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It was 10 years ago (good god) that Old School came out and graced our movie theaters. A great movie, and full of fantastic scenes, especially ones involving Vince Vaughn. The wife has always said that his role in this movie is what I may very well end up like. I'm cool with that.

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So on Monday I go under the knife for the first time in my life. No, it's nothing serious like having my spleen removed or getting a baboon's heart. No, I'm getting my wisdom teeth pulled. All four of the suckers. They figured, well, we have to take two of them, so the others might as well join the pulling party.

I'm not thrilled about the procedure, if for no other reason than I had to sign all these forms (one of which included the whole, "yeah, you're getting anesthetized, so there is the chance it could kill you" part). The guy doing the procedure is apparently a total badass, so I'm sure I'll be fine, but I've never been put under before either, so this is a double-dose of unwelcome stress into my life.

Naturally, this means I needed to find some music and comedy to help put my mind at rest, and what better way than with Steve Martin and Bill Murray. Little Shop of Horrors is a classic. Ellen Greene, Rick Moranis, with nice cameos by Christopher Guest and others. But the dentist is a classic bit, and it's only right that I prepare myself for Monday's procedure this way.

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Can't explain it, but for some reason I had a dream about watching this cartoon last night. I've always been a big Goofy fan, and I still drink water from the Goofy mug I bought nearly 20 years ago. So on this cold, wintry day in DC, Let's all spend a few minutes laughing at Goofy in the Olympics from 1942.

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No joke, I was fooled. I saw trailers for Ted and thought it looked funny, but figured the best parts were in the trailer. I've been burnt too many times.

But damnit, this movie is hilarious. It features two hours of one of my favorite things: Animal humor. Love it. Always comes through for me, no matter how many times I see it. And this time, the animal humor is a teddy bear that comes to life and grows into a classic Boston wiseass.

Can't recommend this movie enough, even when it gets into the usual emotional BS at the 3/4 mark. But there are some surprising performances that show up, especially from Giovanni Ribisi. But anyway, let's focus on the funny, because it's everywhere.

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Over the holiday break the wife and I took in the movie version of Les Miserables, because nothing says Christmas like rape, prostitution, violence against children, and a heavy-handed dose of god, all with musical accompaniment.

Naturally, afterward the wife several times muttered to me, "Vive la revolution!" And instead of smiling and thinking about the movie we just saw, I smiled and thought of Christophe, from the South Park movie.

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Well, it's Christmas time, so I have to bring up some holiday classics that I love for the Friday Funnies. This time around, we're going with Scrooged. This is not the funniest clip from this movie, but since my mother has so lovingly declared this year to be the Campbell Family Christmas of Coal. Apparently gifts are strictly forbidden and we may well end up eating toast and rotten wine for dinner, I'm going to hold out hope that I get a VHS while my sister gets stuck with a towel. No, scratch that, I'll take the towel. Thanks mom! And happy holidays, everyone.

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Been thinking about Newsradio a lot recently and I wish I could tell you why. Just been replaying scenes in my mind the last few weeks as I close out another course in school. It's been a busy nine weeks, as I am sure you may have noticed since I've pretty much been bare bones here on the ole blog. But good wordier, rantier times shall return soon. In the meantime, share a laugh with me and Jimmy James (the man so nice they named him twice) and his fancy plans with pants to match.

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For whatever reason one of the movie channels has brought Chasing Amy back into the rotation, so of course I've watched it about 27 times. When you nail the opening scene of the movie, you got a good thing going. Black rage!

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With my sister's birthday coming up, I thought it appropriate to honor her with a Friday Funnies via her doppelganger. Now, she probably doesn't know that my friends and I all think she looks like a younger Sarah Silverman, but we do. And when I talk to them about my sister, inevitably I get the, "Oh, you mean Sarah Silverman?" joke thrown back at me. So happy birthday (next week) to my wonderful sister, and hope she isn't too offended by Silverman's brand of comedy, which I love, to know that this comes from a place of brotherly love.



Oh, and my brother's birthday was last week, but I doubt he even knows I've had a blog for the past four years, let alone knows where to go to read it.

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Once again, it's time to get back into the swing of blogging. Always lots of thoughts, ramblings and sightings in my life, just hard to find the time to document them. Alas, a long weekend gives excellent opportunity to dive back in.

And I return with a holiday edition of Friday Funnies. No better way to celebrate Thanksgiving than via the Cosby family.

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Because ever since I saw this movie I don't think I can enter a steakhouse without checking the menu to see if they have something in line with the ol 96er. And the thought of eating a plate of gristle makes me want to vomit. But in a funny kind of way, much like getting "a bucket of salad." Just make sure you wrap a few Paul Bunyan hats for the kids, OK?



On a side note, hilarious that Annette Benning is in this movie, and I totally had a crush on the girl who gets stood up by the son in this clip. She was one of those classic '80s teen actresses whose name I never knew but who was the love interest in several flicks and you just couldn't help but fall for her.

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Sure, it was great reading about Obama calling out Romney as the "bullshitter" that he is. BUt to be honest, I like my president to be a little more crass. And lo and behold, we have audio proof. I never knew about Obama's audiobook version of his "Dreams of My Father." I didn't have much interest in reading it, and so I never paid much attention until a friend sent me a website that has a selection of choice clips.

Mind you, Obama is just reciting his book and the memories he recalls. But still, it's 100% badass listening to him talk like a street thug and bitching about ordering french fries.

President Obama is Tired of Your Shit

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I delayed my normal posting of Friday Funnies because Twitter was abuzz yesterday with news that the delayed premiere of one of my favorite shows, Community, would not stop the cast from premiering ... something. Well, they came through. Damn you, NBC. Just keep Community around for #sixseasonsandamovie

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Because a world with Adam Scott and Jon Hamm working together is a better world for us all. It's a fact.

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Tuesday was the 25th anniversary of "The Princess Bride" being released in theaters. I can't actually recall whether I saw this movie in the theaters or not. Problem is, I know I've seen it twice for special screening type things in high school and college, so those memories cloud the past.

Nevertheless, it's in the Campbell Pantheon of Favorite Movies ever, and it's one I can always stop and enjoy no matter what scene its own when I stumble across it.

It would have been easy to pick the duel or Wesley's last speech, but I figure there are a million worthy scenes, so I'll pick a more obscure one. This is Billy Crystal killing it as Miracle Max, and I always like it when he breaks character to talk about how thinly sliced the meat is.

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I love a good "go fuck yourself" speech. If nothing else, because I'll probably never have the opportunity to give a full-throated one myself. I'm left to ginning up a situation beyond measure just to casually throw it in there, and it never comes off well. Lots of websites have been sharing clips of Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Joaquin Phoenix since "The Master" is being released this weekend. This scene from Charlie Wilson's War is among one of Hoffman's best. I could have take something from any number of PSH flicks like Almost Famous and Boogie Nights, but this one I always enjoyed, especially looking back knowing that he's bitching out Roger Sterling.

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This used to be the kind of thing that Kelly would make fun of me for, even if were not for the fact that he has fully become just like me. I was mocked relentlessly for my adherence to the almighty Mac. I watched as he bought more and more Android or whatever the hell Samsung/Nokia products that were out there and hated every single one of them. But once he got his iPhone (and his iPad and his fourth Apple computer) I knew he was turned to the Dark Side. And it was awesome.

But that won't stop me from stepping back and realizing that this sketch is pretty much right on target with how I was rolling when I first couple versions of the iPhone came out.

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It's been the week of fantasy football drafts. I've had two this week and one more tomorrow, and throw in a couple survivor and pick em leagues and I've got a full slate of football entertainment coming to me for the next 6 months. Which is good, since UK basketball doesn't start for a few more months and we all know how complete shite the football team is.

So in honor of all my football happiness (both real and make believe), this week's Friday Funnies is brought to you by a guy who wants to kill your bookie and mine.

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The fellas start rolling in today for our league's fantasy football draft. Yes, we're all grownups and this is how we escape our regular lives. Get over it. Plus, as a bonus, we gamble as well. And that makes everything just a bit sweeter and more enjoyable. To honor our ninth season, let's cheer ourselves on with some cheerleaders. Funny ones, that is.

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In honor of Kelly's birthday, I'm going to dedicate this week's Friday Funnies to him. And our video treat is something I'm sure he'll co-sign and spend another hour finding like-minded videos.

It's monkeys that get drunk. Fantastic.