| As it is for many people, humor is one of my main passions in life and I have always been a big fan of the comedy of the Marx Brothers, W.C. Fields, Woody Allen, and Monty Python. I own videos of some of my favorite movies, classic comedies like It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, Groundhog Day with Bill Murray, The President's Analyst, and What's New Pussycat . I can watch these great comedies over and over and they crack me up every time. In the 70s I was a big fan of British comedy like Monty Python, Fawlty Towers, and The Goodies, that were shown on American television. This is still some of my favorite humor. I miss those days, but thanks to DVD (previously VCR) videos and YouTube I can still enjoy them. |
Humorous videos
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| These play in popup windows (which you can safely enable on my website). For you programmers, my Perl section describes how I am playing these. |
![]() Granny goes digital |
![]() Medieval helpdesk (for "the book") |
![]() Redneck 911 |
![]() Hasty snow removal |
![]() Two angry Women |
![]() A Big Deck |
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![]() Rob Paravonian's Pachelbel Rant |
![]() John Belushi does Joe Cocker (see the original) |
![]() Steve Martin Holiday Wishes |
![]() Power windows |
![]() Suspected terrorists |
![]() Granny air bag |
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![]() OctoMom birth video |
![]() Smartest kid in class |
![]() Don DeLuise egg trick |
![]() Who's On First? Abbott and Costello |
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Tries to subtly buy a nudie magazine in Bananas |
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Subway scene in Bananas (that's Silvester Stallone as hoodlum) |
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Gives parking assistance in Bananas |
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Plays cello in Take the Money and Run |
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Tries to rob a bank in Take the Money and Run |
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Another bank holdup in Take the Money and Run |
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An interview in the intro for What's Up, Tiger Lily? "Death is my bread, and danger my butter..." |
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Christina Applegate and Cameron Diaz in The Sweetest Thing |
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Sean Penn played surfer Jeff Spicoli in Fast Times at Ridgemont High |
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Peter Sellers in the opening scene of one of my favorite movies, What's New Pussycat? |
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Peter Sellers and Keenan Wynn in Dr. Strangelove "You're gonna have to answer to the Coca-Cola company." |
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Peter Sellers and Orson Welles in the 1967 spy spoof Casino Royale "Don't think that went unnoticed ... I see everything that goes on at this table." |
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Jack Nicholson orders toast in the diner scene from Five Easy Pieces "I want you to hold it between your knees." |
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Taxi – Reverend Jim's driving test (I shortened this from a
longer scene
because all I wanted here was the one joke) "What does a yellow light mean?" |
![]() Court Martial |
![]() How did the war start? |
![]() Explaining evolution to a creationist |
![]() Edmund hires a ship |
![]() Royal Wedding |
![]() Prince George is all man |
![]() Will Shakespeare |
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![]() General Melchett visits the troops |
![]() Time travel |
![]() Trunk monkey |
![]() Stuck on the escalator |
![]() Airtran shareholder meeting (see more) |
![]() Nice 'n easy door |
![]() Improve your English |
![]() Indecent Proposal (MasterCard) |
![]() Tidy Up (IKEA) |
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![]() SFR phone network (French) |
![]() CANAL+ cable channel (French) |
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![]() Working the drive-through window at McDonalds |
![]() Cheney vs. Pelosi: The blink count |
![]() Sonny and Cher singing "I Got You Babe" |
![]() Tribute to Bill Gates |
![]() Letterman flips off viewer |
![]() McCain bails out |
![]() Coke scene |
![]() Mexican Americans |
![]() Chong rocks out |
![]() Stoned in car |
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![]() Eavesdropping |
![]() Toxic Lake |
![]() Ambulance Prank 1 |
| Video sites |
| TV shows and movies |
| Monty Python |
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"And now for something completely different!" |
| Monty Python (Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam) produced some of what I consider the most hilarious comedy of all time. Back in the early 70s they had a weekly TV show that I never missed. I purchased the The Complete Monty Python's Flying Circus Megaset when it came out on DVD and now I can watch this great comedy whenever I feel like it. |
| Flying Circus videos |
| Here are some of my favorite Python sketches. I acquired these videos on the Internet, but since I own the DVD set of all the episodes I may see if I can rip them from the DVDs to get the best quality videos. These play in popup windows (which you can safely enable on my website). For you programmers, my Perl section describes how I am playing these. |
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| Audios |
| Python links |
Political satire
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I have had so much fun with political humor during the Bush presidency, but now that he has left office I will have to look for some new stuff.
Until I find it I am keeping these here because they are such gems. |
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Videos of Bush and friends
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Dubya – "Sunday Bloody Sunday" |
George Bush & Tony Blair – "Endless Love" |
Dubya clips – our articulate leader at his best |
Dubya appears on The Tonight Show after the 2004 election |
Top 10 Favorite George W. Bush Moments |
Top 10 Bush thoughts with a hammer |
How does Bush win an election? |
What's behind Dubya's stupid speeches? |
The Bush pilot (a subtitled German video) |
Controlling the borders |
Dubya & Little Richard |
Tightening the Mexican border |
Tony Blair – "Should I Stay or Should I Go" |
Googler-in-Chief on the Internets |
Republican: New Wonder Drug Hits Market |
Great Moments in Presidential Speeches |
Fey / Palin Couric interview |
Links |

| Spoofs – find more of these parodies at The Bob Rivers Show under Twisted Tunes (there is an alphabet for searching titles) |
| * | This song was actually recorded by North Carolina disc jockey Denny Brownlee. When threatened by Warner Brothers with a lawsuit, the song was re-released and attributed to "Seymour Swine and the Squealers." |
| When I get something in email that is incredibly funny, or simply incredible, I usually forward it to friends, but I don't want it to die after that so I often preserve it here. I have "webified" all these, retaining the format of the original emails as much as possible. This is one of the most frequently updated sections on my website so if you enjoy it I encourage you to come her a lot. New jokes are added at the end. |
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