David Puner

Kevin: no longer thinks joke at his expense

Bacon seems a bit overcooked.

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From the way Kevin Bacon describes it, we like SixDegrees.org’s mission, but maybe the perennial over-actor should’ve warmed up or had a green tea or something before reading this earnestly chic welcome statement for the website. What’s with the wooden gesticulation? This performance makes his character from “A Few Good Men” look positively loose. And what’s going on with Bacon’s head? From the looks of things, it’s at least six degrees crooked. And, we’re a little afraid to “see causes that mean something to celebrities.” By all means, weigh in with some of your favorites in the comments section.

“NYC’s True Graffiti Problem”

It's an ad, ad, ad, ad world.

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This video was made by the Graffiti Research Lab, a group that, according to their website are “Dedicated to outfitting graffiti artists with open source technologies for urban communication.” Hmm. So here’s their point about advertising being the real graffiti.

“24: Aqua Teen Hunger Force”

This may take a while for Jack Bauer to explain later.

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Jack Bauer doesn’t screw around — ever. Here he is — all-biz, per usual — going up against the Aqua Teen Hunger Force. He can’t explain it to you now, it’s too complicated, but he’ll explain later — presumably when he’s done torturing the meatball (aka “Meatwad”). (Created by National Lampoon.)

“The Reagans on Drugs”

Nancy: "The cocaine makes me happy"

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Here’s a viral mashup video that has somehow passed us by on its rise. This is not quite how we remembered Nancy’s war on drugs, but it’s much funnier than those recollections. There are some particularly startling revelations around 5:15. And, maybe this video finally provides an explanation for this.

“Medieval Helpdesk”

Technological advances have posed problems for ages.

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Here’s a sketch from the Norwegian Broadcasting television channel program “Cystein og meg.” While the production value may leave a little to be desired, the premise is pretty good. We’d like a sequel where the befuddled reader winds up calling a Dell 1-800 number in El Salvador for a refresher course.

While we’re getting medieval, here’s one of our favorite comedy sketches based in the period: “Cops in Medieval Times,” from “The Ben Stiller Show.” For what it’s worth, we had that “touch of the plague” a couple of weeks ago.

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The George Brett pine tar incident

On the occasion of spring training, revisiting a classic baseball moment.

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We love baseball spring training. It’s bright and sunny in Florida and Arizona, and the games played now promise the official games of spring and summer are right around the corner. Here is one of our favorite baseball moments of yesteryear, the 1983 George Brett pine tar incident, on demand thanks to YouTube. Cue to around 3:20 if you want to zip ahead to moment of impact. Three weeks until the regular season haul gets underway!

And here’s another gem: Johnny Bench and his “Baseball Bunch” with a dramatic recreation of that pine tar incident. Very nice attention to detail paid here, in particular to the mustaches.

Just as easily, the George Brett pine tar incident, as evidenced in the following commercial, could have been called the 7Up incident. In the 80′s, all the players were juiced on this potentially performance-enhancing potion.

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