MetaFilter posts tagged with humor and humour

whole lotta cat!

madamjujujive — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:55:55 -0800

Kitten Kong pt. 1, pt. 2, pt. 3 - The Goodies, Montreux 1972 Edition. Previously on Mefi: Goodie goodie yum yum! (via coisas do arco da velha - some images nsfw)

CGI-brows short mockumentary

planetkyoto — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:04:40 -0800

CGI-brows (link goes to video on Vimeo which contains a naughty word but is otherwise SFW.) A short mockumentary about extreme emoting through SFX by RocketSausage (Dir. Andrew Gaynord) which has won the Virgin Media Shorts People's Choice Award for 2009.

Brüno: Delicious Journeys Through America for the Purpose of Making Heterosexual Males Visibly Uncomfortable in the Presence of a Gay Foreigner in a Mesh T-Shirt

goodnewsfortheinsane — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:43:10 -0800

Trailer for Brüno, the upcoming film by Sacha Baron Cohen, formerly known for his characters Ali G and Borat.

meow...

Korou — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 11:28:47 -0800

The Saddest Cat in the World by Maria Konstantinov

Hark, A Vagrant!

flatluigi — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 08:40:06 -0800

Kate Beaton, Historical Cartoonist

Typographunnies

chrismear — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 06:44:44 -0800

Typographunnies

Boiling water, all over my crotch.

Orange Pamplemousse — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:28:45 -0800

How not to get laid. Because we learn from our failures. Check the highest rated sidebar is on the left hand side.

You Look Nice Today

stavrosthewonderchicken — Thu, 29 May 2008 01:58:47 -0800

You Look Nice Today | A Journal of Emotional Hygiene is one of those podcasts all the kids are talking about these days. It's just a few guys, you know, talking, but it's newish, amusing, and one of the guys is Metafilter's Very Own™ MerlinMann. As always, the funny is subjective. Your mileage may vary. I like it, anyway.

Help the police.

nthdegx — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 07:07:47 -0800

Help the police (youtube).

BP doesn't like identity "correction"

falcon — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 02:05:08 -0800

Oh dear. Robert White at BP's Legal Department doesn't like the Yes Men's immaculately executed spoof of BP's corporate site. The Yes Men pursue the tactic of "agreeing their way into the fortified compounds of commerce", and their apology is most agreeable. Is humorous exposure of "monstrous crimes" more effective than its humorless exposure, or all a bit too subtle to be effective?

What Europeans think of each other

goodnewsfortheinsane — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 07:56:57 -0800

What Europeans think of each other

Philosophy and Comedy

anotherpanacea — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 15:23:06 -0800

Henri Bergson's "On Comedy"
Helene Cixous's "The Laugh of the Medusa"
David Chalmer's Philosophical Humour
Monty Python's "Philosopher's World Cup" Inspired by this, posted previously:

Philosophy is a funny business and some philosophers are funny people. The philosopher asks you to look at the world awry, to place in question your usual habits, assumptions, prejudices and expectations. The philosopher asks you to be sceptical about all sorts of things you would ordinarily take for granted, like the reality of things in the world or whether the people around you are actually human or really robots. In this regard, the philosopher has, I think, a family resemblance with the comedian....

Simon Critchley's "Did you hear the one about the philosopher writing a book on humour?"

"Report a la bug. (That's French for bug report)." Halo 3 Linkorama.

nthdegx — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 11:55:47 -0800

Halo 3: Easter eggs, including the excellent Red Vs Blue in-game dialog easter egg; the RvB Halo 3 beta initiation; 3D images and how-to (dig out your glasses); achievements, ranks, armor, skulls, and campaign scoring explained; Bungie's favorites (videos, pics, maps, game variants to download to your 360)... and that grenade stick.

The Bugle - Audio Newspaper for a Visual World

Kattullus — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 20:23:40 -0800

The Bugle is a topical comedic podcast by The Daily Show's John Oliver and fellow comedian Andy Saltzman. They style it an Audio Newspaper for a Visual World. Each weekly episode is about half an hour long.

199 Peter Cook videos

Kattullus — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:39:51 -0800

199 Peter Cook videos (in case you don't know who Peter Cook is, he's often considered the funniest English comedian of the 20th Century, this myspace page has a concise biography).

Cover songs you never thought you'd hear

St Urbain's Horseman — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 18:26:19 -0800

When Pigs Fly: Jackie Chan and Ani DiFranco? The Fixx covering Nancy Sinatra? Devo sings "Ohio"? You won't believe your ears. The "back" button is directly below the album cover.

For Sale by Mental Patient

pompomtom — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 22:08:04 -0800

They put it in my mouth. I didn't swallow. The savings I pass along to YOU!!! Some silliness which is keeping me sane on this slow Friday arvo...

nic. will never grow up

nthdegx — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 14:13:17 -0800

nic. will never grow up

A Spinal Tap for the geek set.

goodnewsfortheinsane — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 19:26:50 -0800

JP Nicholas Reilly is a theatre (that's "thee-AY-ter") artist who takes himself very, very seriously. Most of his knowledge of the world comes from Hollywood blockbusters. Although his previous plays have sucked big fat hairy sweaty donkey balls, his latest production - about Hitler in college - promises to be his magnum opus.

And if that doesn't convince you, there's the wikification of the world, a phone call from Ira Glass, a Wii swapped for a Super Nintendo, and the Holy Fucking Grail. Watch.

I'm f*cking Tintin, I am.

slimepuppy — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 08:55:21 -0800

Yeah, you better walk away before you get a couple of fucking slaps! You know who I am? I'm fucking Tintin, mate, alright?

It's the next day!

woodblock100 — Wed, 23 May 2007 21:06:00 -0800

A grand allegorical account of the past four decades of human history - or something, is of interest mostly to those of us over forty, but anybody can use the help of The Amazing Dostoevsky machine (new and improved!), to get through Crime and Punishment. Great literature not your thing? Try one woman's elusive search for a marketable, filthy domain name, or check how long you've been on this planet. I'm up to 20284, and counting ...

It's all part of the quirky (insane?) Bonkworld. There's bound to be something here to "feast your sense organs"

Wait a minute: your mom pays you to give her backrubs?

Turtles all the way down — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 14:31:21 -0800

What's the deal with Jews and Chinese food? Just one gem from Jesse Brown, a legendary and entertaining contributor to CBC radio, print, and other media. Here's another one. Okay, one more. Did I mention he's the 121st Greatest Canadian of all Time?

Home of the picnic for detectives

gamera — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 13:29:31 -0800

How to build your very own balsawood crow, the poetry of Dennis Beerpint, Little Severin the Mystic Badger, plus lobster diagrams and of course the Binnacle of the Week await you at Hooting Yard. Celebrated in song and story, Hooting Yard (also a radio show and podcast) is the home of Frank Key, author of such works as Sydney the Bat is Awarded the Order of Lenin and A Complete and Utter History of Norwich.

Regime change for the Big Orange.

goodnewsfortheinsane — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 19:50:02 -0800

Hear our demands: give us back New York. Just think of the possibilities! Join the struggle. Or else.

B3ta Bumper Book of Sick Jokes

srboisvert — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 11:56:42 -0800

B3ta Bumper Book of Sick Jokes (flash) on Scribd, a youtube for pdfs. For extra weirdness listen to the mp3 (the link is at the bottom of the pdf display).