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Tech NewsYou Can’t Watch This Awkward Comedy About a Fake Computer Show Without Squirming
“Computer Show” is my new favorite thing. An apparent spoof on PBS’s infamous “Computer Chronicles,” the YouTube series takes place in 1983 but features guests from the present-day wowing awkward hosts with incredible technology we take for granted. It’s hilarious, if only because it masters the early-’80s public access TV graphics and production quality so … Continued
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Tech NewsSped Up YouTube Videos + the Benny Hill Theme = One Amazing Website
If you’re racing a late afternoon deadline, or hope to get any more work done today, you’ll want to close this tab immediately. The rest of us, however, will spend the next few hours watching our favorite YouTube videos with the Benny Hill chase music as the soundtrack. If you’ve ever seen a TV show … Continued
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io9TelevisionLong Before Will Forte, In Living Color Already Told The Story of the Last Man on Earth
You think the sitcom Last Man on Earth has a weird spin on post-apocalyptic survival and the problems of the one man left alive? Check out this bizarre skit from In Living Color, in which the last man on Earth has an uncomfortable awakening. This short comedy sketch manages to veer all over the place, … Continued
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Tech NewsSocial MediaHere Are the Facebook Buttons We All Really Need
A couple days ago Mark Zuckerberg admitted that Facebook was finally building a ‘Dislike’ button allowing the social network’s members to express their non-approval of other’s posts. But as Conan O’Brien revealed on his show last night, there are far more useful buttons that Facebook needs to add first. New parents aren’t going to be … Continued
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On Key and Peele, Ray Parker, Jr. Has a Theme Song for Every Movie, Ever
Beloved comedy series Key and Peele bid farewell last night with a show that was heavy on laughs (including the genius “Negrotown”), and at least one shout-out to the series’ love of geek culture, with a sketch skewering Ghostbusters theme singer Ray Parker, Jr. The bit—a commercial pitching Parker, Jr.’s extended-play album of unreleased (i.e., … Continued
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Tech NewsHow Google’s Directions Would Work If They Were Coded By Your Dad
Google’s directions are usually pretty good — but what if they had a bit of, um, personality injected to them? This Above Average comedy sketch imagines what they’d be like if your dad had helped code the algorithms. A father-powered navigation app is, of course, a slightly terrifying prospect. It’s often wrong, but refuses to … Continued
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io9TelevisionThe 12 Best Nerdy Moments From All Five Seasons of Key and Peele
Brilliant Comedy Central show Key and Peele debuted in 2012, and it ends tonight (sniffle). Over the past five seasons, Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele have hinted at their not-so-secret geeky leanings on several occasions. Here, we compile our favorite nerdy moments from the show. 1) “Dungeons & Dragons & Bitches” A Dungeon Master lets … Continued
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io9TelevisionKey and Peele‘s Spoof of Neil deGrasse Tyson Was Astronomically Brilliant
Tonight’s episode of Key & Peele was pretty geeky overall—there was a long sequence about Game of Thrones. But the penultimate Key & Peele also included a fricken brilliant running gag about Neil deGrasse Tyson’s Cosmos. Check out the first of the three segments above—there were two others, in which Tyson also uses his wacky … Continued
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Watch Drunk History Slur Its Way Through An Explanation of the Big Bang Theory
Comedy Central’s hilarious Drunk History—a show in which comedians get sloppy-drunk and share historical tales, which then are acted out by sober actors who earnestly lip-sync every slurred line of dialogue—kicked off its third season last night with a little special something for science geeks. The show’s theme was “New Jersey,” and one of the … Continued
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The Fat Jew’s Joke Theft Excuse: “I Was Drinking a Daiquiri Nude”
The internet’s most-hated joke-stealing Instagram aggregator has been eating shit all week, losing a Comedy Central deal after getting called out for ripping off comedians online. Now, Josh “The Fat Jew” Ostrovsky is making excuses for his long history of digital plagiarism. Unsurprisingly, his excuses are terrible. Ostrovsky isn’t the only person building a career … Continued
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io9Transhumanism Is Funny (But Still Awesome) in This Short Dark Comedy Film
What will life in the future be like as the line between human and machine starts to blur? Well, if it’s anything like the aptly titled short film Posthumanismaniarama!, life will be kind of ridiculous, even when the technology is working exactly as it should. While exploring our technological future, writer and director Casey Duke … Continued
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Meet the Authors of the Encyclopedia of Hypothetical Police Procedurals!
Yesterday, we raved about the Encyclopedia of Hypothetical Police Procedurals, a.k.a. our new favorite humor blog about goofy cop shows that don’t exist, but should (like the outer space-set NYPD Blue Moon!) We’re obsessed, and we had to reach out to authors Luke Burns and James Folta for more. io9: Where did the idea for … Continued
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io9TelevisionOur Spoiler-Free First Impressions of Campy Slasher Comedy Scream Queens
Scream Queens’ Jamie Lee Curtis is perfection. On the gory new campus comedy from Glee’s Ryan Murphy, the horror legend plays a deliciously arch, newly-promoted Dean of Students who haaates sororities. We saw the first episode, and wondered: can the rest of the show keep up with Curtis? We’re cautiously optimistic. The show, described at … Continued
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io9Ted 2 Is the Most Earnest Movie You Never Wanted to See
The first Ted movie, about a teddy bear toy that comes to life for its boy owner, and causes major trouble when that boy becomes a grown-up, was gleefully dirty and intermittently hilarious. Its sequel takes a new direction, swapping raunch for earnestness. It’s problematic, to say the least. Spoilers follow! Ted 2, from Family … Continued
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HBO Is Finally Working on a Science Fiction Romantic Comedy
Although HBO’s been gathering accolades for genre drama with Game of Thrones, next year could bring it into the realm of genre comedy, a niche that the premium network has left untouched. Until now. According to USA Today, the network’s inked a deal with Greg Daniels (The Office, King of the Hill) to develop a … Continued
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io9Watch The Most Insane Kung Fu Film Ever Made—Packed With Nazis And Dinos
Laser raptors. Gun-toting vikings. A kung fu-obsessed Adolf Hitler. Hacking your way back in time. This is just some of the ridiculousness that you can expect from Kung Fury, the crowdfunded movie that mashes together all sorts of action flick favorites into one hilarious short film. We’ve been waiting for Kung Fury ever since we … Continued
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io9A Clever Herd Goes Undercover In The Stop-Motion Shaun The Sheep Trailer
You can tell by the googly eyes that Shaun the Sheep is an Aardman Animations production. The trailer promises the clever humor and adorable stop-motion animation that the studio (home of Wallace and Gromit) is known for … plus, did we catch a Silence of the Lambs reference? Snort. Official synopsis for the film, which … Continued
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Tech NewsThe Solution To the Apple Watch Tattoo Problem Was So Obvious
There was some bad news last week for tattooed Apple fans hoping to take advantage of everything the company’s new smartwatch had to offer. It turns out that ink on your arm hinders the Apple Watch’s ability to monitor your heart rate. But as Conan discovered, Apple already has a simple solution for sale. At … Continued
