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Posted on 08.25.10 by K. Daniel Glover @ 9:42 pm
Chris Young, a Democrat who wants to be mayor of Providence, R.I., proved himself to be both politically and literally tone deaf in an appearance on a local television program. Put that in the category of “things not to do if you want to be elected.” But he may have a future in the ridicule round of “America’s Got Talent” or “American Idol.” Filed under: Just For Laughs and News & Politics and People and Video Comments: None |
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Posted on 08.24.10 by K. Daniel Glover @ 7:24 pm
Remember all those angry town-hall meetings last summer? Wondering why similar clashes between congressmen and the people they purport to represent haven’t materialized this August? Heritage for America has the answer in this video: Filed under: Government and Just For Laughs and News & Politics and Video Comments: None |
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Posted on 08.23.10 by K. Daniel Glover @ 11:19 pm
Nothing says “redneck” like a load of lettered laundry hanging out to dry for the whole neighborhood, and the passerby photographer, to see:
The photographer, Mark Luethi, snapped the photo at the Weissport Redneck Festival in Pennsylvania. This is the third year for the event, which is scheduled for Labor Day weekend. Filed under: Just For Laughs and Photography and Redneck Humor and Rednecks Comments: None |
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Posted on 08.23.10 by K. Daniel Glover @ 10:58 pm
Earlier this year, I earned my 15 seconds of fame in the international spotlight when BBC interviewed me about the meaning of the word redneck. I owe it all to comedian Robin Williams, whose jab at Australia as the home of English rednecks triggered an Australian attack on Alabama. Now Williams is set to tour Australia, and he wants to make sure the Aussies and everyone else involved knows he was just doing his job — telling jokes and making people laugh. “That was pretty bizarre. I was like: ‘Wow! I’ve started an international incident! I don’t want to cause a war between Alabama and Australia — please no!’” Filed under: Entertainment and Hatin' On Rednecks and Just For Laughs and Redneck Humor and Rednecks Comments: None |
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Posted on 08.20.10 by K. Daniel Glover @ 12:10 pm
I like the way Tim Carney thinks. The newly promoted senior political columnist at the Washington Examiner had this to say when the media blog FishbowlDC asked, in its lighthearted interview series, who he would want as his lone companion on a desert island:
And here’s another great Carney quip from the interview: “When and why did you last laugh so hard you had tears in your eyes? When I asked my 3-year-old the president’s name, and she answered ‘Big Government.’” It’s pretty clear that Carney talks politics in front of his kids as much as I do. Mine like to buy me Obama knick-knacks as gag gifts. I cherish them all because it’s the humorous thought that counts. Filed under: Blogging and Government and Just For Laughs and Media and News & Politics and People Comments: None |
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Posted on 08.17.10 by K. Daniel Glover @ 8:32 pm
Little good can come from the recent obsession with a bratty JetBlue steward who quit his job by making an illegal emergency exit onto the tarmac. But it did give America this clever animated video of congressional Democrats fleeing Air Force One to escape any association with President Obama: Filed under: Just For Laughs and News & Politics and People and Video Comments: None |
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Posted on 08.12.10 by K. Daniel Glover @ 6:16 pm
This is Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., proving at his birthday bash/fundraiser that he is as rhythmically challenged as he is ethically challenged: Filed under: Just For Laughs and News & Politics and People and Video Comments: None |
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Posted on 08.11.10 by K. Daniel Glover @ 6:32 pm
We want our children to learn how to spell “school” correctly:
Future lessons: “2+2 = 5,” and “Barack Obama is the first president of the United States.” OK, this flub technically isn’t the school’s fault. But I’ll bet the road contractor who painted the sign got his fifth-grade education in public school. Plus remember, his bosses and officials at the nearby school let the error dry long enough for journalists to snap embarrassing pictures of it. (Read previous “Why We Home-School” lessons.) Filed under: Human Interest and Just For Laughs and News & Politics and Photography and Why We Home-School Comments: None |
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Posted on 07.15.10 by K. Daniel Glover @ 12:13 am
It’s a good thing for Harry Reid that Nevadans don’t vote in the after life. It’s a bad thing for the Democratic leader in the U.S. Senate that newspapers let family members write whatever they want in paid obituaries. He awoke to this one in memory of 84-year-old Charlotte McCourt, a former Reid supporter:
Something tells me there’s a strong current of enlightened redneck blood in the McCourt family history — that and an ornery streak a mile long. John Smith, a writer for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, said this after seeing the obit: “It’s the kind of small story that has the potential to ricochet like a bullet through the campaign showdown between incumbent Reid and Republican challenger Sharron Angle.” If Angle is smart, she’ll feature the obit prominently in her campaign ads and find ways to remind voters of it at every opportunity. Filed under: Just For Laughs and Media and News & Politics and People Comments: None |
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Posted on 07.12.10 by K. Daniel Glover @ 9:54 pm
Sheer genius. I wish our minivan had a DVD player just so I could play this video repeatedly on our next road trip when one of the kids “breaks wind” and forces us to roll down the windows for fresh air. It’s the only sure-fire way to get me to stop so the culprit can take a bathroom break. Filed under: Entertainment and Family and Just For Laughs and Music and Redneck Humor and Video Comments: None |
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Posted on 07.09.10 by K. Daniel Glover @ 7:31 am
Only bits and pieces of this video (and the lyrics) resemble my “Dad Life” — there’s not a laptop, recliner or iPhone to be found — but I like it anyway. I do know this: I’d like to have a yard big enough to justify buying an awesome riding mower like the one in the video. I hate cutting the grass with my puttering push mower, but if I had a sweet, more-power ride like that, I’d be all into manicuring my “man-scape.” Filed under: Entertainment and Just For Laughs and Parenting and Video Comments: None |
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Posted on 07.05.10 by K. Daniel Glover @ 10:56 am
My sister-in-law from Louisiana sent this joke via e-mail. It describes the Cajun cleanup plan for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill:
That sounds like an honest, redneck misunderstanding to me. Filed under: Just For Laughs and News & Politics and Redneck Humor Comments: None |
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Posted on 06.29.10 by K. Daniel Glover @ 10:56 pm
Non-rednecks think it’s a word game you play to poke fun at rednecks.
Enlightened rednecks know it’s a language you speak, and it takes years of practice to master. Filed under: Just For Laughs and Redneck Humor and Rednecks Comments: None |
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Posted on 06.28.10 by K. Daniel Glover @ 11:05 pm
I’m talking about this Danny Glover, the enlightened redneck, not the actor who made my name famous. The headline is just my cheap attempt at driving more traffic to the site to see the video of the latest television ad for Geico insurance. My wife tells me that it’s a spot-on portrayal of what I would be like had I chosen to become a psychiatrist — and I was never a drill sergeant in the military. Filed under: Advertising and Business and Just For Laughs and Video Comments: None |
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Posted on 06.26.10 by K. Daniel Glover @ 6:03 pm
I ride the D.C. Metro trains every weekday, and I can say with confidence that nothing about the rapidly declining service would inspire a man to dance like this (or at all): The dancer, apartment leasing agent Bob Grannan, found his rhythm in the beat of “a song from Hairspray; either ‘Can’t Stop the Beat,’ ‘Without Love’ or ‘Run and Tell That.’” And he plans to stay footloose even though he has now been exposed on YouTube. Filed under: Culture and Human Interest and Just For Laughs and Video Comments: 1 Comment |
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