Oddly enough, this is from Sesame Street and not Saturday Night Live…
Tag: sunday funnies
Sunday Funnies: That camera isn’t on, right?
Indiana Congressman Baron Hill didn’t want footage of “his” townhall meeting to wind up on YouTube.
So… it wound up on YouTube:
Sunday Funnies: Ethics fraud at 7-11
I have some friends and co-workers who have been either working for or volunteering their time for the Chris Christie campaign in New Jersey, and according to them, the election is getting ugly – even by New Jersey standards. In one of the ultimate pot-and-kettle moves, incumbent Governor Jon Corzine is trying to hang ethics allegations on his opponent – who, incidentally, is one of about a half dozen New Jersey politicians who likely won’t end up in jail at some point or another.
I enjoyed the Christie campaign response – maybe not the most side-splitting political ad ever, but it certainly handles the issue well:
Sunday Funnies: The effect of flagging poll numbers
Sunday Funnies: “Remembering” Woodstock may be problematic…
More than just a festival, Woodstock came to symbolize the music scene in the 1960s and 1970s in all its freewheeling glory. I wasn’t around for any of it, though, so I have to rely on the somewhat hazy stories of folks who lived through it:
Sunday Funnies: Don’t you forget about John Hughes
John Hughes passed away this week. Most people remembered him for inventing the “teen comedy” genre with movies like Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and The Breakfast Club. I’ll remember him for National Lampoon’s Vacation and Christmas Vacation and more most of late and equally great John Candy’s filmography.
Either way, the types of movies that John Hughes made were not Oscar grabs – they were usually lighthearted but with a sentimental, emotional side. They were funny and accessible, and made for great entertainment not only for families, but for kids growing up as well. In that way, Hughes’s films matched the 1980s perfectly because that was the peak of the video rental industry. Even if you didn’t see the Breakfast Club or Planes Trains and Automobiles in the theater, it made for great home viewing with a bunch of friends over at someone’s house or as a family bonding event.
You might say that in the field of local home entertainment HE WAS A GOD! But that line’s been written already – by Hughes himself:
Sunday Funnies: Wait, health care isn’t funny… is it?
The Independence Institute is taking on Obamacare with this video, which highlights the need for individual choice in health care and has someone getting hit by a bus:
Sunday Funnies: Even this has something to do with Michael Jackson
Weird Al Yankovic’s career took off in the 1980s based in large part on his parodies of Michael Jackson songs – parodies which, it should be noted, Jackson appreciated (and even encouraged). Jackson’s gone but Weird Al lives on, and he continues to riff on both music and culture – in this case, he takes on Craigslist:
Sunday Funnies: Happy Fathers Day
Despite my earlier promise, I couldn’t find anything funny about Jethro Tull. But with today marking the 40th anniversary of the moon landing, I figured out an alternative. Behold the blooper reel from the first movie my Dad and I ever went to – Star Wars.
Jim Eltringham 