Would David Hasselhoff win America's Got Talent?
Oct/01, 2008; 01:18 PM Filed in: Culture
Good, funny stuff
When I
was a senior (in high school), believe it or not, I
was the theater guy. I did all the lights, sound,
sets, and production stuff. Charlie Todd was a guy
who went to the same school as I did, and I remember
him as a seventh grader taking huge interest in all
of that stuff, too.
Fast forward 17 years, and Charlie is now a leading part of a group called Improv Anywhere (which he started). They do hilarious things.
Yesterday I was reading a friend from seminary’s blog, and lo and behold-- there’s Charlie doing his thing:
Fast forward 17 years, and Charlie is now a leading part of a group called Improv Anywhere (which he started). They do hilarious things.
Yesterday I was reading a friend from seminary’s blog, and lo and behold-- there’s Charlie doing his thing:
(HT: Stacey)
Not taking ourselves too seriously
Jun/16, 2008; 08:17 PM Filed in: Church Life
| Culture
At the
recommendation of my St. Louis friend Steve Hughes, I
started watching Last
Comic Standing on NBC
this summer. Funny stuff-- I’ve always enjoyed
stand-up comedy, and this is a fun reality show.
On the first show, a pair came on that really hit on something good. They present themselves as a “Christian folk duo with a message” and (after looking them up on the web) I think they really are Christians who are also comedians and want to poke fun at the sub-culture that has, sadly, emerged as perhaps representative of Christianity in our world. Here’s their first clip:
On the first show, a pair came on that really hit on something good. They present themselves as a “Christian folk duo with a message” and (after looking them up on the web) I think they really are Christians who are also comedians and want to poke fun at the sub-culture that has, sadly, emerged as perhaps representative of Christianity in our world. Here’s their first clip:
April Fools' Funnies
Apr/01, 2008; 03:45 PM Filed in: Culture
The
technology world loves April Fools' day. Probably
because so much of the "news" in technology lends
itself to speculation (and let's face it, techies
love to think about the "next big thing") the world
of tech news loves to take advantage of this climate
of anticipation and exploit it on April
1st. There's
a freedom in this realm of culture that would
probably cause a lot of trouble in other parts of the
mainstream media; I've learned that, when I read
through the tech news online on 4/1, I read with a
skeptical eye.
Here are the funniest (and cleverest) ones I found this year:
PC Actor Charged with Assault. "How do you like them apples?"
Introducing G-Mail "Custom Time." A great idea for really messing with peoples' minds.
April Fools' Stories You Shouldn't Believe. A funny collection of non-headlines.
I'll add more if I see them.
UPDATE: two more...
Wikipedia, the online (and community-edited) encyclopedia, offered a fun spin on their regular "On This Day" piece on their front/main page.
You might also enjoy their fictitious front-page Article of the Day on Ima Hogg.
Here are the funniest (and cleverest) ones I found this year:
PC Actor Charged with Assault. "How do you like them apples?"
Introducing G-Mail "Custom Time." A great idea for really messing with peoples' minds.
April Fools' Stories You Shouldn't Believe. A funny collection of non-headlines.
I'll add more if I see them.
UPDATE: two more...
Wikipedia, the online (and community-edited) encyclopedia, offered a fun spin on their regular "On This Day" piece on their front/main page.
You might also enjoy their fictitious front-page Article of the Day on Ima Hogg.