Category Archives: Comedy / Humor Media

‘The Calculendar Commercial’ video (Rebecca Black – ‘Friday’-Inspired)

Posted on April 1, 2011 by Kevin

Have trouble figuring out the days of the week? You need The Calculendar! (Available in many languages.) This TV-commercial parody was inspired by the lyrics Yesterday was Thursday, Thursday Today it is Friday, Friday [. . .] Tomorrow is Saturday … Continue reading →

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‘Spot the Ambiguity’ video

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Kevin

Steven and Brandon have a misunderstanding. Can you spot the ambiguity? Link to video Closed-captioning (CC) and transcript available.

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‘The Time That’s Spruced With Pine’ (my video)

Posted on December 20, 2010 by Kevin

After a short, original light-verse poem, hear about Christmas and Japanese New Year’s and learn some Japanese words related to New Year’s. Link to video Closed-captioning (CC) and transcript available.

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Funny video: ‘Don’t You Just Love Working in an Office?’

Posted on October 10, 2010 by Kevin

Youtube videos are not all stunts/cute animals or else (near-)professional content. There are also simple, low-budget amateur videos that are well-written and well-performed, such as katinatreesee’s video “Don’t You Just Love Working in an Office?” She plays a slacker office-worker … Continue reading →

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The Force is strong in these GPS voices

Posted on July 12, 2010 by Kevin

[Obligatory Yoda inverted word order here insert you may.] The folks at TomTom are selling Star Wars voices for their GPS devices and seemed to have enjoyed the making of behind-the-scenes videos of the recording sessions. The Yoda one has … Continue reading →

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Buffy (and SNL) ‘much’ much?: Slang research with Hulu.com, Part 2

Posted on June 8, 2008 by Kevin

[EDIT (6/7/10): I broke this long post up into two posts.] This is Part 2 (Part 1) on finding early uses of American slang and colloquialisms from the television clips and episodes on Hulu‘s (language corpus of) shows from NBC … Continue reading →

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SNL NOT!: Slang research with Hulu.com, Part 1

Posted on June 8, 2008 by Kevin

Having trouble finding early uses of slang and colloquialisms? If you’re looking for instances of American (and possibly Canadian) ones, the television clips and episodes on Hulu from NBC Universal (NBC, USA Network, Bravo, Sci Fi, Sundance Channel, Oxygen) and … Continue reading →

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‘A Mother’s Dictionary’: List of new meanings for old words

Posted on May 9, 2008 by Kevin

Straight Goods [EDIT (6/7/10): archive access requires free subscription] has a “definition list for new mothers,” with new meanings for familiar words. My favorites are: Family planning: The art of spacing your children the proper distance apart to keep you … Continue reading →

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In-joke: ‘Drillbit Taylor’

Posted on April 21, 2008 by Kevin

In the movie Drillbit Taylor, some high school boys are looking for a bodyguard to protect them from a bully. They settle on Owen Wilson after interviewing others like Adam Baldwin, who tells them hiring a bodyguard is a stupid … Continue reading →

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L.A. County Coroner humor

Posted on April 21, 2008 by Kevin

On episode 13.1 (2008) of the Globe Trekker TV series (also known as Pilot Guides and formerly known as Lonely Planet), they traveled to Los Angeles and Hollywood and took in the L.A. County Coroner’s Office gift shop. Along with … Continue reading →

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