Showing posts with label comedy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label comedy. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

» vermont plates

Feel Good Song To Drive To:
Drive by Incubus


Ok, you know what's really entertaining?
Funny license plates. Think about it. You're driving down a long stretch of highway, all the cars are becoming a blur, then you see it... a license plate that you can actually READ! Someone took the time to actually PAY for a word, phrase, or slogan to be put on their vehicle's tag. It might not be spelled correctly, or even be a real word at all, but it was something that entertained you for 2.5 seconds of your long drive.

It's like a free puzzle!

During long road trips with friends, I enjoy playing car games like the license plate game (finding one from every state) or I Spy or ABCs ... but you need others for these games. You can't play I Spy by yourself, you'd always win! Finding a car with a funny license plate is like having your very own FREE car puzzle game!

I find clever ones to be absolutely hysterical. For instance, I was on my way up to VT this weekend and saw a New York plate that read 3MUGGLES .. obviously a Harry Potter reference, but it made me so happy to read that! Like, why did they choose it? Is it just a family of three who all love HP? As you can tell, it really entertained me and gave me a laugh during the drive.

C'mon, you seriously can't tell me that whenever you see a plate that you can pronounce or decipher part of a word that you don't get excited and tell the rest of your car mates.

The reason for my post is because I've been running into a LOT of funny license plates lately -- almost eerily in abundance. I wanted to have a post dedicated to just funny plates in general as I captured them, but 1.) I didn't want to wait to collect that many photos and 2.) I found enough in Vermont this past weekend to do me a good entry. So here they are .. Who would have thought Vermont is so witty?

The car just makes this plate THAT much better.

I do love Dane.

Cat lover? Me too.

If it were plural I'd say, "Yeah, who doesn't?" But it's not. TTFN = TaTaForNow?

Go figure. But, definitely have some bragging rights here.

On The Bright Side: Ten bucks says funny license plates will be ALL you see the next time you drive. :) But don't forget where the thoughts of your happiness originated. Here, duh!

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

» all that

Feel Good Song: Hip Hop Hooray by Naughty by Nature

My childhood show.
My FAVORITE childhood show.
Do you remember it playing on SNICK?! Remember the Big Orange Couch? The Big Ear of Corn? (Kel Mitchell had an unhealthy love for it!)
All That was the pre-teen's version of SNL, with a full cast of aspiring comedians.It geared jokes toward its target audience, yet I -- being, well, 7 at the time -- had no clue how adult the content was or how many movie/TV/or character references they actually made. "Detective Dan" was clearly a play on Sherlock Holmes or any other goofy detective. Maybe I knew that, maybe I didn't, but I'm sure there were jokes and references that went right over my head.

This goes on to my explanation as to why All That is today's blog entry. Besides it being an enjoyable nostalgic memory from childhood, I was actually reminded of it from my local radio station, Wired 96.5, when they announced they were hosting an event called "Naughty Night Out" with Naughty by Nature!

Now, I didn't instantly recognized the 90's hip hop trio from their popular hits like "O.P.P." or "Hip Hop Hooray." No, instead, I recognized them from their several musical appearances on All That. I distinctly remember the episode they were on, it was the library sketch and Lori Beth Denberg played the crazy loud librarian, equipped with a fog horn and always screaming "THIS IS A LIBRARY!" And she'd ask "Who are you!?" and the trio replied, "We're Naughty by Nature." (insert crowd applause) and Lori Beth said "I KNOW you are *air quotes* naughty and it is your *air quotes* nature to do so!" And thus ushered them out and to get on stage and perform.

Do you remember? Am I the only one!?

It just put me in a good mood to hear about that band and then I associated it with a great TV show we all know and love. If you can remember and enjoy this nostalgia, take some time and reflect on the 90s old school Nickelodeon. What episode do you remember? Which sketch was your favorite?

Ross Perot - Cooking with Randy and Mandy - 5 minutes! 5 minutes! - French with Pierre Escargot - Ask Ashley - Detective Dan - SuperDude - Coach Kreeton - Good Burger - Vital Information - Miss Piddlin

> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_All_That_sketches

Check 'em out. Enjoy. Reminisce. Smile :o)