This Egyptian commercial makes its point very clear: don’t fuck with the Panda, buy her cheese!
In 1956 hipster humorist Lord Buckley appeared on TV game show You Bet Your Life hosted by Groucho Marx. This was a meeting of two brilliant minds and it’s hard to believe that it actually occurred on network television. But, Buckley was so underground that the viewing audience was clueless as to who he was. While he’s rather low-key on the program, he still manages to slip some of his bebop prose into the mix. The ‘housewife’ Buckley’s teamed up with is a pretty cool broad herself. In contrast to the two contestants, Groucho comes off a bit square.
As an added attraction, I’ve included a rare clip of Buckley’s appearance on TV’s Club 7 circa 1949.
more Buckley after the jump…
I Will Survivor
Another brilliant mashup by the dynamite team of thriftshopxl and lobsterdust. Gloria Gaynor meets Survivor.
What makes this mashup particularly cool is the seamlessness of the music and the theme. This one works on all levels. And like all great mashups, it’s got a sense of humor.
Of course it’s midi-controlled and yes it’s monophonic, but it still sounds pretty nice to me. Well done I say !
Thanks Michael Perry Goodman !
County Law! Canada Law! Cantaloupe!
(via TDW)
There are many ways to teach children to be careful and avoid danger. One of them involves a strong dose of fear.
These illustrations from a 1960s booklet on safety called It’s Great To Be Alive! are enough to freak the living shit out just about anyone of any age, so you can imagine the nightmares it conjured up in children. The kid smashed to bits in the pile of leaves is particularly bizarre because I can’t recall at any point in my life seeing children hiding under piles of leaves in the middle of the fucking street. Was it some kind of cheap high? The precursor to sniffing glue? I can imagine all kinds of improbable dangers like “don’t use a rattlesnake as a necktie,” but it doesn’t seem likely that anybody, regardless of age, would do anything that stupid. Though I must admit I did stick my finger into a live electric socket when I was six and as a toddler my mother caught me trying to gnaw through an electric cord. So maybe the leaf thing ain’t that nutty.
For more of these wonderfully weird bursts of paranoia check out Gene Gables blog at creative pro.
jump but be careful…
The undeniable universal groove of Can
Japanese robot mouth provides the narration for a rubber baby maker.
A product of Plasticity
A product of Plasticity
Plastic people, plastic people
You are your foot, your hair
Your nose, your arms
You suck, you love, you are
Your being is you’re plastic
Blah, blah, blah, blah
Plastic peoples - Zappa
If you appreciate intelligent political humor, especially when delivered by Brits, you’ll pee your pants for The Bugle, the free weekly Times Online comedy podcast. Daily Show correspondent/writer John Oliver calling in from New York City and fellow Brit comedian Andy Zaltzman in London deliver an excellent 40-minute fake news show, replete with grandiose trumpet fanfare, horribly stretched-out puns, and a lot of schoolgirl-style giggling. Plus zingers like these:
Bush admitted that standing under a banner that read “Mission Accomplished” was a mistake—which is like apologizing for spelling someone’s name wrong on the birthday cake you made them out of shit.
Here’s some highlights from the audio newspaper for a visual world:
After the jump, the Bugle asks an American…
