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The Indomitable Spirits of Decision '08

Last night I realized that if this election has come down to:

A Mormon
A Black Guy
A Guy Who Was Tortured for 5 Years, and
A Woman

Then we're having an Indomitable Spirit election! Here's the classic Mr. Show sketch introducing Indomitable Spirit:

More Than This

* Via Jezebel: Thanks to the wonders of online video, we now know what Bill Murray whispered to Scarlett J in Lost in Translation. (I really wish it had been "rosebud is a sled.")

* I tried to comment on this Has David Cross Sold Out thread on The Onion, but it wasn't working and then I remembered I have a platform: everyone begrudging David Cross a regular income should state where they work and which multinational or otherwise evil corporation signs their paychecks. It's a kid's movie. DC still does free and benefit shows all the time, and work like this presumably allows him to do that stuff and develop more funny entertainment for the nice people. Deal with it. (Note: I know the actual post wasn't saying he sold out, the stupid commenters were.)

Fair Use and Bikes

* Virginia Heffernan forced to interview the Evil One:
"I’m looking at it, cropping it, resizing it, drawing on it, making it my own.”
That's so weird that he said that to the Times and that's also coincidentally going to be his defense in the lawsuits against him! Funny!

* "What Eats, Doesn't Shoot, and Leaves" : And you thought your last group hug was awkward!

* The Top Ten Comedy Sketches of All Time (One message boarder's opinion, but a good list nonetheless)  I'm firmly in "The Audition" camp for Mr. Show though, as I keep mentioning over and over as if anyone cares.

* Guess what? I've been hanging out with kids who ride bikes and now I want one too!! Mine got stolen a few years ago and I never replaced it. This one will get stolen too because I'm going to keep it on the street (5th floor walkup), so does anyone have an old crappy one they want to sell me for cheap? If so: email me!

Ritalin Readings Tomorrow, Whether I'm Alive or Dead

I've been sick since Sunday (Sunday! And today is the worst day!) but come out to RITALIN READINGS tomorrow night (as seen in this week's New Yorker) for the following awesomeness:

Alex Blagg!
Jon Friedman!
Greg Johnson!
Adam Lowitt!
Kristen Schaal!
Mandy Stadtmiller!
Links to their stuff and all the info is here.

Hosted by Me and Gabe Delahaye.

Also I went to the Human Giant 24 Hour MTV takeover last Friday night (Thanks to Jen and Amrit) and met Bob Odenkirk and told him about David's Law and it was so meta and awesome but I can't even blog about it appropriately because I have the flu and can barely care about anything at all, even something that important.

This is my favorite Human Giant sketch, though: Commercial Jingles (Watch both videos, also, look for Kristen Schaal in the second one.)

David Cross on The Michael Showalter Showalter

I.Love.This.Show:

The Day In Comedians Defending Themselves Online

Here's my rule:

When David Cross does it, it's okay
(Though, of course, inadvisable. Also, my Mormon joke, which I repeated in the comments, continues to be awesome.)

When Dane Cook does it, it's not.

"chicken pot, chicken pot, chicken pot pie"

CNN: A man has been faking retardation for over 20 years (since he was 8) so his mother could collect social security benefits. (contains grainy video of man "lolling about" that isn't as funny as one would hope.)

It took me a frantic ten minutes of coworker-consults and then googling to remember that this wasn't a Mr Show sketch, but was in fact David Cross's hilarious recurring arc on "Just Shoot Me", as "Slow Donnie".

("Life imitates 'Just Shoot Me'" doesn't have the same ring to it, but there you go.)

Also see: The Ringer (but, like, not literally.) 

and...scene!

A good friend of mine just tearfully admitted that she's never seen Mr Show. I said "Shhh, baby, it's okay, relax, I have all the DVDs, we'll have a little party and I'll cue up my favorites...BUT YOU HAVE TO LOVE IT OR WE ARE NO LONGER FRIENDS, CAPISCE?"

So anyway, I found one of my favorite sketches (and I believe, by consensus on nerdy comedy message boards I don't like to admit I read, the most classic Mr Show sketch of all.): THE AUDITION

(Also, I absolutely love it when I'm at work and I use the "are you using this chair" line at the beginning of a meeting and the person I'm talking to says "do you need it? For the audition?" Okay, it's happened exactly once but I still love it.)

"insurance is my game, raping was another game of mine"

Two things about this: Man ordered to wear "Sex Offender" t-shirt

1. I wonder if all his friends are going to start wearing the same t-shirt in solidarity, like when someone has cancer and all their friends shave their heads? and

2. This classic Mr. Show sketch is actually totally on Youtube!:

'I'm American and I Want to 'B' Famous'

• Video of David Cross and Bob Odenkirk's reunion on last night's (hilarious) Night of Too Many Stars autism benefit.
• Also, Steve Carell's bit made me fall out of bed laughing.
• The latest Improv Everywhere stunt: punking Who Wants to be a Millionaire.
• Video: John Hodgman and Jonathan Coulton perform in San Francisco.
• Halloween costume idea's from Michael's (via Lifehacker) (There's a Michael's in Queens that's easily accessible from Manhattan, btw.)