In the spirit of Gruen, I found this great vid. Its cooler than you think.
Posts Tagged: humour
6
Mar 09
Sushi train video camera
This video is so entertaining I had to repost! via BoingBoing.
Why I love it:
- The contrast between, and wide variety of reactions: surprised, amused, completely oblivious, total deadpan, somewhat concerned, “I’m way to stressed to care about that”. Priceless!
- That occasional pause of uncertainty where people’s brains decide how they are going to react.
- The film (intentionally or not) has great dramatic structure. She sat at just the right location to have the dramatic climax at that sweet spot in time. Nice long build-up lures the viewer into a false sense of security, then BAM! Unexpected-Event-desu! Followed by nice quick resolution.
- My brain is now going crazy thinking of weird and wonderful places to put my camera (NO, not THOSE kind of places, geez!)
BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE! I can feel a new reality TV genre emerging…
22
Jan 09
My Uncle, My Father
What happens when two cousins who love each other very much approach documentary film maker Tom Chandon to film their wedding video? He tries to shoot a humanitarian film about the couple’s struggle to have society and their family accept their forbidden love.
Wednesday nights on ABC or download from the website.
1
Nov 08
Financial Crisis got you down?
Not to worry. Dr. Rudi and Sigourney have a rather ingenious solution to your money troubles.
21
Oct 08
Bogan Pride
I have to say that Australian TV has been pumping out some bloody decent satire lately. We’ve been blessed with such delights as Summer Heights High, The Librarians, Newstopia, Stupid Stupid Man and The Hollowmen.
But now there’s a new comedy currently in its third week on SBS that’s got me cacking myself sensless at its uncanny accuracy and hilarious one-liners. Bogan Pride is the brainchild of Rebel Wilson, who readers may recognise from The Wedge and Pizza. As well as writing the show, Wilson stars as the lead protagnist, Jenny Cragg, a less-than-popular high school student whom the Skanks lovingly refer to as a “fugly bush pig”.
A simplistic description of Bogan Pride would be Summer Heights High meets Kath & Kim meets that episode of Buffy where everyone bursts into song. Yes it’s a musical. Characters sing about the usual teenage stuff. You know, like how much they love hanging out in the library, or cramming for the Maths Olympiad. Or perhaps the local christian group called “God’s Love Society” performs an intervention on Jenny’s obese mother (my personal favourite, so far).
Most of the characters are exaggerated and borderline stereotypical. And yes, there are similarities with Summer Heights High and Kath & Kim, but the show still manages to stand out as original Aussie satire that definitely warrants interest. Wilson will be one to watch.
The entire show is an absolute crack up loaded with double entendre and subtle punch lines that could easily be missed by the complacent viewer. If you’re a fan of Aussie satire, this won’t dissapoint. I’ve uploaded the opening scene to Vimeo so check it out below.
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I’ll chuck some more clips up assuming they aren’t going to delete them on me.
9
Oct 08
Kitteh has been busy again
OK so forgive this post for braggyness, but I can’t help myself. That photo I took of a kitteh a couple of Christmases ago was recently on a site called The Daily Kitten. And you know what that means… I have to make it into a really funny LOLcat and get it on ICHC. How are my chances? You can help out by posting captions suggestions in the comments. Or LOLify it yourself and send in. Yay for LOLcats. And yes, in case you were wondering, I am still not over them. So there.
21
Sep 08
I forgot how funny CNNNN was
Bring it back!
Mandatory disclaimer: Warning! This video may offend… people who don’t realise this is satire.
EDIT: Fixed broken video
