If you’ve been watching/reading, you already know about South Park, my favorite television program. For years, creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone have creatively pushed the boundaries of free speech, making fun of everything they can. Christians, celebrities, Mormons, Scientologists, Jews, atheists, and countless others have been poked fun at by the Emmy-award winning show. Parker and Stone call themselves “equal opportunity offenders.” They are American heroes.
Videogum had a great post about what Kevin Eubanks should do after he retires from the Tonight Show. And as with most Videogum posts, the comments section is pretty hilarious as well.
Not really laugh-out-loud funny, but let’s see if you music fans get it:
Finally, Glee is back! And in case you missed the Madonna parody, here it is.
I have been super lazy with the blog as of late; hopefully I’ll shape up tomorrow and actually write something. In the meantime, however, I figured I would share with you the funniest sketch of this weekend’s SNL, hosted by Tina Fey. Happy Monday!
I feel incomplete not posting something before I go to bed, so here is the trailer for the upcoming “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story.” I just have one question: Is this real? I mean, I know it’s far from accurate, but this can’t be an actual movie…can it? It’s likely fake…but it shouldn’t be.
There are many reasons why MC Hammer’s attempt at a gangsta-rap comeback with The Funky Headhunter failed miserably. For one thing, the man was already overexposed and ridiculed ad nauseum by the time the album dropped. Another point is the pure and simple fact that the whole act seemed (and was) forced; Hammer wasn’t a thug, he was a talented dancer and composer. The first single, “Pumps and a Bump,” featured two music videos, both of which feel artificial compared to the classic Hammer strutting and crabwalking that littered the video for his hit “U Can’t Touch This.”
Of course, by this time, that was 4 or 5 years past, and Hammer was dated. He had to redesign his image to pay for the now-multiplying debt and support his family. He also needed a break back into the spotlight. Death Row and Tupac were huge, so a move to the gangsta genre seemed reasonable. But he didn’t fit in, and everyone knew it.
That’s not to say that Hammer isn’t in top form with “Pumps and a Bump.” Quite the opposite, in fact. Sure, the first video, filmed at Hammer’s stupid-expensive mansion, is overtly sexual and, at times, disgusting. But the second is prime Hammer, making love to the camera with smooth lip-synching charisma and a new badass dance made for the song. The track alone is a bumping club jam that probably would have been a radio hit with any other Death Row labelmate at the time; Hammer’s name had been dragged through the mud too much at this point.
He may have been aimless, lost, and on his way out at this point, but even then, when you let him have the stage, Hammer shined.
