Life On the Wicked Stage: Act 2

Smiles and Interruptions

We interrupt this election to focus on the art or lack of art when it comes to smiling. I know things like decorum and body language matter in debates. But this obssesiveness that I'm seeing on Twitter and elsewhere this morning after the VP debate last night makes me want to laugh larger than Joe Biden's disdainful smile. The mere fact that folks on either side are talking about these things point to the absolute desperation we have reached when it comes to our politics. Both sides were full of baloney last night. Biden's bufoonish smiling and interruptions will put off some, but others will be put off by Ryan's cartoonish smiling and wide eyes. Both, at times actually looked like they wanted to live up to their caricatures.

If the chattering class is still talking about this on the Sunday morning talk shows, then here's a hint. Who wins the election doesn't really matter when it comes to the big issues. Because no one wants to talk seriously about the big issues, the lies on both sides, and the depressing state of affairs we have let this process descend into.

 

Twitter Film Trailer Parody is Worth a Tweet

Pretty funny stuff.

How BP Handles Coffee Spills

It may still be too soon to make fun of what might turn out to be the worst man-made disaster ever on this planet, but I have to admit that some of this video is just too funny. Maybe I just needed a laugh at someone else's expense today.

Parody Alert: We're Google and We Can Kill You

Very funny from comedy.com. Google responds to the negative buzz about Google Buzz.

Circles within Circles: Hitler Video Parodies Hitler Videos

I'm guessing there is nothing left to parody when you parody a parody. Still this is funny. Hitler gets upset with all those Hitler parody videos because he's got nothing left to parody. Circles within circles.

Pee-Wee Herman on the iPad

Yesterday we heard from Hitler on the iPad. Today, it's Pee-Wee Herman.

Pee-wee Gets An iPad! from Pee-wee Herman

Hitler's Response to the iPad

These Hitler parody videos are top notch. Watch what happens when you tell him that the iPad doesn't support mulit-tasking.

Jon Stewart Parodies Glenn Beck

Just when I thought there wasn't any comedy mileage to be made by going after Glenn Beck, Jon Stewart proves me wrong. This is just priceless.

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When Satire Nails It: Hitler on the Obama School Speech

I was contemplating a post about what I see as the danger behind a lot of the political and social upheaval we’re going through at the moment. The gist would have been that those trying so desperately to win are preying on the uneducated and the undereducated in ways that others have done down through history. It is a despicable practice, but a time tested one.

But as I was pondering I came across this video this morning. The Hitler reaction videos have become quite popular on the Internet, and I’m sure this one will as well, although I think the semiotics and context that surrounding current attitudes will make this particular video and the satire it contains perhaps more dangerous.

Parody: Studying Hard is a Slippery Slope to Becoming a Nazi

Check out this satirical video of a conservative mom.

“Obama says he wants kids to study hard. Which we all know is a slippery slope to becoming a Nazi.”

I’m guessing some folks really do feel this way based on what I’m seeing, so I’m not sure if the parody works, or works too well.