Comic for Friday, June 19, 2009

Posted: 7:35 am, Friday, June 19th

Hey, kids, ever wonder what happened to your English teachers when they were grading hundreds of essays for a state exam? Well, it turns out they lose their freaking minds. I think I read about 500 essays yesterday. My brain has melted. As I mentioned... somewhere... Either the comments or my Twitter feed (I should add a widget to that or something)(I guarantee you that there is nothing interesting coming from my Twitter feed), but the listening passage that we had to read the kids yesterday had to do with "therapy dogs" at long-term health care facilities (you know, nursing homes). The very first essay I read today, the kid's hand writing made it look like he wrote "the rapy" dogs, which, of course, I read it as "rape-y" dogs, and that really kept me going for about three hours. "Elderly people love the rape-y dogs!" "The rape-y dogs love without exception!" "The rape-y dogs can also wear costumes." I'm telling you, I'm very, very tired.

That's really all I have. The Sox got rained - well, I don't know if they got rained out, actually, it's still suspended. But the Goat Fuckers lost to Los Nationales, which is fun. Not fun? This. That might just kill me.

The Heineken ad (I can't stand Heineken) with the Biz Markie song:

In the closing exterior shot of the cab, is the driver *not* the same as the jolly older guy? 2.0 swears it is, but I just think his body is different... It won't stop driving me crazy. I swear it's a different guy.

And, because it's Friday, here's a feel-gooder to send you into the weekend.

Seriously? Norm was in that video? And Columbo? What the fuck? Were they in the movie? I haven't seen that but once since I was like eight, when I watched it pretty much weekly. .... No, they were not. They must've just showed up in the video. What the fuck? Of note, though, Ron Jeremy and Debbie Gibson were extras, and Larry King and Bill Walton were in it. That is bizarre. Anyway, that video really takes off at the 3:10 mark - Ray Parker, Jr. swears that he's not afraid of no (sic) ghosts while wiping away a tear, and then he biffs a lip-syncing while creepily forcing that girl out of the closet. And then begins the cameo-fest. Awesome. What a great video.

bullfrog

Jim Ryan -- Friday, June 19 2009, 08:23 am

Thanks for posting to the video; I hadn't seen that in way too many years.

What's really interesting about the guests that showed up there were the folks who were all Second City / SNL connections (John Candy, Chevy Chase, Al Franken, and yes George Wendt) who must have been called in by Murray and Aykroyd for the shoot. Now how they got Peter Falk and Carly Simon- Well, your guess is as good as mine...

It was also a hoot seeing Times Square at the end of the video, before Disney and DOT changed it into its current radically different form. Again, thanks for the post.

No, Pete! Don't use a wrecker to tow the AWD car, you'll ruin the rear carrier! Go borrow a flatbed!

But that's actually a very Pete-ish move, so tow away.

Zero

Holy crap, I didn't even recognize Al Franken. Wow.

I think that was the first video I ever saw (there was no cable up my way 'til about 1990) at my aunt and uncle's house. God, I loved it.

Um, Melissa Gilbert?!

It's totally a different cab driver at the end of that Heinken commercial.

I'll raise you the ghostbusters song with this little ditty: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJDLRCXR2ZM

No it's not.

Here's one for the teachers:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W9kcxdPPjk

It's definitely a different cab driver.

Yep, I pointed it out to my wife that the driver at the end was definitely much younger and thinner than the cab driver singing w/them in the middle...stunt driver!

Funny thing about the Ghostbusters video is that I remembered there were all of the celeb cameos, but I didn't remember the girl w/Ray Parker Jr. or all of the 80's neon everywhere (or, for that matter, his Billie Jean video rip-off move towards the beginning). Is Al Franken doing a Mick Jagger imitation? I'm pretty sure that Carly Simon was Nantucket vacation buddies w/Belushi and therefore the rest of the 70's SNL gang, which would explain her appearance......but I absolutely can't explain how Peter Falk got in there. Is that a young and fairly hot looking Terri Garr towards the end?

BTW, long time lurker/reader/Sox fan. Love the strip!

I know I'm a dork and a jerk for saying so, but I think that the camera made some weird moves. From panel 1, we'd have to pan the camera to the left in order to see the tow truck coming at us. Unless, as suggested in panel 2, the tow truck is actually driving on the left side of the road, British-style.

Can I post this on the IMDB "goofs" page for Fivebucks?

I believe that was Teri Garr.

From my days as a child actor, I'm pretty sure Heineken would have to use a professional driver for that shot at the end of the commercial.

Damn, you're totally right on the camera, MJL. I'm glad to have them out of the car going forward, because that really led to some awkward word bubbles.

I always forget about Tree and his modeling career.

And thanks, AJM! Friggin' rain last night, it was only a matter of time 'til we clocked that pitcher. (Actually, that seemed to be one of those games where the boys just never were going to figure that guy out.)

OMFG Tree...did you really just use the phrase "from my days as a child actor."

I will defer to popular belief, though I'll go on thinking otherwise (surpised? No I guess not.).

It was gratuitous, I know, but I couldn't resist.

Tree had a childhood modeling career? My head explodes.

Miyaa, I believe it is spelled "My head asplode." Stupid Internet-meme fans can be very particular, you know.

P.S. - Ovechkin over Crosby? You're all blinded by your hatred. A playmaker sets up other guys on the team to score and lift everyone up around him; a goal-scorer can do well on his own, but with a setup man he's even better. So with that in mind, the order of players to take:

1. Malkin 2. Crosby 3. Datsyuk ... 9. Ovechkin

This was enjoyable...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/19/john-hodgman-radio-and-tv_n_218349.html

BF: you probably get all the references.

Look, if you want to argue Crosby over Ovechkin that's fine and lots of people might agree with you and lots of people would not. But you would rank him 9th best player in the league!? That's just crazy talk! He just won the league MVP as well as the Lester Pearson award for being the league's best player, as voted on by other NHL players. He's also really funny looking.

Is "Pat S." a pseudonym for Mike Milbury? Are you the one who ruined my Islanders????

And Bullfrog, if Pedro ever came to the Yankees, it would kill me too.

I just love that you two are entering your second week of this conversation. Also, "Malkin, Datsyuk.." These could not even be people, I have no idea.

Let me guess.. the best goalie in the NHL is Fleury and the best defensemen is Gonchar...

Seriously... I understand liking your own team, but being a unknowledgeable homer is another thing... C'mon!

And now he made it personal.