My Scandophile family will enjoy this. It’s a comedy sketch from Swedish TV. In it, Swedes are mocking American stereotypes in comic English. The line that haunts me is “How come we’re not home with our mammals watching raceball?” It just seems so deliciously apropo of comic mistranslations in any language. At one point the …
I was accosted at the Old Blue by a local London couple, one of whom had seen New York band, Lion Of Ido, at Hoboken and were mad for it to see them again. I can totally see why. They had a great rock sound, loads of punch, and Ido himself (is that his real …
Adele’s British invasion of the US continues. Today’s performance of Someone Like You on Ellen is trending big. Unfortunately, her spirited, melismatic, soul-inspired, neo-Americanisms seem more forced here than usual. . .
Listening to Prince’s music is like discovering the Kama Sutra and Erotic City would be your favorite position. The groove is mesmerizing, funky and sexy. Prince is pound for pound the greatest songwriter/musician/performer combination ever. “Erotic City” still fills the floor and is a hit today in dance clubs. Many of today’s top R&B and …
We Are Wisconsin from Finn Ryan on Vimeo.
In The Hangover, they went to Vegas, in Hangover Part II, they go to Bangkok (bachelor party jokes write themselves in Bangkok). Watch out Brazil, can Hangover a Trois, Rio Carnival, be far behind? Starring Liam Neeson, Zach Galifianakis, Bradley Cooper, Jamie Chung, Ed Helms, Juliette Lewis and a cast of millions.
Another interesting Kickstarter Project almost completely funded: . .
This is an ad for Datu Puti sugar cane vinegar and soy sauce, two necessary ingredients for adobo. The mom in the ad is Pacquiao’s real mom, Dionisia. I think everyone makes a sour face when they say “Datu Puti” in order to refer to previous ad campaigns touting the tartness of Dati Puti vinegar …
Here’s what the Youtube description says: “This is video from the gallery of the WI Assembly past 1 AM in the morning on 2/25/2011. The Democrats have just been told by the speaker pro tempore there will be no more debate before the vote, even though there were more than a dozen Democrats in the …
Three quarters of the way through one poor woman gets flung across the room. Those two are newlyweds and her energetic husband still has some pop in his loins: . The True Story of Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao .
It’s a conventional argument first, then the lightsabers come out:
This would be a lot funnier if done by hot, young, lady Norwegians, instead we get guileless comics Eskild and Anders in their Scandinavian (polite) man cave:
Makes you wish you were a kid again:
Starring Amanda Seyfried, Gary Oldman, Billy Burke, Shiloh Fernandez , Max Irons, Virginia Madsen and Julie Christie. Directed by Catherine Hardwicke of Twilight
Apparently there are no police in this town.
Starring – Cameron Diaz, Elizabeth Halsey, Lucy Punch, Amy Squirrel, Jason Segel, Russell Getti, Justin Timberlake, Scott Delacorte, Phyllis Smith, Lynn Davies, John Michael Higgins and an epic cast of thousands.
. Misery Bear Goes to London .