Another New Sketch from Human Giant

Three Brothers Carpet


Carpet Monkey!!! Almost as awesome as Trunk Monkey but far more homicidal and frightening

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Travis Pastrana is Out of His Mind

Really who needs a parachute to jump out of a plane?

That really takes a special special sort of person

"Right before we jumped, I had a moment. I thought, in two seconds, I'm going to be his last chance for survival. It's all up to me now," Palmer says. "Then I looked at Travis. I've seen a lot of people jump, and I've seen a lot of fear. And there was none."

You can read more about the jump here (like it happened in October-who knew?!) and while it's not Joseph Kittinger falling from space it is still really...wow

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David Blaine Is Really Creepy

But his magic is straight street, yo.
Here is “his” Street Magic 4

and in case you need to be reminded here are
David Blaine’s Street Magic 1

2

and 3


Stop it you demon!
ZaOza

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Title

this video is a little hard to describe, or maybe it's incredibly easy. It's The World.In Words. and it is really amazing


The Child
Alex Gopher
Director: H5
France

I wonder what that song is? Does anyone know?

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There Is Nothing New Under the Hollywood Sun

Be Kind, Rewind starring Jack Black and Mos Def and directed by the magical Michel Gondry is a movie that I really want to see.
In case you don’t know what I’m talking about here’s the trailer

Looks really good and really original, right?
I actually remember last night as I was watching a commercial for it I remarked to the boy that at least there is still some creativity in the Industry.
From The Amanda Show, 8 years ago

Whoops.
Obviously Amanda Bynes is the only real genius and creative force left in Hollywood…I’m glad good ol’ fashioned internet investigative journalism was on the case

But with all that being said I still feel “Be Kind, Rewind” will be “Better (Much Better)” (said in a vaguely Greek accent)

[UPDATE: here is the "Be Kind, Rewind" trailer-sweded! Starring Michel Gondry

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The World is Freezing

The Great Freeze of '08 continues

Y'know that original ImprovEverywhere masterpiece of a Frozen Grand Central?
if you don’t (or are too lazy to click on that link) you can watch it here


Well it seems to be catching on as the cold storm heads South affecting these Virginia Tech students fall under the spell of the Freeze

and now it can be seen as the Great Freeze spread across the Pond reaching this London square


Now that you mention it I have been bundling up for the last few days...
But seriously can people “freezing” combat global warming?
Art can change the world!
Someone should look into this.

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Human Giant Season 2 Preview

Going Viral.
There are many different ways to get "internet famous". Some less painful and permanent than others

Season 2 starts in March; get excited people

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Semi Groh-l

Will Ferrell and Dave Grohl doing their thing, like they do, that thing, as they are
Lovers forever, face to face

::swaying with lighter held high::

Is that a real song because I'm kinda diggin' it

UPDATE: Apparently it is a real song by Stevie Nicks and Don Henley
Leathers and Lace (yet I don’t it’s about BDSM)

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And don't you know that it's just you, hey Jude, you'll do

OMG alert this is probably the cutest thing ever
If the Beatles were to be begin today this kid would definitely be "The Cute One." Watch as he outshines Paul at his own song and performs Hey Jude

I love how he tries to hit that high scream that Paul does and of course he's little "L"s as "R"s
I want this kid-he's so heavy

Then you'll begin to make it
Better better better better better better, oh.

Na Na Na Na Na Na, Na Na Na

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The Pit Breakup

In honor of Valentine’s Day here’s a pretty elaborate and entertaining break up, because breaking up is the pits

That stills holds up even after a year- that really was huge especially in the Triangle. Yeah it turned out to be fake but even if you knew that it’s still really cool and funny, which is a rare compliment for me concerning Carolina Kids, but what can I say UNC grads can perpetrate frauds pretty darn well

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OMG! Cuteness Overdose!

excuse me as I go all girly but AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW



and I adore the description on its College Humor page "This kitten was found nuzzling up to a sneezing bunny rabbit while a 5-year-old girl giggled and called them "aminals."

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If This Were The Daily Show Then This Would Be Your Moment of Zen

So. Oddly. Mesmerizing.

I can’t stop watching.That dude is totally America.

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With earplugs in, it’s less dangerous

Smells Like Teen Spirit as performed by ukuleles


and “The ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain” as seen on Later...With Jools Holland

How bizarre!

Dear god what would Kurt think?

Though to be fair it’s still a thousand times better (in a purely unironic way) than “this” the Hackley School Massacre

(p.s. I love the description on the youtube page
"This is the entire god-awful performance. Quite possibly the worst cover of any song ever recorded in the history of the universe. Enjoy!")
( p.p.s. why couldn’t they perform on the stage which is right behind them?)
(p.p.p.s this one is pretty awful as well but not nearly as earnest and they’re Italian so I’ll cut some slack)

Oh well. Whatever. Nevermind.

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The Lego Dark Knight

Because everyone loves Legos, they make anything even better and somebody had too much time on their hands here is an almost shot by shot remake of the Dark Knight trailer as re-envisioned with Legos

but well done, guy. The sun is outside.

and for comparison’s sake


Hmm, I guess I had never actually seen the real official trailer. But that movie could be really intense.
I do wonder, however, what the other trailer would look like. I heard that Warner Brothers was trying to shift the focus onto the Harvey Dent Two Face character, who supposedly has a more prominent story line (with the Joker just like a destructive comet blazing across the scene) but I’ve really seen nothing with him and I kinda want to. Personally his character’s conflict seemed a lot more interesting.

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It's time to meet the Muppets

This campaign really has sparked a ton of interest and enthusiasm and in some cases that interest and enthusiasm is shown by: deciding which actors would play the candidates http://midnighttransmission.blogspot.com/2008/01/casting-inevitable-2008-campaign-movie.html, or which candidate looks like which breed of dog http://midnighttransmission.blogspot.com/2008/02/dog-lovers-guide-to-presidential.html, well now we have a new entry into the Presidential Twinnies extravaganza- which Muppet looks the most like each “candidate”
I’ve always wondered this myself.

(Charles Grodin is a muppet? That explains so much.)
Oh Barack, you really are the most sensational inspirational celebrational Muppetational

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Monday Morning Cuteness

Oh, if this were my kid...

Ha! Such a natural born entertainer...I love it

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Frozen

Improv Everywhere
Grand Central Station
Number of Undercover Agents: 207
The Mission: Freeze in place at the exact same time



That’s really really cool and the way the camera panned made them look like some tableau. That would definitely freak me out though

Tegan & Sara- Frozen (live) [download]
Of Montreal- The Frozen Island [download]

Have you ever looked at the word "Frozen"? it looks fake

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Too Much Testosterone Presents….

comBaton


Oh,boys….


About the League

It was originally called Baton but was changed to comBATON shortly after the patent was issued in 1998. The name was derived by combining the words combat and baton due to common letters. It is a game of combat with the baton as the focal point.

The first practice was staged on November 20th, 2004 in Lake Mary, Florida. The inventor and patent holder, Steve Blanton, had been looking high and low to find someone to help develop the game but could find no one with enough imagination to see the potential. It took approximately ten years before someone was found that would help in the endeavor.

David Turnbull, who is the president of the A.A.U. Tae Kwon Do Association for the state of Florida and operator of two schools in the Lake Mary area, was approached by Steve. "It was like striking a vein of gold", as it was described by the patent owner. David had an unusually large lot of young black belts, some with 2nd and 3rd degrees, that were willing to play the game and help develop it.

There were 10 or 11 players that showed up for that first practice. Only a few basic rules were discussed before the players took to the field. David was also a player as well as taking over the coaching chores while Steve officiated. "It was amazing to see how instinctive the players interacted in a team concept," Steve later said. "They took to it naturally."

From that day forward David has been a prominent force in the development of the sport. More practices were scheduled at the Lake Mary soccer field and more players became involved. Another team formed in Spring Hill, Florida under the supervision of Brian Schneider, an owner and operator of a school there known as TaeKwonDo America. Paul and Ginger Allen got involved with their school at the RDV sports complex in Maitland, Florida. Wendi Turnbull, David's wife, helps manage the Lake Mary team. Parents from both teams have been instrumental in helping the sport along.

It is the intention of the league to become an international sport with a world playoff system. It is also the league's intension to convey the spirit of the marital arts and bring the martial arts community under one roof. To be an example for the world to follow on and off the field. That is, to respect others, to respect their property, to be courteous, and when off the field to fight only to defend. To develop moral and ethical conduct among the youth in every community around the world with discipline and honor. Something that our world greatly lacks today

That's a noble goal indeed. So far there are only two teams: “The Samurai of” Lake Mary and The Ninja of Spring Hill but with the popularity of like the MMAs, and guys hitting each for sport, the skies the limit

About the game
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omBATON has some similarities to football but instead of blocking and tackling, players contact their opponent(s) with martial art kicks. Two teams play on a field approximately the size of an Arena Football field, there are 6 players on each team. A baton is used as the focus of the game as would a football, soccer ball or basketball would be for their games. The offense has control of the baton. The offensive player with possession of the baton can score on their opponent's goal pole by dislodging it with a martial art kick. Around the goal the strategy has similarities to basketball in that the baton can be thrown to teammates in order to find the open player in position to shoot on the goal and score. Take-downs and grappling are permitted on each end of the field in an area known as the strike zone
“its kinda like cricket, lacrosse, football and martial arts exhibitions all wrapped up into one.
the points system is this: 3 points for any standing kick, 4 points for any jumping kick up to 180 degrees and 5 points for any 360 degree spinning kick. The only way to stop the guy with a baton, and thus the advance to the goal, is to kick him off his feet or just so hard an official stops the action for a reset
if opposing teams possess the baton at the same time, they have a "Fight Off" which means the two guys get taken to a circle to battle it out over who gets the right to hold the baton.”

(here are more videos that perhaps explain the game better )


Kung Fu Football- now that’s catchy

and here are the rules

I found out about it from this website (I don’t like saying or writing its name-it’s disgusting)

Well, I guess it's not as bad as using the severed head of an enemy as a ball...

comBaton.com

P.S. I wonder if they watch this speech to pump them up beforehand


Rugby guys are hot

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Dramatic Lemur

The audience is listening,this lemur is looking.
(Meanwhile Dramatic Chipmunk keeps keepin' on)

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Look At Me!

And now for something completely and totally different
"The writers of the "Colbert Report" amuse themselves at the expense of a congressional hearing during the writer's strike."

Ah Code Pink, god bless those girls and Viva La Ron Paul Revolution- get your Amero's now.
I love serious political discourse
(the guy who kciked them out did not look amused

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