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Moving
We are moving this week. Buffalo Boy Mike and the family is moving to Niagara Falls this weekend. Im just packing and moving boxes and decided to hire professional movers for the rest. The boxes are enough.
Everytime I think of moving how can you not think of the classic with Richard Pryor and a young Dana Carvey. King Kong Bundy was one of the movers as well.
In this scene Pryor hires Carvey to drive his Saab across country. What he doesn't realize is that Carvey is a Schizophrenic. One of the all time classic scenes.
Finally, Hot Weather and Schweddy Balls
Ah yes, the mercury climbs and it means though it ever so late into the summer we finally have the season for SNL - Sweaty Balls
When summer gets hot and sticky I am reminded of the classic SNL clip of Alec Baldwin talking about his Schweddy Balls. You Tube is a prick about SNL stuff so click on the above link to see those Schweddy Balls.
Category: Television | Weather | comedy
Lewis Black on Healthcare
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Category: comedy | healthcare
Halloween Movies
One of my favorites every year around Halloween to shove into the VCR is Ghostbusters. Keeps the spokey season comedic. The cast was awesome and its a shame they couldn't get them back together for a Ghostbusters 3. The exchange between Dan Akroyd and Bill Murray in this clip is legendary by now.
Category: Halloween 2008 | Movies | comedy
Religulous is a Must See For All Faiths
I went tonight to see Religulous, the new documentary by Real Time host Bill Maher. As most of you know he is no supporter of religion and spends portions of his show and his comedy bits tearing holes in religion, not just Christianity, all religions.
I left the movie, and I mean this in the most positive way, being even more assured of my Atheist self. I would be considered a non-practicing Catholic, but how can you be considered non-practicing when you don't believe in the whole thing to begin with. So, that leaves me with atheism, which I don't just leave that out there for everyone to know but after seeing the movie, I don't mind saying it as much because really, I think that when it comes to most, not all who are highly religious, I am of the rationale minority who don't believe in any religion.
Did you know that Atheists represent 16% of the population of this country, more than African-Americans, Jews and the NRA yet don't get represented at the political level? That point is made in the movie too, name one politician that doesn't parade the fact that they are religious or a believer in God, 99.9% of the time if not 100% of the time in some form of Christianity or Catholic faith. Would anyone reading this website vote for an openly Atheist president? Would that mean that in your eyes that person would not be morally responsible enough to run our country?
Bill spends much of the first half the documentary on Christianity and Catholicism because, at least in this country thats where most of us identify with. Even to me, I can at least be familiar with the names that are tossed around in those religions just from being around those who believe in it.
After the first half, all religions are fair game to the scrutiny. At times Bill comes off as stand offish, but its more him asking tough questions of those who are closest to their faiths. As you know when you get people who are highly immersed in their faiths to the point of believing their specific books or religions literally, things can get heated.
He talks to those from Mormonism including being kicked off the front lawn of the Mormon Temple in Salt Lake City, Utah just for being there doing the documentary. He does get to talk to two former Mormons who left their faith and talked of their issues with the faith including being literally isolated from friends and family because of their withdrawal from their religion.
There are several holes that were punched into Christianity, Catholicisims, Muslims, Islam, Scientology, Judiaism and Mormonism that left you with the feeling that if you were Atheist going in, your not wrong about not believing and I truly believe that if one of faith goes in, no matter how immersed in your religion that you are, if you watch with an open mind, you will leave with a new outlook, that maybe religion isn't as important as some of us make it out to be.
Our leaders, our elected leaders and other leaders from around the world, including George W. Bush believe that the end of the world is coming in our times. The point that Maher makes is that we actually have the capacity as humans to see it to the end if we chose whether its nuclear, pollution or otherwise. We have that power, more so than anyother species that lived before us. All religions preach some end to our time here on this planet in some round about way.
Its comedy with serious overtones and serious questions. It brings up legitimate questions, all the while making light of the seriousness of what is being discussed.
Its a bold movie and covers things that some in the Muslim and Islamic world like Solomon Rushdie would have been killed over not more than 20 years ago. It covers topics and asks questions that get some pissed off and others answer him but with reluctance.
One thing it does do though is brings to light the "moral" fairy tales that represent what is written in our respecitve religious books and how dangerous it is to take them literally and in some cases how silly it is to believe in them at all. Its definitely worth a trip to see this daring documentary Bill Maher who is in my mind one of the great intellectual comedians of our time.
Protect The Twinkie!
All Im going to say is, Will Ferrell is awesome, check out this football skit:
Category: comedy
Return of Real Time
Bill Maher was back last night and Real Time on HBO is my show on Friday nights. Its funny, relevant and provides some interesting insight from politicians (both republican and democrat), celebrities and other significant cultural figures.
Bill is someone who has the rare ability to combine politics and current events with a unique brand of comedy. He does poke fun at both democrats and republicans even though he himself is very liberal.
Here's a few tidbits from last nights show:
Opening Monologue: Interview with Virginia Governor Tim Kaine: (Listen to him tell how McCain made his choice, calling her at the Alaska State Fair, nice pick for VP) New Rules:Category: Politics | Television | comedy
