like a redheaded stepchild

January 25, 2005 9:30 PM

Bring it trombONe! After watching this I am now wondering how fine a line there is between confidence and just being crazy. quicktime movie, some laughter may be required
posted by Hands of Manos (41 comments total)

*ahem*
let me clear my throat...
posted by MrBobaFett at 9:49 PM on January 25, 2005

Napoleon's got some serious competition.
posted by Witty at 9:57 PM on January 25, 2005

That was great. He dances just like my brother, but my brother doesn't have a trombone.
posted by painquale at 10:03 PM on January 25, 2005

Hit me with the horns indeed.

I bet that guy went to UW-Madison.
posted by drezdn at 10:10 PM on January 25, 2005

This guy is an utter douchebag, and yet his moves seem wholly appropriate for that music he's playing.
posted by DuoJet at 10:23 PM on January 25, 2005

Huh? Ok.

...for that music he's playing.

That music? You don't even know what you're listening to do you.
posted by Witty at 10:28 PM on January 25, 2005

Napoleon's got some serious competition.

this guy has been taking lessons from Rex Kwon Doh!
posted by Hands of Manos at 10:32 PM on January 25, 2005

Witty: That music? You don't even know what you're listening to do you. (sic)

You tell me, what am I listening to?
posted by DuoJet at 10:36 PM on January 25, 2005

Holly-wooooooooood...
;^)
posted by numlok at 10:56 PM on January 25, 2005

He played less than 20 notes, none longer than a quarter.

Does he know any songs?
posted by chicobangs at 11:23 PM on January 25, 2005

The look on Steve Harvey's face is priceless.

(Oh, and in case you just can't get enough...)
posted by sellout at 12:01 AM on January 26, 2005

You tell me, what am I listening to?

As numlok indicated, it's Kool & the Gang, "Hollywood Swinging." It's from back when the band was a funk group (you can tell they wore out their James Brown records) and not just a backing band for schmaltzy pop songs.

For a snippet of the song, go to this Amazon sales page. Apparently they have also rerecorded it with Jamiroquai for a recent collection (whence the recent and awful Atomic Kitten hit).
posted by pracowity at 12:05 AM on January 26, 2005

Ohhh, he went to OBErlin. No WONder.

HAhahaha.

Awesome, that made the evening for me.
posted by exceptinsects at 12:08 AM on January 26, 2005

this is unfunny, bad fpp's
posted by JRun at 12:14 AM on January 26, 2005

how fine a line there is between confidence and just being crazy

Amusing video, to be sure, but it was this comment that made me LOL.
posted by scarabic at 12:19 AM on January 26, 2005

My favorite part is the enthusiastic crowd.
They get into it and really make it work for him.

The NBC performance seems weak in comparison.
posted by benhugstrees at 12:32 AM on January 26, 2005

Gimpy skinbag's got nothing on Napoleon Dynomite. Nothing.
posted by loquacious at 12:38 AM on January 26, 2005

And he didn't even hurt his bone, err, trombone.
posted by Goofyy at 2:31 AM on January 26, 2005

What the fuck...? Was that supposed to be funny? And why were the crowd whooping and hollering like that? Ugh.
posted by salmacis at 3:20 AM on January 26, 2005

Good music done bad, amusing in a sad, nostalgic 'you can't touch this' way.
posted by page404 at 3:51 AM on January 26, 2005

I really don't understand what you people are griping about.
posted by andendau at 3:56 AM on January 26, 2005

Steve Harvey being posted to Metafilter? Isn't this one of the four signs of the Apocalypse? Or at least some sort quantum inversion?
posted by intermod at 5:46 AM on January 26, 2005

This is disgraceful, proof of the existence of Satan or something. Additionally thanks pracow I'm getting dat song asap.
posted by elpapacito at 5:59 AM on January 26, 2005

By the way, "Bring it trombONe!" might be the most labored pun I've ever seen in a FPP.
posted by painquale at 6:21 AM on January 26, 2005

Read salmacis' post in the voice of an old white coot muttering into his prune juice. Comedy Gold. Great post, Manos.
posted by Scoo at 6:57 AM on January 26, 2005

By the way, "Bring it trombONe!" might be the most labored pun I've ever seen in a FPP.

Painquale, in the most non-sarcastic tone I have that I can convey over the internet, "thank you." If my fpp was the most labored pun in an FPP then, I rock. Because that doesn't mean my fpp is the second most labored pun but THE most labored pun, ever since 1999. I'm not sure many mefites can make this claim.

Also, I'm curious (and not baiting anyone, okay?) what is it that you (Salmacis, Painquale, JRun) find funny?

I'm really not offended by your statements, I really am being as sincere (and friendly) as possible. If we were in a bar, I'd buy you a beer and say the same thing face to face.
posted by Hands of Manos at 7:11 AM on January 26, 2005

Worst FPP ever. I mean it. In the history of the entire internet. I mean, Hands... how dare you! Far worse than a double! You should be so ashamed. I don't know how you even dress yourself in the morning!
/sarcasm

I, for one, welcome our Trombone playin', freak dancin' overlords...
posted by Debaser626 at 7:30 AM on January 26, 2005

God bless him. I hope he got laid out of it.
posted by chicobangs at 7:35 AM on January 26, 2005

He is a better dancer than a trombone player. He completely missed the final 2 notes. He misses even more on the NBC video on his website.
posted by internal at 7:56 AM on January 26, 2005

I have the unstoppable compulsion to meet this person and shake his hand.
Awesome.
posted by dougunderscorenelso at 7:57 AM on January 26, 2005

Homeboy has some moves.
posted by gwint at 8:24 AM on January 26, 2005

By the way, "Bring it trombONe!" might be the most labored pun I've ever seen in a FPP.

I continue to cackle over here, which is more than I can say for certain grumpa-sore-asses.
posted by scarabic at 9:11 AM on January 26, 2005

Yeah!
posted by Zurishaddai at 9:22 AM on January 26, 2005

And why were the crowd whooping and hollering like that?

Sounds like something my grandma would say.
posted by jefbla at 12:01 PM on January 26, 2005

The Gong Show just isn't the same without Chuck Barris. Or Jaye P. Morgan for that matter.
posted by terrapin at 12:09 PM on January 26, 2005

Good, stupid (clean) fun...well done, I say!
posted by achmorrison at 12:33 PM on January 26, 2005

Oh shit. The running man killed me. $10 says all the people that didn't like it are the kind of killjoys that go to a concert, sip a PBR wearing their cabbie hat and stand in the front row nodding their heads. Get the fuck against the walls you tools, some of us want to dance.
posted by kavasa at 2:26 PM on January 26, 2005

wait, i sip guzzle pbr and stand in the front row and nod my head. ok, so usually i sing along. and i don't go to shows to dance.

oh, and i liked the video. and i hate cabbie hats.
posted by Igor XA at 5:41 PM on January 26, 2005

Most amusing, Hands of Manos - thanks!
posted by madamjujujive at 8:50 PM on January 26, 2005

thank christ I've got the internet to keep me from missing bits from network television
posted by nanojath at 8:06 PM on February 24, 2005

foiled
posted by shmegegge at 3:44 AM on February 25, 2005