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Animaniacs, Animation, Cartoons, Funny, Humor, Prince, Pun, Television, Wit
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Censors! We Don’t Need No Stinking Censors!
09 Monday Jun 2014
Posted in Uncommonday
Tag Archives: Humor
A Post-Profanity Bookstore?
26 Monday May 2014
Posted in Uncommonday
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Books, Bookstores, Humor, Michel Foucault, Mother Foucault's, Oregon, Portland, Post-Structuralism, Word Games
Okay, I have to confess I’m all out of Foucault-based cleverness this morning. So, I guess I’ll just have to let this bookstore speak to itself. Unfortunately, the place was closed when I wandered by, cause I’d have enjoyed picking up a book here.
523 SE Morrison, Portland, OR 97214
(503) 236- 2665
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An Uncommon Icon
19 Monday May 2014
Posted in Uncommonday, Write Drunk, Edit Stoned
What is this?
It is conspicuous placement, to be sure, but what does it mean? What does it signify? What is its author trying to tell us?
Personally, I think it is a bicycle seat of scorn, placed here in condemnation of all the vehicles that pass through the underpass. Its message is clear. It is saying to the city of Anchorage; “I see your motor vehicles, and your drivers too. I see the lot of you, and I do judge. I do!”
Course, then again, I am prone to flights of fancy.
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An Uncommon Fruit
28 Monday Apr 2014
Posted in Uncommonday
An Uncommon Parrot Sketch
21 Monday Apr 2014
Posted in Re-Creations, Uncommonday
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419 Scams, Funny, Humor, Monty Python, Nigeria, Nigerian scammers, Parrot Sketch, Prank, Youtube
Okay we’ve all seen the original, and if you haven’t, then shame on you! Watch it 5.8 times and then come back.
What I don’t think we’ve all seen in the Nigerian version of the parrot sketch. Apparently, this is the result of a prank played on some 419 scammers. That said, I actually think they did the scene justice. The customer is particularly good.
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An Uncommon Car Phone (Among Other Things)
14 Monday Apr 2014
Posted in Music, Uncommonday
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Accoustic Guitar, Funny, Humor, Music, Odd, Surrealism, The Rugburns, Youtube
I think we’ll just let this one speak for itself.
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An Uncommon Refutation
07 Monday Apr 2014
Posted in Philosophy, Uncommonday
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Double Negation, Humor, J.L. Austin, Language, Philosophy, Philosophy of Language, Refutation, Sidney Morgenbesser, Wit
Philosophy buffs will already know about Sidney Morgenbesser, (September 22, 1921 – August 1, 2004). A Professor at Columbia University, Morgenbesser’s sharp wit has produced more than a few great stories. He is particularly known for a single moment of shear brilliance that outstrips the value of many published volumes. J.L. Austin, a prominent philosopher of language, had been giving a lecture, so the story begins. Austin claimed that two negatives could make a positive in many languages, but nowhere did two positives make a negative.
…to which Morgenbesser’s replied; “yeah-yeah!”
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An Uncommon Eulogy
31 Monday Mar 2014
Posted in Uncommonday
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Death, Eulogy, Funeral, Graham Chapman, Humor, John Cleese, Monty Python, Parrot Sketch, Seward's Day
Up here in the Seward’s Icebox we are celebrating Seward today. The rest of y’all are at work though. I’m almost sorry about that, but maybe this will brighten your day. I expect a few folks out there will recognize John Cleese, and hopefully even Graham Chapman. I know some of the best parts of my own mind have been populated with characters, accents, and even funny walks compliments of these two. I can’t help but smile when any one of their odd creations comes to the front of my thoughts, and I can honestly say that their work has made my life more interesting and enjoyable. So, I thought I’d share a little known performance by Cleese here today. No, it’s not from any of their shows. It is the Eulogy he gave at Chapman’s funeral. It is in astonishingly poor taste.
…which is of course just as it should be.
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An Uncommon Television Pilot – Black Bart
03 Monday Feb 2014
Posted in Uncommonday
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Black Bart, Blazing Saddles, Comedy, Humor, Mel Brooks, Racism, Television, Western
Who could possibly forget Blazing Saddles? Certainly not anyone who watched back in the 70s. But who could forget the television pilot inspired by the same story, Black Bart. Apparently everyone, or at least everyone who doesn’t have a copy of the Blazing Saddles video. (It’s included as an extra.) The pilot features Louis Gossett, Jr. and a few other almost-familiar faces. It’s probably just as well that the series never took off, because this is hardly brilliant comedy. I expect everyone was a little better off without it. Apparently, this did air once, but I have no idea how some of these gags made it past the censors. …or if they did.
Still, it’s interesting to see this mighta-been series.
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A Little Monday Mischief
23 Monday Dec 2013
Posted in Native American Themes, Uncommonday
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Chiefs, High Scool, Humor, Metlakatla, Miss Chiefs, School, Sports, Sports teams
When I brought up the Fighting Whities, a colleague of mine mentioned this little gem of a women’s basketball team here. You see in Metlakatla, the high school sports teams go by the ‘Chiefs’, at least the men’s teams do. The women go by the Miss Chiefs.
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