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Kid Does Funny Stuff On Dental Anesthetic

Lisa — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 04:30:35 +0000

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Most kids around the world fear going to the dentist but you get the impression that the one in this video thoroughly enjoyed himself there, getting a nice hit from the injection of painkillers he received. Throughout the journey, the kid’s speech is slurred and he moves with the vagueness of a zombie. He comes out with such droll lines as ‘Is this real life, Dad?’, ‘I can’t see anything!’ and ‘Is this gonna be forever?’ You realize how wrecked this little kid is when he suddenly sits upright and hollers after being told to stay in his seat. After that he settles back in to his seat, semi-asleep, declaring, ‘I don’t feel tired!’ Most kids wait till they’re a little older before they start acting like this, but it looks like David’s got a taste of decadence as just a young kid. You can hear his Dad in the background of the video, making sure his son is all right and won’t get up to anything (too) stupid. Dad does his duty, his Dad thing, by telling David to stay in his seat and not to touch the area of his mouth that the dentist has operated on. Like all little kids, David is hell-bent on touching and poking his face and so there’s some real comedy mileage in the battle between Dad and son over this. Things hit a low when it appears that young David can’t see how many fingers he has. First of all he believes that he has two, to which his Dad says, ‘Good!’ then he seems to see 4. Maybe after a few hours of intense concentration he may find all 9 and a couple of thumbs there as well. Who honestly knows? We at least hope that this little kid didn’t develop a drug problem as a result of this mischievous little experience. He might well have decided that once was enough and that he wouldn’t be likely to do it again even when he gets to that age when peer pressure and coolness starts to figure strongly in kid’s lives.

Ghost Prank Brings Fear and Laughs at the Same Time

Stewie — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:53:37 +0000

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This is one of the most popular viral videos out at the moment and as soon as you press the ‘play’ button you’ll realize why. Poor innocent members of the public have to endure this black-clad ghost jumping out at them from hiding places in an around a public park. The reactions of the public are so hilarious because they run away at top-speed as if they are acting in an episode of Benny Hill. One woman even sees the need to run away from the ghost even though she has a tough-looking dog with her. She obviously thought that Fido didn’t have what it took to fight off this moaning, whining ghost who seems to particularly enjoy lurking under shrubs and bursting out when people least expect it. Initially, members of the public seem only mildly spooked by the ghost’s presence, but when he starts lumbering towards them like something out of a John Carpenter movie, that’s when the public really start to get upset about the whole prank, sprinting as fast as their legs will carry them away from this appalling apparition. The piece de resistance must be a chubby guy in shorts who really doesn’t know where to run away to after he is given the diabolical treatment by the ghost who will not stop pestering him until he has obtained the right reaction for the hidden camera, for this clip must be from one of those prank shows that reaps humor from making members of the public look stupid. However, the ghost finally meets his match when a fit-looking guy in sunglasses doesn’t give the reaction that the average member of the public does. Instead, this guy does a roundhouse karate kick, narrowly missing the ghost and giving him a taste of his own frightening medicine. After that, I’d guess the ghost slunk away pretty embarrassed, with his scythe between his legs. He was probably put off scaring people for a long time and decided to take up martial arts lessons for self-defense instead.

Going to the John Japanese-Style

Lisa — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:23:39 +0000

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Most people know that Japanese humor can be pretty sick and crazy right? Well this clip really takes the cake. Unsuspecting members of the public go into a portable toilet and start doing their business in the belief that they have utmost privacy. That is until the roof of the john opens up and the floor starts elevating until, before he knows it, Joe Public is sitting with his ass or his Johnson exposed to quite a lot of other Japanese people! How embarrassing. The highlight’s got to be the second guy who, when he realizes that the world is looking at his ‘private business’ suddenly starts trying to pull his pants up as if nothing has happened which is just so goddamn funny you got to see it! Once he’s covered himself up – or covered his ass shall we say? – he just stands on the top of the john not knowing what he’s supposed to do. At least he’s luckier than the next guy who, when the floor lifts up and he’s giving a moony to the public, causes two women down below to turn and bow their heads in disgust. Seems like they didn’t appreciate this ‘toilet humor’ right? Lucky for the victim of the prank, the floor descends back down to the cover of the door and his embarrassment is at an end. The next location that this cheeky portable toilet is taken to is on top of a mountain where you’d imagine people would really need such a facility. The next victim of the prank is a poor guy who really doesn’t see the funny side; after the 10 second countdown he looks genuinely scared as the floor starts to elevate up to the top and really make a first-class, A-1 jackass of him. There is a slight alteration so that the john turns into a jet ski that launches the next hapless customer into the ocean! This has got to be the funniest moment of the whole video so make sure you go and check it out right now.

Tiger v Monkey in Peculiar Match-Up!

Lisa — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:04:17 +0000

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What could be funnier than seeing full-on fights within the animal kingdom as we enjoy the various specialist skills of different species? This clip pits the cheekiness of the monkey against the power of the tiger and the results are extremely amusing. First off, there are two tiger cubs innocently play fighting somewhere deep in the jungle. Then Mr Monkey makes his appearance, reaching down from on high to tickle his foes, too intelligent to take on these vicious beasts one-to-one because he knows he’ll get owned. So for the rest of the clip he spends his time tormenting the tiger cubs. At around the 2 and a half minute mark, events go into warp speed with the monkey suddenly jumping incredibly fast between branches and stepping up its tormenting of the tiger cubs by springing down on a vine and swiping them with its hand. How very rude indeed! One of the tiger cubs reacts by leaping up to catch the monkey but it narrowly fails in its bid to end the torment. There are some slo-mo shots of the monkey moving with amazing lithe agility in order to escape the grasp of his enemies, the vines bending to near-breaking extent but the monkey always managing to get out of his tight spot. The last section of the clip is a game of furtive hide and seek, with the tiger cubs snooping around the jungle trying to locate the monkey who has found a safe spot up a tree. He just watches with a certain air of ‘you can’t catch me’ sorta arrogance. Bless him, he’s probably tired after all the excitement of the day and who could blame him for taking a rest? He’ll need to conserve his energy if he’s going to escape from the tigers. The thrill of this clip is that if the monkey makes one false move he’ll fall into the mercy of the tiger cubs who would tear him to shreds on their ‘home turf’ so to speak. So there’s an extra thrill to this as you watch it ‘cos in the back of your mind you’re worrying as well as smiling!

Evolution Dance Party, Just Grows and Grows!

Stewie — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:20:15 +0000

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We’ve all been there, or if we haven’t we’ve all seen it: the lone dancer who’s overindulged too early in the day and started dancing on his own, oblivious to the fact the he isn’t part of something bigger and better. But this clip has a happy ending because that lone dancer attracts a whole bunch of others to join him and turn an awkward bit of solo pleasure into a full-scale party. In only a pair of shorts, the lone dancer makes some oddly camp moves at first, thrusting his hands up in the air as if he is in a girl band. He then looks overjoyed to be joined by someone else in a green top whom he immediately starts dancing with. Green top seems as out of it as lone dancer because he looks a bit on the wobbly side and spends a bit of time on his hands and knees but that doesn’t matter – there are more guests on their way to this impromptu party and things are gonna get funky. At around the 1 minute 20 mark the party has gone viral with 9 then 10 then 11 then 12 then tons more ravers gettin’ on down to it. This is where the clip becomes quite remarkable and things get rather exciting – you wouldn’t have thought there’d be enough people interested in joining in but there really are. The lone dancer should feel proud of himself for starting something special. Maybe he’s a seasoned rabble-rouser who specializes in generating large crowds for various purposes: political rallies, street parties, etc etc. Maybe – and this is the more likely explanation – he was just out of his tree at this fun-looking festival and other kindred spirits thought, ‘Yeah sure why not – he is so I might as well be’. It’s always hard to be the first, to be a trailblazer, a pioneer. But that lone dancer is one and his fine work has made for an awesome and funny clip that people will want to watch over and over.

T-Mobile Spectacular Mass Dance-Off at a Major Train Station

Lou — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:32:58 +0000

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Nowadays everyone is too businesslike, always in a rush, no time for fun. Places like train stations are associated with boredom and stress but this advert by T-Mobile turns that on its head as we see maybe a hundred people dancing to a succession of classic songs, among them ‘Since You’ve Been Gone’ by Rainbow, ‘Shout’ by Lulu, and ‘Don’t Cha’ by the Pussycat Dolls and Busta Rhymes. The humor in this sequence lies in the fact that the last thing you expect while boring yourself rigid at a train station is a bunch of wannabe Michael Jacksons taking to the stage and showing off their funky dancing. The real surprise here is the way the dancers are totally synchronized with each other, bowing and jiggling and pirouetting at exactly the same time, as if this whole thing had been painstakingly rehearsed. There’s a bit of smoke and mirrors here because all the dancers are dressed as if they are the usual commuters – in suits and ties or hoodies or overcoats – but it’s clear enough they are trained pros as soon as they start shaking their booties. They subtly adapt their dancing styles to each genre of music as it arrives on the P.A., so they are happily waltzing along to Mozart one second and then disco dancing to ‘Get Down On It’ by Kool and the Gang the next. The tagline of the commercial is ‘Life is for sharing’ and this is backed up by the shots, about halfway through, of other commuters filming the whole event on their camera phones or grinningly phoning their friends about what they have just seen. Oh isn’t commercial-world so much more cheesy than the real world? But then this clip kind of mixes the two because you can see the shock on the faces of real commuters when all this staged funky dancing kicks off and a sort of publicity stunt has been pulled. Perhaps this would have been funnier had completely untrained dancers been employed to do their thang, being all clumsy and making total jackasses of themselves. Just a suggestion for a sequel, that’s all.

Little Panda Sneeze Shocks Big Panda

Lisa — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:02:48 +0000

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Who’d have thought that a harmless little panda could be so loud and scary when he sneezes? The real shock of this clip is the sheer force of the way the panda sneezes, how such a tiny wee feller can scare the living daylights out of what appears to be his mom who is sat there nursing him just as a good mom should. For a good ten seconds this little panda is sat in his mom’s lap chilling out on a carpet of straw, until he gets a touch of the old hay fever and makes a noise like a Rottweiler catching its nuts in a mousetrap. This shocks big panda mom who promptly recoils backwards, kicking her limbs up in the air. Crazy or what? What the hell did they put in that straw to make such immense panda sneezes possible? By the look of the bars in the background this sequence must have taken place in a zoo or some other place of captivity, so maybe little panda was making some ‘dirty protest’, trying to brew up enough snot to muck the cell up and send out a message of disgust about the conditions to the zookeeper. I wonder if after all this both little panda and big panda got bumped up into a penthouse suite with a silk carpet instead of straw, gold-framed windows instead of bars and caviar to eat instead of bamboo.

In China you can get the death penalty for 68 different crimes, amongst them murder, drugs trafficking and fraud, and they don’t mess about with years on death row, they take you out into the countryside shortly after you are sentenced, put a bullet in your head and, in the not so recent past, would have charged your family for the cost of it. Nice. But did you know that you could get executed in China for killing a panda? Well good luck to anyone who wants to take on this diminutive terror with the killer sneeze. If he can create this much havoc with a sneeze who knows what would happen if he, say, swung a paw or went for a bite? Potential poachers beware!

Flight Attendant Turns Bad Boy Before Take-Off

Lisa — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 09:51:54 +0000

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Chuck D, Ice-T, Skee-Lo, KRS-ONE, Kool Keith, Tupac… and now an unknown flight attendant on a US domestic airline. This clip will have you giggling with surprise at the way this dude spits and rhymes all the information the passengers need while getting them to stomp and clap along to him. Lines like ‘We don’t take cash so you have to use plastic/If you gotta coupon that’s fantastic’ will hardly get this flight attendant into the hip hop hall of fame but his decision to entertain the passengers must have put a smile on their face and made the journey go a bit quicker. There are shots of some of the passengers whose expressions seem to say “I don’t like hip hop,” but then others give the hip hop gesture for “gimme some more”. On the whole, though, everyone on this flight seems to enjoy themselves. You can’t help but wonder how planned this little hip hop show was given that a camera was filming the whole thing from the point of view of the flight attendant because why else would anyone want to film a boring domestic flight? But never mind, the point is that, while this won’t get into the hip hop hall of fame it is quite impressive and, more to the point, very funny. I’m kinda surprised that, given all the post 9/11 security madness, this flight attendant was allowed to rap as I guessed there’d be some Homeland Security rule about informing the passengers of everything they need to know and generally not messing about on airplanes. There’s some laughter from the passengers at the closing comment of the flight attendant: “You will not get that on United Airlines I guarantee you!” Maybe the rap approach could be exported to the other areas – 50 Cent rapping the weather forecast, MF Doom rapping the sports results, etc etc. Based on this clip, rap should penetrate the rest of our lives in other ways as it certainly makes things more entertaining as long as you have someone as skilled as this flight attendant doing it.

Test Your Awareness With a Moonwalking Bear

Ross — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:17:27 +0000

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If you enjoy a little challenge as well as a laugh then this clip might be interesting to you. Although I’ve slightly spoiled it by putting ‘moonwalking bear’ in the title, you’ll be able to come away from watching this commercial for Transport for London with an idea as to how aware you really are. First off, a bunch of basketball players are stood facing the camera. Then a plummy English voice asks you to watch them run around passing the ball and count how many times they make a pass. Afterwards the narrator not only tells you the answer but asks whether you saw the moonwalking bear. “What?” you ask yourself, “What’s he talking about? I didn’t see a moonwalking bear. Have we been watching the same clip?” Then all is revealed when the clip of the basketball players is replayed and yes, there is a mad-looking bear moonwalking between the basketball players as they pass the ball to each other. The whole point of the commercial to put over the fact that when you are concentrating on one thing you may not at all be aware of another. The comparison is made with cyclists in the streets of London and how drivers should be aware of them. I wonder how far they could have taken this clip, whether they could have had something a lot more crazy going on such as a bear on fire or a bear riding a motorbike. Would us viewers still not have noticed that because we were all so stuck on the basketball players? Maybe they could have had footage of major disasters like volcanoes and earthquakes playing behind the court and STILL we probably wouldn’t have noticed it, as we’d be so engrossed in these boring idiots chucking a basketball to each other. I wonder if this commercial has actually led to a reduction in traffic accidents involving bikers? More likely it has seen an increase of crashes into dumb moonwalking bears in silly furry outfits and little pug noses, especially when there are people playing basketball nearby!

Motorbike Race Side-Splitting Double Fail!

Lisa — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:27:02 +0000

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Picture the scene: a pro motorbike race sponsored by Castrol and all the other big-hitters, this is no doubt a big day for our biker being filmed. He revs up a little too quick and the bike skids away from him at top speed while he takes a painful fall to be left floundering on the track. Side-splitting or what? And he’s not the only one who takes a painful fall – a parasitic photographer who thinks he can steal a shot of the poor biker’s misfortune goes running alongside the track and trips over like an idiot. I think they call that getting a taste of your own medicine. In the world of crazy clips they call this a ‘double fail’ and it makes sense because the biker would have failed in his attempt to win the race the moment it started, and the photographer’s painful fall resulted in him failing to capture anything of interest on his camera. You have to find the coincidence side-splitting though: the biker goes and soon after that the photographer goes. Maybe it’s just some weird cosmic law that applies to motorbike races just as it does to everything else: when someone makes a serious, first-class, A-grade screw-up someone else nearby has to as well. When things go wrong EVERYTHING goes wrong! That biker is certainly now famous on You Tube but obviously not for winning races. Perhaps if things don’t work out and he keeps taking painful falls, he could make a career move to become a kind of bad Evil Knieval who always messes up his stunts instead of pulling them off. Just a weird thought! Who knows, some sick folks might like to see a biker totally misjudging the ramp and plummeting down a cliff to his death or colliding head-on with the VIP section of the motorbike race track. This whole new sport could be called ‘snuff racing’ and might well catch on in our sick and bizarre world, although it’s pretty obvious that there wouldn’t be many bikers who’d end up making more than one film.