yes, just as i was late in bidding farewell to harveyy korman and i am also late in saying goodbye to the incredibly funny george carlin who passed away on june 22nd, 2008. i have yet to hear a comedian who really tells such an eloquent story with such unapologetic, insightful, core truth, and levity as george carlin. what a master he was. and man could he nail politics - wow! jerry seinfeld wrote a great & perfect tribute letter about george carlin just after his death titled Dying Is Hard. Comedy Is Harder. i’m posting 2 of his more masterful and foul-mouthed (meaning NSFW) comedy routines below. one is titled religion is bullshit and the other is on the ‘american dream’. rest in peace george carlin! and thank you!
for no reason, weezer’s new video for their song pork and beans is an dense cornucopia of internet themes, memes, viral marketing shots, one hit wonders & blunders, forwarded emails, and dare i say mashup of online clips and fan videos. i spy some gi joe, diet coke VS mentos, dramatic chipmunk + where’s your head at, yet another lightsaber duel, that incredibly brainy south carollina’s miss teen usa, and that clumsy karate guy to name a few. there’s a whole lot going on. just when you were ready to forget these things too - jeez! the vision & concept for the pork & beans video came from the video director mathew cullen over at motion theory. good stuff!
it’s wednesday - also known as hump day - & you’ve made it to the middle of the week. congrats! you get a giant hug from giantmonster! relax & enjoy!! it’ll all be over soon (the week and the hug).
Walmart Employee:“Hello ‘dis Walmarts, how can I help you?” Customer:“I would like to order a cake for a going away party this week.” Walmart Employee:“What you want on the cake?” Customer: “Best Wishes Suzanne” and underneath that “We will miss you”.
giantmonster’s favorite resident space alien and (and sometimes dedicated office worker) glergg was in full effect at the super fun how weird street faire last sunday in san francisco. making friends & busting out the freshest dance moves is what glergg is all about! thanks how weird! on an inter-galactic scale, the people, food, art, dancing, and music of how weird 2008 were all great great great! there are additional glergg pics posted below & they were found by culling flickr for pics tagged ‘how weird’ (thanks everyone for snapping photos!).
when politics collide with my hard wired sense of star wars nerdy-ness, magical things can happen. the battles and infighting between our next president barack obama and former first lady hilary clinton can best be summed up in this awesome clip titled the empire strikes barrack. totally laugh it up fuzzball - it’s good stuff! i feel oddly compelled to watch the empire strikes back again. thanks brit for the link!
it’s friday and list-of-the-day has an excellent post archiving the fine art of photobombing - the act of inserting yourself into someone else’s picture. very good stuff. i can only hope to see more of these. much much more.
sexy is so many things.: security - with just a dash of daring, confidence - with a just brief hint of vulnerability, raw power - with a scant wiff of innocence, sharing, eye contact, charm, interesting hobbies, music, and yes, perhaps black speedos too? is that possible? yes, all of those things! it’s friday and we know sexy when we see it. yup. extra additional hotness on the fail blog too.
sometimes reading a good/funny review of an incredibly bad & god-awful movie can actually make you want to take time out of your life and watch that aforementioned awful movie. case in point, the wretched movie roadhouse is reviewed by iamsheamus in such a way that i now find myself bumping up Roadhouse to the top of my netflix que. having seen roadhouse once too many times before, i remember this being a less than pivotal role for patrick swayze. i also distinctly remember mentally labeling roadhouse with the phrase ‘never ever again.’ yet thanks to iamsheamus, i’m ready to immerse myself in the mullet-fueled lameness that is Roadhouse. ugh! read the magic and find out for yourself. trailer below for your, um, horror. thanks iamsheamus!
this is how i’m feeling right now: my loony bun is fine benny lava. yeah, you know it. i hope your sunday is half as awesome as this video clip and it’s phonics based subtitles! just keep dancing …
for spring break week, it’s taxidermy gone wild! yes, monday morning bringeth the beaver jokes with the most awesome beaver case mod ever (maybe the only beaver case mod ever). built by kasey mcmahon. for steaming PC action, check out the specs on that hot beaver too! a very nice beaver at that! some pics of the amazing project below. awesome job kasey! i think i love you!
it’s friday, and with our fingers on the pulse of celebrity gossip, apparently will arnett is getting hella busy with ashley olsen. wow! i didn’t know he drove a prius either. please watch for yourself (ps - turn it up loud so all your co-workers can hear the gratuitous swearing). thanks fecalface for the humor!
so maybe you’re going out to a club this weekend. yeah? need some awesome moves? really awesome? then you got ‘em! here’s the official freshness on rave dancing from sweden called stampa med leroy. double yeah! at 1:42 i find hurt & myself rather upset that leroy is revealing my signature move titled ‘wash the laundry.’ dag-nabbit! i recommend letting the video fully load and then skipping right to 4:23 for the sweet sweet dessert that is leroy’s ultimate rave dance showcase demo! it’s quite a feast. good stuff. now go dancing!
it’s friday, and is that bike you’ve parked on the street secure? not sure? if you have any doubts, then you need the hot new cheek lock invented in the giantmonster labs. yes! all security systems pale in comparison to this awesome new bike lock. never wonder or worry about where you’ve parked your bike again. totally! order one today.
taking the art of dining to new and savory heights comes this clip from a japanese game show with pointers on the proper way to eat marshmellows. can it be done any other way? i don’t think so. side note: with the competing teams in this video wearing red and blue outfits, i can’t help think of US politics and that someday this is how our elections will be decided. awesome! thanks jamie for the clip!
it’s friday and giantmonster would like to remind you that bananas are a valuable source of vitamin B6, vitamin b12, vitamin C, magnesium, and potassium. bananas have a high iron content and one medium-sized banana (about 4 ounces) contains 100 calories. there you go. have a banana for lunch please!
do you sometimes attempt to feel slightly better about yourself by rejoicing in the embarrassment and/or failures of others? well, you are not alone. serving up slices of fail pie are these three photo blogs that will darken or brighten your day: the fail blog, shipment of fail, and doing it wrong. failing never felt so good.
is it me you’re looking for? answer: yes. why wasn’t sculpture class like this when i was in school? to truly understand the magic of the video for Hello by lionel richie, one must become the video for Hello by lionel richie. hence, the hello experiment. the hello experiment seeks to capture the wonder, imagination, and beauty that is lionel richie’s massive jaw lovingly formed in wet brown clay by sightless, open hearted souls. awesome! it’s either a goofy and fun nostalgic paraody or a tragic spell created by demons to open a hell-mouth that will swallow us all. watch and see (note: please download the song Hello at your leisure so you can sculpt your very own lionel richie). thanks cobras! download: Lionel_Richie_Hello.zip (3.9 megabytes)
i’m a little slow. i gauge this by many factors. one is that i am just now catching on (howdidimissthem?) to the comedy stylings of tim and eric via the shrek the third super dumbgoodfunnypromos that many a blog covered. thankful & curious, i looked further. to my delight i found tim and eric dot com and have been very happy. tim and eric have got pranks and movies and stuff! just take a look at this clip from their show titled Encounters and another clip titled Horizons Calendar. yay! laughing! thank you tim & eric!
ho ho ho & happy holidays from giantmonster! give the gift this year that keeps on giving: the gift of creepyness. it truly is ever-lasting. sure, a ceramic crying clown figurine music box will do just that. but this year, it’s time to go much farther! feel free to re-gift the gift i am giving to you: it’s Fabio’s album After Dark. oh no, you are welcome. yes, fabio does have an album. and we here in the romance division of giantmonster really want you to have that album. so get the greatest dose of cheese to ever be pressed to vinyl using the link below. the zipped album archive includes cd art work (front & back & more) and all 17 tracks in mp3 format at 192kbps. so don’t be afraid to set the night on fire this holiday season!
sample:
Fabio on Films
update: (5/2008)
i pulled the download link to the file due to the many jackasses biting on this hella original post & hotlinking to the file. yeah, totally. but if you are that much in need of some cheesy music via a fabio album fix, please feel free to contact me and maybe i can help you out. peace!
from the twisted visionary comedy geniuses of wonder showzen comes an equally twisted cartoon that pushes the envelope funny using racial stereotypes and 80’s cartoon nostalgia. plus it’s just dumb too. can’t beat that. please watch the 2 minute short called he-bro! wonder showzen, what do i love you so?
nice scratch track video of james earl jones doing the first pass of dialogue for darth vader. the vader sessions. or maybe this is the the real dialogue, as it was meant to be seen & heard? hmmm. funny video created by the kids at akjak & link sent in from the derekmonster. please watch the vid below & enjoy! remember, daddy is the breadwinner.
science time! from eepybird comes the The Extreme Diet Coke & Mentos Experiments. a series of beautiful scientific tests that combines 200 liters of Diet Coke and over 500 Mentos (the freshmaker) mints. the results are lovely and messy. and there’s lots of other videos to watch of experiments (or is it experi-mints?) from eepybird as well. well done lads - well done!
one thing good about this non stop rain party is getting stay inside and catch up on movies or re-watch rad ones. in this case, wet hot american summer is one of those rad ones. so i am highly recommending it. seriously dumb good funny. do not rent it if you don’t like to laugh a lot though. directed by david wain and written by both david wain and michael showalter (from the state and stella). stars lots of funny follks including michael ian black, janeane garofalo, molly shannon. not overhyping it here. but it is a really funny movie. or, you have no sense of humor.
it’s friday. end of the week. time for laughter. thought i’d post (& link to) some funny sound files of louis c.k. doing stand-up. these are taken from his cd titled Louis C.K. - Live in Houston. it’s really funny - you can buy it direct from louis c.k.’s site if you like. or you can just listen to the samples below. (warning - these mp3s contain swear words & appropriate comedic yelling so be sure to turn the volume WAAAAY up for your co-workers to hear). enjoy!
yes, just as i was late in bidding farewell to harveyy korman and i am also late in saying goodbye to the incredibly funny george carlin who passed away on june 22nd, 2008. i have yet to hear a comedian who really tells such an eloquent story with such unapologetic, insightful, core truth, and levity as george carlin. what a master he was. and man could he nail politics - wow! jerry seinfeld wrote a great & perfect tribute letter about george carlin just after his death titled Dying Is Hard. Comedy Is Harder. i’m posting 2 of his more masterful and foul-mouthed (meaning NSFW) comedy routines below. one is titled religion is bullshit and the other is on the ‘american dream’. rest in peace george carlin! and thank you!
giantmonster’s favorite resident space alien and (and sometimes 
ho ho ho & happy holidays from giantmonster! give the gift this year that keeps on giving: the gift of creepyness. it truly is ever-lasting. sure, a ceramic crying clown figurine music box will do just that. but this year, it’s time to go much farther! feel free to re-gift the gift i am giving to you: it’s Fabio’s album After Dark. oh no, you are welcome. yes, 
it’s friday. end of the week. time for laughter. thought i’d post (& link to) some funny sound files of louis c.k. doing stand-up. these are taken from his cd titled Louis C.K. - Live in Houston. it’s really funny - you can 
