Uberfluff

Understandably, not everyone is a huge fan of Team America: World Police, but I confess that I really, really enjoy it for three primary reasons:

1. The way that they make fun of actors, especially Matt Damon.

2. The "We Need a Montage" song.

3. The "Pearl Harbor Sucks and I Miss You" song, wherein they ponder why Michael Bay gets to keep making movies.

It's number three that I'm focused on right now--and for the record, I think it a legitimate question.  No, the first Transformers movie wasn't terrible, but it also wasn't nearly as good as it could have been.  Bay doesn't make movies.  He makes wasted opportunities.  And his plots are so rigidly formulaic that you could swear they're actually written by a monkey with a laptop and a Screenwriting for Dummies book.  Which is why I bring you this parody of a Michael Bay My Little Pony movie:

Although, of course, the truly geeky will probably have all manner of techinical corrections and clarifications to make.  ("Hey now, Imperial walkers were only deployed in scouting situations," and so on.  If I knew any Star Trek trivia, I'd add that, but my only knowledge of that show is that reversing the polarity apparently solves every possible technical problem.

Somehow, it just doesn't feel right to add "Happy" to the beginning of "Tax Day."  There's not really anything happy about it except the knowledge that you're not going to jail this year.  Probably.  Instead, tax day generally makes me anxious and annoyed.  So, in the spirit of the day, I offer this cathartic video of people getting punched before eating:

I actually stopped watching 24 several seasons ago, after one too many ridiculous plot points and absurd stretches of reality.  I mean, I don't expect (or even want) total accuracy in spy shows, but there's only so much you can ask of my suspension of disbelief.  Not to mention that this is a government department that somehow manages to employ some of the most annoying people on earth.  What kind of specialty screening process do they have for that?  Anyway, this is a great spoof of 24 and the genre in general--though if you've never printed anything out on a dot matrix printer, then it might be a bit over your head:

So I really enjoy just about any competent spoof of Warcraft and its players.  I suppose I might have a bit of grudge against it for the way it sucks people in and uses up hours and hours of time.  Not to mention that in my various (if brief) stints at MMORPG playing, I continue to be a bit freaked by the players who seem to identify a little too much with their character.  No, Dude, you're not an ass-kicking warlock.  You're just a douche with a computer.

I've got a couple of videos to share for my lunch break.  First (link courtesy of AnneArchy, who sent it to me), there's the medieval help desk skit--which should be extra fun for any IT guys out there.

And then, for my sister, who told me a funny story about one of her friends completely derailing their group lie, I present the best spontaneous male lie ever (it starts at about 1:23)