That Ian Is Insane

Recently, on the FuMP, there was a parody by Insane Ian.  He also made an entertaining video.  Now, I hadn’t seen the original until I clicked on the link he provided, but I liked it in its own right.  And I like how it ends better than the original*.

The first time I ran across Insane Ian, it was for his “You’re Pitiful” video of Weird Al‘s song (another instance in which I hadn’t seen the original video); both of which are funny.

The first time I ran across Insane Ian, he said ouch!

*it’s ***SPOILER ALERT*** borderline suicidal.

“Horse” Race

“Secretariat”
In the race to end all time
At least in late shows.

A Joke or Three

Prairie Home had a compilation joke show this weekend, and it got me thinking about some of my favorite jokes.  One of my favorite blonde jokes:  one blonde is driving down a road and sees another blonde in a row-boat in corn field; she pulls over and yells, “you idiot; it’s blondes like you that make us all look bad; you can’t row a boat in a corn field, and if knew how to swim I swim out there and kick your butt.”  Another blonde joke:  how do you drown a blonde? – put a scratch-and-sniff sticker at the bottom of a pool.  And I might as well include the Keillor penguin joke:  two penguins are on an ice flow and one turns to the other and says, “you look like you’re wearing a tuxedo”; the other one responds, “who says I’m not?”

Stan Freberg’s Green Chri$tma$

While I was looking for parodies and variations on The Twelve Days of Christmas I ran across several mentions of Stan Freberg’s Green Chri$tma$, which features a commercialized version at the end.

Do You Want To Date My Avatar?

I don’t remember who suggested this video, but I think it’s funny.  I don’t play MMOs, but I can appreciate some of the humor.  The song reminds me of several others; some of it’s just the ‘geek’ factor, but the gaming and dating aspects of them, respectively, made them come to mind.  I could connect other songs on the CD, but the connection would be less direct.

Have you gone Bananas?

I’m watching Bananas Comedy on TV.  I’ve been watching it for awhile and I thought I’d share it.  I like it because it’s good, clean humor that children can watch and I like that.  Sometimes they’re a little bit loud, but that seems to be a norm in comedy.

Miracle Drug?

Try our new miracle drug:
It’ll help you eat right,
Sleep right, and lose weight;
It’ll cure headaches and stomachaches,
And cramping of all kinds;
It’ll even out your mood swings,
And make you feel mellow;
It’ll plan your day for you,
And make sure everything goes right;
It’ll change your life,
It’ll transform you into your dream self,
It’ll make everything better for you,
All you have to do it take this one little pill.

But be careful:
It shouldn’t be used by women,
At least those who are pregnant,
Or those who may become so,
Because it can cause complications.
It’s been known to cause sleep apnea,
Sleepwalking and night sweats;
Eating and driving while half-asleep,
And amnesia of those events.
It can cause nausea and diarrhea,
Ulcers and constipation,
Or loose stools and frequent bowel movements,
Even liver failure and heart palpitations.
And in rare cases it can cause insanity,
Strange eye color, or lose of vision,
Increase suicidal thoughts,
And even lead to death.

Universal Health Care

Imagine a spaceship landing in a farmer’s field.  The ramps comes down and a few almond-eyed aliens hobble down it.  They are met by the angry farmer who asks them what they’re doing and why did they have to destroy his field.  They answer that their ship is on it’s last leg and they’ve come all the way across the galaxy for the universal health care.

 

I was reminded of this story idea because of this.  I know it’s a tenuous connection at best, but I’ve had this idea for a while and haven’t really done anything with it.  This attempt could be considered a very rough first draft.

Istanbul (Not Constantinople)

I was just watching Craig Ferguson and he opened his show with the song ‘Istanbul (Not Constantinople)‘.  I have fond memories of the They Might Be Giants version from my childhood; as well as their ‘Particle Man‘.  I even remember the Tiny Toon videos of them.

Oh, and once again, the Wikipedia crowd is on the ball when it comes to updates.  The Craig Ferguson opening was already posted on it when I went looking.

Dr. Demento

Yesterday I mentioned Dr. Demento in my post, and it reminded me that I miss him.  I don’t know if his show is still on, but the station that used to play him in my area doesn’t anymore.  I think it got bought out or something; and even before then it had problems because it didn’t always play the current week’s show.  Not only do I know this because I remembered the previous week’s show, but I also checked the website and compared what I was hearing to the current playlist.  There’s a station in my area that claims to be ‘my station‘, but if it were it’d play the Dr. Dememto show.  But, I haven’t done much to let them know this, so it’s not surprising that they don’t play his show.