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Friday Videos - July 23rd, 2010

YouTube spruced up their Playlist management backend. Kudos YouTube. Here's the Friday Video Playlist and the usual breakdown below:

• TNG: 'That Jean-Luc Picard' - "I wish I had a chance to know that Jean-Luc Picard" - Command Riker.
• Baby Preacher with Subtitles - send all your thanks to Keegan for, hands down, the best thing you'll see this week. The final line is perfection.
• Honda Fail - the aggression in this guys voice is no joke but the absolute intensity of it kills me. Also, be sure to look at how crappy the car is before things go wrong and ask yourself why he's so upset.
• Cows & Cows & Cows - thank you Cyriak (and Zach) for this entrancing exposition.
• You Dun Goofed Up - yep, still hilarious. I backtraced ya!
• Pug Sings Batman Theme - so dumb but had to include it.

Enjoy your weekend!

GQ Interview: Bill Murray

Here's the deal: Today you're going to take some time to put down any and all of your projects and read this entire Bill Murray interview courtesy of GQ. He goes over a number of topics including Ghostbusters 3, Ron Howard, why he did Garfield and why he works with the kind of people he works with now. Honestly the Garfield anecdote is completely unbelievable but hilarious even if it's intentionally untrue.

Long story short, read it.
Once you're done with that, take a moment to enjoy this little Sofia Coppola anecdote about how she tracked Murray down for Lost In Translation.

Quick Links

At some point I'm going to have a sidebar of links for stuff of this nature but until that actually happens.. here's a compilation of things you need to see on the Internets that don't merit an entire blog post all to their own:

• Rob Huebel AV Club Interview - he is just as "on" during the interview as you'd think. Lots of great quotes and funny insight throughout.
• The Men Who Stare at Screens - interesting study that basically says if you think your one hour of working out somehow offsets your 8 - 12 hours of sitting in a day, you're wrong. Sounds obvious but it has some details regarding future health problems that are actually more likely if you partake in said lifestyle.
• World War II totally unbelievable - hilarious; please take some time to read this.

Apple Friend Bar

While maybe not as rewatchably hilarious as Boy Finds Real Life ET you really should take a moment to watch Apple Unveils Friend Bar from The Onion News Network. The little details found throughout the video - like the conversation starters at the bar - are perfect. I think I enjoy Apple mockery way more than any other nerd topic, particularly when done this well.

Google Maps Horse Boy

Finding wacky captures on Google Street View is certainly nothing new but this Horse Boy article is cracking me up. The way they treat the "mystery" of a man in a horse mask is amazing:

In the town of Aberdeen located in the UK, Google’s Street View captured a snapshot of an amazing sight. It was of a man that appeared to have the body of a man and the head of a horse.

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It is still not clear if the man is really a horse boy in reality or is just dressing up.

It is still not clear! Hilarious.

You can see the little guy here but, to add to the mystery, the panel with the clearest view of him has been removed.

Friday Videos - June 25th, 2010

Here's the playlist and the breakdown below. Please don't forget to submit your Summer Mix Series goods!

• Laurie Anderson - O Superman - I'm sure someone will cite some familiarity in here with Imogen Heap but keep in mind this is from 1981. It is mesmerizing.. I wish I could explain why.
• Highlights from Wildwood, NJ - Jersey Shore 1994. I want to see this movie... so many great quotes I don't even know where to start. via Paige.
• Got It At Ross - two challenges: 1) I dare you to make it through the entire thing. 2) I dare you to decipher if this is a viral video started by Ross or an actual rap song? Via Zach.
• Joe Biden on Joe Barton - This isn't a funny / quirky submission but should be seen. Biden gets a lot of guff for all his gaffe's but off-the-cuff speeches like this one are top notch. Really amazing insight, good to see why he's VP.
• Vuvuzela Canyon - This is, admittedly, incredibly dumb.. but the further along it played, the more I was drawn into it.
• Militant Rooster - dumb but appreciated.
• Cats in Bottles - the cats themselves are cute but the narration is the best part. Also via Paige.
• Banned iPad Promo - I know I fall square into the realm of Apple Zealots but stuff like this is spot on and hilarious. Not all the jokes hit home all the way but there are enough to make it worth your time.

Have a great weekend!

Grab Bag

• Crush the Castle 2 - an excellent game for your work day distractions.
• I'm Comic Sans, A**hole - you've probably already seen this already but, if not, give it a read. Hilarious.
• Stuff No One Told Me - short, one panel, insights into things no one told you but maybe should have.
• HBO Fall Previews - Both Bored to Death and Eastbound and Down are returning.. I am honestly excited for both.

Friday Videos - June 18th, 2010

I will openly admit this weeks playlist is a little heavy on the animal videos but it's well balanced with some other goods, as well as a few bonus videos to fill your palette completely.

• Steve McQueen Intro - a cat named Steve McQueen gets his own life intro. This should happen for more beasts. via Paige.
• A Dial-Up Modem in Brooklyn - street interviews of people attempting to recreate the old dial-up handshake sound. I can still hear it clearly in my head.
• Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World (Death Metal Version) - sure, we've seen the Metallica Jazz version and all the other guitar overdubs but this is a nice twist on the theme. And it looks oddly believable that he could be singing it.. sort of. Via Chris.
• Immortal Dog - from the people that brought you Brawndo and oddly reminiscent of Fun Town Auto.. it's probably work inappropriate but I found it disturbingly amusing. He Will Not Trust You.
• Dough Pounding Japanese Style - there is something hysterically frantic about this that I can't deny laughing heartily at.
• Next Ending Sneezing Bear - it goes on for just long enough to be hilarious.
• Happiest Duck in the World - sometimes Friday Videos can be heartwarming, right? That Duck Dance is great!
• Kitten With A Tiny Hat Outtake - you think it's adorable and then it's shocking.. perfect.
• COPS Best Of - I can only imagine there are hundreds of these sort of video compilations on YouTube but a good one won't ever get old. I watched the entire 4:25 completely engaged.

BONUS

• Mini Rocky IV - Mini Cooper vs Porsche, Rocky style. Brought to you by Honor Student.
• Bebe Dancarino - this disturbs me to no end. I can't believe how long this video is.
• RSAnimate: The Secret Powers of Time - not so much funny or crazy but just another great entry in the RSA series. Via Jed.

That's it! Have a great weekend everyone..

Pilkington: Seven Wonders Of The World

I had mentioned the existence of a new Sky 1 travel show featuring Karl Pilkington but I was just recently made aware of the proper trailer for it. It is, as you would assume, full of hilarious quotes from Mr. Pilkington. The series starts airing in August, so get your RSS feeds all queued up for incoming media as I don't think it will be shown in the US anytime soon.

Nick Derington

Loving the illustration style found in the works from Nick Derington. He also tends to draw a lot of retro-future-esque pieces; kids in spacesuits, alien exploration and comic book related items.. all good to me. His official site has plenty of worthwhile goods to check out as well but nothing as hilariously engaging as the (mildly NSFW) Hulkness series.

Via Falfa.

Justin Kemp

I can't say I'm entirely enamored with all of the works from Justin Kemp but there are some occasional gems that, to me, work just right. His Adding to The Internet series is hilarious (the Jack Johnson House Plants and Smile Gradient being my favorites). The Internet Surfing and Celebrity Color Wheel are worth a peek too.

Via Zach.