Help, a bear is *still* eating me!

December 2, 2008 5:04 PM

Mykle Hansen (previously) has now shot a public service video about being eaten by a bear, to promote the book version of the podcast that's entertained many a MeFite.

If you have any questions about being eaten by a bear, he might be in your town soon. Apparently it qualifies as "bizarro fiction". (More like bearzarro.)

posted by nímwunnan (21 comments total)

Hilarious.
I find the problem with phrasing like "Gayest shit ever" is that I can't tell if it's an:

1. Intentional putdown
2. Sarcastic faux-insult
3. Backfiring insult

Can we all agree on what gay should mean? I vote Sarcastic faux-insult.
posted by Lemurrhea at 5:20 PM on December 2, 2008

Context is everything. Words are just funny pictures and weird sounds.
posted by Dark Messiah at 5:30 PM on December 2, 2008

[Exit, consumed by a bear]
posted by Mr. Bad Example at 5:32 PM on December 2, 2008 [4 favorites]

Not quite John Hodgman, but presence of entrails makes up for a lot.
posted by tkolar at 5:38 PM on December 2, 2008

take meee home, o mudda fadda
take meee home, i hate granada
don't leave me
out in the forest where
i might
get eaten by a bear
posted by DU at 5:48 PM on December 2, 2008 [1 favorite]

This isn't funny, man. How could you? A bear ate my parents! My parents are DEAAAAAD!
posted by steef at 6:14 PM on December 2, 2008

This isn't funny, man. How could you? A bear ate my parents! My parents are DEAAAAAD!

Well if they'd bought the book or read AskMe they'd be fine.
posted by Dark Messiah at 6:21 PM on December 2, 2008 [1 favorite]

Gotta admit, the pee scene, and the entrails, made me laugh out loud.

Not LOL.

That's so 2006. I don't do that anymore.
posted by IAmBroom at 6:40 PM on December 2, 2008

The ad for this page, for those who are logged in, is for "gay chubby dating." You know. Bears.
posted by Pronoiac at 7:06 PM on December 2, 2008

Breaking News: This just in.
posted by Dub at 7:10 PM on December 2, 2008

He's a cross between John Hodgman and Stephen Colbert.

And, both being male, I didn't think they could even have children.
posted by JHarris at 8:41 PM on December 2, 2008

Can we all agree on what gay should mean? I vote Sarcastic faux-insult.

I dunno, I still like the old meaning. As in, the root word of alligaytor, duh.
posted by JHarris at 8:44 PM on December 2, 2008

Needs more Herzog.

"He looked into ze bears eyes and thought he saw GOD, but I looked into ze bears eyes UND I SAW NOTHINK!"
posted by Artw at 9:03 PM on December 2, 2008 [2 favorites]

and, of course, the movie is exactly 4 minutes and 20 seconds long.
posted by mrballistic at 9:13 PM on December 2, 2008

MELISSA IS EATING HER BABIES!!!
posted by benzenedream at 10:04 PM on December 2, 2008 [1 favorite]

and, of course, the movie is exactly 4 minutes and 20 seconds long.

Huh, I wasen't the only one who noticed. That makes me feel slightly less lonely.
posted by hellojed at 10:06 PM on December 2, 2008

I'm not going to give you a link to the video, but I will post a picture of myself listening to it on headphones and looking vaguely appauled.
posted by Artw at 10:13 PM on December 2, 2008 [3 favorites]

Grizzly Man is not only one of the best documentaries every made by Werner Herzog, but also one of the best movies about "bears eating me". And it's gayer shit.
posted by twoleftfeet at 10:56 PM on December 2, 2008

You kind of end up on the bears side, really.
posted by Artw at 10:58 PM on December 2, 2008

I have already covered this ground. Oh yes.
posted by Jofus at 2:02 AM on December 3, 2008

From the Wiki link above:

"Harvey Robinson, 69, male
August 26, 2005
Black bear
Fatally mauled while picking plums at Selkirk, north of Winnipeg, Manitoba.[12]"

Do we get to choose our deaths? Cuz this guy hit the fkn jackpot.
posted by Potomac Avenue at 6:04 AM on December 3, 2008