heard before.
Posted by vonk (Member # 9027) on :
That "Where the Hell is Matt?" video gave me more hope than anything I've seen recently.
This Song Really reminds me of the Ender Quartet, the title is Space and the Woods ! the some of lyrics are so much like the books it's a crazy coincidence. plus, it's a really good song Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :
I don't know if anyone remembers the super cool Ryan vs Dorkman light saber fight, but I just found out they have a super cool sequel.
I like the amateurish first one better, but you gotta give props to the second production.
*warning* it is a little more graphic then the first one.
EDIT: I really like how they use the light sabers and force like you would expect a fighter in the StarWarsVers to use them---like the fact that they recognize the light sabers can cut you by barely touching them and how aggressively they used the force to get the upper hand in a battle.
Posted by Threads (Member # 10863) on :
That's kind of backwards, though. The Bush/U2 one has been around for years, and it's much better done than the Barack one.
Posted by MEC (Member # 2968) on :
quote:Originally posted by Lisa:
quote:Originally posted by MEC: Similar to the Barack 'Roll:
I love that video. I was kind of disappointed to find out that he didn't create the song and it wasn't even him singing. The complexity of what I thought he had done was staggering. Still really cool though!
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
I love that video. I was kind of disappointed to find out that he didn't create the song and it wasn't even him singing. The complexity of what I thought he had done was staggering. Still really cool though!
What? Where did you find this out? Can you give me more details?
[Edit: Never mind, I found it.]
[ November 18, 2008, 05:53 PM: Message edited by: Lisa ]
Posted by The White Whale (Member # 6594) on :
Proof that by 1994 the TMNT franchise had completely derailed: The live action Christmas special. If you thought the Star Wars holiday special was bad...well, you'd be right. But this equaled it for sheer wretchedness. Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :
This 1987 Christmas Special was one of the last such specials Jim Henson participated in. Only home-recorded copies contain the entire special- Music rights and other issues have made most region one DVD releases of the special a hash. And the three branches of the Muppet family tree are all owned by different companies these days anyway.
Still...watch it. Enjoy the holidays with the Muppets, when they were in their prime. Posted by lem (Member # 6914) on :
With this big financial crisis going on, I think we should do our part to sponsor an executive.
Posted by Speed (Member # 5162) on :
It's amazing what can be done with a piano! As a note, the man who arranged this version (Cziffra) played it and a little ways down under "related videos" there's a version of that where he plays it even faster than this... but there's no video and the audio's poor quality so I linked this.
Hobbes Posted by The White Whale (Member # 6594) on :
Love the way they messed with the pitch of his voice to make it sound like he was singing
Seriously, if all infomercials were like that, I bet they'd sell more.
Posted by Strider (Member # 1807) on :
Open-Mindedness: A look at some of the flawed thinking that prompts people who believe in certain non-scientific concepts to advise others who don't to be more open-minded.
Story of Stuff - How things work: From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view.
Posted by Juxtapose (Member # 8837) on :
Omigod, I laughed so loud I think I woke Tova up. That's uproarious.
Posted by Tatiana (Member # 6776) on :
That was hilarious. Is that what the real video looked like? I mean, no exaggeration, this was the literal video footage for that song? Wow.
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
I remember seeing that video way back when it was first out. That's exactly what it looked like. You should search YouTube for it.
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
Although my partner just watched it, and said she was kind of squicked out by the adult woman seeming to have a thing for young boys.
Posted by Strider (Member # 1807) on :
imagine if the roles were reversed in that video...
Posted by Belle (Member # 2314) on :
I remember that video too, and watching this version did point out all the creepiness.
What a great concept! I'm going to have to watch some of the other literal videos and see how they turn out.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
The link to the original music video is at the top of related videos. It's exactly the same.
"You're making it worse!"
Posted by Shmuel (Member # 7586) on :
quote:Originally posted by Belle: What a great concept! I'm going to have to watch some of the other literal videos and see how they turn out.
"No sheep were harmed during the making of this video."
Good thing it didn't rain.
Posted by Belle (Member # 2314) on :
The Viva la Vida meets Love Story video is a new favorite around here. My daughter wants it played at her wedding and has said that now she would like to marry a musician because people who can arrange music and play it that well are very impressive. Posted by Armoth (Member # 4752) on :
quote:Originally posted by Belle: The Viva la Vida meets Love Story video is a new favorite around here. My daughter wants it played at her wedding and has said that now she would like to marry a musician because people who can arrange music and play it that well are very impressive.
::starts taking piano lessons::
Posted by Belle (Member # 2314) on :
All my girls have crushes on musicians...my 11 year old crushed big time on the guy who plays piano and teaches choir at our church. My oldest is 16, so you have plenty of time to learn piano before she would be ready to we. She says piano is more impressive to her, but she loves to listen to the violin. Our church musicians on Sunday morning are a pianist, a violinist, and a cellist, and I absolutely love listening to them.
Posted by Armoth (Member # 4752) on :
I'm more of a singer myself. Though i AM teaching myself to play piano. But yea - i think that video is absolutely stunning.
Posted by Speed (Member # 5162) on :
You had me at "try without underwear."
Posted by lem (Member # 6914) on :
Oh Speed, I about wet myself.
No offense everyone, but I think I just found the coolest youtube video in this thread. Bruce Lee playing ping pong.
Posted by Speed (Member # 5162) on :
Here's some cool videos I've been watching recently(apologies if any of them are repeats):
The Piano - sad and sweet animation to "Comptine d'un autre été", a song from the Amelie soundtrack.
Bathtub IV - A very cool video done in a time lapse style mixed with a style of photography called " tilt shift". from wikipedia:
quote:Tilt is used to control the orientation of the plane of focus (PoF), and hence the part of an image that appears sharp; it makes use of the Scheimpflug principle. Shift is used to change the line of sight while avoiding the convergence of parallel lines, as when photographing tall buildings.
In many cases, "tilt-shift photography" refers to the use of tilt and a large aperture to achieve a very shallow depth of field.
From what I understand the video uses that style and selective blurring of the image to achieve a miniature effect in the film.
wingsuit base jumping - this might be the coolest thing I've ever seen. could you imagine what it feels like to fly? well these guys can.
It's sort of an animated web Rube Goldberg machine thing that's an ad in Dutch.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
Lisa: You might surprised to know that Orson Scott Card linked to that very site in one of his Uncle Orson Reviews Everything column a few months ago.
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
Really? That's odd... I didn't think I'd missed any of his Uncle Orson columns. I must have flaked.
Posted by Strider (Member # 1807) on :
i should probably edit the thread title to something like, "cool media on the internet today" or something like that. most of my links above were vimeo links. and there's lots of good stuff that comes out of collegehumor or sites like that as well.
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
Hugh Laurie Polaroid ad from the 80s. I was online trying to find the new Permaseal ad they have with House, but apparently it isn't available online. This was cute, though.
Posted by anonymous (Member # 486) on :
The first of three songs about United Airlines breaking this artist's guitar: United Breaks Guitars Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
Tom Paxton did something like that to Republic Airlines back in 1992 (lyrics, mp3).
Posted by daventor (Member # 11981) on :
This guy, Mike Rayburn, actually came and performed at my highschool when I was a freshman or sophomore. A couple of weeks back I thought to look him up on Youtube. Some pretty awesome guitar-picking and vocal impersonation.
I don't know if this has been posted in the past and I'm far too lazy to check, but this is probably my favorite video on youtube. It's an adorable tale of a growing boy...
Posted by Shmuel (Member # 7586) on :
The second song in Dave Carroll's United Breaks Guitars set has been posted. While not as catchy as the first song it's still quite amusing.
Posted by rollainm (Member # 8318) on :
This isn't fun so much as it is frickin amazing. Excellent cover.
K, I know this is cheesy, but I'm gonna post it anyway. This is a clip from a tv show aired last summer, "High School Musical, Get in the Picture" - It has little to do with HSM.
I love this clip for what I think is a really cool interpretation (musically, and lyrically) of Jason Mraz's Remedy
Feeling rather mixed about it actually, but it looks nice.
Posted by The Rabbit (Member # 671) on :
Woe! The footage in that is lovely, but military parades always remind me too much of Nazi Germany. A military parade in Tianamen square really gave me the heebie-jeebies.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
Used to listen to this in High School, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes are really fun to listen to.
Posted by Mucus (Member # 9735) on :
The Rabbit:
I know where you're coming from and cringed when the tanks came on, if I was in charge I would probably have skipped that.
However, Beijing is one of the ancient capitals of China and a military parade connotes to me more to the military assemblies of the past (as seen in Qin Shi Huang's mausoleum or in a modern incarnation, Zhang Yimou's films) rather than any foreign spectacle.
Also regardless of culture, I can't resist a good airshow so the planes were great.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
I dunno that female brigade with their skirts and guns were kinda hot.
Posted by Armoth (Member # 4752) on :
Yeah. That parade was awesome. I was watching it in class today and everybody who could see my screen demanded that I fwd them the link.
Posted by Juxtapose (Member # 8837) on :
It's exactly as intense as it sounds.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
I could hear a cellphone ringing, I wonder if that was the skiers friends calling in order to get a bead on his location.
Posted by Juxtapose (Member # 8837) on :
I wondered the same thing. It's really unlikely he would have been able to get to it though. :shudder:
Posted by Glenn Arnold (Member # 3192) on :
I first saw these in still photos, and they didn't make much sense. The video explains a lot, even if the quality is terrible.
Posted by Tinros (Member # 8328) on :
quote:Originally posted by Lisa:
quote:Originally posted by Puppy: Slap Chop dance remix:
Love the way they messed with the pitch of his voice to make it sound like he was singing
Seriously, if all infomercials were like that, I bet they'd sell more.
So... my roommate was watching JAG in the other room, and I heard this thing playing. They ACTUALLY played the rap chop dance remix on tv. The "dancing" bits were different, but it was the same song. I laughed so hard.
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
Wait... they played it as an infomercial, or they played it during a TV show?
Posted by Nighthawk (Member # 4176) on :
I've seen the "Slap Chop" dance version on TV late at night. Think they have realized its potential.
Posted by Tinros (Member # 8328) on :
They played it as an infomercial. At 5:30 in the evening. They followed it up with the actual infomercial, though.
Posted by Raymond Arnold (Member # 11712) on :
I can't understand why he felt he should use the device with out any sort of protective gear on. I think a sturdy work glove over the hand would be and obvious requirement.
It's an awesome device, but I wonder what practical uses it might have.
Posted by Armoth (Member # 4752) on :
This isn't the right thread for that...
Posted by malanthrop (Member # 11992) on :
Sorry, they are all available on you tube...it's just that all 11 are consolidated on that site....next time, I'll put in 11 links.
Posted by Armoth (Member # 4752) on :
quote:Originally posted by malanthrop: Sorry, they are all available on you tube...it's just that all 11 are consolidated on that site....next time, I'll put in 11 links.
You didn't post 11 links in THIS thread...
Posted by malanthrop (Member # 11992) on :
You are correct...I posted one with 11 videos...seemed efficient at the time.
Posted by Armoth (Member # 4752) on :
I don't think efficiency was the issue. I think content was the issue. "Fun stuff?"
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
I'm going to pretend he didn't post that and go watch that Auto-Tune news thing again.
Posted by Armoth (Member # 4752) on :
Right? I'm addicted...I know em by heart...
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
I know it's reckless to post a video before having seen it, but it's Wierd Al explaining auto-tuning! Let's see if he is about to let me down for the first time in my life.
Posted by Clive Candy (Member # 11977) on :
(via Boing Boing)
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
Just watched the sand art performance from Ukraine's Got Talent.
That was amazing. Absolutely amazing that she could tell such a moving story given the medium, and that it was at once both emotionally effusive, rapidly changing, and so artfully done are all big shocks considering she's just moving sand around.
That was really something.
The Pre-Lady Gaga performance was nice as well. She did come off very Norah Jones like. That makes me want to hear her try her hand at something like "Cry Me a River" rather than "Just Dance."
ETA: Seriously, I love the sand thing. It's the best performance art that comes to mind. And she marries it to the music so perfectly.
Posted by Shmuel (Member # 7586) on :
I completely agree with Lyrhawn about the sand animation.
Posted by Shmuel (Member # 7586) on :
Clive? Could you be juuuust a tad more descriptive?
Posted by Strider (Member # 1807) on :
It's pretty amusing actually. It's sort of like a PSA for using environmentally friendly cleaning products. It starts as a parody for a bathtub cleaner staring "shiny suds" that clean your bathtub. But the next day when the mom comes in to take a shower, those suds are still there, damaging our environment, and leering at her while she showers. There's some mild sexual content, but i can't imagine it's any worse than what regularly airs on tv.
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
Of course you think it's hilarious. And of course you would label anyone who gets offended by it as a "strident feminist". You are a sick, twisted, pathetic man.
Posted by Clive Candy (Member # 11977) on :
quote:Originally posted by Lisa: You are a sick, twisted, pathetic man.
*blinks*
Posted by Shmuel (Member # 7586) on :
It was funny; it was offensive; "strident" was uncalled for; all men are sick, twisted, and pathetic.
I could watch this all day.
Posted by Tinros (Member # 8328) on :
quote:Originally posted by Strider: That's Nothing Else Matters at around 6:20! Metallica didn't rip that off of an older song did they?
beautiful video. I recognize a lot of the music from when I was a kid.
Strider, I think that's the Apocalyptica version. They started off as a Metallica cover band... on four cellos. They're Finnish, I believe.
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
quote:Originally posted by Shmuel: It was funny; it was offensive.
What this also was that has not yet been mentioned was a really "great" way to remind some women, feminists or not, of a time or times they have been the victims of sexual harassment or abuse.
I am, for the record, NOT a feminist.
Posted by rollainm (Member # 8318) on :
I started out thinking this was juvenile and immature. By the end, I was laughing out loud.
I actually watched through all their TNG overdubs. There are things that get referenced from one to another. It got to the point that just the mention of applejuice got me cracking up.
I wonder if the Joe Cocker thing inspired these. Or vice versa.
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
I think I could've done without the Jesus graffiti, but on the whole, cute.
Apparently, they meant ישועה and got it wrong. And then Cohen refused to have it changed (it was added in post-production) because "controversy breeds publicity". Sounds just like you'd expect from Borat's brother.
There's a post from Y-Love (the Yiddish rapper) here.
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
"An Italian singer wrote this song with gibberish to sound like English. If you've ever wondered what other people think Americans sound like, this is it."
I was just running back through this thread to check the links and realized that this link is to a video of someone I met - got to hang out with for a whole day.
His name is Mark Goffeney. He was born without arms.
Great performer and a fun guy.
Posted by rollainm (Member # 8318) on :
quote:Originally posted by sndrake: Posted by Lisa:
I was just running back through this thread to check the links and realized that this link is to a video of someone I met - got to hang out with for a whole day.
His name is Mark Goffeney. He was born without arms.
(Comedian with disability in ongoing video series - proving that a lot of people don't bother to look at the signs being held by people collecting for various causes)
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
(Comedian with disability in ongoing video series - proving that a lot of people don't bother to look at the signs being held by people collecting for various causes)
This hardly proves that point. I have a policy of giving to panhandlers that make me laugh so I would very likely have given money to this guy because I read his sign.
Posted by rollainm (Member # 8318) on :
quote:Originally posted by Lisa: "An Italian singer wrote this song with gibberish to sound like English. If you've ever wondered what other people think Americans sound like, this is it."
Oh man...that is pure awesomeness.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
It was indeed very well done.
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
And I could swear I understand some of it. Even knowing that there's nothing there to understand. I guess it's human nature to find patterns.
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
Someone actually did English subtitles for that gibberish thing. It's almost like the Joe Cocker at Woodstock thing.
Prisencolinensinainciusol = Freezing cold in excellent choose hole.
That's even better. Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
A different subtitled version. This one goes with the more obvious (to me, anyway) choice of "eyes" instead of "highs" -- and it has some mild language.
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
I like yours better, Rivka.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Yeah, me too. It makes even less sense (although, really, some ACTUAL song lyrics make less sense yet! ), but it sticks better to the actual sounds. And making less sense was rather the point of the original.
Posted by Glenn Arnold (Member # 3192) on :
quote:Originally posted by Lisa: "An Italian singer wrote this song with gibberish to sound like English. If you've ever wondered what other people think Americans sound like, this is it."
My daughter sings like this all the time. It drives me nuts because I keep listening to try to understand the words, and then I realize she's singing gibberish.
Of course, she'd be very much at home at a holy roller Christian church singing in tongues.
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
How old is she?
Posted by Dobbie (Member # 3881) on :
quote:Originally posted by Glenn Arnold:
Of course, she'd be very much at home at a holy roller Christian church singing in tongues.
Why?
Posted by Xann. (Member # 11482) on :
Change blindness, some really cool videos that made me think twice.
Possibly of interest, possibly not... a New Yorker article on Prisencolinensinainciusol. (Includes links to the two original videos -- one black and white, one color -- used to create the version found here.)
Posted by Sean Monahan (Member # 9334) on :
quote:Originally posted by Xann.: Change blindness, some really cool videos that made me think twice.
Interesting. Dawkins mentions this test in his most recent book The Greatest Show On Earth; it's interesting to actually see it.
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
Cool.
Posted by Glenn Arnold (Member # 3192) on :
Dobbie: because it sounds like she's singing words when in fact she's singing gibberish.
Lisa: She's 19
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
And the sequel, where he drops a magnet into the ferrofluid. The effect is awesome. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jb7pRfM2pZk Posted by Sean Monahan (Member # 9334) on :
This, however, was pretty impressive.
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
Yes. He sounds better now that Whitney herself does.
Posted by Juxtapose (Member # 8837) on :
I just about died laughing the first time I saw Charlie. <shrug> The 2nd and 3rd were mostly unnecessary though.
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
The leopluredon and the organ theft were funny, but the rest of it made me want to gouge my eyes out and stuff cotton into my ears to deaden the sound.
I guess I just don't have the right sense of humor.
Posted by Raymond Arnold (Member # 11712) on :
I think my favorite is the third Charlie. Neither the second nor the third are any more "unnecessary" than the first, (given that there was nothing strictly "necessary" about the first one at all).
(You can kinda skip the song at the end, but I think the rest is significantly funnier than the first)
Posted by Juxtapose (Member # 8837) on :
Once I was just expecting random crap to happen it sort of lost its ability to surprise me, even though I couldn't predict precisely which random thing would happen.
I feel pretty similarly about Aqua Teen Hunger Force, though it definitely has its moments.
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
I almost started a new thread just for this one. Seriously, from about 45 seconds in, I was sitting there with my mouth open and my eyes wide and I felt like a kid again.
Posted by Juxtapose (Member # 8837) on :
That was awesome, Lisa. Posted by Armoth (Member # 4752) on :
Charlie the Unicorn is so awful and un-funny.
Posted by Raymond Arnold (Member # 11712) on :
Bah. (I will again note that I didn't think the first charlie was anything special, but that the second and third were pretty hilarious. If you thought the first one was dumb EXCEPT for the leopluridon((sp?) then you'll probably like the latter two much better. If you didn't even think the magical leopluridon was funny then there is no helping you).
On another note (cross posted from the Star Wars thread):
I almost started a new thread just for this one. Seriously, from about 45 seconds in, I was sitting there with my mouth open and my eyes wide and I felt like a kid again.
It was removed. What was it?
Posted by Leonide (Member # 4157) on :
It was an animated, pixelated homage to old video games. Very cool. Pixels Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
So your car is toodling along down the road at 200mph when ya notice a turn up ahead. Naturally ya hit the brakes to slow for the curve, and...
Posted by Uprooted (Member # 8353) on :
Classical cover of Lady Gaga + Beyonce's Telephone. Blew me away...
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
The song has a really good progression, but it was just repetition the entire time with little variation. I like Pachelbel's Canon in D Major as much as anybody else, but I feel like telephone has decent singing, but a boring musical background.
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :
Lisa that was freakin' hilarious! Shatner cracks me up.
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
First time I saw him do one of those was when I was in high school, I think. Back in the 70s, on some star search show.
Nope, according to Wikipedia, it was at the 1978 Saturn Awards. Here's a clip, fuzzy as it is.
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
I'm impressed that the kid successfully performed without having Shatner totally distract him and throw him off. As it was, that was hilarious. I love Shatner.
In other news, George Lopez still has a show?
Posted by Juxtapose (Member # 8837) on :
Holy crap that dude's 24. I was guessing middle teens. I wonder if that's intentional.
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
quote:Originally posted by Lyrhawn: I'm impressed that the kid successfully performed without having Shatner totally distract him and throw him off. As it was, that was hilarious. I love Shatner.
I'll tell you, they actually had some chemistry there.
quote:Originally posted by Lyrhawn: In other news, George Lopez still has a show?
Yep. As I understand it, he's getting pushed back an hour to make room for Conan.
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
Okay, it isn't YouTube, but it's visual and it's cool.
That apartment is pretty amazing!
Posted by Darth_Mauve (Member # 4709) on :
Bah.... If I had the opportunity to compartmentalize my house like he did his apartment I'd have 60 rooms of bookshelves.
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
That's wicked awesome. And clever.
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
Seize the Day, by Kate Diaz, 7th grade. You heard her here first.
Posted by Raymond Arnold (Member # 11712) on :
Woah.
Posted by lobo (Member # 1761) on :
cute little girl
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
I had to hop through a few hoops to find a working copy, the government REALLY doesn't like that video. But it was so worth it. The comments at the site showing it were a bit perplexing.
"That was too awesome!"
"So cute!"
"We shouldn't forget the price the communists and the older generation paid in blood!"
"I just laughed myself to death, that video was too much!"
"That second guitar solo was the best!"
"I loved the second guitar solo!"
Posted by Mucus (Member # 9735) on :
Perplexing in what way?
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
Usually when people who speak English comment on videos they all start arguing. Often the last comment is the next rebuttal. At this website people were just saying things but not commenting on each other's statements.
Posted by Mucus (Member # 9735) on :
Ah, gotcha. I dunno.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
quote:Originally posted by Mucus: Ah, gotcha. I dunno.
I mean, I can't imagine anybody would even try to rebut an argument about communism's positive effects in China.
Posted by Mucus (Member # 9735) on :
I've seen some pretty raucous arguments actually, but depending on the forum/venue, the net nannies will eventually censor the more contentious stuff. My girlfriend has gone through a few phases of someone is wrong on the Internet which is even more frustrating when someone is removing stuff somewhat randomly.
(That said, China Digital Times is just plain blocked as a whole)
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
It's not youtube, but the chance to see Even Steven again with Steve Carell and Stephen Colbert bears mentioning.
quote:A woman in Toledo, Ohio has been indicted for vandalism after going into a rage at a McDonald's drive up window when employees refused to sell her McNuggets because it was breakfast time.
For awhile these were a little hard to find when YouTube cracked down on him. Something happened though where he got some sort of design contract from Disney or one of the other production companies so now he's allowed to keep these in public and he got a job out of it. I might have the details off a bit, he wasn't very forthcoming with what was going on behind the scenes.
Expialidocious and Bangarang are my favorites.
Posted by The White Whale (Member # 6594) on :
My knees got weak, and I'm sitting on my couch.
Posted by Belle (Member # 2314) on :
I just watched that video White Whale, and I was literally shouting at it. "Clip the thing on! For the love of all that's good in this world clip the safety line on!!"
I almost could not watch it.
Posted by The White Whale (Member # 6594) on :
I'm not a fan of zombie movies. The only one I've ever seen is actually the original Night of the Living Dead (which has as many good lines to shout out as Rocky Horror).
But I would pay to see this if they ever make it into a full length movie.
Then again, I said that about World's Finest and Grayson, and neither of those ever happened...
Posted by Raymond Arnold (Member # 11712) on :
OMG, that was amazing.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
Oh my goodness... Posted by Raymond Arnold (Member # 11712) on :
Nerdrock! "Strange Charm: A Song about Quarks"
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
Sa'eed, do you have a clip of her response? I thought his criticism was fairly devastating, but I'm genuinely curious what she thinks is beyond the pale.
(BTW, coming out in favor of aggressive confrontation as preferable to civil engagement and then being hoist by that petard when someone aggressively confronts you in a normally civil setting? Priceless.)
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
You can see the full video here, but what she says right after the video cuts out is, "Letting your heart out on C-SPAN?"
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
Ah, that's sort of lame. I was afraid she'd go there with it. She went for the easy joke. Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
Well frankly, they're both a couple of freaks. Him for airing all of that crap on national TV, and her for... well, if even a fraction of what he said is true, they totally deserve each other.
Did you see his personal ad, written after they broke up?
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
You don't want to cut in line when Rainn Wilson is in his costume. Link.
(Warning: Not appropriate for kids, disturbing images)
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
That was so ridiculous. Any man would've been fired the next day.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
I'm sure any man would have been fired the next day, and while I was kinda squicked out by it, they both seemed to be enjoying themselves so *eh* I guess.
Posted by Strider (Member # 1807) on :
oh, yeah, I wasn't exactly put off by it. I found it really amusing. Just commenting.
Posted by The White Whale (Member # 6594) on :
Tom Lehrer's Element Song. Except that it's in Japanese and includes the elements that were discovered after Lehrer wrote the song. Very excellent.
Posted by Armoth (Member # 4752) on :
This is an old fan vid for Sarah Connor Chronicles, and it always tickles me.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
Oh man that part at the end of Fiddler on the Roof - You Got Served, "You know how I like it baby - straight hood." clinched it for me.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
Also Lisa, your video about Israel IQ, reminded me of this video. Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
flash animation of a dramatic reading of a game review - misspellings lovingly preserved in the pronunciation!
Posted by Rakeesh (Member # 2001) on :
Nuka Break - Fan Film For all the Fallout Fans out there, and commercial spoof fans too, I s'pose. It's a big hit with me for obvious reasons:)
Posted by JanitorBlade (Member # 12343) on :
Bollywood tests the limits of how much epicness you can fit into one action scene.
Just a few pointed remarks about American pronunciation. It's nothing to feel too bad(ly) about.
Posted by Dan_Frank (Member # 8488) on :
I liked it, but the guy makes his own mistakes. For example, he corrects people who say "I feel bad"... but badly is an adverb. So to say you feel badly would be saying that the mechanism which allows you to feel is broken.
PS: Yes, I'm aware that is an exact quote, and I am not intending to pass it off as my own. Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
My favorite contraction is c'I.
Posted by Armoth (Member # 4752) on :
quote:Originally posted by Belle: I'm surprised this hasn't found its way here already, it's making the facebook rounds:
edit: Apparently I was not the only one.
Posted by Mucus (Member # 9735) on :
Yeah. Awesome 2-for-1 (or more)
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
I emailed Groupon themselves about that one, since I've been a member for a long time now and was rather disgusted.
My own suggestion was that, if they're determined to stick by those ads for some reason, they follow this campaign up with a "put your money where your mouth is" challenge that allows everyone who gets a Groupon discount to, with one click of a radio button, donate the amount saved to one of the charities they mocked. (They've got a donation drive going, actually, but it's buried and was not mentioned in any of the ads.)
Posted by Glenn Arnold (Member # 3192) on :
Puppy Love? Posted by Parsimony (Member # 8140) on :
Man, as I watched that, all I could think was, "They're being so bad to their bows!" *wince*
And then I imagined them doing George Thorogood.
Posted by Raymond Arnold (Member # 11712) on :
Now what I have in my head is a cello arrangement of "bad to the bone" except with someone singing "bad to the bows" and they're treating their bows awfully.
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
Yes, that's where my brain went with that. Posted by Raymond Arnold (Member # 11712) on :
That's what I thought you meant at first, but then I saw multiple comments on the video echoing your sentiment without the pun and assumed that your wording was just statistical variation rather than deliberate wordplay. My bad.
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
I want to hear them do The Devil Went Down to Georgia.
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
quote:Originally posted by Parsimony: Worth watching -
Oh, hey, didn't someone post a TED talk on TMS awhile back?
Posted by Raymond Arnold (Member # 11712) on :
Can I get verification on this somewhere else? It sounds awesome but triggers my skepticismometer.
Posted by SenojRetep (Member # 8614) on :
It's not Youtube (although it's probably uploaded there somewhere), but Politico put together a great little video of Robert Gibbs doing his best 'Bones' McCoy:
I really liked that!
Posted by Strider (Member # 1807) on :
quote:Originally posted by rollainm: Be a savant for an hour! (not really "fun" so much as just plain cool, but anyway)
Oh, hey, didn't someone post a TED talk on TMS awhile back?
I posted a TED talk by Rebecca Saxe some time back where they used TMS on the RTPJ to change peoples' moral judgments of other people's actions, disregarding intent, and making judgments based solely on utilitarian considerations. They think the RTPJ is important in "Theory of Mind", both from that research, and other research that shows that the RTPJ develops around the same time that children begin being able to consider the point of view of others. It was a great talk.
Posted by Belle (Member # 2314) on :
If you have not seen any of the RSA Animate videos, they are really fascinating. If you liked the UPS whiteboard commercials, you'll love these!
I think it's adorable and pretty funny. (It's basically absurdist humor - it's funny just because it's so weird. There's no special jokes you're missing.) I'd say the funniest part is when she says "Sometimes people say my head is too big, and then I say 'compared to WHAT!?'"
Posted by C3PO the Dragon Slayer (Member # 10416) on :
It's cute and clever, but I don't see how mocking her clothes and makeup are much better than her rant. She was an idiot to post what she did, but she's getting DEATH THREATS. She is going to have to make special arrangements for her finals, because her class schedule was posted online.
Posted by Mucus (Member # 9735) on :
*shrug* I'm not sure if you're asking a serious question. But just in case you are, people wearing a particular type of clothes or a particular amount of makeup aren't actually racial groups (or ethnic, gender, religious, etc.). People normally have a bigger issue making fun of, say, black people than say, hipsters or hippies.
More importantly for the thread, its funny.
Posted by Strider (Member # 1807) on :
It's cute and clever, but I don't see how mocking her clothes and makeup are much better than her rant. She was an idiot to post what she did, but she's getting DEATH THREATS. She is going to have to make special arrangements for her finals, because her class schedule was posted online.
I actually thought the cute and clever completely outweighed the minor disses he levied at her. And in no way did the song advocate for any of the more serious stuff that seems to be happening to her now.
Posted by Mucus (Member # 9735) on :
Oh, that. For my part, if Palin gets death threats (and she does), I don't necessarily find Jon Stewart or Tina Fey less funny.
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
Troll? It gets better...
Posted by Yebor1 (Member # 1380) on :
You know, for those who want to hear what they were really talking about.
[ April 02, 2011, 02:46 PM: Message edited by: Strider ]
Posted by AchillesHeel (Member # 11736) on :
I wish I had someone to debate with as a toddler, between my legos and the family dog all I ever heard "pot isnt even a real drug, just legalize it man."
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
So is that baby video going to be the new Hitler video?
Posted by Raymond Arnold (Member # 11712) on :
I actually get really annoyed every time I hear it because they only know one word.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Really they know zero words. But listen to the tone and inflection shifts!
Posted by Belle (Member # 2314) on :
My twins used to do that. And yes, it was normally just one sound repeated over and over, with plenty of giggles and laughs interspersed.
Sometimes I think I miss those days. Then I remember how much I spent on diapers and I wise up. Posted by Raymond Arnold (Member # 11712) on :
>Really they know zero words.
If that were the case I'd expect more variations in types of sounds. I mean, they've got to be able to pronounce more than one consonant, at least by accident on occasion. I think they found one word that works for them and they like it so much they just don't see a need for anything else.
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
When I was little, like in kindergarten, I guess, and just learning to write, I saw my mother writing in cursive. I figured that looked fairly easy, so I took a pen and scrawled up and down. That's called modeling behavior, and it's what these kids are doing.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by Lisa: That's called modeling behavior, and it's what these kids are doing.
Bingo.
That's why I say they don't know any words -- they don't have any notion of sounds having meaning. They don't know what words ARE.
And they actually used two consonant sounds, one with much higher frequency than the other. They were "d" and "m". Those are the two consonants babies of every culture learn first (for physiological reasons), and thus the reason "mommy" and "daddy" almost always feature those sounds, in many languages.
Posted by Raymond Arnold (Member # 11712) on :
Do "mommy" and "daddy" tend to always get the same consonants associated with them?
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
When baby names for mother and father don't feature "m" and "d", they generally feature the also-early "b" and "p". There's a great paper somewhere online analyzing not only the incidence of these sounds in baby names for parents (and grandparents), but the change from formal parent names to informal ones over time in several languages.
I can't find it now, to my annoyance.
Posted by Raymond Arnold (Member # 11712) on :
That is pretty interesting.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Has she not been featured in this thread before? Her stuff is wicked cool.
Posted by Raymond Arnold (Member # 11712) on :
I feel like I want to list them all, but it'd get repetitive and you can probably find others. The neatest one I've found so far is the story of Wind and Mr. Ug. (I ended up posting the one I did because of the "These snakes can't talk to each other because this one speaks Parseltongue and this one speaks Python" line.
I almost gave her her own thread.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by Raymond Arnold: I almost gave her her own thread.
Sounds like a plan.
Posted by happymann (Member # 9559) on :
This is where I get all high and mighty and talk about how I went to this festival back when there were only, like, 500 people in attendance and the temple was still under construction. I'M BETTER THAN YOU!! Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
With the talk in the news lately of that little boy in the ad wearing nail polish, I thought about this condom commercial I saw a long time ago.
Posted by Raymond Arnold (Member # 11712) on :
quote:Jokes for Nerds
My favorite is "Most people have an above average number of arms."
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
quote:Originally posted by Raymond Arnold:
quote:Jokes for Nerds
My favorite is "Most people have an above average number of arms."
Legs.
Posted by Raymond Arnold (Member # 11712) on :
Bleah, whoops. I think the joke is approximately the same, although I admit legs is somehow a little funnier.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
My BIL helped work on this advertisement. I've never smiled at a Walmart ad, but I laughed this time.
Posted by adenam (Member # 11902) on :
Uh... yeah, I can lip sync, too.
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
Is that a joke, Lisa? Nick Petera is actually pretty well-known for being able to sing in a convincing female register.
Posted by Strider (Member # 1807) on :
seemed obvious to me that it was him singing the whole time.
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
Seriously? That's unbelievable.
Posted by Juxtapose (Member # 8837) on :
for all those who dont get enough sax in their lives....
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :
A slow motion landslide on a road I've been on often (for vacation). It's pretty neat looking, and you get a sense of the time scale in the second half of the video when workers come out and walk around on it.
quote:My favorite is "Most people have an above average number of arms."
I used this in a Year 5 maths class to demonstrate why mean was not always the best way at finding a sensible average.
"But what about people who have THREE arms?!" "Hardly anyone has three arms, if anyone at all." "What about FOUR ARMED MUTANTS?" "They don't exist." "How do you KNOW?" "For the purposes of this conversation, let's ignore them and their three-armed cousins." "ARM-IST!"
I know, right? I was stunned. The guy has never performed in front of people, and he sounds and performs like the second coming of Frank Sinatra.
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
I'm particularly captivated because it's essentially a recreation of a private fantasy I've imagined, down to the fact that the two kids are hispanic.
Posted by DSH (Member # 741) on :
Thanks for sharing that Raymond, brought back lots of memories from my own childhood adventures!
Out of curiosity, is there a reason you have the video starting 1:19 in?
Posted by Raymond Arnold (Member # 11712) on :
When I click the link it starts at the beginning. Not sure what's up.
Posted by DSH (Member # 741) on :
Hmmm, every time I click (well ok, the 3 times I clicked) it starts at 1:19.
Anyone else?
Posted by Raymond Arnold (Member # 11712) on :
Oh wait, this time it did happen. Huh.
Well, my guess is that I happened to be at 1:19 when I copied the url, and that somehow mattered. Or maybe that video just likes jumping to 1:19.
Posted by DSH (Member # 741) on :
OK, I did some research (I happen to know you can link to a certain time in a video other then 0:00, I just didn't know how)
Your link ends with "#at=79". I think this is being interpreted by Youtube as a deep link to 79 seconds into the video (or 1:19).
It's not exactly the format Youtube asks for which is why it doesn't always work.
Or I could be completely wrong. It happens all the time. Posted by Juxtapose (Member # 8837) on :
That's absolutely awesome Syzmon. I LOVE people who have too much time on their hands.
Raymond that was disturbing. Even more disturbing are that there are a whole series of them! Though I have to say, the editing is pretty impressive.
If we're doing remixes of classics, I much prefer Expialidocious and Bangarang Posted by Raymond Arnold (Member # 11712) on :
I'm still on a bit of a disturbing kick, so here's Scary Mary. (It's less disturbing than the Cinderella/Frollo one for several reasons, not least of which is that I can actually follow the chain of logic that led to someone actually deciding to create it in the first place). I think I might have posted it here already, but it seemed relevant.
Posted by Szymon (Member # 7103) on :
Oh, c'mon, sure it's stupid, but it's fun. It definitely requires some talent..
Posted by Glenn Arnold (Member # 3192) on :
[edit to add] My brother suggests it would have been better to listen without watching the video the first time, just to hear the music. The visual aspect can be added the second time through.
[ November 20, 2011, 11:15 AM: Message edited by: Glenn Arnold ]
Posted by Sean Monahan (Member # 9334) on :
Wow
Wow
Posted by Glenn Arnold (Member # 3192) on :
Yeah. I just keep watching it over and over. My brother says he's got to have a savant kinda thing happening because human brains just don't work that way.
[edit to add] My brother is an accomplished guitarist, but his first comment was that he would not be attempting to play this song "in the near or distant future."
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
I love that you can see the scars on his guitar so clearly. It's obvious he's spent a very long time working on this style.
Posted by adenam (Member # 11902) on :
This one is a bit older, but it was a really powerful video uploaded by a teen, who was struggling with being gay and being bullied, that's worth checking out if you missed it.
Not exactly a "fun" video, but still...
Posted by Godric 2.0 (Member # 11443) on :
The song with the video combined is beautiful. Every time I watch it I have to rethink whether I'm happy or sad at the end.
Strider -
Where'd you first find that video? A friend of mine just told me about Gotye and that video a few days ago. Reddit? It's a great video. The guitar thing is kind of neat, but really that's an impressive collection of singers in general.
Posted by Strider (Member # 1807) on :
A friend linked to it on facebook Lyrhawn. This guy is up on this sort of stuff all the time, I saw on the first day when it was stuck at the magic 302. It was the first time I had heard of any of these people.
Then a few days later I noticed the actual Gotye video and I got sucked into that one.
That Bronte video is excellent. Reminded me of Miyazaki. All his videos are out there. He calls them "film clips".
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
Bronte certainly has the quality of a film clip. It's practically a short film, with a very clearly defined plot and message. Miyazaki was my first thought as well.
I like the Walk Off the Earth version better, I think, just because I don't think Gotye's soft style is best for every song, though it's beautiful on Bronte.
Posted by Strider (Member # 1807) on :
I think the walk of the earth version is really creative and interesting. And I like the added percussion and base in it. But the Gotye version really grew on me after I found it. I find the song to be more emotional and painful in his version. I gained an appreciation for the song that I don't think I could've gotten from the wote version.
Posted by EarlNMeyer-Flask (Member # 1546) on :
quote:Originally posted by Strider: I think the walk of the earth version is really creative and interesting. And I like the added percussion and base in it. But the Gotye version really grew on me after I found it. I find the song to be more emotional and painful in his version. I gained an appreciation for the song that I don't think I could've gotten from the wote version.
After listening to it several times last night, I think I agree.
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
For real... Look! Up in the Sky! ...and it ain't Superman.
Posted by ZachC (Member # 12709) on :
USC band performing one of my favorite songs: http://youtu.be/Hc8usPlAYbg Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
quote:Originally posted by aspectre: For real... Look! Up in the Sky! ...and it ain't Superman.
Hopefully Chronicle doesn't end up being the huge disappointment that history suggests it will be.
Would have been neat if they'd done this around more people with more cameras to catch the reactions. But it was still clever.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
quote:Originally posted by Lyrhawn:
quote:Originally posted by aspectre: For real... Look! Up in the Sky! ...and it ain't Superman.
Hopefully Chronicle doesn't end up being the huge disappointment that history suggests it will be.
Have you seen Jumper?
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
quote:Originally posted by BlackBlade:
quote:Originally posted by Lyrhawn:
quote:Originally posted by aspectre: For real... Look! Up in the Sky! ...and it ain't Superman.
Hopefully Chronicle doesn't end up being the huge disappointment that history suggests it will be.
Have you seen Jumper?
No. Was it actually good?
The problem with Chronicle isn't the premise, which isn't really original, it's twofold: 1. The shadowy hyped advertising, and 2. The fake documentary style.
Those movies, stuff like Cloverfield, always come out with big conceptual hype, and almost always fail to meet expectations.
Oooh look, regular kids with super powers...and they're using home video! This is going to be so cool! Oy.
Posted by Anthonie (Member # 884) on :
The gun comes into the picture about the 7 min mark.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
Lyrhawn: Not especially.
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Anthonie: Without knowing the actual girl or father in question, I hesitate to judge anybody. Sufficeth to say, I can envision reasonable scenarios where that approach is the correct one. Maybe not in the particulars, or the word choice, but in principle. And lets be honest, when is discipline ever executed perfectly?
Sometimes what a child needs most, is to have their idol taken away, so they can see clearly what they've been undervaluing.
In any case, I don't feel that father was acting immature at all. He was very calm and collected the entire time. He certainly doesn't strike me as the brash vindictive type.
Posted by Anthonie (Member # 884) on :
It wasn't what he said. His demeanor and word choices weren't the issue. The issue is that he used a GUN to blow a laptop to smithereens, and then posted the video on youtube. Such sensational destruction of property, not to mention the public bravado of showing it off to the world, seems juvenile to me. He could have simply taken the laptop away. Better yet, he could have given it to a school or charity or something.
Also, I have a severely sore spot when public humiliation is used as a form of discipline by parents. It happened all too often in my household. If the goal is an immediate modification in behavior, public humiliation works, but I have never seen productive long-term results. Usually it instills bitterness into the relationship and destroys trust in the long run.
(I shudder to think how his daughter is feeling at the moment to know that over 3.7 million people have watched her dad shoot up her laptop and listened to her personal Facebook postings.)
ETA: make that 22 million views and counting
[ February 13, 2012, 06:58 PM: Message edited by: Anthonie ]
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
We don't know that this is characteristic of his parenting style as a whole. As he indicated, the reasons he made the video was because she acted the way she did in public for everyone to see, so he punished her in front of everybody. In part, because he wanted her schoolmates who may have been encouraged by her bad behavior to see that the consequences.
It's not as if he tied her up in front of the camera and forced her to watch while he blew away her laptop. I can see how in general a private conversation is best, but I can also see that the father was upping the ante because she clearly hadn't heeded the warning last time.
edit: Fixed the spelling on one word. It was bothering me.
[ February 11, 2012, 09:52 AM: Message edited by: BlackBlade ]
Posted by Sean Monahan (Member # 9334) on :
If anyone is interested, the father has made some new statements about the incident.
Posted by Samprimary (Member # 8561) on :
Hahahaha, god, what a child that man is. The daughter is unreasonably and dramatically petulant, you say. I wonder where she gets that from!
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
I'm really conflicted about that video, and I imagine any parent would be. See, her Facebook note really was mortifying; if my daughter ever posted anything like that, I would conclude that I had completely failed up to that point as a parent and decide that drastic measures were necessary. If this were in fact the second time we'd had that experience, and I'd warned her that there would be serious consequences if she repeated her mistake, I'd feel compelled to follow it up.
Permanently depriving her of her laptop is, I think, a perfectly appropriate response. Even videotaping a speech in which I explained why I'd be taking away her laptop, and the reasons I was disappointed in her, makes sense (although it's probably not something I'd do); I wouldn't trust that I'd be able to get everything I wanted to say out as articulately -- especially given the risk of interruption.
But he did two things that give me pause.
The first, of course, is the whole shooting bit. Now, I'm not exactly a member of the "gun culture," and he and his family obviously are, so I've tried to examine this outside of the context of my own biases and imagine if I, say, bashed her laptop repeatedly with a sledgehammer on video. And what I still get out of that is "I am very, very angry and want to destroy something, so I will destroy your laptop instead of you." When I look at it that way, I see a man who has trouble controlling his own impulses, even when they get in the way of his intentions and purposes. Speaking for myself, I would have been far more likely to sell the laptop and give the money to either a charity or the "cleaning lady" his daughter had insulted; I think that act would send a less muddled message.
The second problem is with the public airing of the video. I understand that he felt his daughter had already violated the confidentiality of their family by ragging on him over Facebook, and so this was an appropriate "revenge" -- but I'm not sure that I'd want the desire for revenge to be a motivating factor in my parenting. I have trouble imagining what other positive benefits he'd expect from making the film public, unless he felt that his daughter's friends were a major negative influence on her and thus wanted to indirectly send them and their parents a warning message. If so, though, I think his delivery obscured that point. It's more likely that he feels that shame is an effective deterrent, and that publicly shaming his daughter will have the effect he desires. While that's possible, my own belief is that people who are primarily prevented from engaging in bad behavior by shame are people who have already been raised incorrectly; if you don't respect your parents enough to express respect for them even in private, having them shame you into propriety is only going to plaster over the underlying problems.
That said, I think the followup statements Sean has posted speak largely in his favor. He's not the kind of parent I'd want to be, and I imagine he probably has to walk a finer line with his own vices than he'd like, but he's clearly trying. I suspect he's very much like his own father, based on what he's said: someone who let things go until it embarrassed the family, then blew up and tried to make a big point out of it. That's parenting from the "fear" side of the spectrum, and that's not always a horrible thing; I think it should be every parent's last resort, though, since parenting from a position of principled aspiration and mutual respect seems to generally work out better.
Posted by Belle (Member # 2314) on :
Like others, I'm much more impressed with Dad after reading his responses.
The gun does not bother me. Probably because I am part of the gun culture...we own guns, my kids shoot guns, my 11 year old asked for a .22 rifle for Christmas a year ago.
It sounds as if he has sat down and discussed things with his daughter and that is good. Honestly, the most impressive thing he did, for me, is when he told his daughter that the woman who worked for them trading housekeeping services was deserving of much more respect. The child sounded to me like a privileged young woman who felt she was above someone who worked hard for a living - and some 15 year olds who have been raised in middle-upper class homes do indeed need to be taken down a notch or two at times.
I've been through that with my own kids. My husband and I have been through times when we had to decide between buying food and paying the light bill - my kids have never experienced that. Both my husband and I make more money and are more financially secure than our parents were, so our standard of living for our kids is higher than our own was. It's hard for kids who have lived in relative privilege (by no means do I consider us rich, but we are definitely comfortable) to not look down on others unless you make a point as parent to instill some sort of values in them - and even then you have moments when you think you fail. I see this Dad as struggling with that same type of issue. Maybe I'm projecting, but I can see him as coming up having to work hard and learning the value of hard work and now believing he has failed in teaching that same sort of values to his daughter.
Then there's the panic that you don't have much time left - she is 15, almost sixteen - she will soon be considered an adult...so if he wants to make an object lesson it needs to be quick and drastic to make a point.
Would I have done the same? Probably not exactly the same way....but I would have felt compelled to do something. I can empathize with what he went through, for sure.
Posted by Foust (Member # 3043) on :
You know how it is easy to (rightfully) hate on parents who want to be their kids' friend? I think this guy is just the angry version of that: his anger is more "I'll show you!" and less "You did something really wrong."
Posted by Raymond Arnold (Member # 11712) on :
I actually didn't find myself all that upset. I don't think this was the best parenting ever, but I think it was dramatically better parenting than some others I've seen. In particular after reading his followup commentary.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
That's Lisa's daughter at the very beginning.
Posted by Samprimary (Member # 8561) on :
quote:Originally posted by Raymond Arnold: I actually didn't find myself all that upset. I don't think this was the best parenting ever, but I think it was dramatically better parenting than some others I've seen. In particular after reading his followup commentary.
His followup commentary only shows that he is not out to lunch completely as a parent. It still doesn't really make any case for why his video isn't headslappingly bad. This whole thing the dad is doing is just a great way for him to say loud and clear: "this is just what I'm like, and you can bet money that it's a big reason why my daughter's like what she's like in many ways. And now I'm going to drive it in publicly in a way which will probably only cause more problems between us than it will solve, because I'm probably not real good at figuring out or admitting to myself how much of this is really about teaching you a lesson, versus acting out my embarrassment through publicized revenge"
Well, certainly, his revenge is complete, via public shaming that practically everyone she knows will have seen and watched by now. Good job, dad. It's guys like you who keep therapy a growth market, haha.
Posted by adenam (Member # 11902) on :
quote:" He could have simply taken the laptop away. "
Really? You know that for a fact, that it would make the same impression to his daughter as destroying the laptop?
And frankly, he has explained already that he had taken it away several times and it didn't work in the long run. He now tried something differently.
You aren't explaining how what he did was BAD, you're effectively merely arguing against it on the sole basis that it was *impressive*. Since his purpose was to make a lasting impression on his daughter, that's an argument in favour of his actions, not against.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by TomDavidson: I'm really conflicted about that video, and I imagine any parent would be. See, her Facebook note really was mortifying; if my daughter ever posted anything like that, I would conclude that I had completely failed up to that point as a parent and decide that drastic measures were necessary. If this were in fact the second time we'd had that experience, and I'd warned her that there would be serious consequences if she repeated her mistake, I'd feel compelled to follow it up.
Permanently depriving her of her laptop is, I think, a perfectly appropriate response. Even videotaping a speech in which I explained why I'd be taking away her laptop, and the reasons I was disappointed in her, makes sense (although it's probably not something I'd do); I wouldn't trust that I'd be able to get everything I wanted to say out as articulately -- especially given the risk of interruption.
But he did two things that give me pause.
The first, of course, is the whole shooting bit. Now, I'm not exactly a member of the "gun culture," and he and his family obviously are, so I've tried to examine this outside of the context of my own biases and imagine if I, say, bashed her laptop repeatedly with a sledgehammer on video. And what I still get out of that is "I am very, very angry and want to destroy something, so I will destroy your laptop instead of you." When I look at it that way, I see a man who has trouble controlling his own impulses, even when they get in the way of his intentions and purposes. Speaking for myself, I would have been far more likely to sell the laptop and give the money to either a charity or the "cleaning lady" his daughter had insulted; I think that act would send a less muddled message.
The second problem is with the public airing of the video. I understand that he felt his daughter had already violated the confidentiality of their family by ragging on him over Facebook, and so this was an appropriate "revenge" -- but I'm not sure that I'd want the desire for revenge to be a motivating factor in my parenting. I have trouble imagining what other positive benefits he'd expect from making the film public, unless he felt that his daughter's friends were a major negative influence on her and thus wanted to indirectly send them and their parents a warning message. If so, though, I think his delivery obscured that point. It's more likely that he feels that shame is an effective deterrent, and that publicly shaming his daughter will have the effect he desires. While that's possible, my own belief is that people who are primarily prevented from engaging in bad behavior by shame are people who have already been raised incorrectly; if you don't respect your parents enough to express respect for them even in private, having them shame you into propriety is only going to plaster over the underlying problems.
That said, I think the followup statements Sean has posted speak largely in his favor. He's not the kind of parent I'd want to be, and I imagine he probably has to walk a finer line with his own vices than he'd like, but he's clearly trying. I suspect he's very much like his own father, based on what he's said: someone who let things go until it embarrassed the family, then blew up and tried to make a big point out of it. That's parenting from the "fear" side of the spectrum, and that's not always a horrible thing; I think it should be every parent's last resort, though, since parenting from a position of principled aspiration and mutual respect seems to generally work out better.
I agree 100%.
Posted by The Rabbit (Member # 671) on :
I agree 95%.
Parents don't have to be perfect -- none of them are. It's a very difficult job and no one really knows how to do it, so I generally try to avoid being too critical of peoples parenting decisions as long as they aren't clearly abusive or neglectful. If they are sincerely trying to be good parents, there are doing better than many.
That said, there are some "parenting styles" that drive me up a wall and punishing kids publicly is one of them. It's inappropriate on all kinds of levels ranging from making others uncomfortable to being at least bordering on emotional abuse. It makes me, and apparently a lot of other people, feel more sympathy for the kid and less for the parent. And even if there were nothing else wrong with it, it's pretty self defeating for the parent to correct their child in a way that causes others to come to the child's defense.
But the thing that makes me really critical of this guy is not how he punished his daughter, but that he posted a video of himself unloading a hand gun into his daughters computer on youtube. I loose my temper from time to time, I think most people do. But it's not something I'm proud of. Once I've regained my composure, I'm always ashamed at having lost my cool. I think that's why we call it loosing your temper. It's something mature adults try not to do. The things people do when they've lost their temper, are things they wouldn't do if they were the person they'd prefer to be. So I think its inaccurate to call what this guy does a temper tantrum. There is no way most of us would do that kind of thing unless we were throwing a temper tantrum, but not this guy. Unloading a gun in to his daughter computer is something he's proud of. Something he want the whole world to see. And being proud of that kind of thing is far worse in my opinion that having done it.
Posted by Strider (Member # 1807) on :
I can see confiscation until the age of adulthood. But the way things actually happened, I dunno what that dude was teaching his daughter other than he thinks it's laudable to destroy other people's property. And maybe that using a gun is the solution to every problem.
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Posted by Szymon (Member # 7103) on :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j63XUIpPR2o&feature=player_embedded Not that the accident is so hilarious, but I really like the way those guys laugh. It is so sincere and not at all mean, I suppose one of them must have been the girls father.
Posted by Szymon (Member # 7103) on :
quote:Originally posted by Belle: The gun does not bother me. Probably because I am part of the gun culture...we own guns, my kids shoot guns, my 11 year old asked for a .22 rifle for Christmas a year ago.
You didn't buy, now, did you? If so, it is really disturbing.
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
StarTrek: Aurora A full-length animated fan video which is better than nearly all of episodes in the various commercial series.
Posted by Ace of Spades (Member # 2256) on :
quote:You didn't buy, now, did you? If so, it is really disturbing.
Both of them (twins) got .22's that year. My son's was black, my daughter's was pink. She's a good shot. We have some land some friends let us use to set up targets and shoot. She can take out a paper target affixed to a hay bale, let me tell you! Posted by Szymon (Member # 7103) on :
Oh my God. But just please tell me she doesn't carry her pink .22 in her bag together with her pink iPhone. Or do, that would be awesome
That clip puts Michael Bay to shame. I've never seen so many things unnecessarily and inexplicably explode before.
Posted by Belle (Member # 2314) on :
Pink iPhone, please.
She has a pink android phone.
And no, she doesn't carry her rifle anywhere. If she ever goes shooting, it's with my husband and full gun safety rules are followed. Though honestly, we don't do much shooting anymore. She's playing soccer and super busy, and ammunition is expensive and the gas to drive to somewhere safe to shoot at targets is even more so.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
If that clip was a reflection of reality I don't think anybody would have the guts to drive cars.
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
Not without a fairly impressive personal force field.
Posted by Glenn Arnold (Member # 3192) on :
I particularly like the physics of the jump to the cargo net.
Posted by Strider (Member # 1807) on :
quote:Originally posted by Szymon: Oh my God. But just please tell me she doesn't carry her pink .22 in her bag together with her pink iPhone. Or do, that would be awesome
So maybe I shouldn't be amused by this, but it's in the library at my University, so I can't help but chuckle at the effects of Finals week on poor undergraduates. Though from what I hear it actually was over a girl.
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
Important stuff! It really opened my eyes! Never knew the number of the beast was really 616, and that Obama was possibly responsible for the JFK assassination. Things we need to know!
Posted by Raymond Arnold (Member # 11712) on :
quote:Originally posted by 777: Just sort of in the vein of the angry parent video. I guess this thread isn't quite an anything-goes sort of place.
Context: Jim Rome had been calling the quarterback Jim Everett "Chris Everett," after the female tennis player, due to Jim Everett's decline and perceived cowardice on the field. Now Jim Rome makes the insult in Everett's face.
Posted by Raymond Arnold (Member # 11712) on :
This is basically my favorite 1 minute of video ever:
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