Laughing At The Afflicted
Two videos that I found funny. This one is a short clip of a woman reporter doing a roadside shoot and getting absolutely clobbered when a snowplow speeds by.
Then there’s this. I’ve never been a big fan of the “man getting kicked in the balls” comedy device, usually the surest sign that you’re watching a bad movie, but this might be the purest distillation of it. It’s filmed like an episode of Candid Camera, with some guy in a clown fright wig running up to what appear to be total strangers and kicking them square in the goolies. Then as they roll around on the ground in pain, the kicker points out the hidden camera, shouting, “Yes, you’ve been Kicked In The Nuts!”
Well, then, a chance to be on TV! A minor misunderstanding! Backslaps and handshakes all round! Cut to shots of the studio audience roaring with laughter!
I was initially appalled—is this for real? It soon became obvious that it was a joke, and a pretty good one at that. Safe for work if you don’t mind the laughter and the repeated punchline.
Update: I must be getting jaded or something, because I don’t even see these things anymore; but Matt at the (very good) Maple Lounge blog informs me that there are in fact pr0n banners on the second site, so click on it at your peril.
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