Random Videos

Scottie · Post by **Scottie** » Mon Aug 12, 2013 12:43 pm

Herzog's harrowing 35-minute documentary about texting while driving:

Via The Atlantic

phxgators · Post by **phxgators** » Mon Aug 12, 2013 1:03 pm

Sabo wrote:That lawn chair video is astounding. I was mesmerized watching it.

The video about making the video was almost as good

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Mon Aug 12, 2013 2:06 pm

phxgators wrote:
Sabo wrote:That lawn chair video is astounding. I was mesmerized watching it.
The video about making the video was almost as good

I've watched 80% of Frank Howarth's youtube clips since you posted Lawn Chair 2. I'm mesmerized by all of it, and my wife thinks I'm crazy.

phxgators · Post by **phxgators** » Mon Aug 12, 2013 3:57 pm

His workshop is incredible! And I'd be thrilled to have a quarter of the wordworking knowledge he has.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Mon Aug 12, 2013 4:22 pm

phxgators wrote:His workshop is incredible! And I'd be thrilled to have a quarter of the wordworking knowledge he has.

The bowl videos are amazing. I wish I was Frank Howarth.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Tue Aug 13, 2013 6:08 am

Not even a card

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Tue Aug 13, 2013 8:35 am

This looks like it could be the worst animated move ever made:

This New York Times article explained what actually happened - a bad concept (which included villains wearing what look like Nazi uniforms hell bent on sending innocent characters to "expiration camps), an arrogant producer with no understanding of how animated films are made, listless and poorly recorded voice "acting," and an insurance company anxious to recoup ANY money at all - to create "Food Fight."

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/11/movie ... d=all&_r=0

rass · Post by **rass** » Tue Aug 13, 2013 9:55 am

Woof!

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Tue Aug 13, 2013 2:20 pm

Can't get any copies of this to link, but this video is well worth a click

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/80607885/

Post by **Shirley** » Tue Aug 13, 2013 4:04 pm

It wasn't me!

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Tue Aug 13, 2013 5:24 pm

It's amazing how far we've come. Here's Bryant Gumbel and Katie Couric in 1994 wondering, without a trace of irony, "what is this Internet, anyway?"

Oh, and this is precious, too! The Kid's Guide to the Internet - from 1997

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Tue Aug 13, 2013 7:03 pm

I'd never heard of this show until someone sent me a link to this clip today.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Fri Aug 16, 2013 10:20 am

Comedian Bill Burr, breaking down the John Lennon/Yoko Ono relationship...

Watched this last night with the LadyFriend, and she was dying...

Post by **Sabo** » Fri Aug 16, 2013 6:24 pm

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Fri Aug 16, 2013 7:27 pm

Pruitt wrote:I'd never heard of this show until someone sent me a link to this clip today.

Meant to post about the show a while ago. I saw maybe 3 or 4 episodes, and thought it was hilarious. She is a great standup, and I thought the show worked well. Think Chappelle Show, but sex instead of race as the running theme. Amy Schumer is quite raunchy.

Post by **Shirley** » Fri Aug 16, 2013 8:08 pm

The Sybian wrote:
Pruitt wrote:I'd never heard of this show until someone sent me a link to this clip today.

Meant to post about the show a while ago. I saw maybe 3 or 4 episodes, and thought it was hilarious. She is a great standup, and I thought the show worked well. Think Chappelle Show, but sex instead of race as the running theme. Amy Schumer is quite raunchy.

Yeah, it's great. After Pruitt posted that, I've watched a bunch of her clips on YouTube and they are hilarious.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 3:07 pm

Watch out, Pam!

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Wed Aug 21, 2013 1:03 pm

The Mantis Shrimp will fuck you up for free...

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Wed Aug 21, 2013 2:25 pm

sancarlos wrote:Watch out, Pam!

It works on so many levels....

Post by **Sabo** » Fri Aug 23, 2013 7:28 am

This is why you should never set up camp in a dry wash:

HDO45331 · Post by **HDO45331** » Fri Aug 23, 2013 7:39 am

The Earth's loofah pad, in action.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Fri Aug 23, 2013 7:46 am

Jerloma wrote:The Mantis Shrimp will fuck you up for free...

That's some Mortal Kombat finishing move shit right there... Ha. Nice.

Probably inspired by this animated overview from The Oatmeal: http://theoatmeal.com/comics/mantis_shrimp" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

That shrimp is redonkulous.

Post by **Shirley** » Fri Aug 23, 2013 11:57 am

That dry wash video was amazing. Never seen anything like that.

And those True Facts videos are great. After Jerloma posted the mantis shrimp one, I lost about an hour of my day watching a whole bunch of the other ones about other animals. They are all great.

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Aug 23, 2013 12:32 pm

Shirley wrote:That dry wash video was amazing. Never seen anything like that.

Looks like some of the Japanese tsunami footage (on a smaller scale, of course).

rass · Post by **rass** » Wed Aug 28, 2013 7:08 am

Just a porcupine eating a banana (needs to listen for the full effect):

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Wed Aug 28, 2013 10:33 am

She can't peel that shit for him?

howard · Post by **howard** » Wed Aug 28, 2013 11:43 am

That sounds just like me at feeding time. (But I am less spiny.)

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Wed Aug 28, 2013 12:35 pm

howard wrote:That sounds just like me at feeding time. (But I am less spiny.)

But equally prickly

howard · Post by **howard** » Wed Aug 28, 2013 12:58 pm

I tried to type 'less prickly'. Fingers just wouldn't do it.

LewP · Post by **LewP** » Wed Aug 28, 2013 8:13 pm

1. This is my very first post.
2. I don't see a "youTube" button as advertised.
3. I don't know how to get the proper string for the video....I can't find it on youtube.

" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

4. I'm fucked.

5. You're fixed (ftfy)

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Wed Aug 28, 2013 8:38 pm

LewP wrote:

1. This is my very first post.
2. I don't see a "youTube" button as advertised.
3. I don't know how to get the proper string for the video....I can't find it on youtube.

" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

4. I'm fucked.

Close enough. Welcome to the Current Swamp. Long time, no post.

You use the "media" button for videos.

LewP · Post by **LewP** » Wed Aug 28, 2013 9:02 pm

The Sybian wrote:
LewP wrote:

1. This is my very first post.
2. I don't see a "youTube" button as advertised.
3. I don't know how to get the proper string for the video....I can't find it on youtube.

" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

4. I'm fucked.
Close enough. Welcome to the Current Swamp. Long time, no post.

You use the "media" button for videos.

Thanks Sybian, I appreciate it. Yes, things look much different, but it's comforting to see all the old gang here.

I've been chillin for a few years, they don't have internet privileges in solitare. (I keed, I keed)

Good to be back...One quick question though: I noticed the Admin has only been here since March? Did he buy this site?
All due respect to Mr. Frog, I was just curious.

Scottie · Post by **Scottie** » Wed Aug 28, 2013 9:20 pm

LewP wrote:One quick question though: I noticed the Admin has only been here since March? Did he buy this site?
All due respect to Mr. Frog, I was just curious.

The Swamp was originally on (older) phpBB software. Then it switched to vBulletin. However, vBulletin collapsed on their end and we ended up switching back to this brand spankin' new version of phpBB. Once the rebuild was completed, the administration of the Swamp was handed over to the four guys you now see listed as Admins/Mods.

And, knock wood, since the rebuild in March, it's been solid.

LewP · Post by **LewP** » Wed Aug 28, 2013 9:39 pm

Scottie wrote:
LewP wrote:One quick question though: I noticed the Admin has only been here since March? Did he buy this site?
All due respect to Mr. Frog, I was just curious.
The Swamp was originally on (older) phpBB software. Then it switched to vBulletin. However, vBulletin collapsed on their end and we ended up switching back to this brand spankin' new version of phpBB. Once the rebuild was completed, the administration of the Swamp was handed over to the four guys you now see listed as Admins/Mods.

And, knock wood, since the rebuild in March, it's been solid.

Thanks Scottie, good seeing you again. That's interesting you mention vBulletin. I was pretty interested in the possibility of going in on this site http://bbs.3adownlow.com/vb/forum.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; which is a Texas High School football board. All of the Admins and Mods are tired and want to get out, so I heard the thing was for sale. But if vBulletin blows, I don't want any part of it. Thanks for the heads-up.

Scottie · Post by **Scottie** » Wed Aug 28, 2013 9:50 pm

Very nice to see you back here, Lew. Your blog is looking great.

The thing about vBulletin is that there are stable versions of it out there but you really can't upgrade to their latest without severely damaging your forum. In fact, the Swamp used to run on one of those stable versions. But their latest (at least as of last March) iteration stripped a ton of the functionality out of the forum software; not just on the admin end of things but functions that end users (like us) relied on and wanted. All gone. Worse, the database aspect of the latest vBulletin is utterly unstable. Have a look at some of the threads on the vBulletin forum itself. You'll see admins that have been using it for years completely losing their minds over what vBulletin did to itself and, thereby, its users. Very disappointing "upgrade" on their part. It turned out to be a thousand steps backward for them.

Conversely, this latest version of phpBB is by far the best that phpBB has ever put out.

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Thu Aug 29, 2013 9:42 am

So for one of their services, Oral Roberts U decided they should have a bald eagle fly around their chapel because "Murica (did I do that right, Johnnie?). The eagle must have been Canadian because amid chants of USA, well...

howard · Post by **howard** » Thu Aug 29, 2013 1:38 pm

I feel worse laughing at that then laughing at the stupid human tricks videos.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Fri Aug 30, 2013 5:41 am

WOW. Holy shitballs. Who let's a fucking bird of prey fly around indoors like that.

Goddamn communists fools at Oral Roberts U. That's who.

Sad day in 'Murica.

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Fri Aug 30, 2013 8:42 am

Kangaroos are hard.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Fri Aug 30, 2013 9:13 am

Where the Golden Wattle Grow's ending always choked me up.