Do You Know Who David Wain Is?

Because I don't. But if you look at his IMDB page, first, you'll notice that he kinda looks like the Sklar brothers. Then, you'll see he's been all over the place in comedy - specifically with Comedy Central. Anyway, he apparently has a show called Wainy Days that I'm pretty sure is just on the internets on David Wain's blog. If you look at the list of people involved with the show you'll see a veritable list of VH1 "I Love The [Insert Decade Here]" all-stars people. In any case, I found this clip very funny (its got some swears in there, so exercise caution)...



Well, I'm a sucker for online tv shows (did I ever tell you about the Clark and Michael Show?) and now I'm gonna watch the rest of the episodes online (what else am I going to watch). Plus it seems like these guys are tight with Apatow/Rogen/etc. because those guys friends keep making cameos in these clips. That slutty chick from 40-year-old-virgin show up in the first episode here.



I really laughed at how he just randomly ran into someone on the sidewalk - I'm not sure why.

Steve Nash, Jessica Alba, & Paul Brogan

You may or may not know this, but I love hip-hop. Generally, I try not to show you good hip-hop (I used to - a long time ago - but it was kinda boring, even to write), but I like to show you some funny/bad stuff; at least something you haven't seen.

That's not to say that everything I show you isn't good. Just last week we took a look at a white rapper that had some...um...provocative lyrics. But he made you laugh right? Well, you know another white rapper that made you laugh: Paul Brogan. You may or may not remember, but Mr. Brogan was a little kooky but he had an awesome NBA rap (which included a verse about Steve Nash, and since I'm talking about Brogan here today it gave me a nice excuse to show this picture of Nash staring at Jessica Alba, which is funny). Well, he had a nice holiday rap and I haven't posted it yet, so here it is:



Same old Paul Brogan. Still enjoyable. I like how he still goes with the construction paper/printed out picture combo. I'm not sure about the increased production, but I guess it was still well done. I wish he'd get rid of the singing though. Anyway, it turns out that he has a very timely/topical NFL rap.



So, that might be a couple days out-dated - its still pretty good. And he got rid of the singing. Bonus.

Also, it turns out that my boy Wheezy bounced a few ideas off of me this week while making his comic and somehow I got a credit on it (I need to find more ways to make other people do all the work and then give me some credit...). Anyway, as always, I think its pretty funny but since my names on it, I'll pimp it a little more. So go check it out.

It's Friday...I Think

My days have been all jacked up for quite a while. First there was Christmas time and then New Years. Plus I have traveled twice in the last few weeks and now all of a sudden it is Friday again. I have no clue how this happened. I was tired and almost didn't post, but since it was Friday, I sacked up, stepped to the plate and jacked one up (and other ridiculous statements).

Anyway, why would I be tired you ask? Well, I played organized basketball for the first time in several months (probably since I left NI). We won, and handily at that, but I definitely was rusty (I somehow got a lane violation when shooting a free throw!?! I didn't even move my feet).

So, in preparation for our game next week, I've found a few basketball instructional videos to help me out. The first one features Laker Sasha Vujacic.


* HT: Awful Announcing

Why does that instructor falls for the weakest shot fakes - he makes Sasha like
"How?...What's going on?" Also, there is a bonus tip in that video: "If you're fading away its very hard to make basketballs baskets."

If you've got two more minutes to waste, here's another random basketball video that covers dribbling, passing, wearing hats and cheering.



That would have been way cooler with a Superbad dance effect. Either way, I should be good to go for next week now.

In other news, make sure you check out Wheezy's post this week - we had a good discussion in the comments.

Have a good weekend.

I Love Old School PSAs

I love old school stuff - hip-hop, video games and tv just to name a few. That said, I just finished plowing through 3 hours of the new American Gladiators and it was awesome. There were some people who didn't like it but let's go through some of the differences to see if they are just whining:

Host: Hulk Hogan is an improvement over whoever they threw at us previously.

Gladiators: This could really be split into three categories:
Looks: They are better now (except for Helga) but that could simply be the transition from the 90's to now.
Names: A wash. Are they cheesy now (Justice, Helga, Wolf)? Yes, but are they any worse than Malibu, Blazer, Laser, Tazer...
Skill: This is an area where the old school gladiators have a distinct edge. They just didn't mess up. Ever. These new gladiators have messed up in nearly every challenge.

Events: I haven't seen all of them, but it seems like they've beefed up all of the old events and brought in some new ones that are pretty good. To top it off, the Eliminator is now badass - a certified strength drainer.

I'm sure there's other things I could talk about but in general if you liked the old school show, you should like this one. It's awesome. I love throwback shows and I wish they would have brought this earlier. Also, one other thing you can't discount - DVR. The fact that I could watch a 2 hours episode in less than an hour is awesome.

You know what else that's old school that I love? PSAs. You don't really see them anymore, but when those things would come on, I'd always perk up to hear what these celebrities had to offer. There were some awesome ones and some ridiculous ones, like this one featuring Gary Gait*.



I have no clue who that dude is (I guess he used to play lacrosse), but I'm not sure that PSA said anything. I was expecting there to be another 20 or 30 seconds...but it just stops. I guess I'll just follow suit.

In any case, here's another PSA that you probably haven't seen.



See, you shouldn't smoke or drink and you should watch American Gladiators. Now even, the Skeet Thrower is helping society.

*HT: The Big Lead

While I'm Sexually Straight, You're Bound To Find I'm Mentally Gay...

Hey, everybody. I've been hanging out in Cali since Saturday morning and I wasn't sure what the Internets status was going to be. Turns out it was $10/day and I didn't want to pay for it because I can check my reader and email from my phone. Unfortunately, this meant I couldn't watch any videos and as such my posts were limited. Anyway, now I'm back, and, therefore, so are my posts. Ironically, the video(s) I'm showing you today I found a few weeks ago and I should have just written this post before I left so I could have posted it while I was gone...

As you all know, I love hip-hop - its part of me - and generally when I write about music it somehow involves hip-hop. Well, one part of hip-hop I really like is ridiculous white rappers like Paul Brogan with his NBA rap. Well, here's another guy named Bo Burnham that reminds me of me about 10 years ago when I was first writing things down for "freestyle" battles my friends and I would have (exercise caution on the language here).



There's some awesome lines in there - I'll let you pick your favorite (mine's in the title). Unfortunately, this appears to be his only rap video, but some of his songs are funny. Even though this is his first song, if he keeps improving his flow, he can hope to become aspire to become a Lil' Kev imitator (I'll preface this clip by saying the chick, Dee, spent the entire episode trying to figure out if they guy she was dating was retarded or not).



Keep working, Bo.

This Is One Six Footer I Can't Handle...

When I was writing yesterday's post, I kept thinking: "What am I forgetting? There's something...I just can't remember. Its kinda topical. What is it?" I ended up going with the Bonerama, but I knew I was missing something. Then I saw the video roll through my reader today and I began kicking myself because I had missed it.

Anyway, here is Scottie Pippen in a Mr. Submarine commercial from about 1991.



That is 28 seconds of goodness. The graphics, cheesy cheerleaders, Scottie Pippen (who was my 3rd favorite basketball player growing up) and best of all the line "This is one six-footer I can't handle one-on-one. Ladies, let's have a party!" only instead of an exclamation point, its said with something equivalent to a negative exclamation point.

I wonder if Pippen ever looks back on his commericals and laughs...



By the way, I thought this was topical because Pippen is trying really hard to get the Bulls coaching job. I doubt it happens, but, hey, they hired Bill Cartwright.

There's So Much To Do

...And so little time. With late night TV returning, I'm busy watching TV again (turns out Conan is still funnier than that idiot Craig Ferguson). Plus, I've been playing the new Wii game my wife got me for Christmas (I've included the box art on the right* so you can think about what I'm doing when I'm not on the Internets) and watching football, so I'm really busy. And by busy, I mean occupied because are you really busy when all you're doing is watching TV?

Anyway, I hope you had a good New Years' celebration. I had a good time in Austin, TX (also known as a Hellhole of Sin - that's a must for anyone from Austin), unfortunately, after the party (and the ensuing night's sleep) I had to drive back to Nebraska where I summarily lost my left testicle because it jumped off my body and ran back to weather above 0 degrees. Then I pulled up my computer and saw the 1000+ number in my reader. You'd think there's no way I'd pour through all of that, but I'd be pissed if I missed a funny video to start 2K8. Sooooo, here's a couple funny videos I found.

1) Here's Rainn Wilson (aka Dwight) having a tussle with a photographer. There's some NSFW language in there, so exercise caution. If you ever wanted to see an extended Dwight fight scene with R-rated language, this is it.



2) If you shot off fireworks for New Years, I hope you followed the safety precautions outlined in this (fake, Dutch) Islamic fireworks safety video.



That was apparently banned - I'm not sure if its because of the blatant stereotypism or the fact that everyone has gone and looked right into the heart of a maybe-lit firework wondering what is going on and people don't want to be reminded how dumb they were.

3) Also, if you didn't see the National Anthem played by a group of trombones on Fox the other day, watch the first 20 seconds of this clip.



Their name is Bonerama! How can they get away with this? I'm now going to start a band called "The Code Piece Conglomeration" or "Boxfest". Get my Rock Band set.

* There is no way in hell I'm playing this game, I just thought it was funny box art. Wait, how did this game get made? Seriously - its real.