I’m a big fan of blogs that simply focus on a single topic with an interesting premise, and then update a few times a week. Some of my favorites are Hot Chicks with Douche Bags, Shit my Dad Says and This is why you’re Fat, as well as a relative newcomer to the game called People of Wal Mart - a site that spread like wildfire after it was introduced in 2009.
In fact, People of Walmart is becoming so popular that people are making videos as a tribute to the site… and these videos are becoming wildly popular on their own! The embedded video was created by someone named “J Dirty” and does a great job of putting lyrics to the hilarious pictures contained on the site. Excellent work J Dirty!
Be sure to both listen to the video and watch the photos… they will make you laugh and cringe at the same time!
I have a new YouTube phenomenon that I’d like to describe:
You watch a viral video and it’s funny. However, since you watch like 50 videos a day, you really forget about how funny it is. Months later, you see the video again and are reminded by how absolutely awesome it is! That happened with me in this faux-commercial about an Energy drink called Powerthirst. This ficticious energy drink is advertised much like a monster truck rally commercial, yet more hilarious.
Rather than bore you of my analysis of why this video is so great, I think I would be better off just displaying quotes and features of Powerthirst:
Gratuitious Amounts of Energy
SHOCKOLATE – Chocolate energy. It’s like adding chocolate to an electrical storm!
Sound the alarm, you’re going to be uncomfortably energetic
What’s that, you want Strawberry? Well, how about RAWBERRY. Made with lighning. Real lightning.
Sports, you’ll be good at them. It’s an energy drink for men. MENERGY!
These aren’t your dads puns. Turbopuns!
You’ll have so much energy. Just running ALL THE TIME. Power running, power lifting, power sleeping, power dating, power eating, power spotting, BABIES
You’ll have so many BABIES. 400 babies. Give shockolate to your babies and they will be good at sports.
They will run as fast as Kenyans
Ok, I give up. Transcribing this video is giving me an ANEURISM.
I’m not really into the whole Brett Michaels/Rock of Love thing, but I’m posting this anyway because one of my 5 readers, Stephanie, demanded that I add it. Here you go, Stephanie!!
Brett Michaels gets dropped-do I need to say more?
I’m pretty sure that Brett Michaels is bald, at least that’s what they were saying on the 93x Morning show the other day. They are also wrong all the time, so who knows. If you know more info about Brett Michaels, please leave a comment!!
Mr. Jones is at it again, and this time it’s with his new venture; a BBQ joint that also gives Foot Massages. Sounds as delicious as it does sanitary. Last time he was hawking Truck Rental and Storage, this time he’s got a BBQ place. The premise is simple, as Jones says: “We’ll Fry everything you want for $5.99… anything that’s edible, we’ll make it delcitable. ” – Can’t argue with that logic.
He even tells you to visit his web site, which is actually a subdirectory of his home page for the Storage business. www.jonesbigasstruckrentalandstorage.com/jonesgoodassbbqandfootmassage.html. That’s a mouthful.
If you’re hungry, this is the place to go… well, unless the video makes you lose your apetite. If that’s the case, then you can certainly just utilize their foot massage service, where they massage your feet with BBQ sauce. Nummers!
Gotta hand it to Mr. Jones for his persistence. I hope that these aren’t real ads, but they are very funny and the URL’s in the videos actually work.
The WTF Blanket / Snuggie makes a comeback… and basically ruins everyone’s lives. I still hate the Snuggie as much as I did last time I wrote about it, but I still feel compelled to post about it.
Under Cover at a Snuggie Party
The good folks at Funny or Die came out with a fake expose about the Snuggie and the dangers that people face when wearing them. Most of the dangers revolve around laziness, which makes sense, because Snuggies are for lazy people who suck at life. If you are too lazy to watch TV with a regular blanket, then you have bigger problems than cold hands.
Sorry for the slow posting of videos lately, but I have been out of town and am getting caught up. Here is the sequel to the Cleveland Tourism Video I posted a few weeks ago. The sequel video follows the same tune as the first, only this time it’s a lot more cynical and the language is a bit aggressive.
Apparently there is no shortage of negative aspects to Cleveland, because the singers are able to pick apart several more shortcomings of the city. Having never been to Cleveland, I cannot tell how true these are, but I’m guessing they have a fair amount of accuracy. At the end they say at least we’re not Detroit. This is probably accurate too. However, when I was in Detroit, I stayed in a really nice place and really enjoyed the city… so what do I know.
Here is a list of the things that these musicians find wrong with Cleveland:
Under construction since 1868
See our river that catches on fire… it’s so polluted that all of our fish have AIDS
Flats look like a Scooby Doo Ghost Town
Don’t slow down in east Cleveland or else you’ll die
Our economy’s based on Lebron James
Buy a house for the price of a VCR
Our main export is crippling depression
We’re so retarded that we think this is art
It could be worse though, at least we’re not Detroit. We’re not Detroit!
This video might be a little older, but I just noticed it today for the first time.
I have never flown Southwest Airlines (because they didn’t service Minnesota until a week ago), but I have heard nothing but good things. If this video, where a flight attendant raps the normally mundane instructions you hear on every flight. He does a pretty good job too!
I fly a lot (probably 1-2 trips a month), which means I hear these instructions about 30-40 times a year. If this guy were on my flights, I think I’d have a much better time!
Hopefully this is a new trend in rap; flight attendant on southwest airlines, then recording contract. It would be a big departure of the normal path taken by rappers, minus the ’street cred.’
Came across this today and I laughed out loud. I have seen the commercial for the “Snuggie” blanket several times and every time I see it I get pissed off at this stupid ass product. It is like a open ended muu-muu for morbidly obese and/or extremely lazy people.
The block colors of gross red, ugly blue and hideous light blue make this thing extremely unflattering. It’s basically a back-less wizard robe. Only if it were worn by the worst wizard in the history of wizardry. Or the gayest. I wouldn’t even be afraid of this wizard. I’d taunt him with Hogwart’s jokes and then sneak attack him from the wide open back part of his stupid snuggie dress. Then I would belittle him for wearing a snuggie!
Even better is the fact that my friend Lashara actually bought a pair of Snuggies for her and my girlfriend as a joke. Great joke Lashara! Glad that your purchasing kept on funding these retarded commercials! Your two snuggie purchases lead to 2-4 more crappy commercial viewings that made me want to wash my eyes out with bleach.
Fortunately for us, someone in YouTube land created a video making fun of this retarded product, and I was compelled to post. Enjoy!
My favorite line:
“Well Morons, now there’s hope with the new ‘What the Fuck Blanket’ “
Most of you have seen this one before, but I thought I would post it as part of a new ongoing segment where I highlight Viral Videos that I have enjoyed immensely over the years. It doesn’t get much better than this one; the quintessential WOO WOO You Tube video.
For those of you who don’t know, the premise behind the video is a local Oakland news station doing a story about the hottest (and stupidest) trend in car modification; whistle tips. When cars start off down the street, tips attached to the car muffler make a whistling noise as they speed off. I’m assuming it’s pretty annoying, and I can understand the premise behind the story. The funny part is the interviews that they do with the proponents of Whistle Tip; Namely Bubb Rubb and his little sister (aptly named lil sis).
During the interview, Bubb is very candid in his advocacy of the whistle tips trend. The humor comes during his demonstration of how the whistle tips sound.
My Favorite Line:
That’s only in the morning. You supposed to be up cookin breakfast or something… whoo wooo!!
My friend Stephanie sent this to me today and I thought it was post worthy. Not sure if this is meant to be a real commercial or if it’s a joke, but it’s pretty funny!
Mr. Jones is a man who has a lot of space available for storage. Unlike U-Haul or an easy storage place, this guy will store it for you… and he’ll only charge you $10.99. He even has a web site, which I am happy to link to: Jones Big Ass Truck Rental and Storage. He is also drunk! I probably would not trust him to store anything that I own… with the exception of my VHS tape collection. They are just collecting dust right now.
I’m a big fan of blogs that simply focus on a single topic with an interesting premise, and then update a few times a week. Some of my favorites are Hot Chicks with Douche Bags, Shit my Dad Says and This is why you’re Fat, as well as a relative newcomer to the game called People of Wal Mart - a site that spread like wildfire after it was introduced in 2009.
He even tells you to visit his web site, which is actually a subdirectory of his home page for the Storage business. www.jonesbigasstruckrentalandstorage.com/jonesgoodassbbqandfootmassage.html. That’s a mouthful.
Here is a list of the things that these musicians find wrong with Cleveland: