Stephen Colbert

Since the summer I have been watching Stephen Colbert's TV show "The Colbert Report" on ifilm.com. For those who haven't seen it, it is a parody news programme similar(ish) to The Daily Show with John Stewart. On it, Stephen Colbert (in character)impersonates right wing news personalities like Bill O'Reilly. About a month ago on his show he announced that he would be running in the Presidential Nomination race for both the Democrat and Republican parties - but only in the state of South Carolina (where he's from). A couple weeks later, the Democrats announced they wouldn't be letting him run.

The reason I'm writing about him isn't because his show is so funny (which it is), but because as a result of his announcement, he started doing a lot of TV interviews in character. This brings me to my point: while on his TV show he has writers, the interview situations are off-the-cuff and I love his ability to improvise and keep a straight face. He never gets stuck!

Here is an interview that I really liked on a serious show called "Meet the Press". Even thought Stephen Colbert is in character, the interviewer tries to treat it like an interview with any other political candidate. Its so funny, check it out, there are 2 parts:

Part 1


Part 2

Flight of the Conchords

I've been meaning to make a post about Flight of the Conchords for ages. They are 2 music playing comedians from New Zealand. Last year they were given their own show on U.S. TV which I watched while we were in Canada. After the first few episodes it went a bit downhill but there were some really funny songs in the first few episodes, check them out:

This is the very first song in the first episode and still the greatest:

You're So Beautiful


I've picked a live version of this song because on the TV show they cut too much funny stuff out of it:

The Humans are Dead


Think About It

Older, Balder, Fatter, Shorter

Crazhy daft hand skillz yo

Before rap was black

A few weeks ago Macka posted the Paul Brogan video on his blog. It's just about the funniest thing ever. Well I found out the guys who made that have this site called BenandEric.com where they post their videos. Here is another funny one:



Also, that funny or die website that the video is hosted on is good.

Pikeys in Nikes

Tonight I was checking out some of the culture of our most beloved "ethnic minority"... Traveller bare-knuckle boxing! In this video theres 10,000 pounds of (stolen!) prize money for the winner. It's not quite Kimbo Slice territory, but its still pretty entertaining.

"Have ya had enough paddy?!" "FINISH HIIIIM!!"


The real reason I'm posting though is to show you guys this funny prank call. It seems to be some guy from a place called Balla (?) phoning "The King of the Pikeys", probably some bare-knuckle boxer. I don't really understand whats going on but anyway, enjoy it.


*EDIT* I know it would be weird, but is that prank caller Ciaran Murphy from Off The Ball on Newstalk 106. Anyone know that guy?

Calamity James

The only thing missing from the following video is some David "Calamity" James goalkeeping. Its hilarious footballing clips, and one of my favourite ever songs.

Apologies for the sausage!

Flagrant Censorship

The idea censorship can be a controversial subject. Used by the conservative as a means of protecting innocent minds; the stereotype goes that, as students, it should offend our liberal sensibilities. But what if we reversed the idea of censorship, and rather than hide the bad things, we use it to create offense and vulgarity where there was none before. I think it would be ingenius because it would please neither the conservative or liberal, but create laughs for the flagrant like you and me.

Click to play:


P.S. FUCK YOUTUBE! They remove one of their own 'director' movies?!

Stop putting shit on our bodies David Blaine!

I know this is a really popular video on youtube but I only found it the other day, so maybe some of you haven't seen it either. I think its a pretty funny impression of David Blaine.



and the sequel:

More Beatboxing Flagrancy

Even though I have already posted about this guy, it wasn't enough. At the time of my last post I didn't realise that the guy in the video is the current UK beatboxing champion. His name is "Beardyman" (as he used to have a beard) and he sometimes joins up with an MC and together they are "The Gobfathers". He has been on the BBC show "When Will I Be Famous" and some channel 4 documentary.

Even though this video doesn't show his ridiculously flagrant beatboxing skills (such as doing accurate reverses, and singing and beatboxing at same time), it shows the humour he always puts into his routines which is what I like so much.



Search "beardyman" in youtube and you'll get some other videos, but definitely visit his cool website. For a perfect example of just how good he is, go to this page and listen to "Tim Shaw Audio". It is amazing.

Flagrant Beatbox Entertainment

I found this video on a site called The Fame Game. It seems to be an interesting site where people upload videos of themselves performing various talents, and cash awards are given out to the best videos every month.

I haven't looked around the site much yet. But I found this and thought it was cool:

Engrish

Isn't it fun and flagrant to laugh at foreign people trying to speak english? Yeh it is! And nobody speaks funnier english than Asian people. That's why one of my favourite websites is www.engrish.com. Its basically just a site with pictures of signs and products, mostly from Asia, which have unintentionally hilarious Engrish transrations. See for yourself!

Double entendre?

This comic book panel is supposedly from a more innocent age when the writer was unaware of what other meaning the word "boner" would take on in the future. I'm not sure if I believe that or not, but the fact that it was published is fucking hilarious.

I wonder what gadget Batman has on his batbelt to deal with the Jokers boners...

I found these pictures in an article called the "Top 15 Unintentionally Funny Comic Book Panels". Check the rest of them out here.