OUCH! by MR.E.

OUCH! by MR.E.

Friday, February 14, 2014

VALENTINE'S DAY NIGHT VIDEOS: THE LONELY ISLAND Andy Samberg Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone

The Lonely Island is an American comedy group formed by Akiva Schaffer, Andy Samberg, and Jorma Taccone, best known for their comedic music. Originally from Berkeley, California, the group is currently based in New York City. The group broke out due to their collective work from 2005 to 2011 on Saturday Night Live, featuring Samberg as a cast member and Taccone and Schaffer as writers.


Andy Samberg, known as a cast member on Saturday Night Live (2005–2012), starred in the film Hot Rod (2007), and currently stars in the sitcom, Brooklyn Nine-Nine for which he won a Golden Globe in early 2014.  Akiva Schaffer directed and acted in Hot Rod which starred starring Samberg and featured Taccone as his brother.  Jorma Taccone co-wrote and directed the SNL spin-off film MacGruber (2010).

 

Their three albums are:  Incredibad (2009); Turtleneck & Chain (2011); and The Wack Album (2013).



GREAT DAY (Turtleneck & Chain; 2011)

JIZZ IN MY PANTS (Incredibad; 2009)

LIKE A BOSS (Incredibad; 2009) with Seth Rogen

THE CREEP (Turtleneck & Chain; 2011) with Nicki Minaj and John Waters

JACK SPARROW (Turtleneck & Chain; 2011) with Michael Bolton

I'M ON A BOAT (Incredibad; 2009) with T-Pain

 THREW IT ON THE GROUND (Turtleneck & Chain; 2011) with Elijah Wood and Ryan Reynolds

I JUST HAD SEX (Turtleneck & Chain; 2011) with Jessica Alba, Blake Lively, and Akon

COOL GUYS DON'T LOOK AT EXPLOSIONS with Will Ferrell

SPRING BREAK ANTHEM (The Wack Album; 2013) with Zach Galifianakis (Between Two Ferns), James Franco, and Edward Norton

THE LONELY ISLAND (Festival Supreme 10/19/13) with Tenacious D (Jack Black & Kyle Gass)

AWESOMETOWN (2006; unsold Fox TV pilot)






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ED SPRINGSTEAD, JR.

Monday, February 10, 2014

WHILE OUR SOLDIERS ARE OFF FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM, HERE AT HOME WE'RE FIGHTING...

for a parking space in front of the liquor store that cashes payroll checks


illiteracy


on the Maury Povich Show with a former best friend who slept with your "fiance"


in the toy aisle at Target with someone dressed as Darth Vader over an exclusive variant chase Star Wars action figure
TRIUMPH THE INSULT COMIC DOG


a cold with plenty of rest and fluids


Irish (those potato eating b@stards)*


*Editor's Note: what MR.E. actually means is, "Go Notre Dame!"
















the urge to push someone in front of a bus or down a flight of stairs


Gorgeous Bruce for the Backyard Wrestling Championship belt
ANDY KAUFMAN


sleep while driving home from Dayton at 3 in the morning


fire with fire (and now my raised ranch is a rubbled ash)





















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ED SPRINGSTEAD, JR.

Friday, February 7, 2014

FRIDAY NIGHT MOVIE: SCTV JOHN CANDY & EUGENE LEVY as the Shmenge Brothers THE LAST POLKA (1984)


The Shmenge Brothers were a polka duo who, along with their band The Happy Wanderers, featured on the SCTV television comedy program in 1982-1983. They were played by John Candy as clarinetist Yosh Shmenge and Eugene Levy as accordionist Stan Shmenge. Candy based the characters on Czechoslovakian-born Edmonton-based polka cable show host Gaby Haas.  The brothers were immigrants from the country of Leutonia; which celebrates its Christmas with a symbolic egg, a feast of "falutniks," and the "exchanging of the socks."  Together they played polka for an aging eastern-European immigrant audience, who typically dined on cabbage rolls and coffee (provided by Mrs. Vilve Yachke).


A 60 minute HBO documentary special about Stan and Yosh's last concert, filmed in Toronto November and December of 1984, aired 14 March 1985 (and 15 April on Superchannel in Canada).  Highlights include an overview of their early life in Leutonia and interviews with various relatives and friends who speculate on why they are retiring (they don't have a clue).  The Shmenges themselves don't really have a good reason for retiring. They talk about their early years in Leutonian vaudeville playing jars. The war and an accident turn the Shmenges to polka.  Just off the boat, they get their first big break with Colonel Cohen on his radio show. After the Colonel's mysterious death, the Shmenges start managing themselves.  The Shmenges early TV show (Strikes, Spares and Shmenges; 1952) was broadcast from a bowling alley.  The Lemon Twins perform, and discuss their start with the Shmenges; a clip from the Polka Variety Hour 1964 is shown. Linsk Minyk appears and does a medley of famous tunes including "On the Road Again."  The attempt to expand their audience by attracting kids is a possible factor in their break-up.  Footage of the setup and rehearsals for the disastrous "The Shmenges Salute Michael Jackson" concert in Plattsburg in 1984 is seen.


Appearing as The Lemon Twins - Catherine O'Hara, Mary Margaret O'Hara, and Robin Duke; and as Linsk Minyk - Rick Moranis


Written by Eugene Levy and John Candy. Directed by John Blanchard


To promote The Last Polka, on February 26, 1985 the Shmenges guested on Late Night with David Letterman where they performed "Cabbage Rolls and Coffee Polka," which included a sing-along with the audience. Their appearance in the 1986 Comic Relief was their last performance.






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ED SPRINGSTEAD, JR.

Monday, February 3, 2014

KIM JONG UN'S GOOD POINTS




he recycles


reads to the blind


annually participates in walkathon for scoliosis




supports public television


weekend Big Brother to fatherless kid


he carpools




volunteers at an animal shelter


answers phones for a teen suicide hotline


trick or treats for UNICEF




calls his mother once a week


beautiful singing voice



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ED SPRINGSTEAD, JR.

Friday, January 31, 2014

FRIDAY NIGHT MOVIE: NATIONAL LAMPOON LEMMINGS (1973) John Belushi Chevy Chase Christopher Guest

National Lampoon's Lemmings, a spinoff of the humor magazine National Lampoon, was a 1973 stage show which helped launch the performing careers of John Belushi, Christopher Guest, and Chevy Chase. The show was co-directed by Tony Hendra and Paul Jacobs. The show opened at the Village Gate on January 25, 1973, and ran for 350 performances.


The first half of the show was sketch comedy; the second half was a mock rock festival

Welcome to the Woodchuck Festival: Three Days of Peace, Love, and Death; plus band introductions throughout- John Belushi

Freud, Marx, Engels, and Jung, performing Lemmings Lament - a parody of Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young (referred to in performance as Freud, Pavlov, Adler, and Jung); as well as the songs Woodstock, Long Time Gone, among others

Bob Dylan, performing "Positively Wall Street," a parody of several of his styles, with the title taken from "Positively 4th Street"- Christopher Guest

Goldie Oldie, a parody of old, 1950s-style performers, performing "Pizza Man," a parody of the teen tragedy songs- Alice Playten

John Denver, performing "Colorado"- Chevy Chase

Joan Baez, performing "Pull the Triggers, Niggers," a parody of her protest songs and of Dylan's song George Jackson, in particular- Mary Jenifer Mitchell (later replaced by Rhonda Coullet)

Joe Cocker, "Lonely at the Bottom"- Belushi as Cocker, Paul Jacobs as Leon Russell on piano.

James Taylor, "Highway Toes"- Christopher Guest

The Motown Manifestos singing "Papa was a Running Dog Lackey of the Bourgeoisie," with most of its lines taken from The Communist Manifesto

Donovan, "Nirvana Banana"- Peter Elbling (later addition to the show)

Joni Mitchell, "I Do For You"- Alice Playten (replaced by Rhonda Coullet)

Farmer Yassir (parody of Max Yasgur, owner of the land on which Woodstock was held), greeting the audience - Gary Goodrow

Megadeath, a parody of heavy metal groups, who end their act by turning the amps so loud that the audience dies

"Jackie Christ, Superstar," a parody of Jesus Christ, Superstar. Jesus is a stand up comedian, with John Belushi playing King Herod

"Deteriorata" a Tony Hendra parody of Les Crane's recording of Desiderata

"Defeat Day" - a parody of America's first military defeat in the Vietnam War. "Put all your troubles in a nickle bag and smile, smile, smile."

The Rolling Stones Parody, which Alice Playten playing "Mick Jagger"


Cast included: John Belushi, Chevy Chase, Garry Goodrow (from The Commitee), Christopher Guest, Paul Jacobs, Mary-Jenifer Mitchell, Alice Playten

 Playwrights: P. J. O'Rourke, David Axelrod, Douglas Kenney, Anne Beatts, Tony Hendra, John Boni, Henry Beard

Composers: Paul Jacobs, Christopher Guest

Lyricists: P. J. O'Rourke, David Axelrod, Doug Kenney, Anne Beatts, Tony Hendra, John Boni, Henry Beard, Sean Kelly



THE NATIONAL LAMPOON'S LEMMINGS: DEAD IN CONCERT






FULL SHOW



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ED SPRINGSTEAD, JR.

Monday, January 27, 2014

FREQUENTLY SLURRED BY THE INEBRIATED


"Hey honey- how much?"


"Did you know cows sleep standing up?"

"Check this out- it's from my father's gun collection!"


"Shut up you dumb whore!"

"Of course I'm okay to drive."


"Look! A tattoo parlor!"

"You don't really mean 'no.'"


"I can beat that train!"

"See that woman waaaay out of my league? I fucked her."


"I'm going to kick your ass!"

"Let's drive to Reno!"


"Your daughter's got quite a little body on her!"


"No, who's Joe Francis and what're you doing with that video camera and those cheap Mardi Gras beads?"

"Did I ever tell you about the time I ...."

(Christina Aguilera; Andy Dick; Christina Ricci; Kiefer Sutherland; Lindsay Lohan; Mickey Rourke; Paris Hilton)




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ED SPRINGSTEAD, JR.

Friday, January 24, 2014

FRIDAY NIGHT MOVIE: FROM BEIJING WITH LOVE (1994) Stephen Chow Sing Chi

From Beijing With Love (1994; Chinese: 國產凌凌漆 "Gwok chaan Ling Ling Chi;" literal translation: "Made in China [Domestic Produced] 007"; 凌凌漆 is a homophone for the numbers "007" in Chinese) is a Hong Kong made action comedy that spoofs James Bond movies. It grossed $37,523,850 in Hong Kong alone.


Directed by Lee Lik-Chi and Stephen Chow; it stars Chow as Ling Ling Chat, Anita as Sui Kam, Law Kar-Ying as Dat Man Xi (Leonardo da Vinci), category III porn star Pauline Chan as Mystery Woman, and Joe Cheng as Metal Mouth. Yu Rong Guang appears as the super agent 002 in the opening sequence.

Chow with Anita Yuen
Joe Cheng and Pauline Chan

After graduating in an artist training course of TVB, Stephen Chow Sing-Chi starred in TV series such as "The Justice of Life", and "The Final Combat." In 1988, his performance in Danny Lee's "Final Justice" he was received Best Supporting Actor at the 25th Golden Horse Awards. Chow is known for his unique type of "non-sensible humor" (mo lei tau); and is frequently supported by slapstick sidekick Ng Man Tat.


Chow's 60+ filmography includes such blockbusters as Dragon Fight (1989) with Jet Lee (and filmed in San Francisco), buddy cops Curry and Pepper (1990) with Jackie Cheung, All for the Winner (1990) with Sharla Cheung, God of Gamblers II (1991) with Andy Lau,  the Fight Back to School trilogy with Cheung Man, Anita Mui, and Anthony Wong, Tricky Brains (1991) with Rosamund Kwan, Royal Tramp and its sequel (both 1992) with Brigitte Lin and Chingmy Yau, The Mad Monk (1993) with Maggie Chung, Flirting Scholar (1993) with Gong Li, Love on Delivery (1994) with Christy Chung, A Chinese Odyssey Parts One and Two (both 1995; for part Two: Cinderella, Chow won best actor from the Hong Kong Critics' Society), Sixty Million Dollar Man (also 1995), Forbidden City Cop and The God of Cookery (both 1996), Lawyer, Lawyer (1997) with Karen Mok, The Lucky Guy (1998) with Shu Qi. Chow produced, wrote, directed, and starred in Shaolin Soccer (2001)- which broke all box office records, and won the Hong Kong film awards for Best Film, and for Chow Best Director and Best Actor.  His following film, Kung Fu Hustle (2004), which he also produced, wrote,directed, and starred,  surpassed his previous box office records.  Both films crossed over to the United States. He last appeared on screen in 2008's CJ7, a children's film which he again produced, wrote, directed (he also appeared in the film, but his character was killed early on).


In From Beijing With Love, Chow plays dumb but cool as pork vendor/secret agent Ling Ling Chat, a forgotten Mainland agent called into action when Golden Gun steals the cranium of China's only dinosaur fossil. Sent to Hong Kong by a high-ranking government official to recover it; he contacts Siu Kam- however she turns out to be a double-agent working for Golden Gun (who is actuality the government official who sent him in the first place). Golden Gun instructs Siu Kam to send 007 on a false leads and to assassinate him.


Must be seen to be believed: the film is filled with wild sight gags, physical and verbal humor; exciting action; out of place extreme violence; and heart-touching romance.






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