Archive for the ‘humor’ category
April 27, 2013
– – From the 1940’s through the 1960’s, bright and cheerful books featuring caucasian children, middle-class families, and wholesome animals were sold by Little Golden Books and related publishers with titles such as, The Pokey Little Puppy or Baby’s Toys. They were often the first reading material that kids of that time experienced, or the first books that they owned. Prices were unbelievable by today’s standards; perhaps 25 cents gradually creeping higher.
Well, artist Bob Staake has created a series of books inspired by such classic kiddie reading material, but with a darker satirical twist that makes these books distinctly not for the young and innocent; these are titles such as, Mommy Needs To Go To Detox, or If You Give A Cyclops A Kitten. The cover art is dead-on.- –Why didn’t they have books like this when I was a kid?!
Also recommended: Bedtime Stories for Children You Hate by Antoinette Bergin, with stories such as, Your Upstairs Neighbor Kills People…pleasant screams, kiddies, ahahahaha!
Categories: Brilliant but twisted, cartoons, humor, Off-topic, strange
Tags: Bad children's books
Comments: 2 Comments
February 7, 2013
– – Thanks to the Super Bowl commercial for Wheat Thins, we now know what the Big Foot secret agenda is; they want to steal into our kitchens under cover of darkness, and abscond with our snack crackers! The only defense against this tactic is to sit in the blackness ourselves with night vision goggles, and be prepared to grapple with them! It’s the manly and right thing to do…
“Who’s gonna take your Wheat Thins?,” asks the wife of the snack cracker vigilante as he hunkers down to guard his treasure. “I dunno,” responds the guy, “an intruder, the dog, Big Foot, Ted from next door,” he answers as the lights are put out on his request. Momentarily the lights are restored, and we behold the lone defender with his arms locked around a Yeti, who is flailing about! In the ensuing turmoil, dastardly Ted from next door darts in, and makes off with the Spicy Buffalo Wheat Thins! Ted is an opportunistic predator…
The commercial is appealingly cheesy as the “Yeti” is obviously someone in a costume rather than a computer-generated masterpiece, an example of where less can be more…
Categories: absurdities, cryptozoology, furry, furry commercials, humor, television
Tags: Big Foot snack snatcher, Wheat Thins yeti
Comments: 6 Comments
November 22, 2012
– – Verily, there is much to be grateful for this Thanksgiving…like I’m grateful that spiders don’t fly, and that flies do…otherwise, they’d be called “walks!” So stuff a dead bird with stale bread, and eat it…or not!
Categories: absurdities, cartoons, holidays, humor
Tags: Thanksgiving
Comments: 2 Comments
November 9, 2012
– – You’ve probably seen at least some of Geico’s “Happier Than” series in which we are shown people basking in the glee of improbable situations, such as Gallagher smashing watermelons at a farmers’ market and Christopher Columbus with a speedboat. Two comfortably scruffy folksingers called Ronnie and Jimmy then appear to draw the parallel that people saving money on Geico insurance sure are happy, happier than say, a witch at a broom factory…
My fave in the series involves two anthropomorphic antelope standing in the savannah equipped with night vision goggles that easily enable the duo to see a lion lurking in the tall grass. “Look who’s back…again!,” quips one antelope to the other. “We can see you, Carl,” an antelope addresses the lion. “Yeah, we can totally see you!,” confirms his companion.– So much for the stealth advantage! “Have you thought about going vegan, Carl?,” they ask the apex predator, and laugh. This could totally disrupt the food chain…and if the lion sleeps tonight, it will be with an empty belly!
Categories: absurdities, animals, anthropomorphic, Brilliant but twisted, fantasy, furry, furry commercials, humor, television
Tags: Geico antelope
Comments: 3 Comments
September 16, 2011
– – He’s self-described as not being a “well decorated sea captain who battles monsters on a large nautical vessel,” but thanks to Old Spice’s Swagger, he smells like one! The character we see depicted kind of plays out like Jules Verne’s Captain Nemo as seen on a bad acid trip…he walks into a room with a patently fake killer squid attached to his left shoulder at which the captain throws half-hearted punches throughout the commercial while endless gold treasure pours from his pants, quickly filling the room!
Apparently, Old Spice is trying a variety of spokesman, and this bizarre sea captain is part of a new ad campaign to “smell better than yourself.” Smelling better than yourself may be fairly easy if you routinely smell like squid, and the squid in this one is wonderful, looking like a low budget creature feature creation from 1950’s or 60’s Chiller Theater type offerings. I like the little guy, who features moving eyes, teeth, and flailing tentacles…the punches thrown at him don’t seem to faze the persistent squid much, and I keep waiting and hoping for him to remove a chunk from the captain. Failing in this, perhaps we could arrange a steel cage death match for him with SpongeBob…
Categories: absurdities, furry commercials, humor, Invertebrates, strange, television
Tags: Old Spice Swagger Squid
Comments: 2 Comments
June 19, 2011
– – Cats on keyboards are nothing new with the original video coming from the early 1980’s, but this incarnation of Keyboard Cat, also known as Pistachio Cat, is awfully cute! Wearing an oversized lime green T-shirt and playing a bouncy little number on the keyboard while promoting pistachio consumption, this cat is likely to win your heart.- -So what if the cat appears mad at times and is being controlled by human hands hidden under the baggy shirt?- -It’s no wonder that as it was sung in The Aristocats, “everybody wants to be a cat!”
By the way, the current Keyboard Cat’s name is Bento, and he is the creation of Charlie Schmidt…
Categories: animals, Brilliant but twisted, furry, furry commercials, humor, television
Tags: Bento the cat, Keyboard Cat, Pistachio Cat
Comments: 2 Comments
June 2, 2011
– – Worldly philosophers have long pondered the question, “Do bears (defecate) in the woods?”
Well, this one shown by Geico does…respectably, using a privy, of course! And this bear is also equipped with a newspaper tucked under his arm and reading glasses! Realizing that others may be waiting to use the facility, he leaves when his business is done.- -What more can the observing biker say other than, “That’s amazing!”
While perhaps not as brilliant but twisted as the gecko, caveman, or question guy commercials, this “amazing” furry commercial bears a look!– -With Geico, you never know what’s bruin…
Categories: absurdities, anthropomorphic, Brilliant but twisted, cool things, furry commercials, humor, television
Tags: "That's Amazing" bear, Geico bear commercial
Comments: 2 Comments
May 10, 2011
– – There’s something strangely cool about dressing up in Viking gear and then going to dine in a fine restaurant or attending the opening of Thor so attired; besides, who am I to judge, since I am, after all, a furry…whatever floats your boat!
Anyways, the Norse Hollywood Dining Vikings did exactly that, attending a screening of the movie in Glendale, California in a variety of chain mail and horned helmet regalia. They usually do a restaurant gig, but a little change kinda keeps things fresh, and besides, what could be more appropriate? Tony Swatton, de facto leader of the Dining Vikings, is a master blacksmith who designs custom-made weapons, armor, and props for television and film, including Thor.
So what if they look like they just made a Capital One credit card commercial?–I say may their cup of mead be always full!
Categories: absurdities, Brilliant but twisted, cool things, humor, movies, strange, strange happenings, weird
Tags: Dining Vikings, Norse Hollywood Dining Vikings, Thor
Comments: 2 Comments
February 20, 2011
– – I like dark humor and black comedy, but they’re not everyone’s cup of tea. For this reason, the recent Snickers great white shark commercial has rubbed some shark conservationists and shark attack victims and their families the wrong way, plus done little to dispel the erroneous notion that humans are the preferred food source for sharks.
In the commercial, a group of well-animated and voiced-over CG great white sharks are participating in a focus group where they are questioned about a “blind taste test” of people that they have just eaten. The preferred victim is revealed to have eaten Snickers Peanut Butter Squared, while the less tasty victim had consumed peanut butter cups.
Now the commercial is intended to be comical, harmless, and light-hearted rather than educational and sensitive, and is a vehicle intended to entertain and linger in the mind so as to sell more Snickers products. Some contend, however, that the ad was released too close on the heels of actual shark attacks in Egypt and elsewhere, and has accordingly gone too far.- -Sick or slick? You decide!
Categories: animals, aquatic, Brilliant but twisted, controversial, humor, television
Tags: Snickers shark commercial
Comments: 2 Comments
January 1, 2011
– – My mother used to eat pickled herring on New Year’s Eve, possibly thinking that if she did that, nothing worse would happen to her in the upcoming year.– -But whatever your tradition, may your 2011 be a healthy and happy year!
Categories: absurdities, humor, Off-topic
Tags: furry happy new year
Comments: 5 Comments
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