Month: August 2020

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Internet Finds

Supercut Saturday, part two: Burger Fiction’s collection of supercuts

Burger Fiction, whose “thing” is making movies about movies, have put together an impressive set of video supercuts. Here’s a sampling.

Here’s one featuring one-liners uttered before a kill…

…and one with one-liners delivered immediately after:

This supercut will make you hungry…

…this one will make you laugh…

…and this one will make you jump out of your seat (and laugh, too, since it includes the “Large Marge” scene from Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure:

This supercut features PG-rated cursing without cursing:

Here’s the first of two supercuts featuring improbable and improvised weapons…

…and here’s the second:

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Internet Finds The Current Situation

Supercut Saturday, part one: All the times “Pinky and the Brain” ran for office

Here’s 9 minutes of material from Pinky and the Brain featuring the titular mice taking a political approach to their big plan: Trying to take over the world. It features lots of appearances from politics who were at large in the ’90s, many of whom are still active today.

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It Happened to Me

I saw this at the drugstore, and I have questions

  1. Do people in the U.S., who are notorious for not being able to locate other countries on a map, know Switzerland is land-locked and therefore wouldn’t have a navy?
  2. Is it “military grade” lube? (And you know what “military grade” really means, right?)
  3. Would anyone think that just as Swiss Army knives are like the ones issued to Swiss soldiers, Swiss Navy lube would be like the goop issued to Switzerland’s — ahem — able seamen?
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The Current Situation

Thursday videos, part three: “Heroes of the Pandumbic”, which is only 4 months old

Yes, I wrote about The Daily Show’s Heroes of the Pandumbic video back in April — a mere four months ago — but it’s worth watching again, considering that:

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The Current Situation

Thursday videos, part two: “Wake Up” — the Lincoln Project’s hilarious “Trump voter wakes up from a coma” ad

The Lincoln Project — of whom Florida’s very own Rick Wilson is a member — recently put out this amusing long-form ad (it’s 6 minutes, 25 seconds, but worth it) titled Wake Up.

It tells the story of a Republican voter who had a bad accident three and a half years ago and has just come back to consciousness. His family has gathered around him to tell him what’s happened since the accident, and well, hilarity/anxiety ensues.

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The Current Situation

Library and Archives Canada’s clever meme reminds you that Googling and “doing research” AREN’T the same thing

Library and Archives Canada, the department of the Canadian government charged with preserving and sharing Canada’s documentary heritage, have really upped their social media game. They recently used the classic “Batman Slaps Robin” meme to explain that “I’ve done the research” does not mean “I did some Googling, and found a nutcase web page that supports my pet conspiracy theory.” Nicely done.

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The Current Situation

Thursday videos, part one: The worst president’s worst interview

Jonathan Swan *is* the face of 2020. Tap to see at full size.

You’ve probably heard about Donald Trump’s trainwreck interview on Axios, but in case you haven’t seen it yet, I’ve posted it below for your…information? Entertainment? Abject horror at the fact that this jabroni is the head of the executive branch, has (hopefully well-managed) access to the nuclear codes, and a fanatical following of a sizeable chunk of the more aggrieved, hostile, gullible population of the U.S.?

Fast Company did a round-up of the most shocking-but-not-really surprising moments in the interview, which you should read along with this summary of interviewer Jonathan Swan’s facial reactions in those moments: