watch it: “Jerry needs no help playing with his ball”
Adorable. Now I want a dog named Jerry: Don’t worry: the guy who made the machine made it babyproof as well as dogproof…
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watch it: retro 1960s Puffs facial tissues commerical
Maybe if you gals didn’t put so much crap on your faces, you wouldn’t have such trouble: It’s sort of ironic, because I frakkin’ hate those tissues that come doused in lotion. Disgusting and greasy — yuck!
watch it: “Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty”
The third of the three Oscar-nominated animated shorts that are available online (I featured one yesterday, and the first the day before):
watch it: “French Roast”
The second of the three Oscar-nominated animated shorts that are available online (I featured one yesterday, the last will come tomorrow):
watch it: “The Lady and The Reaper – La Dama y La Muerte”
One of the three Oscar-nominated animated shorts that are available online (I’ll feature the other two tomorrow and Wednesday):
watch it: the 2/27/10 weekly address from President Barack Obama
Obviously, the Olympics with its international competition and accompanying bragging rights is a kind of ritualized war. Here’s an idea: Could we perhaps actually replace war with the Olympics alone? I mean, if two countries have a beef over, say, natural resources or territorial rights, does it really make any less sense to leave the … more…
watch it: “After The Rapture Pet Care Introduction”
It’s the first cat (and dog and parrot and ferret) video of the End Times: Stupid God, won’t let our pets be raptured! But will you really trust a heathen atheist unsaved pagan — or even an unraptured Christian (they must have done something wrong) — to look after Mr. Snuggles after you’ve been transported … more…
watch it: 1950s Shaeffer pen commercial
These kids today, with their sharkskin jackets and their snorkle pens… That’s Vivian Vance, from I Love Lucy. Who else would you trust to sell you snorkle pens?
watch it: “Jonathan Coulton – Curl”
Yes, it’s a song about curling: Lyrics here, if ya want ’em. (Thanks to Ken for the heads-up on this one.)
watch it: “Robin Hood Tax”
Bill Nighy and Richard Curtis collaborated on a little film explaining why taking a few pennies from millionaires — who wouldn’t even notice! — in order to help the planet would be a good thing. Because it just sounds like such a horrible idea! Pretty brilliant move, calling it the Robin Hood Tax. Who doesn’t … more…
