I'm bo, yo. Bo Burnham is a precocious 17 year old musician, singer, and rapper who displays a gift for word play and rhyme through themes such as Rehab for Fictional Characters, a romance with a larger woman, and, my personal favourite, math. Previously. MLYT
posted on Jul 13, 2008 - View this thread

Hey Meta,

Just saw a news report that you were on. Cool! Here is the link.

Best,

gnfti
posted on Jul 11, 2008 - View this thread

Not literate analysis. Not a fresh insight into a perennial problem ransacking the world. Not an obituary. But ... well ... Chewbacca dancing with a Jawa to "Footloose", Leia singing to Padme that "mommy dear, girls just want to have fun" (with a Gamorrean Guard with a red-haired fright wig), and were I to tell you the third ...
posted on Jul 9, 2008 - View this thread

Words of warning: Watch out for squirrels. Keep your kids with you, but don't put them here. And finally, some advice for golfers. (links go to pictures)
posted on Jul 9, 2008 - View this thread

The Website is Down! is a short movie based on tech support horror stories. (Movie may have NSFW language and imagery)
posted on Jun 24, 2008 - View this thread

To Whom It May Concern: If you are reading this then I can only assume that you have removed the pond under which this note is buried...
posted on May 31, 2008 - View this thread

"This might be a weird request, but I just want to cuddle," Nevada Sagebrush columnist Jordan Butler decided to do something for his last column (before graduating college) that he hadn't done before. He decided to solicit a brothel. Here's the catch: he wasn't interested in paying for sex. He just wanted something to write about for his last column. The result is half after school special and half Twilight Zone episode, but it's all funny.
posted on May 23, 2008 - View this thread

The Adventures of God-Man an occasional feature of Ruben Bolling's Tom The Dancing Bug strip
posted on May 15, 2008 - View this thread

Me Know. Me Have Problem. Cookie Monster takes a hard look in the mirror and faces his cookie addiction.
posted on May 7, 2008 - View this thread

from ACT I SCENE 4

J: Your pardon; did I break thy concentration?
Continue! Ah, but now thy tongue is still.
Allow me then to offer a response.
Describe Marsellus Wallace to me, pray.
posted on Apr 20, 2008 - View this thread

Unintentionally funny voice acting in old school computer games.
posted on Apr 19, 2008 - View this thread

Mortified is a group in various cities that allows people to "share their own adolescent journals, letters, poems, lyrics, home movies, stories and more." It's embarrassing, to be sure, but it's frequently also hilarious (NSFW). Recently they've set up a page to share videos of live performances, and the latest is my favorite so far. "500 Miles To Hollywood" features Elijah Wood, James Denton (Desperate Housewives), Busy Phillips (Freaks & Geeks), Kevin McDonald (Kids in the Hall) and Curtis Armstrong (Revenge of the Nerds) "helping Jason Smith fulfill his dream and bring a 2-decade-old screenplay to life."
posted on Apr 10, 2008 - View this thread

Postcards from Yo Momma.
posted on Apr 4, 2008 - View this thread

How To Speak Hip with Del Close and John Brent
posted on Apr 1, 2008 - View this thread

Take A Walk In The Woods
posted on Mar 27, 2008 - View this thread

The SEO Rapper (a.k.a. The Poetic Prophet) spits rhymes on such topics as Design Coding, Link Building, Paid Search, and Conversion Closing for all your marketing campaign and web design needs.
posted on Mar 27, 2008 - View this thread

Then I don't need a jacket! (Videosift link) From start to finish, the most inexplicably joy-inducing 9 seconds the internet has to offer.
posted on Mar 27, 2008 - View this thread

"He nice, the Jesus. He make the good things, and on the Easter we be sad because somebody makes him dead today." Enjoy a little short story about cultural differences and Easter from David Sedaris.
posted on Mar 23, 2008 - View this thread

We believe that nothing is possible without the Lord's blessing and consent. Your product is no exception.
posted on Mar 16, 2008 - View this thread

Gaming journalism at its silliest. What do you get when you have the designer of Grim Fandango and Psychonauts Tim Schaefer play a game that you make up on the spot? Text based adventure hilarity. More of the same feature here.
posted on Mar 8, 2008 - View this thread

"I am a master impressionest and I will not dignify that with a response..." Continuing in the vein of posting links to UCB Performers videos. YouTube War is produced and stars Chris Gethard along with Zach Woods. Also created a whole bunch of other shorts, "The Worlds Most Akward Boy": Rides an Elevator, Goes to the Deli, Enjoys a Hot Tub, and many more.
posted on Mar 4, 2008 - View this thread

Selling something? Try some humor with your pitch. Donna Stuff4Sale. My 95 Ford Ranger. McNeeb Auto.
posted on Feb 26, 2008 - View this thread

An angry demonstration over MetaFilter
posted on Jan 27, 2008 - View this thread

For the past 50 years, The British have made some of the funniest Comedy TV Shows. Come inside for A Video Chronology of The History of British TV Comedy.
posted on Jan 24, 2008 - View this thread

The photography of Dutch photographer Arthur Mebius includes personal and commercial work, and is often rather funny.
posted on Jan 21, 2008 - View this thread

"Carl knows how to treat the ladies. And with all of his qualities in one package, he is quite the value meal. Eat up ladies. His fries are getting cold." Fun stuff from one of the members of comedy troupe The Groundlings.
posted on Jan 10, 2008 - View this thread

The solution to the Mystery of the Face on the Cake (via BoingBoing).
posted on Jan 3, 2008 - View this thread

Friends and foes, witness the true firepower of the Liberation Army Against Freedom. We have been amassing a fearsome arsenal, and soon the world will tremble at the Mother of All (Fireworks) Rockets.
posted on Dec 25, 2007 - View this thread

The Most Expensive Drink at Starbucks.
posted on Dec 21, 2007 - View this thread

Some Russian online communities like to take on unusual challenges. Courtesy of English Russia.
posted on Dec 17, 2007 - View this thread

Charlie The Unicorn: 16 million hits, not ever on MeFi as far as I can tell, and UNICORNS! Don't we all LOVE THEM SO MUCH?! (Where's the interrobang when you really need it?)
posted on Nov 28, 2007 - View this thread

Sucker Punch: The art, the poetry, the idiocy of YouTube street fights.
posted on Nov 27, 2007 - View this thread

The Japanese Narrow High Jump
posted on Nov 23, 2007 - View this thread

Theory of Humor. A scientific paper, written by Tom Veatch, describes his Theory of Humor. When is something funny? When is it not funny? When does it cross the line? Why are puns generally shitty? And the mysterious and magical powers elephant jokes have on children, revealed! A great data set to use for practice in applying the theories presented in the paper can be found here.
posted on Nov 20, 2007 - View this thread

Everybody has heard a story of someone being struck by lightning. People who survive such a strike can even join a support group. But if you do survive a strike, beware, as you will undoubtedly suffer adverse side effects!
posted on Nov 14, 2007 - View this thread

The ten worst album covers of all time (picked by Mental Floss).
posted on Nov 5, 2007 - View this thread

The Superset: Who is the superest hero of them all.
posted on Oct 23, 2007 - View this thread

A collection of vintage British Comedy Clips.
posted on Sep 22, 2007 - View this thread

Carleton has the book for you. Bonus portable breakdancing mat! Priceless '80s video from the soon-to-be sidekick to the Fresh Prince of Bel Air
posted on Sep 18, 2007 - View this thread

'Osama bin Laden' motorcade with Canadian flags clears APEC checkpoints Members of The Chaser's War on Everything, an Australian TV comedy show, one dressed as Osama bin Laden, drove through two security checkpoints Thursday before being stopped near the Sydney hotel where U.S. President George W. Bush is staying. Examples of their 'expose' on terrorist security response. Example of a full show here. More about the APEC meet in Sydney.
posted on Sep 6, 2007 - View this thread

The proper way to deal with a KKK march (Do not click link while drinking liquids) With all the doom and gloom in the news these days, I was beginning to think there was nothing to be done to make things better. I was proven wrong. By clowns.
posted on Aug 30, 2007 - View this thread

The man got lit up early. Culprit out on bail. LOLCATS on the case.
posted on Aug 29, 2007 - View this thread

You might recognise him from just about every American TV series ever made (as well as a few films). However, you're missing out unless you watch his podcasts. He's also a very funny writer. Thank God for Taylor Negron. He's not too proud of this
posted on Aug 14, 2007 - View this thread

Crush the Screamin' Beans!
posted on Jul 31, 2007 - View this thread

Peanuts, by Charles Bukowski. via
posted on Jul 26, 2007 - View this thread

As Image Comics prepares to resurrect Golden Age comics under the rubric of public domain, it may be worth revisiting heroes of yore, like Stardust (by Hank Fletcher), Fantomah and Titan. Even more can be found through the Pure Excitement reprint webzine, (unfortunately burdened with clumsy navigation— modify the final segment for all 36 issues).

Of course, a fair number of them do show up on the Stupid Comics page, like Fantomah versus the Weird Gorillas, alongside more modern mockeries of books like Man or Astroman and Superman meets the Quik Bunny.
posted on Jul 25, 2007 - View this thread

My Crazy Roommate At the beginning of this year, the new guy at work needed a place to live. I ended up letting him sublet one of the rooms in my house. After only a couple of days it became obvious that he is totally insane. The crazy constantly flows from his mouth and is just way too good to not share with the world. Names have been changed to protect the innocent, but other than that - all of the conversations are damn near verbatim.

Begin reading at Month One.
posted on Jul 8, 2007 - View this thread

Augenblick Studios provide many strange and offensive animated cartoon video films including Superjail. You may be familiar with their work!!! [flash, mayhap quicktime]
posted on Jul 3, 2007 - View this thread

John Hodgman [fantastic youtubed interview], author, expert, oathster and yes, electronics impersonator, blogs jury duty. Amusement ensues.
posted on Jun 19, 2007 - View this thread

A salute to my Dad and all the good Daddies out there for all the sacrifices you made for us; for making us laugh; for letting us come to work with you to help drive the bus; for looking after us and teaching us things; for never being a phony; for all the awesome things you were and for all the awful things you weren't, well for all that, we have a few words we'd like to say to you.
posted on Jun 15, 2007 - View this thread