Have You Heard? About the Bird?

If this isn't the Second Coming of a Rick Roll, I don't know what is:

and, the absolute best part of the episiode:

EVERYBODY knows that the Bird is the Word!

- El Capitán

Awk-waaaard...

I've got the good Doctor Ogo to thank for BOTH of the gloriouly awkward videos brought to you today.

First, we'll take a look at a quick little video from this morning's edition of The Early Show on CBS, during which Bryan Adams (you know - the Canadian Springsteen!) declares the TRUE meaning behind the song "Summer of '69." (Note: This one IS ad supported):

Repeat after me: "Awk-waaaard..."

Next, we visit a young Shawn Johnson (you know - the "other" Olympic Gold Medalist). She's got VERY strong feelings about Ortega brand Taco Sauce:

Once again: "Awk-"

Eh, you know the rest...

-El Capitán

(Sesame) Street Cred

I'll tell you what - lately, there seems to be a growing trend of using Jim Henson's furry little friends in as many viral videos as possible. And frankly, they're pretty fucking hilarious...! Here's the best of the bunch (be sure to watch ALL three!):

JKL's Unnecessary Censorship - Sesame Street Edition

(Thanks to Tommy for that one...)

Bert & Ernie Gain Street Cred


and finally...

Hilarious Muppets Bloopers

Bwah-ha-Ha-hahaha-HAHA-ha!!!!!

The air is sweet, indeed!

-El Capitán

I Sit On You, Lint Licker!

From the phenomenally hilarious to the udderly strange...

Babs and Mr. A-OK (Ryan) may not know it, but they had the recent chance to get me hooked on a new guilty pleasure, Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! This show is just too strange for words, with various short skits featuring animation and live action stars (including John C. Reilly, David Cross, Bob Odenkirk, and Will Forte).

So today, I lead with one of the strangest bits I've seen on the show:

Now on to the ad game, and the one that's been sticking out in EVERYBODY'S minds (and vocabulary) lately (this one is SFW, although the tone may not indicate it). Here is the extended version:

Seriously - not a day goes by lately that I don't hear somebody referred to as a "Lint Licker" or a "Cootie Queen!"

I leave you today with what is probably the best (read: "funniest," NSFW) bit in this post (one that had me laughing harder the longer it went on) - a video brought to us by Sr. Mario J.:

"Who designed this fucking level?!"

Seriously - I'm crying!!

Until next time, true believers - Stay Dirty (and or Awkward)!

-El Capitán

Revenge, Soap, and Milkshakes

It takes something like this to get me back into the blogospheres...

(Let me preface this by saying that the videos below are worth EVERY second of your time - you WILL NOT laugh harder for quite some time - or at least the next 10 minutes.)

As I've blogged about before, Jimmy Kimmel and Matt Damon have had a little "feud," shall we say, going on over the years. Matt has been invited as a guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live countless times over the past few years, only to be shuffled off stage as Jimmy conveniently "runs out of time..."

So a little while back, Jimmy's girlfriend, Sarah Silverman, presented Jimmy with a music video she had produced just for him, to let him in on a little something that had been going on in her personal life. Here's that video (as sent to me by Sammy, Ariel, Heather, my mom, and several others):

"She's f*cking Matt Damon!"

Fast forward to last night... Jimmy took the opportunity of a lifetime - his cushy post-Oscar telecast - to deliver a little revenge. And as we all know from the Klingon proverb, "Revenge is a dish best served cold." Here's Jimmy's video retaliation (fucking CLASSIC!):

"He's f*cking Ben Affleck!"

Seriously - that one is like a who's-who of A-listers, right? Like a We Are The World for Gen-Y!

Before I leave you with that, I've got a few other thoughts that have come across my scattered brain lately:

Did you know that there's a difference between a Lotion Dispenser and a Soap Dispenser?

Neither did I - until I had a strange visit to Bed, Bath, and Beyond recently. Part of decorating my new house has been the accessorizing of the bathrooms. I bought a nice looking (and still masculine) set for my bathroom, which included a dispenser that wouldn't dispense. Upon my attempt to exchange said dispenser for a working model, this tasty bit of knowledge was dropped on me. The solution offered by the store manager: "Just dilute it with some water - it'll work fine."

It does, but I still feel a little cheated with my watery-soapy-goo-dispenser...

Can anybody tell me the difference between Durmot Mulroney and Dylan McDermott?
How about Taye Diggs and Tyson Beckford?
And Jon's wondering how to tell the difference between Michael Madsen and Tom Sizemore...
I'm just sayin...

I haven't plugged in my PC in over two months (in fact, it's still sitting in my trunk) - and I'm OK with that... LOVE my MacBook and my iMac...

I'm SO happy to have LOST back!

Finally, a brilliant clip from this past Saturday Night Live (the first back from the strike), and an homage to Daniel Day Lewis' Oscar winner, There Will Be Blood:

"I drink YOUR MILKSHAKE!"

Thanks for your patience... I'll be back much sooner next time!

-El Capitán

"Yata!!"

An iconic moment...

I really love Hulu.

-El Capitan

Groundhog Day

No, I'm not making reference to the classic (and hilarious) Bill Murray movie about getting a second (or third, or fourth, or fifteenth chance to do your life over), although any post would be lucky to have such a topic.

No, instead, I'm referring to the date of Groundhog Day - February 2. February 2, 2008 to be exact. It can't come fast enough.

That my friends, is the tentative date for the LOST Season 4 premiere!

Need a fix in the meantime? Well, you've got a few choices.

First up - the official LOST site @ ABC.com. What's there, you ask? A great NEW video - the Orchid Station Orientation. This one just begins to delve into a little bit of time shift!!

Need more? For the 13 weeks prior to the start of the season, ABC is treating us to Mobisodes - both on cellphones and on a sub-site at ABC.com. Known as the Missing Pieces, these little clips fill in some blanks that we may not have thought about before - just whetting the appetite that much more... (Mobisodes 1 and 2 are up now, 3 is coming Monday.)

Finally, I was playing around a little more on Hulu, and found this great SNL clip, which got me thinking again about the upcoming season:

Now quick - somebody get me to February - NOW!

- El Capitan

Hulu

This morning, I FINALLY got in on the private beta for Hulu - the new streaming web service from Universal Media (NBC, amongst others)... Thought I'd try to give it a whirl by embedding this clip from the ALWAYS hilarious 30 Rock:

Seriously, how can you NOT love Katrina Bowden (oh, and the show too.. yeah... that's it...)

This can actually be really fun... You can watch an entire episode of a show, embed that episode, or take your own clip from that episode... Here's my first attempt - one of the funniest scenes, from one of the funniest shows on TV - The Office:

"Nailed It!"

-El Capitan

Random Goodness

Just a couple of things on my radar today:

Britney Spears is calling her new album Blackout. Seriously.

It's Kid's Week on Jeopardy. The big winner: a white kid named "Kizzle"

And finally...

Upon watching a commercial tonight for the new allergy drug Veramyst, I read the following line at the bottom of the screen:

The way VERAMYST works is not entirely understood.

Here, check it out for yourself (about 14 seconds in):

Am I the only one who finds this strangely hilarious AND troublesome at the same time?

That's about it for now... More to come soon...

-El Capitan

Sorry, Roger - You Tiger Now!

Every once in a while, there comes along a commercial that just makes you El Oh El... We were just talking about this particular commercial at last night's Florida Panthers home opener...:

"Sorry Roger - you tiger now!"

I think that one's safe enough to file away with this favorite of ours:


-El Capitan

Chuck!

Every once in a while, a show comes along that draws from all sorts of different walks of life... After having just seen the pilot episode to the new NBC show Chuck, I'm pretty sure this will be one of them...

First of all, it's got action. Add in a dash of comedy. Throw a few bones to the fanboys (Apple, XBox and Twitter references). Finally, add in the insanely hot (and insanely Australian) Yvonne Strahovski (as per the official site, although IMDB lists her as Yvonne Strzechowski) - To be honest, I really can't wait to see the next episode of this one...

Here's to hoping NBC doesn't screw the pooch on this one!

-El Capitan

Miss Teen South Carolina...

...for the hearing impaired:

Seriously - this makes me VERY nervous for the future... At least she'll be able to rely on her good looks (in a couple of years, when she's old enough to be hot, of course...)

In the interest of keeping at least a few brain cells, please enjoy the once-hot, always brilliant, Tina Fey:

I feel much better now...

-El Capitan

Call Judd Brown NOW... or else!

So I'm watchin' Good Eats (a.k.a. my guilty pleasure) when mid-show, a local (read: "Comcast-produced") commercial comes on.

Normally I try not to pay much mind to the commercials other than the genius Starburst ads or those spots that run during the SuperBowl "Big Game," but this one in particular, for some reason, caught my ear:

Is he serious?

Does anybody else feel slightly nervous about asking this guy to help them out?

"I'll get you out of foreclosure, and in turn, I'll only take out one of your kneecaps..."

-El Capitan

Guillermo Bourne Ultimatum

For those of you who don't watch the brilliant Jimmy Kimmel Live, Jimmy has a long standing joke with/against Matt Damon, in that every time Matt is scheduled to appear on his show, he is scheduled for the last slot on the show, and subsequently gets bumped for a later date. In fact, to bring you up to speed, here's a clip reel from Jimmy's Anniversary/Salute To Jimmy episode that gives lots of those moments:

Well, now Jimmy has worked his way into Matt's film career, as he's made "arrangements" to have Matt bumped from his own film in favor of a new star, the "younger, hotter, Mexican-er" Guillermo - his parking lot security guard:

¡Clásico!

-El Capitan

New Office Policy - Swear Jar

The Gordon Group needs a swear jar...

I need to institute this policy SOMEWHERE in my life... If it's not at the office, definitely among the Friday Night Freeloaders:

Can I borrow your pen?
(Silence)
Can I borrow your F*CKING pen?

-El Capitan

Fuck YES!!

It's real!! It's REALLY real!!

"I wanna dip my BALLS in it!"
-Louie

-El Capitan

T.J.-Who's Yo Mama?

Now's the time when things start to get good...

I'm entering my 8th year in a Fantasy Football league filled with 24 (!) players - most of whom I've either brought to the league, or become great friends with through the league... Today, we received our draft order (I'm stuck with 8th AGAIN) and our schedule (strategizing to take out B-Boy in Week 1!).

This, of course, got me reminiscing, and thinking about a commercial for NFL.com's Fantasy Football setup that forever changed Fantasy Draft Day:

"Championship!"

August 18th can't come soon enough!
(I feel like I said the exact same thing last year!)

-El Capitan

Morale Booster

I know I've said it before, and I'll say it again... I HATE Peyton Manning. I'm sure he's a good person, but between my love for Da Bears and The Gators, Peyton Manning is Enemy Number 1.

That's why it pains me to post yet another clip from his SNL hosting stint from a few weeks ago.

NBC ran the best of '06/'07 last night, this clip was among those repeated. I didn't realize how funny it was the first time I saw it, but after repeated viewings, it only gets funnier and funnier (especially watching Bill Hader, Kenan Thompson, and yes, Peyton Manning, fall apart into their towels in the background)

Check it out:


It's a little long, but trust me and try to watch the whole thing - it's bloody hilarious, and gets funnier and funnier as the clip goes on...

-LBC

"Wrong Sounding Muppets"

Just because it was the topic of discussion at dinner last night... (and because it's funny as shit!)

"Wocka, Wocka... Who wants to hear a funny-ass joke?"
-Fozzie Bear

-El Capitan

NBC ♥'s Spidey

Last night, during another "killer" episode of Heroes, NBC gave us a preview - for a preview - for an HD preview of scenes from the upcoming Spider-Man 3. To borrow from Microsoft's recent advertising blitz, all I can say is "Wow!"

I'll bet you'll have the same reaction, and here's why:


(Click to enlarge...)

5.4.07 can't come soon enough!

-El Capitan

Is that Journey? It is Journey...!

Honestly - who's ears don't perk up at the opening notes of Journey's classic hit, Don't Stop Believin'?

Apparently singing along to the song makes the strangest of bedfellows (as evidenced in a somewhat recent episode of Family Guy). Here's a prime example:

Dallas Cowboys quarterback, Tony Romo, and Mr. Belding?

Yes, you read that right. Apparently, at a recent show by heavy metal/hair band throwback rockers Metal Skool in Cali, Romo and Dennis Haskins (Mr. Belding, of Saved By The Bell fame) jumped on stage to join the band in a rousing rendition of the classic.

Still sound too weird to be true? Here's the video!

"Just a small town girl - livin' in a lonely world...
She took the midnight train, goin' ANYwhere...
Just a city boy - born and raised in south Detroit
He took the midnight train, goin' ANYwhere..."
-Journey

-El Capitan

Sweep The Leg

Coming soon...



Some of you already know about this... Others, not yet... You will...

I hope to have much more information after this weekend...

In fact, nothing would make me happier...

-El Capitan

Namaste

Below is a compilation of 53 separate video clips that have been shown throughout The LOST Experience (it's only about four and a half minutes long). Their purpose? To make me crave the new season that much more...



October 4 can't get here fast enough! Thankfully, the season premiere is the night before I leave for vacation... (Then again, maybe I don't want to be flying overseas after watching a show about a plane crash...?)

Enjoy the video!

-El Capitan

Live Together, Die Alone

Is there ANYTHING more exciting about tonight than this?



12 hours, 44 minutes to go...

-El Capitan

The Cereal Killers

(Note: Video is now WORKING)

For those of you who haven't checked out Robot Chicken yet, it's a genius blend of claymation and stopmotion capture, abusing some of your favorite pop culture icons in the process... And who do we have to thank for all of this? Seth Green, of course...

(One small step for man... one giant leap for short people!)

Check out The Cereal Killers, for instance. You had no idea how your favorite cereal mascots spent their time off TV, did you? This will completely skew your view FOREVER:

"So I says: 'Forget about me blue diamonds. I'm worried about me blue balls, you whoo-ah!'"
-The Lucky Charms Leprechaun"

(And by "Whoo-Ah," of course I mean "Whore." But you already knew that, didn't you? Damn, you're smart... I just don't type Irish very well.)

Bloody hilarious! One of the funniest things I've seen in a VERY long time...

You can find the rest of Robot Chicken airing during Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming lineup.

-El Capitan

The Carlton!

Seriously - How can you NOT laugh at "The Carlton?"



Classic!

-El Capitan

Traffic Rap

So "Jenny," the traffic reporter for WXII (Channel 12 - Greensboro/Winston Salem, NC), was driving into work one day when the idea struck her like a bolt of lightning:

"Why don't I try something new? How can I reach out to the youngins' of The Tarheel State? Maybe if I *rap* the traffic report, it'll get through to them... I can save LIVES!"

Why didn't somebody stop her?

Word!

I'll give her an "A" for effort, but honestly - let's hope she doesn't quit her day job...

-El Capitan