Friday, March 5, 2010 | by nathan

Currently Making My Day

…is this late-1960s ad for IHOP. It’s trippy on a level that … well, anyway. Just watch:

Wednesday, March 3, 2010 | by nathan

I Am Suddenly Possessed With The Insatiable Desire to Assassinate J. Edgar Hoover

My boss thinks it’s entirely likely that the following is some sort of Soviet-era KGB mind control. I’m not sure if that’s true, but I’m hard-pressed to come up with a better explanation. At any rate, your day should get much more Dadaist once you’ve seen it:

UPDATE: Well, now I’m obsessed with Soviet-era music television programming. Thanks, internet. Thanks a whole fucking lot.

UPDATE 2: I didn’t mean for that to sound sarcastic. Actually, here. Check this out!

Tuesday, January 19, 2010 | by nathan

Fly Me To The Moon

HOLY. BALLS.

YOU GUYS! The SPACE SHUTTLE is for sale! No, strike that. TWO space shuttles are for sale. And prices have been slashed to move! I think it probably goes without saying that Atlantis and Endeavour have a little bit of hail damage. Their heat shields aren’t quite what they used to be, but – whose is? 

Look, I’m just going to lay this out there in the simplest terms I know:

ME.

WANTEE.

I’d been thinking that, when my beloved car Calvin finally goes to that great redneck’s-front-yard in the sky I’d invest in something a little greener, a hybrid, but with four-wheel-drive, maybe the kind of car that Arnold Schwarzenegger might drive Brangelina around in. But look: I wants me a Shuttle. I’d rather have Atlantis, but I suppose I could settle for Endeavour if they lowered the price, installed a keyless entry system and an iPod dock. Which shuttle did crazy diaper lady and that other astronaut have sex in? I don’t want that one. Again – unless the price is right.

Here’s where y’all come in: I can’t even really afford the aforementioned hybrid, much less the [low, low] price of $28 million for a space shuttle. So I’m going to need a small loan – no, let’s just call it an investment. On your part. Think of it – you could have the MOTHERFUCKING SPACE SHUTTLE at your kid’s parties. Or, I dunno, we could go to the moon. OH MY GOD YOU GUYS WE COULD GO TO THE MOON!

We could get corporate sponsorships, too – think of it. Haven’t you always thought the shuttle lacked a little … panache? We could get that mother looking like Jeff Gordon’s car so fast – do you think DuPont and Nicorette would agree to have their logos painted on the side for, say, $14 million dollars each? Then we could sell tickets. The Russians charged all those crazy gozillionaires and Lance Bass $20 million a head to go into space. Screw that – for the low, low price of $15 million (plus baggage handling fees, natch), I’ll take you all the way to the moon. For an extra hundred thousand dollars I’ll buzz the International Space Station and let you give those guys the finger, or moon them through a porthole. It will basically be the universe’s most badass party bus.

We have a business plan here. We have a viable business plan. Now, we just have to get NASA to lower the price a little. I think the recent discovery of cocaine in the shuttle hangar taints the entire deal; so let’s knock of about $5 million for that. And then there are the sponsorships. Who am I approaching first? Do you even have to ask? 

Viagra. Come on, let’s cut the crap. It’s them or Cialis, painted all over this thing. WHO DO YOU THINK IS GOING TO BE BUYING THESE TICKETS?

It dawns on me that with this business plan we could probably snatch up both of these bad boys. Within ten years the Moon will be putting Vegas to shame. Just think of the advertising: "What happens in Vegas may stay in Vegas, BUT THERE ARE NO LAWS IN SPACE, BABY!" 

Come ON, people! Let’s do this! You know – for science. Somebody get those coked-out NASA guys on the phone.

Thursday, December 24, 2009 | by nathan

MY [pajama] PANTS!

It wouldn’t be Christmas without an adorable child in Christmas pajamas dancing to awesome music. Behold, the night Dr. Pants taught Cooper Marshall how to dance:

MY [pajama] PANTS! from Okay City Nate on Vimeo.

Thursday, June 4, 2009 | by nathan

Now I Need To Find A Mop!

This has gone around the world and back this week, but I’m going to go ahead and join in the party in case you haven’t seen it yet. There are a lot of "literal" versions of music videos out there, but this one is undoubtedly my favorite.

Thursday, February 5, 2009 | by nathan

You Said Who? I Sure Did.

I Can. Not. Believe. I’ve had this blog for almost five years and have never shared this with you. This may be the hardest I’ve ever laughed at television, the first time I ever saw this. Ladies and gentlemen, Slappy The Squirrel Goes To Woodstock:

The entire episode of this particular installment of the ‘Maniacs is available here. You’ve really got to appreciate how above-its-demographic this stuff is.

Thursday, December 11, 2008 | by nathan

LOVE HAS ENEMIES

Good LORD, this music video makes me LOL, but it also makes me long for three robots down in front of the screen doing commentary.

Wednesday, December 3, 2008 | by nathan

You Play The Guitar On The MTV

This is for David B.:

Tuesday, December 2, 2008 | by nathan

The Odd Couple

via Hypeful, this video of Snoop Dogg on The Martha Stewart Show makes me almost laugh myself to death:

Thursday, September 4, 2008 | by nathan

“The Sexism … Is So Deep!”