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Look up in the sky it’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a blog post.

Heidi Nyburg — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 04:51:33 +0000

Speaking of airplanes, here’s a great video of an SWA Flight Attendant making the in flight announcements a little more interesting. Clap. Stomp.

Have a look, I’m a walrus.

Heidi Nyburg — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 00:19:16 +0000

Bob Dylan meets the Beatles.

Quite clever.

Scarriest Beastie-est Mash Up Ever..

Heidi Nyburg — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 06:12:39 +0000

When we were just little cupcakes, our favorite author was Richard Scarry which may explain our small obsession with magazines. Richard Scarry’s Best Story Book Ever read like just like a magazine for cuddly little cartoon animals who wore overalls. Seriously you will never see more overalls in one sitting than you will when you read a Richard Scarry book.

Proof of Excessive Use of Overalls in a Children’s Book

Exhibit A: Lowly worm with a pal clothed in overalls.

And now for the funniest video we’ve seen in quite some time:

One lonely Beastie I be… all by my self without my worm Lowly…

Cozy Heineken filled womb.

Heidi Nyburg — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 18:16:18 +0000

Ew. Have you seen this Heineken commercial? If it were slightly funny or even remotely clever we might be able to overlook the crass and obnoxious tone of the ad. On second thought, no, not a chance. It is just bad. What is the implication here? Is the robotic creation supposed to represent the perfect woman? Multiple arms and a womb filled with the cold stuff. It really is grotesque. Comments?

Update: YouTube pulled the video so if you’d like to see it, click the image above to be taken to AdAge where they have the clip.

If it’s Monday, this must be The Office.

Heidi Nyburg — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 05:55:55 +0000

It’s gettin’ hot in hur. Yeah that’s right, hur, like thur. Cause we’re down like that. No actually we’re nothing like that. Not down at all really. Not even a little bit.

How to Make Your Very Own Mash Up

Heidi Nyburg — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 05:40:41 +0000

We’re in class all day today but while we’re there, we have an assignment for you. Learn how to make your own mash up.

Top 3 things to ponder after watching this:

1) Does your Grandma have her own YouTube channel? Hurry, check. Now.

2) Was Flight of the Bumblebees ever a top ten hit, you know, back the day?

3) How did Red Bull and Rock Star lose out to Mountain Dew for this product placement?

Here is some really fabulous mash up inspiration

Everyone else is doing it.

Heidi Nyburg — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 17:41:27 +0000

Please, don’t go back to work without watching this video. Seriously, unless you don’t mind being the only kid in the cubicle who hasn’t seen the latest, of the moment viral vid. Remember how you felt a couple of weeks ago when everyone was talking about Dramatic Chipmunk and you had no idea what or who that was? Don’t let it happen again. If you’re reading this through an RSS feed, take the time to make the strenuous, physically draining three clicks to the site to watch the video. It’s for your own good. Kind of like vegetables.

Recipe for Walking it Out Fosse Style

1 Bob Fosseesque choreography via some random 60s television clip

3 Pastel Pantsuits

3 minutes 26 seconds of umpteen million hip thrusting dance moves performed by 3 bouffant wearing Tammy Faye lookalikes wearing sunglasses for headbands.

Combine ingredients. Shake and serve over ice.

We have a rule around here and that rule is: No walking it out without the penguins. Period.

This is the clip they should have shown in theaters because Happy Feet the movie was…yeah, not so much.

PS-Feed readers: You spoke and we’re listening! Clicking links is hard work and we are taking steps (albeit baby steps) to make your lives easier. Soon videos will show up in your layercake feeds, eliminating all of those nasty repetitive motion injuries from clicking links.

Two left feet.

Heidi Nyburg — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 21:08:50 +0000

Sometimes popular culture takes a wrong and twisted turn. Such is the case with the “lucky” rabbit’s foot. Growing up we always thought lucky rabbit’s feet were just about the creepiest thing on imaginable. Why would anyone want to carry around the dead appendage of a defenseless animal and call it lucky? And why were they always dyed bright colors? Seriously it’s a sick and twisted little piece of pop culture history and luckily (for the rabbits and our psyches) it’s fallen way out of fashion. And now with the help of modern technology it appears that thousands of rabbits are being reunited with their long lost “lucky” paws.

Watch and be grateful for the wonders of modern science.

1989 First Cell Phone Ad. With sexy background music.

Heidi Nyburg — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 18:30:48 +0000

You’ve come a long way, baby. This ad perfectly captures the late 80s, sexy, spendy, Reagan era of excess and backs it all up with a sexy KTel soundtrack. If it weren’t for the brick phone shots and the driving you might mistake it for an ad for Mateus Rose. Sexy.

Mmmm, Mateus

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I love Leno in the Springtime..

Heidi Nyburg — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 02:26:50 +0000

A guaranteed rollicking good time!