Tag Archives: silliness

3.8M views for this year’s news bloopers.

From the morning radio team at Denver’s KS107 FM. (Tipped by JMG reader Don)

The Wham classic. Lyrics via Facebook names.

So this happened the other night on our way back to Island House. Father Tony writes: Joe and I returning from El Siboney Cuban Restaurant – per our tradition – got into the Best. Cab. Ever. The driver said, “Are you guys ready for Christmas?” We said no, and he fired up Bing Crosby doing the Hawaiian Christmas Song and …

Via Mediaite: Brothers Dallas and Brad Woodhouse were debating ye olde bipartisanship on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal Tuesday morning when they got a call in from “someone down south.” “You’re right I’m from down south!” said the voice. “Oh god, it’s mom!” Dallas said as both brothers hid their faces. “I disagree that all families are like ours,” Joy Woodhouse told …

Staffers here at the Island House let me know that they’ve created a bear-centric parody of a recent underwear commercial partially filmed on their property. The Island House Key West extends a warm welcome to all types of gay men, regardless of body type! Unlike our wonderful friends at Andrew Christian, we don’t all have chiseled abs and perfect pectoral …

It’s called the Silencing Slider: Each Gorge Ohwell Silencing Slider is an artisan crafted censorship device that is ergonomically designed to comfortably plug even the loudest of burger holes. Made of soft and non-toxic natural food grade silicone rubber, the gag has no unpleasant plastic smells or odors. Give the Gift that Keeps on Gagging. Comfortable, ergonomic design. Local sourced …

The images above come to you from South Dakota’s grammatically-challenged “Driving Proper” campaign. (Via Aksarbent)

Video by JMG reader Rob.

Details. (Tipped by JMG reader Joel)

Today’s silliness via Buzzfeed: An annual survey from the company School Stickers has collected data on which children’s names are the most common for kids who are well-behaved, and ones who could use a time-out. School Stickers, which tracks children’s behavior and digitally rewards ones for behaving well, collected and analyzed data based on one million entries and released a …

Via the Wall Street Journal: No puns, please. This is China. That’s the message from the country’s media regulators, who on Thursday derided the use of wordplay in advertisements and broadcasts, saying they were “contradictory in spirit to the promotion and continuance of excellent, traditional Chinese culture.” Examples cited by the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television, …

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Today we get yet another Taylor Swift parody, this time with a Thanksgiving theme. Featuring Mean Girls star Daniel Franzese with a cameo from Russell Tovey of HBO’s Looking.

(Tipped by JMG reader Tristam) RELATED: Swift set another chart record this week. Taylor Swift this week becomes the first female solo artist to replace herself at #1 on the Hot 100. Her new hit, “Blank Space,” leaps from #13 to #1, displacing “Shake It Off,” which held the top spot for four non-consecutive weeks. Swift is the first act …

Fitness model Bryan Hawn lip-syncs to a Taylor Swift track as he builds a marriage equality map and shows off his ridiculous rear end. This is probably office-safe. (Via JMG reader Homo Erectus)

(Tipped by JMG reader Ken)

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