What happens when you take the 2004, Academy award-nominated German film Der Untergang (The Downfall) and turn it into a spoof? Here, the “downfall” is all about the decline of the housing market, and how Hitler becomes just another man with a home under water. There are some classic lines here, particularly if you looked to buy a home in recent years. Thanks Bob for the tip.
The Monty Python Channel on YouTube was launched with these words:
“For three years you YouTubers have been ripping us off, taking tens of thousands of our videos and putting them up on YouTube… We know who you are … we know where you live … and we could come after you in ways too horrible to mention…” “But being the extraordinarily nice chaps we are, we’ve figured out a better way to get our own back. It’s time to take matters in our own hands by launching our very own Monty Python channel on YouTube.”
The videos are offered in high quality, straight from the Monty Python vault. Down the road, you’ll get a comprehensive, well organized collection. Below, we’ve added one of the videos that you’ll find in the mix, the classic Monty Python bit, “Every Sperm is Sacred.” And we’ve also added the Python channel (if you don’t object) to our collection: Intelligent Life at YouTube: 80 Cultural Video Collections.
Here we have the odd couple. The agnostic filmmaker and one of America’s most influential religious figures engaged in a lively conversation. It’s actually a rather gentlemanly exchange from the late 1960s, and it’s added to our video collection of Cultural Icons. Part 1 appears below, and you can get Part 2 here.
You can find this video permanently hosted in our collection of 235 Cultural Icons.
Stand-up comedy and Biblical creation don’t usually go together. But somehow they do for Ricky Gervais, the creator of the ever-popular television show, The Office. (Watch episodes here.) The bit runs about 10 minutes, and it’s added to our YouTube playlist.
This one features a guest appearance by Palin herself. Video starts after the brief, but unavoidable commercial. Let ‘er roll:
Yeah, okay, I am getting off track here with this comic bit from The Onion, veering from culture to politics. Sorry for the detour. I will get back on track tomorrow. Really, I will…
It didn’t take long for corporate America to start brazenly shafting the American taxpayer again. Just days after the government spent $85 billion bailing out AIG, the company shelled out $440,000 to send its execs to a Southern California resort. There a good $23,000 was spent on well-deserved spa treatments.
The corruption has reached points where you just have to laugh (did you know that AIG’s CEO also gets a $5 million performance bonus?), and that’s what Saturday Night Live helps you do. Watch the video below and fast forward to the last two and a half minutes.
PS In the comments, one of our readers has offered a defense of AIG. Your thoughts?
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