Halloween Horrors: DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince's Nightmare on MY Street

Here's one you may not have thought of in a while. If I remember right, Will Smith got in trouble from New Line Cinema for using the musical cues without permission. But I suppose that could all have been part of the publicity. Anyway, some YouTuber put together a nifty video to go with it, perhaps a trifle long, but if you are a Nightmare on Elm Street fan, you'll dig it.

Fireworks Viewed Through the Eyes of a Drone

Pretty spectacular.
 

Halloween Horrors: DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince's Nightmare on MY Street

Here's one you may not have thought of in a while. If I remember right, Will Smith got in trouble from New Line Cinema for using the musical cues without permission. But I suppose that could all have been part of the publicity. Anyway, some YouTuber put together a nifty video to go with it, perhaps a trifle long, but if you are a Nightmare on Elm Street fan, you'll dig it.

Frivolity Break: My Cable Box is Still Insane

It's still at it! Here's a screen shot of the rerun of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, with Barbra Streisand. Note the description.  And the guide below that. The whole thing is that way!

 

Frivolity Break: My Cable Box Has Lost its Mind

I meant to take a shot during The Big Bang Theory, when it read something like Pits Dang Bob. Most of these are indecipherable, but these are kind of the normal channels.

I am most interested in pets The Virgin, NCIS: Goes Daniel and The teens Remains the Same. I do know that The Jeff is really The Simpsons, and that The Western Maddow out is The Rachel Maddow Show. The show descriptions are just as screwy.

Frivolity Break: Where are Roger and Jessica Rabbit (and Friends) Now?

A bit disturbing, but funny!



Hat tip to Mark at VoenixRising.com.

The Simpsons' Groundskeeper Willie Backs Scotland Secession!

Frivolity Break: Weird Al Yankovic's Word Crimes

I've been a fan of Weird Al Yankovic since Another One Rides the Bus (a parody of Queen's Another One Bites the Dust) and My Bologna (The Knack's My Sharona), on the Dr. Demento Show. But this may be one of his most entertaining efforts. The thing is, it almost requires that you follow along with the video. I'm proud to say I know most of these grammar rules, though these days I couldn't diagram a sentence to save my life. This time, the target is both the disintegration of the English language, to the tune of Robin Thicke's Blurred Lines.
 

Frivolity Break: Teenage Ladies Fight Back Against "Bro Country"

I've written before about the trend called "Bro Country." It's what passes for Country Music these days, or I guess what would be Country's version of Top 40. I'm slightly allergic to country music outside my long-ago forays into Country & Western gay bars (don't ask). But it doesn't take much immersion to see the pattern. As I said in the past, my introduction came from being trapped in a dentist's chair for about an hour. That's all it took, an hour--maybe 8 or 9 songs--and I was just appalled. Not so much for the messages in the songs (though that's kind of icky too), but its uniformity. Every song is about essentially the same thing, and each song is sung in pretty much the same style. As a latecomer to the genre, I'm probably less aware of it than most people.

Now, a couple of teenaged ladies have decided to sing a rebuttal of sorts to this entire sub-genre. I doubt it will change anything, but I hope they get rich and famous with it!

[Excerpt]

Teenage Duo Takes On ‘Bro Country’ Cliches, Writes Country Song Where Women Do More Than Bring Boys Beer



Listen to this first single from Maddie Marlow and Tae Dye, a teenage singing-songwriting country duo, out on iTunes today. Now get ready to listen to it again and again and again. “Girl in a Country Song,” with its tongue-in-cheek takedown of the way bro country treats women—“We used to get a little respect / now we’re lucky if we even get / to climb up in your truck keep our mouths shut and ride along / and be the girl in the country song.”—has all the makings of a hit: clever, on-the-zeitgeist lyrics, a sense of humor, and two very talented, telegenic teenagers. . .

Read more at: Think Progress

Are You Ready for Sharknado 2?

Sharknado 2: The Second One is coming! Are you ready?

 

Blast from the Past [Extra]: Bette Midler's Angst on a Shoestring

I've been meaning to get back to those great Late Night with David Letterman Holiday Film Festival videos, so why not now, on an unexpected work night? This time, it's a 1985 clip by Bette Midler, a piece that she reworked for her Mud Will Be Flung Tonight comedy album. It's called "Angst on a Shoestring," but really? Why bother?
 

What Happens in Vegas: Man Stranded at McCarran Airport Makes Hilarious Video

I laughed, and I cried. I've spent a lot of time at that terminal over the years, though never overnight, and I can surely relate to being bored there. But this guy really knows how to cure boredom. But be warned, I found it hilarious, but The Other Half--who actually works out of LAS--was less impressed.

[Excerpt]

Man Trapped Overnight at Vegas Airport Shoots Ridiculous Music Video
 

All by myself from Richard Dunn on Vimeo.

Caught overnight at Las Vegas' McCarran Airport with practically no one else around, Richard Dunn could have taken a cab back to the strip and partied until his flight in the morning. Instead, he whipped out his iPhone and made this gloriously cheesy music video for Celine Dion's 1996 cover of "All By Myself. . ."

Read more at: Gawker

Hannibal Recut as a Cooking Reality Show

Hilariously disgusting!

 

Frivolity Break: Would You Have Sex with Paul Rudd?

I'm tired, and didn't get around to blogging for Wednesday. Sorry. Here's something funny to watch instead. Oh, and the obvious answer to the above is, "Yes, please."

Billy on the Street: Would You Have Sex with Paul Rudd? from Billy on the Street

Frivolity Break: Chef Boyardee Ravioli vs. Molten Lava

Because it's fascinating, that's why.

 

Halloween Horrors, Blast from the Past!: DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince's Nightmare on MY Street

Here's one I haven't heard in a while. If I remember right, Will Smith got in trouble from New Line Cinema for using the musical cues without permission. But I suppose that could all have been part of the publicity. Anyway, some YouTuber put together a nifty video to go with it, perhaps a trifle long, but if you are a Nightmare on Elm Street fan, you'll dig it.

 

Halloween Horrors Humor: Bobby "Borris" Picket and The Crypt Kicker's Monster Mash

SNL Extra: "Don't Smash My Pumpkin"

This little ditty was left out of last weekend's show. It's a kinda twisted We Are the World-sounding lament about those rotten kids who smash jack-o-lanterns. It's not a belly-laugh kind of funny, more like the "bike tire thief" on Kids in the Hall. Anyway, I liked it, and I think Taran Killam is adorable.

 

Frivolity Break: Ginger Cat Vs. The Paper Army

Hilarious, and very well done! Git 'em, kitty!
 

Frivolity Break: Crew of the Starship Enterprise Encounters Miley Cyrus

Very clever.
 

Found at: Voenix Rising