Nobody was hurt in the making of this video… except the bush and the bike. Srsly.
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These college kids must have followed the same guidelines as these folks did with their dog:
Could have helped this kitten too:
Unlike real-life perfect storms, pop culture perfect storms are fun.
What entails a weather-based perfect storm:
What entails a pop culture perfect storm:
The first example is this:
The ingredients (of the PCPS, not the McDLT):
Another example would be Ghostbusters 2, partly due to this sequence:
The breakdown:
And then there’s always this old commercial featuring Glenn Beck (you can find irony on your own… just like the Ghostbusters):
This isn’t so much of a Happy Find as it is a Happy Discovery… But wait… I guess a find is a discovery, so never mind that.
Yacht Rock tells the untold stories behind the ignored sub-genre of smooth music that hit the radio waves between 1976 to 1984. Hosted by “Hollywood” Steve Huey, the collection of twelve shorts explains the mysterious origins of as many songs, starting with The Doobie Brothers’ What a Fool Believes:
The remainder of the videos can be found on JD Ryznar’s YouTube Channel, or more conveniently at Channel 101.
Sailing… Takes me away to where I’ve always heard it could be… Just a dream and the wind to carry me…
And soon I will be free…
This video promised to be cute:
Aaaaaaah! Quick! Clean the palette! Clean the palette! (Video auto-starts so I moved the too-cuteness to after the jump) Read More
(Not So) Artistic Meeting of Artists
Ryan Star meet Ryan Starr.
One was on a reality show for singers and did not win. There other was on a reality show for singers and did not win (well, he won a car, but not the show, Rock Star: Supernova).
But the one that won a car also has a new song on the radio (aside from a song on a movie soundtrack, the theme for a TV show, and various other sporting events):
Needless to say, I’m beginning to feel like he’s the health care plan (“They took our jobs!”), Justin Beiber, or the Kardashian sisters – he’s getting shoved down our throats… through our eardrums.
Look, I actually kind of like the song, but it could have been released by David Cook, David Archuleta, Kris Allen, or Daughtry (see where I’m going with this)… It feels mass-produced, processed, programmed. Even the video is cloying. But again, I had to use Shazam on my iPhone twice to figure out who sang it. Twice.
So let’s get down to this name thing. Ryan Star as a name sounds… derivative. Not only because he shares it with American Idol Season 1 contestant, Ryan Starr (the extra R adds some flavorr), but also his surname with this motley crew:
Ringo Starr
Ken Starr
Captain Lone Starr
Rock Star
Mon*Star
BraveStarr
Patrick Star
In closing, and in Ryan Star’s defense… Star is the middle name his hippie parents gave him, but considering Tiffany Ryan Montgomery changed her name to Ryan Starr after some advice from Paula Abdul, that should speak volumes about your final choice.
And for the record Mr. Star, Ryan Kulchinsky will always be better than r.star.
Is it just me, or does this song sound about thirty years too late?
Considering that’s the goal of singer La Roux, then job well done. I was going to write more about them (they are a duo under the guise of a solo act), but I digress…
I wanted to shine some light on a memory this current song drudged up… ever hear of Swing Out Sister?
They don’t sound the same. Usually when I post about two songs like this, I state that. But in this situation I’ll admit that the synapses were bridged, and nothing more.
May either one or both get stuck in your head today.
So long. Farewell. Auf weidersehen. Goodnight. (How about that little ear worm for you?)
Mr. Me-Oh-My and the Meh Men
Not every generation is the greatest. It could be argued that not any generation is, but who am I to say.
What I want to evaluate today are the Actors! that either breed other Actors!, pull their sibling(s) into the biz, or make it to Hollywood courtesy of extended family or heritage, and if the next of kin is up to snuff.
This idea came to light courtesy of two recent “entertainment” offerings: The Karate Kid remake, and the TV show called The Good Guys. Is it possible that Jaden Smith and Colin Hanks are worthy (eventual) replacements for their superstar Actor! parents Will Smith and Tom Hanks? Time will tell, but my advice is this… wait until Shiloh Joile-Pitt and Suri Cruise battle for the fate of the world.
In creating these lists, I was hard pressed to find very many instances where the remakes were better than the originals (only two, as a matter of fact – check my answers at the bottom). What do you think?
LIKE PARENT, LIKE CHILD
SIBLING REVERIE
MULTIPLE BRANCHES
EXTENDED FAMILY
HONORABLE MENTION
UNFORTUNATE COATTAILS
THE CLEAR WINNERS
What? Don’t tell me Donnie’s performance in the opening of The Sixth Sense was better then Marky Mark’s Funky Bunch of film work. And of course, George = no contest.
(Did I miss any?)
This is an oldie I forgot about. I’m not upset. It forgot about me, too.
This was sort of like a Happy Find of the Hibbidy-Wah?! kind. It was originally on Everything is Terrible’s website, and it caused them a world of potential hurt. Luckily someone else finally re-posted it, and Warming Glow brought it back to my attention:
And this little factoid will never leave my noggin:
(via Zany Pickle via The Daily What)
(Not So) Theatric Poster
Much like our friends and family (but not our nose), we can’t pick our dreams. Sure we can influence them, but it’s still the subconscious that gets the final say.
For instance, I recently dreamed about a pair of entirely different movies and their REM-rendered interpretations were off, odd, and, quite frankly, awful.
First up to bat – the above teaser poster. I didn’t envision the look of it (nor the amount of time it took to make it look like passable junk). The plot of The Secret of My Success 2 came through to me like a whisper in the night. Well, maybe not a whisper… more like a coughing hack.
The CEO of McDonald’s and his wife were having marital problems. In stepped me/Michael J. Fox… I/he suggested that the CEO sing this to his wife:
“Ba-da-bah-bah-bum… I’m lovin’ you.”
Boom! I/he became a success at McDonald’s! And it was our little (second) secret!
The other dream involved me seeing a sneak preview for a flick that hasn’t even hit theaters yet – The Expendables.
Suffice it to say, there was a switcheroo in the middle of the movie (a twist filling, if you will), and the bad guys killed off all the Expendables except for two…
Tough Guys: Topher Grace and Jay Baruchel
The smoking baby from Indonesia may not be the first of his kind, but he’s definitely getting David After Dentist level of media attention.
In case you have (somehow) missed it, the video (via Break) is… moved to after the jump due to auto-starting issues.
(SIDENOTE: I would have went with a YouTube video, but you can’t trust any of those to stay. So now I’ll imagine you skipped ahead to the bottom of the page, or clicked on the above link, and I’ll be moving on.)
If you think that’s scary, then you haven’t seen this (via Cooley!):
From "Inappropriate Golden Books: Movies R Fun!"
Hmm, not working, eh? Perchance a toy of Bat Boy might throw you for a loop (via Comics Alliance)?
I wasn't aware he wore cut-off jean shorts.
One more thing and I give up. How about another misappropriation of a teddy bear? This time, it’s in robot form from Fujitsu (via Crunch Gear):
Hrm… That’s all I got.
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