The Funny Video of the Day selections and Web links from About Humor. (External Web sites may remove videos without notice.)
Hippo and Dog: The Lion Sleeps Tonight
The classic song by The Tokens is lip-synched by a singing hippopotamus and a dancing dog in this animated music video on YouTube, reported to have been produced by Pixar. Cute. (04/20/08)Yiddish With Dick and Jane
Found at Revver: "An educational recitation from the best-selling parody, 'Yiddish With Dick and Jane,' by Ellis Weiner and Barbara Davilman." It's like being back in the second grade, only with Yiddish! (04/19/08)Left-Handed Discrimination
At last, my plight has champions. This student documentary on "the perils of being a lefty" dissects the oppressive social stigma of not being a member of the majority, those freaky right-handed people. View the video at YouTube. I'm going to go host the telethon.... (04/18/08)Skull Thumper and Farting Hands Musicians
From News From Me: Bill Cullen hosts a 1976 quiz program, I've Got a Secret, with guest Rodney Dangerfield introducing his new talent discoveries, Vance Colvig, Jr. and John Twomey. The gentlemen present a concert manipulating their body parts. That's entertainment -- and bruises and blisters. (04/17/08)'He's Dead, Jim!'
Dr. McCoy and the crew were in a bit of a rut on the original Star Trek television series, as seen in this montage of clips on view at YouTube. (04/16/08)Bike Bloopers
A TV show compilation of wild bicycle and other wheeled catastrophes is on view at YouTube. Ride on over and watch out for that tree. (04/15/08)The Laughing Quadruplets
Adorable infants get the giggles courtesy of Daddy, The Funniest Man in the World! From America's Funniest Home Videos via I Am Bored, enjoy this diaper rush. (04/14/08)Your Show of Shows: This Is Your Story
Courtesy Like Television.
Via The Funny Site of the Day, excerpted from the blog:
"While reading the compilation article entitled 'The 50 Greatest Comedy Sketches of All Time,' what miffed me were the jaw-dropping exclusions, topped by this live TV spoof of This Is Your Life, from Sid Caesar's Your Show of Shows."...This Is Your Story may be the greatest comedy sketch ever broadcast. It certainly is my favorite, largely because there is not a safe reliance on words carefully parsed in advance, but instead there are funny men fully in the moment and at the combined height of their brilliance." (04/12/08)
Mascot Bloopers 2008
Life inside a sports team mascot's suit can be brutal, as seen in this series of mishaps at CollegeHumor, which adds, "Most embarrassing part? The same actor was in all of these suits." (04/11/08)More With the Cat of 1000 Faces
©Jonathan Howells, used by permission.
Bonus videos via The Funny Site of Day: A new master of disguise is on the horizon -- and the couch. His name is Hugo. Look into his eyes and into his videos at YouTube. (04/11/08)
