American Idol

Since American Idol started in 2002 people have become famous for not only their good vocal skills but also their poor singing. We watch the auditions to see people make fools out of them selves just as we watch the auditions to hear the people who can really sing. In this video the girl looks normal enough when she walks in, but turns out to be a schizophrenic and horrible at singing. Even though this is a parody, it is not far off from some of the auditions. William Hung even got a record deal out of his horrible, but very amusing audition where he sang She Bangs by Ricky Martin.

I think that American Idol has given people a great opportunity to pursue their dreams but it also gives people wanting fifteen minutes of fame a chance to make a fool out of them selves, which is great for my own amusement. Although William Hung got to make a record after his audition, I highly doubt he has had much success in the music industry. This makes me slightly sad and embarrassed for all the people who auditioned thinking they really had a shot at a career in singing and got told by Simon that they were awful or horrendous or another one of his trade mark comments.

Powerthirst

Viewer discretion is advised, this video contains coarse language.



This is a fantastic parody of an energy drink commercial. Powerthirst claims to give you "Gratuitous amounts of energy" and make you "uncomfortably energetic". Most energy drinks make it appear as if you will become better at sports after you use their energy drink, the commercial says if you give your babies Powerthirst they will "run as fast as Kenyans, people will watch them running and think their Kenyans, they'll run as fast as Kenyans against actual Kenyans, and then they'll be a tie, and they'll get deported back to Kenya". So considering that In the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing 14 athletes from Kenya came home with a medal in a running event, 5 of these being gold medals, this is a very good comparison if you want your target audience to realize how fast this will make you. Red Bull commercials always have a slight sexual innuendo to them, Powerthirst also incorporated this into their commercial. They claim that if you drink Powerthirst you will be a power dater and power spawner and have 400 babies. This is such an outrageous number that it catches your attention and gives even more humor to the commercial while still being a parody of other energy drink commercials.

Sorry to Old Gregg lovers

I will no longer be able to continue my posts showing the Legend Of Old Gregg. BBC has claimed the rights to the video and it is no longer available on youtube. Sorry to those who love Old Gregg as much as me, but the video is still available on youtube, just not all parts of it.

The Legend of Old Greg: The begining

The Legend of Old Greg comes from a British television series entitled The Mighty Boosh. The creators and stars of The Mighty Boosh are Julian Barrat and Noel Fielding. They have developed stage shows, television shows, and radio series. The main characters of their series are Howard Moon (Julian Barrat), Bollo (Dave Brown), Naboo The Enigma (Micheal Fielding), Vince Noir (Noel Fielding), and Bob Fossil (Rich Fulcher). Old Gregg, played by Noel Fielding first appreared in an episode of the Mighty Boosh in 2005, and later when on to be in the stage show also entitled The Mighty Boosh.
At the begining of the first episode, Howard Moon and Vince Noir are discussing their "gig" and the reviews their band receive. Howard say: "we do not need the words of reviewers to tell us what we are about". Although the character saying this is fictional, the words he says may have some truth. Julian Barrat may have been feeling some of the pressure from critics to have the second season of The Mighty Boosh and their upcoming live show gain more fans.
The first video introduces us to Old Greg, we hear about his legend from the fisher men at the bar Vince and Howard stop at. Old Greg then appears in Howard's boat while he is fishing alone. In the next scene we will learn more about Old Greg and see where he lives and what his intensions are with Howard.

Leave Brittany Alone

This video was made in 2007, the year that Brittany Spears shaved off all her hair, went to rehab, and was in the middle of a divorce with her husband Kevin Federline, who is also the father of her two sons.

Chris Krocker is distraught about the media publicly bashing Brittany Spears, even though she is going through a tough time. He acts like this is a pressing issue for the global community even though this is the same year that events such as Hurricane Katrina occured. I don't understand how someone who does not personally know Brittany Spears is so concerned with her personal well being. But if this is something important to Chris Krocker, that he wants to inform people about, he has to right to. Although if he is trying to get people to support him on this issue, he would appear more credible if he was not wearing a so much eyeliner and under a sheet.