Archive for the ‘humor’ category

Mourning Becomes Bunny…

January 31, 2009

funny-bunny-funeral— More surrealism in life:  A recent episode of Howie Do It featured a singing telegram delivered by a performer in a white bunny fursuit at a funeral! The gag was on the performer, who didn’t know that they were performing at a bogus funeral.

The “mourners” looked suitably grieved, and the singer (who performed, “For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow”) was understandably shocked during an encore performance to the corpse when the deceased sat up!–Got ‘ya!

And just think…Stinky Pig is coming on another episode!

(and many thanks to my great readers for taking this blog to 20,000 hits!  🙂

Simon Cowell Hugged by Bunny!

January 29, 2009

simon-hugged–It was kind of a surreal moment for American Idol; competition judge Simon Cowell, known for his sharp tongue, was hugged by a man in a pink bunny suit during the Salt Lake City auditions!

The guy in the rabbit suit was big, bearded, and bespectacled, and was brought to the auditions as a lucky charm sidekick by a contestant, who did not advance to Hollywood.  The bunny, in a cheesy and ludicrous pink fursuit, was not deterred by his partner’s rejection from hugging Simon, vigorously enough in fact to pick up the Englishman from the ground!

One of the more memorable strange Idol auditions since a contestant wore a cow suit complete with udder in a past season…

Furry Guns

December 9, 2008

Furry Guns  (A Furry Mini-Western)western

— The fox sat quietly in the bar nursing a root beer, since there wasn’t a heck of a lot else to do in the 1870’s.  ‘Bummer,” he thought, “the internet won’t even be invented yet for well over 100 years!’  Sighing at that thought, the fox lit up a cigarette.  Unfortunately since it was one of the chocolate variety, it ran down his fur.  The best things in life, like chocolate and sex, tended to be messy.

The Raccoon, however, wasn’t one of them.  He pushed through the swinging doors of the saloon, and fixed his eyes on the fox.  “I’ve come for ‘ya, Fox,” challenged the raccoon.  “I hear that you’re fast…REAL fast!”

“Back where I come from, we’d call that premature ejaculation,” chimed in Miss Kitty, proprietor of the upstairs rooms where fursons went to yiff.

“Leave my sex life OUT of this!,” warned the Fox.  Turning his attention to the raccoon, he admonished, “I have no quarrel with you.  No one needs to die today.- – Why don’t you just mosey on out of here?” (A mosey was the way one walked nonchalantly out in the Old West.)

“I’m callin’ you out, Fox,” pressed the Raccoon.  “Draw, or I’ll shoot you where you sit!”

“Let’s not go there,” implored the fox.  “You have no hope of defeating me.  Don’t make me destroy you!”

“I said DRAW, you yellow-bellied, lily-livered varmint!,” shouted the raccoon.  (This was a serious insult, on the same level as a triple-dog-dare.)  The racoon went for his weapon, but the fox was already moving, his foreleg a blur of motion.  A single shot rang out before the raccoon’s gun had cleared his holster.

The raccoon stared incredulously, looking first at the fox and then at the small hole which had appeared on his chest.  He touched his paw to it, as if in disbelief that it was there. His paw came back stained crimson.  “Impossible!,” said the raccoon weakly.  “No one could be that fast!”

“Believe it,” responded the fox.  “This is where you fall down and die.”

As if on cue, the raccoon did exactly that.

“I ain’t cleanin’ up that mess,” proclaimed Miss Kitty.  “That’s not my job!”  Miss Kitty was a good union shop furson.

Neither was it the fox’s.  He just plugged ’em, not planted them.  Moving past yet another challenger’s body and exiting by the saloon’s swinging double doors, he hit the streets, a loaded six-string on his back.  The curse of being the fastest was that there was always someone looking to challenge him, and sex was always over almost as soon as it started. The race was not always won by the swift, but gunfights were.  The fox might not be getting much satisfaction lately, but at least he wasn’t the one pushing up daisies..  He’d have to live with that for now, and there was always tomorrow…

(…and the prairie winds sang their sad, mournful dirge…)


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Trigger Happy TV!

December 9, 2008

trigger-happyTrigger Happy TV is a hidden camera comedy TV program.  Originally a British show, most of the sketches appeared to be filmed on the streets of central London, and focused on ludicrous or embarrassing situations in public places.  The humor was derived from observing the public’s reaction to absurd situations, and is mentioned here because fursuited characters at times appear in the shows; a recently-aired episode showed, for example, a white polar bear who used a building elevator as if it were the most ordinary thing in the world for him to do so.  The original British edition starred Dom Joly and ran for two seasons from 2000-01.

Following its success in Britain, Trigger Happy TV was exported to other countries and the U.S., and the show may be occasionally seen on the G4 network in the U.S.

Exit Opus the Penguin…

October 15, 2008

–On November 2nd, Opus the Penguin with again be leaving us, this time supposedly forever.  Written by Berkeley Breathed, Bloom County was the first comic in which Opus appeared, initially as a short-term character.  Opus soon became the heart and soul of this 1980’s strip, and was a real break-away character.  Aptly described as an existential penguin, Opus was a sweet and innocent little guy whose ventures into contemporary culture nonetheless exposed the absurdities of modern life. Bloom County also introduced us to lawyer Steve Dallas and the unforgettable Bill the Cat…ack!

When Bloom County wound down after a long and successful run, Opus came back in another strip, Outland, and finally in the current solo effort, Opus. He was often depicted as wearing a red bow tie or a traditional tie, and was even at times shown wearing tidy whities underwear.  I will deeply miss this very special anthropomorphic penguin… <sighs>

The Minnow Rides Again!

August 13, 2008

–Remember Gilligan’s Island, the old sitcom so bad that it was good?–“Seven passengers set sail that day on a three-hour tour?”–Well, the ill-fated boat The Minnow from that show has been restored by a new owner, and will again be offering three-hour tours in Canada.

It has long been debated which character was hotter on that show, Ginger the movie star or Mary Ann, the girl next door.  For me, it was two paws up for Mary Ann.– And let us not forget the Professor, who could make a radio from coconuts, but not fix a hole in the boat’s hull! The Professor was a good-looking dude in his day...

Ants

April 23, 2008

— There are more insects on an acre of country land in the summer than there are human beings on the face of the earth…

I went into a garden shop, picked up an insecticide, and asked the cashier if it was good for red ants. “Nah,” he said, “It’ll kill them!”