Calvin Jackson and George Stoll - Concerto For Index Finger featuring Gracie Allen

The Queen Of The World and I like watching the old TV shows ('50s, '60s, and '70s).  One of these is The George Burns Show, the star of which really is Gracie Allen who would steal the show pretty much every time.  Well, TQOTW discovered this gem from the last film appearance by Gracie, the 1944 film Two Girls And A Sailor.  It had an all star cast but Gracie stole the show with this hilarious number.

Say goodnight, Gracie.

R.I.P. Terry Jones

In High School I was a huge Monty Python fan.  That's continued to this day, even to re-writing a scene from their classic film Monty Python and the Holy Grail.  Terry Jones co-wrote that, but has sadly passed away at 77 from dementia.

This scene, where he explains the Scientific Method to a bunch of villagers is shockingly applicable to how climate science is done today.



The world is a less funny place today.

Blogroll update

If you haven't been following IMAO, then you're missing out.  Frank J has a group of bloggers who are pretty darn funny, like this more or less random musing about guns and Canadians:

Canada has guns? 

*bang*
“Sorry.”
*bang*
“Sorry.”

Heh.  Glen Filthie could not be reached for comment.  Not sure he'd apologize ...

But added to the blogroll.

Before there was Monty Python

Graham Chapman, John Cleese, and Marty Feldman put together a TV group called At Last the 1948 Show.  It aired on the UK's ITV in 1967 and 1968, after which Chapman and Cleese formed Monty Python.

Pythoners will recognize much of the same silliness.

40 years of "That's Hedley!"

If real life were like a conference call

Oh. My. God.  This is hilarious.

Oh. My. God.

I didn't realize that Obama ran Linux in the Oval Office.

This is the funniest thing that I've seen in months.

Why everyone hates security

Even I hate security sometimes.  Times like this, in fact.



Password must be a palindrome. Epic security troll is epic.

Fortunately, the comments here are filled with Smart

So this doesn't really do much for me.  But there sure are a bunch of places where it would be a help.

Urgh. I haven't had my first whiskey today ...

Last Kiss is very, very funny.  Repeatably funny.  I may replace my favoritest web comic as favoritist.

Discovered chasing a link via Erin, which is also pretty funny.

Heh

135 Million views on Youtube, and I only just now find it.

How the Internet works, blog division

I laughed and laughed.  The comments are priceless.  And yes, that's exactly how blogging works.

You're welcome

Today's Failure To Fire is epic.  Make sure that you hover your mouse for the added sweetness of the mouse-hover joke.  Like I said, you're welcome.

But "epic" is the mot juste.  It reminds me of some of the best of the Calvin and Hobbes strips, where Calvin played the role of Sam Spade.

The artistry extends beyond what you'd expect of a "comic strip" and the highfalutin dialog and narration jack the humor up far beyond what you'd expect from [ahem] a simple "comic strip".


Well played, gentlemen.  Well played indeed.  I, for one, will watch the development of Failure To Fire with keen interest.

HAHAHAHAHAHA

[wheeze] [wheeze]

HAHAHAHAHA!

Failure To Fire is a hoot

You do read it every day, don't you?

You know, I've never been called a "dumbass" by the FBI.  Sounds like something to add to my bucket list.

German engineering ist in das haus, ja?

That's pronounced "Chermahn".

Failure To Fire continues to deliver.  This one reminded me of the great VW "Unpimp My Ride" commercials.



Both of these are hilarious.  Representing Deutcheland yo.

Jean-Paul Sartre as a cat

Bluesun emails to point out this filled-with-win petit film:



I would cheer «formidable!» except I am overcome with ennui.  Dommage.

Rodney Carrington - Little Things That Piss Me Off

Ever have one of those days?  Ever had one of those weeks?  You know that there's a Country song for that.

Rodney Carrington combines stand up comedy and country music, and it works a lot better than you might think.  Offered without further commentary, because it's been one of those weeks.



Little Things That Piss Me Off (Songwriter: Rodney Carrington)

When I sitting on the toilet
in a house that I don't know,
looking all around me
for where the toilet paper goes,
I'm feeling a little uneasy
I'm feeling a little uncertain
'cause I got to wipe my butt again
with a shower curtain.

It's those little things
those itty-bitty things
It's those little things like that
that piss me off.

When I pick up on a woman
and I take her home to bed
she starts to take her clothes off
and she [hell, you know]
I asked her what her name was
and she told me it was Venus
I reached down between her legs
...

It's those little things
those itty-bitty things
It's those little things like that
that piss me off.

Last night I went out drinkin'
in my old Daddy's Lincoln
I hit a tree and killed a friend
I screamed and hollered
'cause he owed me twenty dollars
I know I'll never see it again

[I know what you're thinking - Hell, he's dead!  Take it out of his pocket!]

Last night I went out drinkin'
in my old Daddy's Lincoln
I hit a tree and killed a friend
Two friends, a couple orphans, and a nun.

It's those little things
those itty-bitty things
It's those little things like that
that piss me off.

I hope you have a delightfully non-pissed-off day.

A Web Comic strip for the Wookie Suit crowd

Oh. My. God.  Actively Disengaged chronicles the trials and tribulations of a collection of anarchists.  It ranges from wryly humorous to side splittingly funny, like this one when one of the characters who had been taken in for interrogation by the FBI is released:

A good 25% of them make me laugh out loud, like the ones on prepping. Or this one:

Anarchists of the world, unite!  Err, or something.  If you run towards libertarian, this is right up your alley.  Finally, the Wookie Suit crowd gets a web comic all to itself.  Recommended, especially if you start at the first strip and work forward.

Actually, this is why I can't watch TV*

Hijinks Ensue is a very funny geek cartoon.  What's funny is not the "hover the mouse over the comic for more funny stuff" (although they have that too), but it looks like there's a blog post for each strip.  Here's the entry for this one.

Warning: the language tends to the PG-13, although nothing that you wouldn't hear every session on X-Box 360.  The one where the D&D party gets into the wrong dungeon room because they were using the iOS 6 mapping app is very funny, although probably NSFW.  And the parent Dalek talking to the young Dalek at bedtime about whether Dr. Who is in the closet is very clever and entirely SFW.

* Actually, it's why I can't read fiction, either.