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X-Men Go Comedy

Friday, January 2nd, 2009

This one is particularly funny to me, considering a few things:

1. Studios have a horrible tendency to think that a popular movie will make a successful television series (see: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off), so I could totally see Fox doing something like this with their X-Men franchise.

2. My wife is currently pregnant, so I could totally see her acting like this… minus the shapeshifting, of course, which is why it wouldn’t be nearly as funny as this clip from Funny or Die.

Warning: does contain minor explicit language/concepts

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Why So Serious? You’re a Toy!

Tuesday, October 7th, 2008

I’m not usually a fan of video mashups – taking the video from one source and the audio from another and creating something new. They are far too frequently a poorly done art. When they’re done right, however, they create something phenomenal. That’s the case with this offering found on YouTube, which takes one of The Dark Knight‘s trailers and depicts a slightly different battle…

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Birbiglia on Showalter

Monday, July 14th, 2008

Mike Birbiglia is a hilarious comedian we’ve recently been turned onto. He pointed out this video clip of his appearance on The Michael Showalter Showalter. Showalter tries to set up gags for Birbiglia, but he ain’t biting:

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I can’t say I’m crazy about the video, just because the awkward humor doesn’t always play well. However, if you haven’t seen Birbiglia’s Secret Public Journal stand-up special, it’s definitely worth checking out.

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