Kick Ass Miracles - Mind and Body (yes that really is the title)

November 9th, 2007 · comment or link to (permalink)

This is a another great example of FEBL media. Compulsive viewing: travelogue; mysticism; jazz beards; toothless 300 year old Thai shamen.

A Chip Shop owner from Birmingham, England, who has spent six years living with Kung Fu monks after seeing a Tarantino movie, guides you through the mysteries of the mystical Orient. The title alone, ‘Kick Ass Miracles’ is worthy of an entire social anthropology conference.

Suggested conference panel topics:

1. Kick Arse or Kick Ass, the use of contemporary American slang in British youth TV.
2. Exorcising Noddy Holder. How presenters hide Birmingham accents when presenting British youth TV while pretending to be hip to American jive and concealing salary handicapping regional dialects by reverting to mockney (fake Cockney).
3. An ornithology of miniature Jazz Beards, Soul Patches and facial hair amongst presenters of British youth TV.
4. The clash of civilizations. 2000 year old dangerously poisonous herbal remedies and skateboard culture as exemplified by British youth TV.
5. Where Ali G gets his material.

“So ere we ah in Souf Eeeeest Aishah, wheh we gunna check aht some KNARLY two fowsand yeea owd ‘erbuw remedy. Innit.”

Enjoy.

27 min 44 sec May 7, 2007
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Laughing With Hitler

October 18th, 2007 · 1 comment or link to (permalink)

I have never liked people who cannot laugh at themselves. I was to have to choose a single trait to measure someone’s humanity, it would be that. Laughter is a powerful weapon for those who take themselves too seriously. This documentary looks at the gradual elimination of that weapon during the Third Reich.
58 min 28 sec Oct 17, 2007 popperslist.blogspot.com

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Cuckoo - documentary about Laurel and Hardy

October 10th, 2007 · 1 comment or link to (permalink)

1 hr 6 min 43 sec Oct 6, 2007 laurelandhardyforum.com

I’m not normally a fan of slapstick era humor, but Laurel and Hardy are an exception. Even better is the fact that this documentary features all sorts of other funny people. It is narrated by the legendary Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise. The video quality is not great, at the beginning.
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Brass Eye - Peadogeddon

May 9th, 2007 · 1 comment or link to (permalink)

Classic, controversial spoof documentary by Chris Morris that satirizes the morbid obsession with paedophilia by tabloid news. Morris persuades unwitting members of government and celebrities (including Phil Collins) read out made up nonsense.

I cannot imagine this being made here and now.

Running time: 28 mins

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Dave Chapelle: For What its Worth

March 21st, 2007 · 1 comment or link to (permalink)

Dave Chapelle, phlegmy vocals rip into San Francisco at a stand up show at the Fillmore.

Running time: 58 mins.

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