College Humor created a Billy Joel parody video about the cliched stupidity of many comment threads. I found it on boing boing a couple of days ago and I’ll let them explain: College Humor made a hillarious [sic] (NSFW) music video about the deterioration of comment threads, to the tune of Billy Joel’s “We Didn’t Start The Fire.” As a wise man once said, “It’s funny cause it’s true.” We Didn’t Start The Flame War (Thanks, Vann Hall!) The “Simpsons did it” line comes at the 0:25 mark, followed immediately by the “southpark did it too” line (the entire 2:40 is…
Day: April 22, 2009
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In The Simpsons’ colorful history of improbable and hilarious video game ideas, surely the “My Dinner with André” game Martin plays at Noiseland Arcade takes the cake. For a game based on a movie that consists almost entirely of two guys having a conversation at a restaurant, the controls are both completely appropriate and hilariously pretentious. (This, by the way, is the first in a series of “Sight Gags” posts we’ll be doing, highlighting the little bits of visual joy that make The Simpsons such a rewarding show to watch. Today seemed as good a day as any to kick…
Quote of the Day
“Now before I give you the check, one more question. Uh, this place “Moe’s” you left just before the accident, this is a business of some kind?” – Total Disaster Insurance Agent “Don’t tell him you were at a bar . . . but what else is open at night?” – Homer’s Brain “It’s a pornography store, I was buying pornography.” – Homer Simpson “Heh heh heh, I woulda never thought of that.” – Homer’s Brain