Video: Dear Sister

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Ok, so like every guy, I have never seen an episode of "The OC". I tell you this because, guys, I need you to watch three minutes of the show to get this parody. Girls, you should have no problem with this, it's the final minutes of the last episode of the 2nd season.

So SNL came up with another one of their funny digital shorts (one of the only good things going for the show right now in my opinion) and its a parody of the OC scene. Now this aired last weekend, so the timing couldn't be any worse with the VT thing. It has been taken down off the NBC site and you can't find it on YouTube. So watch it before it fades into obscurity.

I laughed pretty much the whole time, but it might take some time for others to warm up to it. The song is Imogen Heap's "Hide and Seek" if you were wondering. (But, why were you wondering?)

Oh and mmm watcha' say?

UPDATE: Since we're on the subject of parodying the OC scene I thought I would post another one. Warning! Huge "Lost" season 2 spoilers ahead... [Link]

UPDATE 2: Ok, so this looks like its been parodied by almost everything now. Spoiler warning ahead for the shows below. As in, don't click them if you haven't watched the show and plan to.

24 [Link]
The Departed [Link]
The Office [Link]
Looney Toons [Link]
3 Stooges [Link]
Monty Python and the Holy Grail [Link]
Seven [Link]
If that's not too ridiculous for you, I give you World War 2 [Link]

Video: Shawshank Alternate Ending

See, I think this video is funny, but I find the story behind it to be a little bit funnier. This film student at a university was doing a little editing work, splicing a few movies together, and decided to have a little fun. He invited a few friends over to watch The Shawshank Redemption, friends that had never seen the movie. If you haven't seen it, it's a pretty moving drama and is regarded among movie-goers as one of the best films ever. If you don't believe me, just look where it's at the Internet Movie Database's Top 250.

Anyways this kid doesn't touch the material until the famous "Brooks scene," which is near the end of the movie. And it's a pretty long movie. So basically, you have a really good drama going. A bunch of people watching it for the first time and are pretty into it and then this happens. We can't imagine what those people thought after watching this, because we are in on the joke. We are watching only the clip and we know that we should expect something different. I just know I would be rollin' with laughter if I was in that position.

So you see, it's not great humor, but the story behind it makes it a little better.

Music: Three Great Songs You Can Listen To For Free!

Since I've been gone a while, I decided to share three songs that I personally love that you can download for free. I realize these are a little old, but who cares??? Free tunes!! A little triple treat for you all...


Actionslacks - Folding Chair
Never heard of these guys before I downloaded a few of their songs from 3hive a few months back. Like most mp3s I get from that site, I listened to this one once and let it in my iTunes library for a while. Fast-forward to about a month ago when I was getting tired of listening to the same old music and just put a bunch of 3hive music on my iPod. Luckly I hit this song on shuffle and have loved it ever since. The simple chords at the beginning of the track are enticing enough to let it play through. And you'll be glad you waited, because I love how this song builds and builds until about the 2:00 mark. The chorus is rather catchy. Hell, the whole song is catchy and I recommend you at least give it a listen.

3hive- Actionslacks

Note: Another good song on 3hive's Actionslack mp3 list is I Hope This Makes it Easier for You. It's not as good as Folding Chair, but it's a fun song if you listen to the lyrics.




Freezepop - Freezepop Forever
I'm going to show a little bit of the geek in me by linking you to this, but Freezepop is catchy as hell. Plus I wanted to have a little variety in this little grab bag. I first got into them through a videogame (the ONLY time this has happen, I swear!) and have loved these guys ever since. They are very, very weird though. I think the cd cover speaks for itself. Open minds people! Hopefully you can do this and enjoy the great music that Freezepop produces.

Unfortunately, the song is not available to download for free on the site. However, they do have their "music video" of it on the site, so you can still listen to the full song and download it elsewhere.

Freezepop Forever Music Video

Note: Like this song? Try Super Sprode and Science Genius Girl, two other catchy songs by Freezepop.





Justin Rutledge - Don't Be So Mean, Jellybean
I've been really getting into live acoustic music lately and when I found this on 3hive I instantly liked it. Rutledge has a great voice, but I think its great that he gets the whole crowd into it. The lyrics are simple, but very mellow and makes for a good listening experience. That catchy word is going to make an appearance in this track review too. It looks like his second album just came out and I bet that it is pretty damn good. I'll let you guys know if its buyable.

3hive - Justin Rutledge

Note: Gotta like slow and moody music to enjoy this other great track: Special.

Video: Shoes

These shoes rule! These shoes suck!

I think you have to many shoes. Shut up!

And just...

Shoes!

This one has been on the internet for awhile, but I'm suprised that there are a number of people still out there that have yet to see it. Let me be the one who introduced you to its awesomeness. It starts off really, really weird and you are going to want to turn it off. Don't. Let it get to the 1:02 mark before greatness sinks in because it only gets weirder from there. It gets so weird that you just can't turn it off.

If I haven't peaked your interest yet, try this...

- It is the 10th highest rated YouTube on the site.

- More than 10% of the people that watch the video have favorited it.

- Finally, over 9,000 people can't be wrong...

So get over to YouTube, because Blogger is dumb and won't let you embed YouTube videdos anymore.

Oh yeah, and...

Shoes!

Website: Blue Ball Machine

Sorry for the near-month hiatus (that means break for all of you that slept during vocab review sessions in high school). I've been trying to find a job and although still unsuccessful, I need something else to occupy my time and this blog is it. So without further adieu...



Short and sweet. That's what I'm liking about this next entry. YTMND sites are usually little gimmick sites that might, just might, get a chuckle. But, then there is this. This page will take you seconds to load, but I swear to you, you will pay attention to this sucker for at least five mintues. SO much detail. Have some fun trying to follow a ball all the way from the top to the very bottom.

Blue Ball Machine

Event: Nightmare on Elm Street Re-released in Theaters

So, I ran across this and thought it was pretty cool. Evidently, New Line Cinemas is going to be re-releasing the original 1984 movie Nightmare on Elm Street as a tie-in with a new dvd special edition that is being released soon. It is only going to be shown on September 20th and September 21st in select theaters. A little over 100 theaters are participating in the re-release and thankfully it seems the showings are pretty spread out. I just hate it when a "limited release" means the film will only be shown in LA and NYC. The movie will be shown in four theaters here in Ohio, which is astounding compared to past limited release films' placement. (That's when Indianapolis doesn't seem that far from Dayton.)

I am by no means a die-hard Nightmare on Elm Street fan. Actually, I find the horror genre to be pretty blasé. Most (not all) of them are pure formulaic exploitation films. Good horror films need an interesting plot and not just filler for "cool" death scenes. (I'm looking at you Final Destination.) However, the original Nightmare on Elm Street is better than 95% of the recent entries in the genre. So, relive the 80s for a night if you're up to it...

I hope you like...

Big Screen Events

Video: Der Computer Nr 3

Postnote: Sorry, but I am having problems embedding the video on the site right now, I'll try to fix this ASAP. Click either the picture or the link below to see the video.

Note: It's probably better to play the video while reading the article.

Ok, I guess I am making this Weird Music Day by posting Weird Al early today and now this. Somebody linked to this video making fun of the way this girl dances. It is kinda funny, she moves very much like a nervous robot (sorry best way to describe it.) But, after the video ended something happened. I played the video again, but this time minimized the window. Yeah, I kinda fell in love with the song. It is so damn catchy.

I did a little research and found that this is a famous French singer named France Gall and she was preforming in a German 1960's American Idol-type show called Deutscher Schlagerwettbewerb. The song is not on iTunes and you can only buy the song through an expensive CD import. Needless to say, I have been just playing the song through YouTube for the last few weeks. I have searched high and low on the net trying to find translated lyrics, but no luck. I did however find the German lyrics and had them translated through good-old Babelfish. You can get the gist of the lyrics, but as you can see, its a little jumbled...

Der Computer Nr 3

The computer NR. 3 looks for for me the correct Boy,
and the love is guaranteed for both thereby.
The computer knows exactly for each man the correct woman,
and the luck falls at the moment from its card index.

Because one of many millions, waits for me somewhere.
(largely: einszwoundachtzig, collars: 39. shoe size: 46. stop!)

The computer NR. 3 looks for for me the correct Boy,
and the love is guaranteed for both thereby.

For a long time if I was lonely, ' am heut I falls in love,
and only is like that, because there are the technology and the science and electron brains.

The computer NR. 3 looks for for me the correct Boy,
and the love is guaranteed for both thereby.
The computer knows exactly, for each man the correct woman,
and the luck falls at the moment from its card index.

Because one of many millions, waits for me somewhere
(alto: 22 years, black hair, by occupation representative, characteristic: Money such as hay)

The computer NR. 3 looks for for me the correct Boy,
and the love is guaranteed for both thereby.

The song is way ahead of its time and a couple of people I have had listen to it were suprised it came from the 60s. Sure its a little quirky, but I find it extremely catchy. Besides, its not like you listen to any German-singing Frenchwomen anyways. What are you? A racist? Give it a try you bigot.

I hope you like...

France Gall- "Computer Nr 3"

Music: Weird Al

I, like most people that will admit they ever liked him, enjoyed Weird Al's music when I was a kid. I mean come on, we all had that guilty pleasure back in the day that was known as Amish Paradise. The man has been gone from the parody song genre for a good number of years now. He's been camped out in VH1's studio for a long time. I think Weird Al has the longest streak for continously being on their "Best of..." series. And thats saying alot, because there are people on those shows that can't find work anywhere else and just love reminiscing about slap bracelets, the Tootsie Pop commerical, etc. I always felt bad that Weird Al was on those shows and associated with nobodies like Gilbert Godfrey.

Anyways, Weird Al has a new album coming out soon. I know...FINALLY. I'm kidding folks, its been a lonnnnggg time since I called myself a fan of his work. I just happened to run across his Myspace page and saw that he had some new material. I think some of you might get a kick out of it. He has two original songs, that are ok. Don't Download This Song is going to be his new single and its...ok. It would have been funny three or four years ago when music piracy was all over the news. The main reason I am passing this along is because I think some people out there would like to hear Weird Al parody a new song. (Maybe just one???)

He messes with James Blunt's ever-so-popular ballad "You're Beautiful" in You're Pitiful. It's not bad and I thought the beginning of the song was pretty funny. If anything guys, check this one out. As an added bonus, he has Amish Paradise on there, so at least you can reminisce away (just like on VH1!!!).

By no means am I recommending this, but I just thought some of you would get a kick out of it.

I hope you like...

www.myspace.com/weirdal