Between Two Ferns

Zach Galifianakis is an absolute nut. He was awesome in The Hangover and also in Visioneers. Now I've stumbled upon a series of "interviews" he's done on Will Ferrell's Funny or Die website. Classic. Here are all 6 for your enjoyment:

Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis from Between Two Ferns

Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis from Between Two Ferns

Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis from Between Two Ferns

(MY FAVORITE ONE:)

Between Two Ferns With Zach Galifianakis from Between Two Ferns

Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis from Between Two Ferns

Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis from Between Two Ferns

I love Sarah Silverman.

Tweet Boxx Ep. 8

Sadly "Season 1" comes to a close...

Tweet Boxx Ep. 7

A little weak this week, but we can't always be on our A-game. I know I'm not!

Tweet Boxx Ep. 6

Another solid week. Oh, and he's from CLEVELAND? Like me??? Ahhhhh....that northeast Ohio "sarcasm gene" cannot be stopped.

Tweet Boxx Ep. 5

Another week = more hijinks.

Tweet Boxx is....AWESOME!

OK, so I "tweet" now on Twitter (@FlashRPh). I don't know what I quite add to society by doing so, but it's an easy way to follow along with all my celebrity and musical "friends" I have amassed over the years.

There is an online "program"? "Show"? "Webcast"? called Tweet Boxx that uses sarcasm and wit to excoriate the dim and the dimwitted. Hilarious!!! The first 4 episodes so far:

Episode 1:


Episode 2:


Episode 3:


Episode 4:

WATCH THEM! LEARN THEM! LOVE THEM!

Old news comin' right up!

I've been a sack and haven't updated the HofG for quite some time. Playing with the new MacBook Pro, working on a relationship fix, external requirements, and some occasional nagging bullshit have prevented me from continuing on with my routine. The next few posts may be old, and probably uninteresting to you, but in keeping with the recorded interwebs log of my experiences and adventures and hobbies, I plod on.

Enjoy.

At least we're not Detroit.

Found a gem on the intertubes about a "hastily made Cleveland tourism video" and posted it here on April 23. Well, apparently that version didn't sit so well with the local "tourism board", so the fine gentlemen released a second video.

Hope you enjoy.

Hastily made Cleveland tourism video

Got home from the Dave Matthews Band concert in Raleigh just a smidge ago (yes it's insanely late), and I'm checking up on my usual interwebs routine, where lo and behold on http://www.si.com there was this gem. I can't get it out of my head now...

2,222

So you may know that for the first time ever (since the mustache actually kinda comes in) I am growing a beard. Three weeks now, although the most recent pick was only at 2 weeks:

A possible goal? 2,222 toothpicks in one's beard. Aim high.

Travel back in time to the 1980s this Christmas

Best.
Website.
Ever.

http://betamaxmas.com/

A pompadour'd George Clooney on Facts of Life. Need I say more?

A fuzzy television picture in the wood-paneled basement from the '80s. TV channels playing holiday specials, holiday-themed shows, and vintage 1980s commercials. And, best of all, it is not static. It changes throughout the day! A "Diff'rent Strokes" cover of TV Guide in the upper right is your guide. Change the channel with the online remote control. The content actually changes throughout the day. Believe me, I've looked. In between brewing, cooking, and learning pharmacy topics today, BetaMaXmas was visited often.

This is awesome.

Published!

Hi Christopher,

I am delighted to let you know that your submitted photo has been selected for inclusion in the newly released fifth edition of our Schmap Washington DC Guide:

Ben's Chili Bowl
http://www.schmap.com/washingtondc/restaurants_american/p=51283/i=51283_2.jpg

Thanks so much for letting us include your photo - please enjoy the guide!

Best regards,
Emma Williams
Managing Editor, Schmap Guides

"Government" demotivator

Just got this in email today from the company. A new Demotivator is out:


Tee hee hee.

Our first link from another site.

The fans of Gordon Lightfoot have graced us here with their presence via a message board recently. We've been getting a lot of traffic from some "corfid.com" website. What the hell is that? We investigate.

Well, it appears the post on the Edmund Fitzgerald Porter homebrew session made the rounds in Gordon Lightfoot fandom:

http://www.corfid.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=18738

Welcome to our modest little spot on the interwebs!

"This is Killer Willard and this is my husband." SMACK!

Found this old clip on the interwebs this morning from of all places Sports Illustrated online. It was aired on an old Cleveland broadcast staple from 1972-1999, Morning Exchange, that historically was the basis for Good Morning America: the television living room as an extension of your home. It's true! You can look it up.

Anyhoo, the laughter wouldn't stop and "replay" was hit repeatedly this morning:

Where the hell is Matt?

Just who is this "Matt" person anyway, and where the hell is he?

This is Matt, and this is where the hell he's been:


We received this YouTube link in an email, and the corresponding comment sent with it rings true:

Here is a great YouTube video. Just so fun, up-lifting, and joyous. Destroys cynicism and shows how much everyone, everywhere loves to have fun. Enjoy.

YouTube finally makes it big

The latest video from Weezer is a smorgasbord of YouTube "celebrities" doing what made them "famous". According to Weezer's website, they flew in the actual people involved, not just stand-ins or look-alikes. Awesome.

Following some links concerning the video, there was a terrible plummet into the People magazine website, but it did result in a nifty little blurb about the cast and the concept:

For the "Pork and Beans" video from alt-rock veterans Weezer, music video director Mathew Cullen gathered all the biggest Web celebrities – like Chris "Leave Britney alone!" Crocker, Miss Teen South Carolina, Lauren Caitlin Upton, Jud "Evolution of Dance" Laipply, Tay "Chocolate Rain" Zonday, and many others – and mashed them up into a YouTube sensation of his own. By the end of Memorial Day weekend, the clip had more than 3 million hits on YouTube, and became the most-viewed video on the Internet.

"The whole concept was based on the song," says Cullen. "It's an anthem to not conforming to what people want you to be. I wanted to celebrate the creativity and individuality that's happening on the Internet. These are all completely different people from different walks of life who have achieved their fame through unorthodox or unintentional methods but regardless they did something that people loved."

Cullen also got inadvertent stars like the Afro Ninja to participate. "There are a couple layers to pop culture," he says. "I wanted to show them there was a next chapter, that there was some redemption of what happens. For Miss Teen South Carolina, for example, she embarrassed herself through what she said but in this video, you can she is blending the word 'maps' in a blender. In the end, everybody we included really embraced the positive message."

As with all viral videos, Cullen hopes this version of "Pork and Beans" isn't definitive. "It's Weezer's mash-up of their favorite stuff," he says, "but I don't see the video as done. It can be mashed up and changed and evolved. We want video to be a living thing on the Internet."

The track for "Pork and Beans" can be found on the band's latest self-titled release, also known as the Red Album. The CD hits stores on June 3.

Enjoy "Pork and Beans":

Safe money is on "Gordons plummeting to their deaths."

Stumbled across this one the interwebs. Insane.
Take dramamine, press play.

The Onion, the man on the street, and barley

I curse you Hans Weinburger.

The Onion makes us laugh yet again.