It took three days to move the retired space shuttle Endeavor from LAX airport to its permanent home at the California Science Center 20 km away. This sped-up version shows highlights of the trip in less than three minutes, and … Continue reading
The folks at LG create an evil practical joke as a commercial for their flat-panel monitors: by … Continue reading
… and the response cracks up the audience: by … Continue reading
Senator Al Franken (D-Minnesota) spent most of his life as a comedian and writer, and he still occasionally does deadpan jokes, as here: by … Continue reading
Aside from his role in likely preventing a Republican majority in the Senate, Representative Todd Akin (R-Missouri) isn’t an important figure, but he says enough odd things to be interesting. Most notoriously, he claimed in a television interview that women … Continue reading
“Life Is Hard for the Walking Dead” as performed by a talented bunch of zombies: And here’s a related scene that, like the one above, gets better as it goes along: The film this comes from is a zombie comedy … Continue reading
Once again Fox News has been caught editing a tape to create a false impression: Obama had pointed out during the second presidential debate that the day after the murder of the American ambassador in Benghazi, Libya, he had referred … Continue reading
The WDR Radio Orchestra of Cologne (Köln) Germany surprises passersby in Wallrafplatz with what is possibly the best-known piece of music from John Williams: by … Continue reading
The following is a political ad and one would not expect it to be objective. But the contents strike me as factually accurate and the criticisms fair. It has the bonus of being often funny (in a disturbing way). by … Continue reading
German speakers are tough. (Warnung: Naughty English words make an appearance.) Best YouTube comment, from TinaReyMusic: “Ouch. He might wanna put some ice on that.” by … Continue reading