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lazyboy wrote: Gosso: I've listened to this guy and I really don't get what you like about him. What come across to me is a huge contradiction between what he is saying and the way he acts. Maybe that's a part of his appeal and there is some irony being expressed consciously. I just don't see it. He seems irony deficient. An example: he's sitting in the back of his huge gas guzzling limo talking about human beings as bacteria destroying life. He seems disconnected from his compassion. He just seems like a pretty smart thug who lacks heart but is good at going for the shock value, the kill. Also, he's is not saying anything new or original to me whether it be about religion, DMT or the Kali Yuga. When he talks about his humility...sorry, it just doesn't ring true. More like the toxic mimic than the real deal.

Gosso wrote:

lazyboy wrote: Gosso: I've listened to this guy and I really don't get what you like about him. What come across to me is a huge contradiction between what he is saying and the way he acts. Maybe that's a part of his appeal and there is some irony being expressed consciously. I just don't see it. He seems irony deficient. An example: he's sitting in the back of his huge gas guzzling limo talking about human beings as bacteria destroying life. He seems disconnected from his compassion. He just seems like a pretty smart thug who lacks heart but is good at going for the shock value, the kill. Also, he's is not saying anything new or original to me whether it be about religion, DMT or the Kali Yuga. When he talks about his humility...sorry, it just doesn't ring true. More like the toxic mimic than the real deal.

Well, Joe introduced me to a few new areas of thought, and he has been a good ally on my quest for "knowledge".  I guess I have to thank him for that.  He is also usually fairly open to new ideas and theories.  But I agree that he says a lot silly things, although he is just probing for answers, and I feel the same way. 

It's too bad you don't like him...he's not for everyone.

lazyboy wrote: Gosso: Thanks for not taking my reaction to Joe personally. I can see how he can serve as a catalyst for new ideas and I'll leave it at that.

Gosso wrote:

lazyboy wrote: Gosso: Thanks for not taking my reaction to Joe personally. I can see how he can serve as a catalyst for new ideas and I'll leave it at that.

It's pretty difficult to get me mad or pissed off.    Considering that just over 4 or 5 months ago I thought that any kind of psychedelic was the devil, I think I'm doing pretty good.

How about a little Grateful Dead to tide things over (4:13):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=671AgW9x ... re=related

l82start wrote: we will rock you http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxEienWi ... e=youtu.be  bad piper

Gosso wrote:

l82start wrote: we will rock you http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxEienWi ... e=youtu.be  bad piper

That reminded me of Yo-Yo Ma and Lil Buck.  It's a combo of ballet plus break-dancing set to the music of Yo-Yo Ma (3:46)

http://youtu.be/C9jghLeYufQ

lazyboy wrote:

That reminded me of Yo-Yo Ma and Lil Buck.  It's a combo of ballet plus break-dancing set to the music of Yo-Yo Ma (3:46)

http://youtu.be/C9jghLeYufQ

Wow, Lil Buck has amazing body control.

Austen Heller wrote: This one always makes me chuckle:

Wii ski jumper FAIL (19 sec)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uXJqeYazkc

lazyboy wrote: This one's goes out to the Canadian Grateful Dead fans. New Speedway Boogie from the movie Festival Express about a multi band train ride across Canada in 1970. Who said Canadian kids don't know how to boogie?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZvyKbSG ... re=related

Here's the Festival Express trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7-6vsNgcRQ

Gosso wrote:

lazyboy wrote: This one's goes out to the Canadian Grateful Dead fans. New Speedway Boogie from the movie Festival Express about a multi band train ride across Canada in 1970. Who said Canadian kids don't know how to boogie?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZvyKbSG ... re=related

Here's the Festival Express trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7-6vsNgcRQ

Oh man, I had never heard of The Festival Express...I'm gonna have to check that out.

By the way, we're trying to keep Canada on the down-low by maintaining our stereotype of living in a frozen wasteland -- Jim Carrey explains (1:30):

http://youtu.be/2ic3xNfEP_o?t=27s

MediumTex wrote: This is one that I am always hesitant to bring out, but I think you all may be able to handle it.

"Simon Birch" was a movie about a charming little boy with some kind of growth-related disability.  It was a little sappy, but not terrible.  There is, however, this one scene in the movie (it's 3:38 long) involving Ashley Judd that when viewed in the right way can be staggeringly humorous.

I first discovered the humor in this scene when I orginally saw the movie in the theater with my wife.  My wife is not easily amused and a lot of things I find funny she can sit through stone faced.  However, when we saw this scene she immediately began laughing uncontrollably and no matter how hard she tried she couldn't stop.  No one else in the theater had this response, and my wife tried to quiet herself down, but she couldn't.  It was like she was being tickled by some invisible force and her laughter became more and more intense.  Finally, I leaned over and suggested that she step outside until it passed.  She got up and walked out of the theater, struggling to keep her laughter in check.  After she had left the theater, though, she apparently overestimated the soundproofing of the theater against outside noise, and I could hear her in the lobby of the theater laughing uncontrollably once again.  Occasionally, I would hear the door of the theater open and I sensed my wife was trying to re-enter the theater, but the laughter would start up again and she would have to step out.

It was a weird thing.  She's never had that happen before or since.  It probably also depends on how you feel about Ashley Judd.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWj6xS7fvuI

Gosso wrote:

MediumTex wrote: This is one that I am always hesitant to bring out, but I think you all may be able to handle it.

"Simon Birch" was a movie about a charming little boy with some kind of growth-related disability.  It was a little sappy, but not terrible.  There is, however, this one scene in the movie (it's 3:38 long) involving Ashley Judd that when viewed in the right way can be staggeringly humorous.

I first discovered the humor in this scene when I orginally saw the movie in the theater with my wife.  My wife is not easily amused and a lot of things I find funny she can sit through stone faced.  However, when we saw this scene she immediately began laughing uncontrollably and no matter how hard she tried she couldn't stop.  No one else in the theater had this response, and my wife tried to quiet herself down, but she couldn't.  It was like she was being tickled by some invisible force and her laughter became more and more intense.  Finally, I leaned over and suggested that she step outside until it passed.  She got up and walked out of the theater, struggling to keep her laughter in check.  After she had left the theater, though, she apparently overestimated the soundproofing of the theater against outside noise, and I could hear her in the lobby of the theater laughing uncontrollably once again.  Occasionally, I would hear the door of the theater open and I sensed my wife was trying to re-enter the theater, but the laughter would start up again and she would have to step out.

It was a weird thing.  She's never had that happen before or since.  It probably also depends on how you feel about Ashley Judd.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWj6xS7fvuI

I'm not going to lie, I laughed pretty hard...but then again I'm a horrible person 

The way she was walking before the baseball hit her was fairly amusing, "Oh look at me, aren't I a precious thing, the world is so wonderful"...BAM!...DEAD.  But it's strange your wife would find it that funny.  There must be some deep-seated hatred of Ashley Judd.

MediumTex wrote:
How do you like the way the Little League coach pronounced her dead like 15 seconds after she had been hit?  If I had been in the crowd I might have said something like: "Maybe we should go ahead and call an ambulance anyway, just to be sure."

MediumTex wrote: Nicholson's typewriter tantrum in "The Shining" is outstanding (2:31):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIqq9GusbSQ

Tortoise wrote:

MediumTex wrote: Nicholson's typewriter tantrum in "The Shining" is outstanding (2:31):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIqq9GusbSQ

Speaking of The Shining, here's how the film would have looked as a feel-good comedy (1:25):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmkVWuP_sO0

MediumTex wrote:

Tortoise wrote:

MediumTex wrote: Nicholson's typewriter tantrum in "The Shining" is outstanding (2:31):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIqq9GusbSQ

Speaking of The Shining, here's how the film would have looked as a feel-good comedy (1:25):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmkVWuP_sO0

Beautiful.  I love it.

AdamA wrote:

MediumTex wrote:

Tortoise wrote: Speaking of The Shining, here's how the film would have looked as a feel-good comedy (1:25):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmkVWuP_sO0

Beautiful.  I love it.

Did you guys watch any of the other videos that are recommended as similar?  Pretty funny remade trailers. 

Gosso wrote:
Haha! That was good stuff.  Oh Peter Gabriel, you can make anything happy and joyful.

The "Doctor" thread reminded me of this MadTV skit.  I didn't think it was appropriate for that thread, so I'm throwing it in here.  I bet the doctors/therapists on here wish they could do this (6:16):

http://youtu.be/BYLMTvxOaeE