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Jimmy Kimmel White House Correspondents' Dinner

No matter what your political affiliation - Democrat, Republican, Green, Independent, Ambivalent - please take time today to watch (or listen to) Jimmy Kimmel host the White House Correspondent's Dinner. He is kind of the perfect choice for lambasting everyone with just the right amount of sly smile behind every scathing bit of insight. It's a proper roast executed with hilarious results and just the right amount of biting truth.

Tom & James Draw

By their very nature, Collaborative art projects are always interesting just to see what each individual artist brings to the table. In the case of Tom and James Draw you've got two brothers working together to create some surreal portraits. Their story gets a bit more interesting if you read a little further:

Tom and James are two brothers who have influenced and assisted each other in their drawing and painting practice since the very beginning of their lives. James was born in 1977 and Tom was born on 1981 with Downs Syndrome.

Their collaboration is unique as they are sharing experiences between the outsider and “insider” art world. James identifies with Toms abstract use of visual coding and Tom builds around James’ skilled and confident mark making. Tom relaxes James’ technical obsessions, and James enables Tom’s concentration and playful markmaking. Together they make worlds of experience, encompassing people around them and their actions, animals, plants, engines, and sometimes hilarious nods to the human experience and perception.

Maybe it's unfair to point out the fact that Tom has Downs Syndrome because it's inconsequential to the appreciation of the artworks produced but it does make it that much more interesting to view.

via Shablazm.

Super Groups from Minigroup

This little Super Group matching game is an addictive bit of advertising for Minigroup - a collaboration suite of online tools. They do an amusing job of tying in the game to their service but, honestly, it's more about how memorable the game itself is than any sort of additional content. The pixel drawings are hilarious and 50 teams to create certainly takes a bit of time.

Top marks all around, this thing is well designed, functions incredibly well and entertains perfectly. Play now - and finish it all the way through!

Superjail Introductions

Are you familiar with the Adult Swim show Superjail? You probably should be. Every episode begins with a complete different intro sequence of bizarre, ridiculous, hilarious or murderous scenes. You can watch a compilation of them here or just head over to the blog of Matt Taylor; who is posting screens from every intro from Season 2. It's hard to imagine coming up with so many different scenarios for every episode but he certainly does it.

via Mr. Jelinek.

Friday Videos - Feb 24th, 2012

Greetings web traveler! You want the playlist for this week? Well, there it is! Here's the breakdown:

• The Shins - Simple Song - the director duo DANIELS did this amazingly epic video for the new Shins track off their forthcoming Port of Morrow. Even if you don't love the music I bet you can't deny an abundance of appreciation for Richard Swift's curly mop of hair.
• Stan Freberg's Banquet Frozen Dinners - Paul said it best in regards to this commercial... "ACTING!"
• Meow! Sad Toy Cats - I feel like I've seen this before but how could I forget about something so absurdly insane? Whatever the case may be - it's timeless in a way that can't be described.
• Blake Anderson's Impression of a Nice Guy - you know what's coming but you will still enjoy it.
• Key & Peele: Dungeons & Dragons - I'll be honest, I fully expected not to enjoy new sketch show Key & Peele but just about everything I've seen so far has been amusing. This sketch in particular. Mildly NSFW language but whatever; too good.
• Le Voyage dans la Lune - have you seen the fully restored / colorized version of Le Voyage dans la Lune set to original music from AIR? It is such a weird piece of work. If you're interested, watch it in its entirety.
• Winnie the Pooh GTA - I can't explain why I find this so hilarious but I think it has a lot to do with the running style of ole Pooh himself.

That's it! Wish I had more for ya but my weeks have been crazy lately. Be sure to snag that new Uncle Skeleton and have a great weekend!

Friday Videos - Dec 16th, 2011

It's that time again! Load up the playlist and enjoy the slacking off from work. I've got some treats in store for next week to, hopefully, wrap up the year but, for now, enjoy the weekly goods.

• Old Spice - Motorcycle - It is remarkable how great the ad campaigns for Old Spice are; especially considering that I've zero interest in the product. You know you created something great when a customer wants to watch your advertisement over and over. Amazing.
• Inappropriate Folgers Commercial - yes, it's inappropriate but not really.. or is it? Either way, hilarious.
• Haboob Swallows Phoenix - do you know what a Haboob is? Did you know that they aren't that uncommon in the dryer parts of Arizona and New Mexico? Do you understand how terrifying they appear to be?
• Titanic: The Animated Movie - this trailer brings up so many question it's difficult to wrap your brain around. Why does it exist? Why is there a fun loving kids movie based on an enormous disaster? Why is there a rapping schnauzer? Why is his backing band comprised of stereotyped mice? Why, Why, Why? via Paul.
• Geek Love TLC - there is a fine line between laughing with someone and laughing at someone. I'm not sure where the new TLC Geek Love show falls but it seems like something we should all watch in order to decide.
• Priceless Hippo - your level of enjoyment of this is a good gauge of your maturity levels. Me? I'm about 8 years old because I loved it. (Please note, this occurrence is not uncommon in Hippos but it is hilarious).
• Drive Recklessly - an educational PSA on the dangers of speeding. Would you rather save 30 seconds or a life?
• Cheers - NORMisms - it's been many years since I've watched Cheers.. this Supercut is a nice reminder that we all need to revisit it.
• I Gave My Kids a Terrible Present - Jimmy Kimmel gets parents to trick their kids for the benefit of late night TV again. The results are hilarious but I can't imagine doing this to your child; some of them seem incredibly upset! Fortunately, you know they'll forget.
• Waving Bear - you will watch this on repeat for the remainder of the day.

BONUS

• Raiders of the Lost Ark Filmumentary Part 2 and Part 3 are now available. I am sure they are every bit as compelling as Part 1.
• Mariachi El Bronx - 48 Roses - a primo example of why music videos can (and are) still relevant when done right.
• 30 Most Important Cats of 2011 - Falfa sent me this and I am forever indebted to him for it.

Have a great weekend!

Procatinator

From this point forward, you should start every day of your life with a quick visit to Procatinator - a brilliantly curated mash-up of hilarious cat gifs and perfectly matched songs. You can also follow them on Twitter but, really, all you need is a good dose of the site.

HT Jamie

Friday Videos - Dec 2nd, 2011

I can't help but think I'm overlooking some grand video with this weeks playlist but I'll just have to forge ahead and know that, more than likely, you're getting your video entertainment from a wealth of sources.* I digress, here's the breakdown of goods:

• Bizzle Gets Some Dunkers - I find this whole dog as human setup absolutely hysterical. I mean, this is Internet Classic as far as I'm concerned and I'd like to see this grow and flourish into a proper meme onslaught.
• Community, Parks and Rec style - maybe Community's ratings would improve if they'd just confuse their opening sequence with Parks and Rec. Maybe the whole slew of Thursday night shows should go this route. I'd be into it.
• Muller Ad 2011 - there is so much going on here it's hard to wrap your brain around it. Knight Rider and Yogi Bear are just the beginning of the bafflement. via Tromant.
• Kung Fu Kids - because you need to see this.
• Dog Disco - everything I know about Disco does not apply to this.
• The Simpsons - 300 - Need a 3D animation project? Why not blend your favorite Simpsons characters with a much mocked scene from 300? The results are.. well, incomprehensible.
• Amazing Amazon Box - if your Amazon package is ever late, imagine it spent a good 48 hours going through this ordeal.
• News Anchor Fail Compilation 2011 - yep, this never gets old. Never. Some NSFW language but that's what makes it good.

BONUS

• Hipster Detail: "The Donut" - the raging anger over Brunch in this clip is absolutely great.
• The Size of Texas - hilarious mockery of End of the World genre movies; particularly by asteroid. The two second Danny Jelinek cameo made my day. Oh, also, it was shot by my friend Blake - double bonus!
• Tribute to Drive - nice animation paying tribute to the quiet brutality of one of this years favorites.
• Mural at the Ace Hotel - I don't think I'll ever tire of time lapse animations of hand drawn type. This example is simple and elegant - right on the money.

Nashville residents should heavily consider going out to the Holiday Porter Flea Market at the East Park Rec Center.. looks to be a good time. Non-Nashville residents, just be jealous!

Have a great weekend.

Totally forgot to include this gem - hilarious for a number of reasons; including the notion that "kissing" is included in the definition of virginity and, obviously, the actual kiss.

Harvey James: Illustrating Podcast Hosts

There's a fun project going on over at the Harvey James blog in which he takes it upon himself to illustrate what he believes the host of a podcast looks like based entirely on their voice and, then, an accompanying illustration of what they actually look like. The Marc Maron entry is hilarious because of the disparity between perception and reality but it's still pretty accurate. The Scott Aukerman feels oddly accurate from either side. Looking forward to more of these fer sure.

Caganers

File this under: Things I Probably Shouldn't Post About But Can't Help Myself. Yesterday I was informed of the existence of the Caganer, a small figurine with roots in Catalonia typically included in a nativity scene that depicts an innocent act of defecation. Seriously, it's a cute little statue taking a poo in the middle of a holy scene. It's absurd, ridiculous and hilarious. And, turns out, there are a ton of them depicting famous people. You want Michael Jackson or Queen Elizabeth as a Caganer in your nativity scene doing their thing? You Got It.

Spread the word.. you just found yourself the worlds best stocking stuffer.

Create Your Own Paper Head

Remember this phenomenal Halloween costume from a few years ago? Eric Testroete really went all out in creating his giant paper head rendition of himself and it still looks impressive to check in on it now. If you're interested in doing something similar for yourself this weekend you can always fire up this application to create a C-level version of the original concept.

Okay, so you won't actually use this for a Halloween costume but the images it creates are hilarious. So, do yourself that favor at the very least.