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Top Ten Videos of 2009: 4. “Sarah Silverman Solves World Hunger”

December 19, 2009 | Permalink

Are there things that cannot be joked about? It’s the question at the center of a debate that has been going on for quite awhile. In fact, I personally hope it never stops being debated. It goes to one of the best things about comedy—its ability to help us understand one another. I say that at least in theory, there is nothing that cannot be joked about. It’s all about context and intent.

Case in point: the video that comes in at number four on my list of the top ten videos of 2009. It was made as in interlude for Real Time with Bill Maher, and features Sarah Silverman with a solution for global hunger. Read the rest of this entry »


Top Ten Videos of 2009: 7. Old Jews Telling Jokes, “Larry Donsky: Hospital”

December 16, 2009 | Permalink

No top ten list of my favorite 2009 videos could possibly be complete without a representative from the delightful, beautifully simple oldjewstellingjokes.com. Due credit once again to my friend and blogroll-ee Michael Fox, and his original post at The Moving Target. Read the rest of this entry »


2009′s Top Ten Videos: 10. “Shofar Demonstration”

December 13, 2009 | Permalink

I’ll be darned if it isn’t End-of-the-Year Recap List Season again. Sounds like a good opportunity to rest, reflect, and scheme to drive some traffic to my blog. Like everyone else on the web, I like both top ten lists and funny video clips—so I think we all know what needs to happen: a countdown of my ten favorite web videos of the year, one each day for ten days, with a recap of the entire list at the end. Let’s do this thing.

Kicking it off at number 10 is this little clip I’m calling “Shofar Demonstration.” Read the rest of this entry »