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Complete with unintentional underwater videography. A few successes somehow made it into this compilation. Link: https://youtu.be/RbE6BKJ2drQ by … Continue reading
Category Archives: Funny comedy humor
I recall that when Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) was released in 1991 a lot of people complained that the star in the title role, Kevin Costner, didn’t speak with a British accent. Of course, a few centuries ago … Continue reading
John Oliver once again tackles an important subject with intelligence and humor. This time the target is standardized testing, something kids are apparently now subjected to literally every few weeks. As he points out, in theory it makes a great … Continue reading
Jack Pearl is little remembered today, but in the early days of radio he was famous for playing Baron Munchausen, a character with a thick German accent who would recount ludicrous adventures he claimed to have had, responding to skepticism … Continue reading
Apparently McDonald’s is trying out a design-your-own-burger kiosk in some of its restaurants. Here someone attempts to create the maximum possible burger with reasonably amusing results. Among other things, he discovers a bug in McDonald’s point-of-sale software, and McDonald’s might … Continue reading
Astrophysicist and science educator Neil deGrasse Tyson is notorious for advocating Pluto’s demotion from full planet status, something a lot of people intensely disliked, especially when the International Astronomical Union voted to formally reclassify it as a “dwarf planet” in … Continue reading
You might remember the Brazilian television program’s fake elevator prank I posted a little over two years ago at this link. Here’s an even more elaborate one from the same folks, this time apparently done with the cooperation of a … Continue reading
John Oliver and HBO’s Last Week Tonight take on another important subject, this time patent trolls. These are outfits that buy up patents (often overly broad ones handed out too carelessly by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office). Patent trolls … Continue reading
Apparently I’m easily amused. Link: https://youtu.be/N1uJqeQczyE by … Continue reading
Once again John Oliver and the staff of HBO’s Last Week Tonight offer up a segment that’s entertaining, informative, and even important. This time he talks about the Internal Revenue Service, the part of the federal government tasked with enforcing … Continue reading