The "Yo" App Announcement
After having learned just what "Yo" is, all I could think of was this:
Homemade Remake of a Scene From the Battle of Hoth in ‘Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back’
Justin Page at Laughing Squid writes:
Cinefix has created a homemade remake of a scene from the Battle of Hoth in Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back. This new episode of Homemade Movies was directed by Pasadena, California-based animator and musician Dustin McLean of DustFilms. We’ve previously written about Dustin’s ongoing homemade remake series.
Neil deGrasse Tyson Destroys Climate Deniers
Chris Mooney, writing for Mother Jones:
Cosmos certainly hasn't shied from controversy; it has taken on evolution and industry-funded science denial, and it has been devoting an increasing amount of attention to the subject of climate change. And apparently that was just the beginning. This coming Sunday, Cosmos will devote an entire episode to the topic. Here's the episode description from National Geographic:
Our journey begins with a trip to another world and time, an idyllic beach during the last perfect day on the planet Venus, right before a runaway greenhouse effect wreaks havoc on the planet, boiling the oceans and turning the skies a sickening yellow. We then trace the surprisingly lengthy history of our awareness of global warming and alternative energy sources, taking the Ship of the Imagination to intervene at some critical points in time.
Courtesy of National Geographic, above is a clip from the new episode, which should have climate deniers fulminating. In it, host Neil deGrasse Tyson uses the analogy of walking a dog on the beach to helpfully explain the difference between climate and weather (pay attention, Donald Trump) and to outline why, no matter how cold you were in January, that's no argument against global warming.
FCC Comment Page Buckles To Its Knees After John Oliver Asks Everyone To Comment
So far John Oliver's new has been fantastic. All of the same coverage the Daily Show usually does but completely uncensored. Also, it appears that Oliver's call to action is working:
How To Do Visual Comedy
Using Edgar Wright as a positive example, Tony Zhou laments the lack of good visual comedy in American comedies and provides examples from Wright's films (Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead, etc.) to show how it's done properly.
Hilarious Reactions of Children To An Apple II
Kelly Hodgkins writing for TUAW:
Watch the hilarity that ensues when you take an old Apple II and place a bunch of kids in front of the command-driven machine. Working without a mouse or the Internet, the kids are both baffled and astonished by the computer's rudimentary operation. Their reactions are recorded as part of the REACT series from TheFineBros.
Will Ferrell and Red Hot Chili Peppers Drummer Chad Smith Have "Drum-Off" On Tonight Show
Justin Page at Laughing Squid writes:
On a recent episode of The Tonight Show, comedian Will Ferrell and his doppelganger, Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith went head-to-head in an awesome drum-off challenge. The musical battle ended with Ferrell pulling out his secret cowbell attack and the entire Red Hot Chili Peppers band coming out on stage to perform “Don’t Fear the Reaper.”TheReaper) The challenge was initiated during a reddit AMA that Will was taking part in a while back. Will agreed to battle Chad as long as they could raise $300,000 for Cancer For College, which they did.