Nov 16, 2018 | Music, Picture of the Day, Television
If you’ve never heard of Roy Clark (who died yesterday at 85), or only know him from his 24 years hosting “Hee Haw,” watch this to see what a versatile guitarist he was. It’s a montage of clips from a 1975 episode of “The Odd Couple” which was built entirely around him, and gave him […]
Nov 15, 2018 | Music, Picture of the Day
This is a masterfully-made commercial for a high-end department store in the UK…
Nov 14, 2018 | Picture of the Day
Co-working spaces have become big business in the last few years. In some cities, WeWork owns more office real estate than any other company, with facilities full of start-up employees, gig economy workers, and more. So, the Improv Everywhere crew decided to test a new concept…
Nov 9, 2018 | Comedians, Picture of the Day
This is a clip of ventriloquist Nina Conti, who strapped a Vent-Mask to the face of an audience member she pulled onstage. The Vent-Mask was invented by Joel Hodgson, the guy behind “Mystery Science Theater 3000,” who did it in his act in a Minneapolis comedy club in the late 1980s. Ronn Lucas, who headlined […]
Oct 16, 2018 | Picture of the Day
In the background, that’s a beagle Customs and Border Protection uses to sniff the luggage of arriving passengers at Atlanta’s Hartsfield Airport, looking for banned agricultural products. In the foreground, that’s a leftover roasted pig’s head a passenger from Ecuador was trying to bring into the US. I like to imagine a conversation during the […]
Oct 10, 2018 | Picture of the Day
This is Lynzy Lab with a wonderful and self-explanatory topical song about this supposedly “scary time” for men.