March 2010 (5)

Heineken: First Class Punking

Here’s a great practical joke done on a GRAND scale which dialed in many hundreds of conspirators, and was carried live on television in Italy.  Heineken took a big risk with this one, but it paid off in spades.  Take a look at the numbers at the end of the video, and you’ll see why […]

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The Sand Pit: Real Life or Miniatures?

The Sand Pit: Skillful Production Is it real or is it Memorex?  You tell me.  The Sand Pit is quite an achievement.  For a full explanation of what you are watching, here’s a link with an interview of the film’s producer, Sam O’Hare.

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Warburton’s – ‘Off to War’ Sendup

Here’s a fun minute-long commercial created for Warburton’s Bakery.  Take a close look at it and then try to figure out what is so hard about this one to produce.  Once you realize what they have done you’ll have a much greater appreciation for this little film for a bakery in England.   Answer: It’s […]

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Stephen Hawking – Long Time Survival of the Human Species

Dr. Stephen Hawking has enriched the world with his contributions to science. He’s also something of a philosopher, and many of his ideas have widespread implications. Here’s a funky art piece with some spooky imagery.  Let it all sink in.  

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Our Children Will Accuse Us: Rough Video on Environmental Hazards

Our Children Will Accuse Us: A Warning for the Future Thoughtful Piece on Environmental Hazards This French documentary, titled Our Children Will Accuse Us, is about chemicals and environmental hazards causing childhood leukemia and cancer in France.  This excerpt from a feature length doc may not be easy to watch, but it needs to be […]

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Jim Carrey singing I am the Walrus

Jim Carrey Sings ‘I Am The Walrus’ for George Martin’s album “In My Life” Not sure what I was expecting when I saw this heading in an email sent to me recently, but “Not Much” probably sums it up.  I was wrong.  This is pretty amusing… and Carrey does it well.  He’s a good actor, […]

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Jimmy Kimmel: Handsome Men’s Club

Great New Jimmy Kimmel Sketch It’s funny, and it’s typical of Jimmy Kimmel’s ability to corral the stars into doing funny complicated sketches. This is perhaps the longest comedy sketch I have EVER seen, but it’s an amusing one.  Found the final scene a wee bit odd, but all in all, good stuff.  

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Tiger Shark Munchies

Swim with the Sharks We are all fascinated by sharks.  Bahamian Divemaster Stuart Cove is who Hollywood turns to for underwater filming, particularly with sharks.   Here’s a wild piece of video that shows a Tiger Shark munching on one of Stuart’s cameras on a dive in the islands.  Incidentally, Stuart and his team know what […]

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Frequent Fliers: Confessions of the Point Obsessed

Here’s an interesting video about a small group of people obsessed with accruing frequent flier points.  My opinion is that it goes WAY beyond obsession, these people are addicts.  The long haired fellow running the meeting, Tom Kraetleur, used to be a regular guest of mine one of my CNN shows talking about discount flying.  […]

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The Mecca Diaries – First Person Documentary

Here’s a very cool first person documentary piece that I found on vbs.tv called the Mecca Diaries.  It documents VBS VICE Founder Suroosh Alvi’s pilgrimage with his family to Mecca in Saudi Arabia.   It’s a hard to get insider’s look at the once in a lifetime pilgrim all Muslim’s are supposed to take (a Hajj) […]

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