Lego version of Felix Baumgartner's record jump Oct 14 2012
This has got to be some sort of record for quickest Lego parody of an event: watch as a Lego man jumps from a balloon hanging high in the air, just like Felix.
(via ★thoughtbrain)
kottke.org posts about parody
Sad Kermit May 09 2008
A sad Kermit the Frog sings Elliot Smith's Needle in the Hay (complete with The Royal Tenenbaums parody), NIN's Hurt, and Radiohead's Creep (in which Kermit says "fucking"). (via buzzfeed)
Grand Theft Auto, circa 1985 May 07 2008
Commercial for the little-known version of Grand Theft Auto for the circa-1985 NES. The Tanooki Suit is the best part. (via house next door)
Commercial parodies May 06 2008
A list of the 50 greatest commercial parodies of all time, with video evidence.
Eames' Powers of Ten + iPhone = God? Nov 05 2007
"One day, your computer will be a Jun 21 2007
"One day, your computer will be a big ass table." Parody of Microsoft Surface, a $10,000 touchscreen coffee table. (via everyone I know)
In the Year 2030, the Young Hotshot at Jun 18 2007
In the Year 2030, the Young Hotshot at My Office Tries to Walk Me Through "Centaur," Apple's New Mind-Orb-Based Operating System. "Well, go ahead and materialize the topaz orb first. That should launch your facefield preferences."
Remember the guys humping the ottoman video May 14 2007
Remember the guys humping the ottoman video from Friday? There's a sequel of sorts: how to blog. (via dens)
Mike Monteiro mocks up a cover for Apr 25 2007
Mike Monteiro mocks up a cover for Post & Permalink, my suggested fake blogging magazine from last night's post about the should-be-fake Blogger & Podcaster.
Music video for Rock Me Amadeus by Jan 26 2007
Music video for Rock Me Amadeus by Falco. Not to be confused with the Dr. Zaius song from The Simpsons.
Ikea instructions for making Dick in the Box Dec 22 2006
Last Saturday, Justin Timberlake and Andy Samberg collaborated on a music video for a new holiday gift idea: Dick in the Box. If you haven't seen the video yet, go now and then come back...it's pretty funny and you won't understand the rest of this if you haven't seen it. So go!
You back? So, my favorite part of the song is the instructions and yesterday while we were alternating between watching the video like 50 times and assembling some IKEA furniture for the office, I had the obvious idea. Ikea instructions for making Dick in a Box:
More Dick in a Box: Mr. and Mrs. Potatohead version, Line Rider version, some guy dancing in his living room with a box fastened to his crotch with a belt version, and a this is either brilliant or completely stupid (DURRR! DURRR!) video response.
Cover story on Scientific Republican magazine: "The Dec 20 2006
Cover story on Scientific Republican magazine: "The Stork, A New Look at an Intriguing Old Reproductive Theory".
Professor Richard Dawkins Speaks at Fair Hills Dec 19 2006
Professor Richard Dawkins Speaks at Fair Hills Kindergarten Regarding Santa Claus. "If you are the sort of person who is interested in the truth, perhaps you would consider asking yourself this question: how exactly does a single elderly man not only manufacture but also deliver in a single evening what would, by all forms of logic, account to be millions of toys?"
What would happen if poets and playwrights Dec 18 2006
What would happen if poets and playwrights wrote works whose titles were anagrams of their names? Here's one by Basho called Has B.O: "Swamp mist, eyes water- / Why is that monk still wearing / Winter robes in June?"
The Onion does a weekly Sunday magazine Nov 06 2006
Female Tech has combined her love of Sep 15 2006
Female Tech has combined her love of technology and an artistic sensibility to create photos of herself posing with various gadgets: a stratgically placed PSP, Sega Genesis cuddle, and GameCube piggyback. Reminds me somewhat of a certain Palm parody from back in the day. NSFW.
Andy got a cease and desist from Mar 03 2006
Andy got a cease and desist from Bill Cosby's legal team for hosting the satirical House of Cosbys videos, and he's going to fight it. "More than anything, this strikes me as a special kind of discrimination against amateur creators on the Internet. Mad Magazine, Saturday Night Live, South Park, The Simpsons, Family Guy, and countless other mainstream media sources have parodied Bill Cosby over the years."
In the spirit of the reimagined trailer Jan 26 2006
In the spirit of the reimagined trailer for The Shining, here's Brokeback Top Gun and Sleepless in Seattle.
Interview with "incompetent design" theorist Don Wise. " Dec 08 2005
Interview with "incompetent design" theorist Don Wise. "The only reason you stand erect is because of this incredible sharp bend at the base of your spine, which is either evolution's way of modifying something or else it's just a design that would flunk a first-year engineering student."
Who doesn't love advertising CMYK jokes? "A Dec 07 2005
Who doesn't love advertising CMYK jokes? "A Clockwork C:0 M:60 Y:90 K:0"
43 songs about the blogosphere (full-size). There's "Checking Dec 06 2005
43 songs about the blogosphere (full-size). There's "Checking My Stats On An Hourly Basis", "I'M THIRTEEN AND EVERYTHING SUCKS", "You've Never Heard Of This Band I Love", and sentimental favorite "Don't Read Kottke (But I Steal His Links)".
What would Gawker look like if it Dec 05 2005
What would Gawker look like if it got bought by the NY Times? (via waxy and panop)
Andrew Hearst dreams up some magazines covers Aug 16 2005
Andrew Hearst dreams up some magazines covers done in the style of George Lois, who created several memorable covers for Esquire magazine in the 60s and 70s.
Explaining what a scientist is using Goofus Aug 15 2005
Explaining what a scientist is using Goofus and Gallant as an example. Goofus and Gallant have also been pressed into service to explain 21st century etiquette, politics, and journalism.
Design critique of the alphabet Aug 04 2005
Design critique of the alphabet. "Puhleez! The capital I without the crossbars top and bottom is either the laziest piece of design in history, or an elegant stroke of modernism. With the crossbars it's just clunky, boring and awkward. The lowercase i is kind of cute with that little dot, I suppose, but I'm not really buying it. This one should have never made it out of the comp stage."
Winners of the 2005 Faux Faulker Contest Jul 27 2005
Winners of the 2005 Faux Faulker Contest. Winner: "The Administration and the Fury: If William Faulkner were writing on the Bush White House".
Announcing the world's smallest mp3 player: the iPod Flea Jul 25 2005
Announcing the world's smallest mp3 player: the iPod Flea. Love the Flea collar.
Apple announces the Harper's Special Edition iPod Jul 11 2005
Apple announces the Harper's Special Edition iPod. "Number of media legends who came together to create this exciting new Apple product: 2. Chance that literary-minded American consumers will find this new iPod impossible to resist: 1 in 1."
Some changes coming to Sesame Street Jul 08 2005
Some changes coming to Sesame Street. "After destroying several garbage cans due to rage issues, Oscar receives a more modern plastic garbage container. Sadly though, the new receptacle has an air-tight lock designed to keep a newly homeless Ernie out. Oscar suffocates and the neighbourhood must now figure out how to properly mourn someone they didn't really like."
