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Paul Harris — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 05:14:00 +0000

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Double Guitar Simpsons

Paul Harris — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:57:00 +0000

With "The Simpsons Movie" opening today, here's that famous theme song, as performed on two guitars at the same time by one guy, Zack Kim...

This guy's pretty impressive -- here he is doing Beethoven.

Role Models

Paul Harris — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 05:01:00 +0000

From the people who brought you the Cuba Gooding Jr. Cialis parody, here are the Role Models Dolls, starring Britney and friends... [thanks to John Jobst for the link]

While we're on the subject, here's an idea for Lindsay, Paris, Nicole, and the other members of the Brit Pack: use some of that party money to buy a limo and hire a driver. Then, when you ingest whatever you enjoy so much, you won't have to get behind the wheel yourself and take the lives of other drivers into your hands.

Cuba Gooding Jr. for Cialis

Paul Harris — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 05:01:00 +0000

A Cialis ad we'd like to see, starring Cuba Gooding Jr...

It's A Wonderful Game

Paul Harris — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 13:24:00 +0000

What would Barry Bonds' life be like if he hadn't taken steroids? Check out this parody of "It's A Wonderful Life" with Bud Selig granting that wish for Barry...

King Kid

Paul Harris — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 18:43:00 +0000

A long-lost photo of Larry King as an infant...

Tunnel House

Paul Harris — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 14:28:00 +0000

The house was going to be destroyed in a few months, so the owners decided to have some fun with it and let two artists turn it into a time warp tunnel. See more pics here [thanks to Rachel Doyle for the link].

Stadium Storm Rewind

Paul Harris — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 14:28:00 +0000

One year ago today, St. Louis was hit by massive thunderstorms that knocked out power throughout the area and caused havoc at Busch Stadium, too. Here's a repeat of the video taken that night at the ballpark in which a garbage can blows across the concourse and takes down one fan pretty hard...

Stadium Takedown

Paul Harris — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 13:36:00 +0000

My colleague Jon Grayson is a big fan of Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers and found this amateur video of the band performing after an Arizona Diamondbacks game last Friday.

If you forward to about the 2:55 point, you'll see two fans run out on the field, and the cops who chase them down. One cop tackles the woman with a great NFL-style takedown from behind, and then three other cops get the guy. Meanwhile, the band plays on -- and the song title, appropriately, is "Down Together."

Oooh Ee Ooh Ah Ah

Paul Harris — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 12:44:00 +0000

And now, for absolutely no reason at all, a man plays David Seville's "Witch Doctor" on his hands -- which makes him a "manualist." [thanks to Jeff Olsen for the link]

Sharp Turns Ahead

Paul Harris — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 13:55:00 +0000

Watch those sharp turns on this highway in Japan, after a 6.7-magnitude earthquake this morning.

Running of the Idiots

Paul Harris — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 14:21:00 +0000

The annual Running Of The Bulls has started again at the San Fermin festival in Spain. I always root for the bulls, hoping they'll gore as many of the idiots as possible. Here's video of today's run, in which you can clearly see the bulls having a better day than the humans -- not only do some of the idiots get run down, they then get run over by other idiots who are part of the stampede behind the bulls.

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Paul Harris — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 14:16:00 +0000

A woman loved "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" so much that she watched it over a hundred times, saw the show in a London theater, and even bought the lunchbox. Knowing how she felt about the movie, her husband decided to build the title car for her. He bought a Land Rover and spent four years converting it into the car with wings. I can't post the photos, but you can see them here.

Eye Popper

Paul Harris — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 13:37:00 +0000

It's been awhile since we've seen Jalisa "The Eyepopper" Thompson, so here she is appearing at a new Ripley's museum in New York a couple of weeks ago.

Zorse or Hebra?

Paul Harris — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 14:20:00 +0000

That's not a whitewash job on a zebra. It's a crossbreed offspring of a horse and zebra named "Eclyse" at a zoo in Germany.

Mika Says No Paris

Paul Harris — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 05:11:00 +0000

MSNBC anchorwoman Mika Brzezinski refused to lead with the Paris Hilton story the other morning, resorting to tearing up the copy, telling the director to move the teleprompter forward to the next story, and finally shredding the copy when producers gave it to her a third time. Since only two dozen people are watching MSNBC in the morning, here's what you missed...

100 Movies, 100 Numbers

Paul Harris — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 05:01:00 +0000

Here's a very clever bit of editing, creating "100 Movies, 100 Quotes, 100 Numbers," a countdown of movie clips (a la the AFI lists), each of which contains a number. I was only able to predict two of these, numbers 11 and 50.

For the key to the list, click here.

Star Spangled Presidents

Paul Harris — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 14:17:00 +0000

The folks at ThePartyParty.com and JibJab.com montaged all the Presidents of the last half-century into a new version of our national anthem...

Passenger vs. Pilot

Paul Harris — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 14:22:00 +0000

Last week on my KMOX show, Kate Hanni talked about the passengers of Delta flight 5637, which was stranded on the tarmac at JFK airport for several hours on June 21st. One of them, David Ollilo, videotaped his confrontation with the pilot, who kept claiming that he had no power to do anything about the situation, despite the fact that there were serious passenger health issues that were not being addressed.

The pilot told Ollilo to go sit down or he would call the police, to which Ollilo responded that he wanted the police called, because maybe they would get the passengers off the plane. That finally happened. Ollilo detained a little while longer while he was questioned and put through a background check before it was determined that he wasn't a threat.

Buffalo vs. Lion

Paul Harris — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 12:24:00 +0000

This is stunning footage shot during a safari in Kruger National Park in South Africa. A herd of buffalo is walking along the banks of a lake when they encounter a pride of lions, who go on the attack. From there, it does not go as you think it will. This runs 8+ minutes, but you'll want to stick with it. [thanks to Michelle Stephens for the link]

Royals Stretch

Paul Harris — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 14:09:00 +0000

The Kansas City Royals are asking fans to choose the song they play during the 7th-inning stretch at Kauffman Stadium. This is a chance for some fun, because we can make them use a song that doesn't fit baseball at all.

On their website, along with the obvious choice of The Beatles' version of "Kansas City," they include "Last Dance" by Donna Summer, "Sweet Caroline" by Neil Diamond, "Shake Your Body Down To The Ground" by Michael Jackson, and "Come On Eileen" by Dexy's Midnight Runners.

Since you can't vote for Hillary Clinton's favorite Celine Dion song, the best choice -- for our purposes -- is "Dancing Queen" by Abba. If the Royals and their fans sing that song during the 7th-inning stretch at every home game, they will be the laughing stock of the major leagues, like a road company of "Mamma Mia."

So.......let's help them achieve that dream!

Click here to vote for "Dancing Queen." You'll have to fill out a form that asks for your name and other info, but you can enter bogus details and your vote will still count -- and you can do that as often as you like.

Just a little something from their cross-state rivals in St. Louis.

We Gone

Paul Harris — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 14:08:00 +0000

One last look at We, the two-headed snake at the World Aquarium in St. Louis, who died this weekend of natural causes at age 8.

Hillary Soprano

Paul Harris — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 12:37:00 +0000

Hillary Clinton's campaign has been asking people to pick her official campaign theme song. So, how do they announce it? With a parody of "The Sopranos" finale -- complete with Johnny Sack! Watch it here.

If you care at all, she chose some lame tune by Celine Dion. Note that, in the video, Bill wanted Hillary to choose a song by Smashmouth -- am I the only one who immediately thought up a dozen Monica jokes? -- which is another indicator that he's the hip one in the couple, and she's the one making the safe, boring choices.

Buried Belvedere

Paul Harris — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 14:21:00 +0000

Fifty years ago in Tulsa, Oklahoma, they buried a brand-new 1957 Plymouth Belvdedere in the town square. In the glove compartment were entries with guesses of how many people would be living in the city half a century later. This week, they dug it up and, even though it was buried in a sealed concrete vault, the pressures of underground nature took their toll on the vehicle. Gotta wonder if the winner still wants it. Here's the story. [thanks to Jeff Olsen for the link]

Live Shot Crash

Paul Harris — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 13:49:00 +0000

Chicago TV reporter Kristyn Hartman is doing a live shot on a local newscast when, out of nowhere, a cab and an SUV crash just a few feet from where she's standing. Check her reaction, and the way she simply goes on with the story she's covering, without mentioning the accident, until the anchors bring it up.