I dig Kenny Mayne's pieces. This one is great. "It's Jerry Time!"
Check out this ROBOT CHICKEN clip (posted by sabinaelrod). Love the reaction by Optimus when he gets a prostate exam...
One of my favorite scenes from EXTRAS (courtesy of ExtrasSEries2).
"It's like a Picadilly Circus in here."
alexlloyd69 posted this clip, featuring one of Tim's best pranks, where Gareth falls for it hook, line, and-- well, you know the rest...
Yet another U.K. OFFICE clip from vanillabuzz. Keith absolutely rules. And this clip also gives a great example of why Ricky Gervais is such a master of comedy: three simples words "Always the same."
What if Gareth had become a cop instead of an Assistant (to the) Regional Manager? One shudders to imagine...
Another great OFFICE (U.K.) bit; this time courtesy of vanillabuzz.
One word: clueless.
One of my favorite bits from the U.K. OFFICE courtesy of wdb81. "It's got YOUR name on it."
I couldn't find the bit about half a yardstick (still rules), but "theguyotc" posted this bit that includes the line "power against power".
Not a bad track listing if I do say so myself. It runs the gamut from his first song to his most recent. There's some rocking songs, party songs, serious songs, ballads; some that feature his voice, others that feature his guitars. Some that you just need to sing along with, and others that you don't dare try to sing. And, most importantly, they are all his songs (or ones he put his own touch on). You can play any one of them, and say "This is a Sammy Hagar song."
So, I'm going to sound the call out again: who is your favorite artist? Who are you an expert on? Make a Best Of mix that tells a novice everything they need to know about your favorite. [One of my loyal readers is a Hagar expert himself, so I'm curious to hear what he thinks (you know who you are).]
Write a comment to this post with your Best Of, or e-mail me at teameckblog@charter.net, and I'll work it into a post. As I said in my last post, there are no right or wrong answers. There are no right or wrong artists. This is just suppsoed to be a fun exercise-- and maybe a little way to brag about what you're an expert on. Do a track listing of 15-20 songs that you'd play for someone who wanted to know what your artist is about; what "their sound" is. And, for fun, throw in an oddball you really like as a "bonus track" (for Hagar, I'd probably do one of his guest appearances on another artist's album).
I'd like this to be a summer-long project. Send your Best Of for a favorite band and then spend some time on another artist. I could do a Hagar one, a non-solo career Hagar, a Van Halen one, a Roth-era VH, a Hagar-era VH, a Best of Eddie Van Halen. Hell, I've got all but one of Roth's albums, too, so I could even do one of his. Make a workout album like I posted about a few months ago. The possibilities are endless.
And you may be surprised by what happens when you do it. I made a Traveling Wilburys mix for my four-year old that had Wilburys tunes (the ones that weren't too adult-- amazing how being a parent of little people changes your outlook) and Jeff Lynne and Tom Petty songs from around the time of the supergroup. I couldn't even put all my favorite tunes in due to content and whatnot, and I was amazed by how much I actually liked the album anyway. It totally brought me back to that magical time in my life: high school. It's also funny to hear my little guys sing songs that I just couldn't help but sing along with in front of them (I do not have a good singing voice, so I tend not to sing around them at all).
So, hey, have fun. If you're shy, don't tell me your name (and if I know it, I won't offer it unless given permission).
Who knows, you might just create a new fan for your favorite artist. The friend I made the Hagar mix is becoming a fan because of me. The Hagar expert I hoped would share his thoughts on my list? Who do you think turned him on to Hagar? Do the same for your favorite.
Orel is a very enthusiastic young Christian who wakes up early and listens to a song about turning the other cheek. One day, school bully Walt punches him to the ground. Orel is ecstatic because he can finally turn the other cheek. He tells his friend Dougie that he's going to teach Walt a lesson, and he turns his other cheek. And Walt gives him a second black eye.
This goes on, day after day. Orel gets beaten to a pulp, and he enthusiastically asks for more.
Soon though, his mom is worried because Orel's clothes are getting so bloody. She takes the problem to her husband, who sees no problem that she has to wash clothes every day. ...Until she informs him that she has to double her laundry detergent budget.
Orel's dad asks him what's going on (because it's so bad that his wife has to talk to him, and "no one wants that"). After Orel explains, his father tells him that God wants him to protect himself and maybe it's time Orel makes Walt turn the other cheek. He also tells Orel that a fist is just one hand praying by itself, so it's not really a bad thing to make one.
Orel finds a new purpose in life: teaching God's word by his actions. He starts beating on Walt, then a sick kid who needed to make a fist to have blood drawn, then other school kids, then a cat he kicks across the street. He's terrorizing the neighborhood and is oblivious to the whole thing.
Finally he comes home and sees his mom's fist, holding a feather duster. He knocks her to the ground and starts wailing on her. His dad comes home and sees Orel going to town on his mom. He hesitates for a second and then screams at him. He reaches for the spanking paddle Orel made in shop class (made because his father's pants fall down every time he has to take his belt to Orel) and got ready to connect.
But Orel sees the fist clenched on the paddle and springs on his dad like a wild animal. I practically fell off the couch from laughing. Anyway, Orel's laying into his dad; even going so far as grabbing the paddle and giving his dad a few whacks, while enthusiastically informing him that he's "Getting a lesson from Jesus."
It was one of the funniest things I've watched since the season finales of my favorite shows a few weeks back.
So while I still can't recommend the show to everyone, I still think it's worth checking out if you can accept the humor. The thing is, Orel is unbelievably naive, but his desire to be the best Christian he can be is what makes the humor work (and it makes Orel someone to root for-- even if he's more dedicated than the most fanatical fundamentalists). And, in my opinion, there are lots of things that people have taken too far in the name of religion and anything that can show the ridiculousness of such things is something worth watching.
Or just forget the religious aspects altogether and just laugh at the antics of a young man who is completely clueless about the world around him.
