I'm a pretty sophisticated lady. I watch Mad Men, you know? I like my TV when it's all about dialogue and style and the Cuban Missile Crisis. There's a smart, classy Nicole who thought the Don Draper's Guide To Picking Up Women sketch was the best thing on SNL last week. She chuckled along with the other 80 people who know where to find AMC on their cable box. She loves Jon Hamm in his sexy ad executive, leading-man mode.
And then there's another, less classy Nicole. Who laughed out loud three times during this sketch:
That's a higher laugh-per-minute quotient than Tina Fey ever gives me. Oh my god, WHY is this so funny? Am I seven years old? Am I sort of homophobic? My world is askew.
(Come on, his face! I love how he gets this dawning realization of what he's saying right before they cut to the jingle every time. Dear Jon Hamm/Don Draper: Next time you come back from the Korean War and steal somebody's identity, please make your new name a double entendre for butt sex. You'll get all the viewers and the Emmy you deserve like that. *snaps fingers* Your friend, Nicole.)
I've got a big geekish love for anything involving robotics -- I may not actually build or design or comprehend them in the slightest bit myself, but other people making cute, creepy, science-fictiony intelligence out of metal and wires? It makes me giddy. Mostly because I dream of having, in my lifetime, a pet I don't have to feed or provide with emotional care in any way. I mean, before I have kids.
But today, science deserves a break. Science can go home, take the rest of the night off. It has created a spider pimp.
This little guy's name is Hexapodmeisterschaft, which I believe translates to "six-legged robot who is completely uncoordinated and operates a large Columbian drug ring."
From what I understand -- a lot of the explanations of this thing have been in German -- this robot was built by Austrian grad students as the winning entry for a robotics competition. Since this video went viral on LiveLeak and other blogs, Hexapodmeisterschaft is already a misunderstood creature. Is he adorable, scary, or merely useless? I personally love him, but I love him EXACTLY where he is: trapped inside a little embedded video on my computer screen, where he can never hurt me. God knows it's only a matter of time before (a) his powers are harnessed for evil, (b) he ends up in a sordid love triangle with Heart Robot and face-recognition spider, seen below, or (c) he fades into obscurity even faster than Lou Bega's "Mambo No. 5" did in the first place.
Oh, and feel free to insert a "Hexapodmeisterschaft is a bad mother SHUT YO MOUTH" joke anywhere you'd like in this blog post. You know you want to.
Well, this is it! It's been a wild and zany ride from the primaries all the way to the final day of the general election, and to keep you from taking the whole thing too seriously when you go and cast your vote tomorrow, we present to you our list of the very greatest viral vids from Campaign '08.
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"The Sarah Palin Disney Movie Trailer"
Riding on the tail of Matt Damon's "bad Disney movie" comment about Sarah Palin, came a slew of spoof Disney movie trailers that envisioned her big screen debut. CollegeHumor.com did it best, though.
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Oh, yes. That viral video of Bill O'reilly freaking out on camera is so applicable in so many situations! When used with an image overlay of the always hot-headed John McCain, there will be LOLZ."Tina Fey Impersonates Sarah Palin"
Tina Fey struck gold with this impersonation, and it would spark a series of SNL skits that continues on and on every week. She just looks so much like her! The Alaskan governor has been fodder for many comical routines.
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"Terry Tate: Political Linebacker"
How can you not love Terry Tate? We loved him when he was the Office Linebacker, and we love him just as much now. This brand of simple, violent humor is just what Katie Couric needs to get her point across.
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This soulful tribute to Barack Obama showed us how the Democratic canididate avoided corruption in his Harvard years by resisting the Harvard Law Review Vampires. Priceless production and genius relevance are what we're looking at, here.5.
Doing an Obama vs. McCain dance off spoof is a simple concept, but the execution here is what makes this video truly great. Hot moves, thumpin' soundtrack, and hillarious facial expressions make this one a keeper.
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Will.i.am's Barack Obama anthem dominated the viral charts for weeks, inspired parodies, and help energize Barack Obama's voter base to hang tough through an excruciating primary season. Touching, really.
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"Sarah Palin's Sexy Swimsuit Video"
When the VPilf first came on the scene, her looks were the talk of every inappropriate political joke made in the entire United States of America. Then came this unearthed beauty pageant video. Connect the dots.
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This brilliant CGI spoof personified Hillary Clinton not just as a stark raving lunatic being laughed out of town, but also as the vindictive, evil psycho she made herself out to be in her final days against Barack Obama.
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Obama Girl, Amber Lee Ettinger, got her start on BarelyPolitical.com and rocketed up the charts to become one of the most recognized internet celebs of the year. She's pretty damn hot, too...and that'll do it for us! We particularly love videos that can make us laugh about what can sometimes seem like a process that is a parody unto itself. Think we missed any? Drop us a line and let us know what you think the best campaign-spoof videos were this year!
A regular Daily Tube watcher (OMG I know! We have them!) passed along a music video they produced, from the makers of Lama Boy. It's one part smooth R&B, one part political satire/thriller, and two parts cleavage.
I'm gonna be honest with y'all: I do not understand what is happening in this video. I need a Film 101 class just to get the narrative here. But I'm gonna try to walk you through it.
This video starts off with Possibly Barack Obama moving into the White House (or not. but the fact barack and obama are in the YouTube description makes me confident that I got that part right).
The singer tells us that "Everything will be aight" x100 which is always a reassuring thing to hear. I enjoy this chorus and will not snark about it.
Then... I think that would be Michelle Obama? Some lady in a nice house, which is maybe the White House, secretly catches her man going over "policy" with the headless body of a 1960s flight attendent. Michelle is very disturbed by the woman's chest area. Let's all look at it for a few seconds. And then... god, I have no idea. This is where the storyline loses me. She puts ex-lax in his water or something? Does the editing feel majorly weird to anybody else? CHORUS.
Now we're at some kind of political meet-and-greet with a young Lex Luthor. Hot Michelle Obama is admired by a bald, bodyguard-looking guy. If you watch closely, a bellboy literally snaps his fingers toward him like "Chop chop, Reginald! Those bodies won't guard themselves!" Man, you are pretty low on the totem poll when the bellboys are hassling you. Meanwhile, somebody makes a sandwich, but Barack doesn't eat it because of a briefcase-related dispute of some kind. The white guys in suits are displeased, as is the First Lady. CHORUS.
Presidential bikini party! No way. I'd call BS right here, but you know that's how it went down under Clinton. Suddenly we're in the POV of an assassin in the bushes (ALWAYS check the bushes! Did they teach you nothing in secret service school?) It gets tense because he's setting his sights right on... no, false alarm, he's just looking at breasts too. At least we know they have similar taste in- OH. OH BARACK NO. WHY. Again, why is the secret service not intervening?! Is there no one around to take a bullet for the First Lady, other than her husband? This video has taken a tragic turn. I am not okay with this. It's the opposite of aight. CHORUS. But seriously, chorus, screw you.
P.S. It was all a dream. The end. Have a video of your own to share? Let us know.
While you're all worried about the future of America and stuff, I have my priorities in order. At a Halloween party, E! asked some incredibly awkward questions of Hugh Hefner and his posse of Girls Next Door concubines, now that they've all broken up. Meanwhile, I can't take my eyes off the creepy, twitching skeleton in this video. OH AND THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE BACKGROUND. (Zing!)
I may never watch their show, but I know an increasingly uncomfortable parade of bitterness when I see one. To recap...
Bridget: Not very bitter. More of the wistful "it sucks I don't live with my college roommates anymore, but don't remind me" vibe.
Holly: Slightly bitter, in that "I finally moved out of my dad's place and he can't tell me what to do anymore" way. (Side note: What straight, wealthy man would deny that woman a stripper fireman pole if she wanted one installed in the house? Seriously?)
Kendra: DEFCON 1 BITTER. Especially since Hefner's new girls don't pay her the proper respect. She built this reality show! Built it with her hands!
Hugh Hefner: Sad old man. Sad old man with twins.
Not to be a cynic, but if these four crazy kids couldn't make it work, then I just don't think I can believe in true love anymore.