One Direction Without Autotune

Enjoy.

Web gems galore

It's Thursday, which is as good a reason as any for us to share a few videos (or "vids" as the kids say) that have been tickling our collective funny bone around the office lately.

(WARNING: The first and third vid may or may not be safe for work, depending on whether or not your boss has a sense of humor.)

Okay, first up, the Sexy Sax Man:



Next up, a talented crew of Twin Cities kid-rappers with their catchy hit, "Hot Cheetos & Takis":




And last, but certainly not least, Australian-British comedian/musician Tim Minchin:





Thanks to Andy, Kelli, and Jen, respectively, for the hot tips.

Alright, back to work, everyone.

Baby bump photos gone horribly, horribly wrong.

The folks over at World Wide Interweb have published their list of The 50 Most Awkward Pregnancy Portraits Ever. All we can say is wow. Just wow.

A few of our favorites:

See all 50 photos right here.

Thanks to our in-house web sleuth, Kelli with an "i", for the hot tip.

Aaaaaaand we're back!

Long time, no post here on the Old Tom Bloggery. Our apologies to our moms and the other three people who check this site regularly. We blame our hiatus on four key factors: 1) getting ready for the National Stationery Show, 2) attending the National Stationery Show, 3) catching up after the National Stationery Show, and 4) the rain. Take it away, boys:



Happy Monday!

Arrested Drunk Guy Sings Bohemian Rhapsody

Almost as good as Wayne and Garth: Via David Doody.

Lauren's (almost) Valentine's Day present from me.

Behold, the butt cleavage dress.

This 8th Wonder of the World sure knows how to show off a woman's sexiest ass-ets. Am I right?! ZING!

Sadly, the dress sold before I was able to nab it for Lauren's butt cheeks. Maybe next year.

Via Laughing Squid.

Um, yeah.

Anyone who wears this sweater is awesome in our book. More here.

Sound it Out

Wow, it's already the 4th day of January. Have you given up on your resolutions for the new year yet? I haven't. I vowed to learn the English language real good by following these youTube videos from PronunciationManual:

Hm. I always thought it was pronounced like "quinoa." The K must be silent.

French appetizers have always had my tongue in a twist. Let's give hors d'oeuvres a try:

Mmm... diloosuss.

Or everyone's favourite tex-mex chain restaurant...

Sean Toodle.

If you're looking for someone to sound out English words and Hollywood's best more accurately, visit PronunciationBook (the original dude that PronunciationManual is mocking). But beware, the real guy will never teach you how to say gems like this:

I think Scroti Wontoobsis would approve.

Contagious Laughter

Pretty sure it was an Old Tom Foolery card that started this:



Thanks for the tip, Cabell.

No words. Just watch.

Via Kottke.

Old people and webcams: look out.

Four million people scooped us on this one, but it's still funny:

Thanks to our resident web sleuth, Shannon, for the hot (er, lukewarm) tip.

Rick Astley pie chart

Okay, okay. We know the whole ironic Rick Astley craze is sooooo 2008. And yet, still, this colorful little graph managed to tickle our funny bone:

In other Rick Astley news, the White House recently Rickrolled its Twitter followers.

It Would Take A Strong Strong Man to not be impressed by that.

The Oomphalapompatronium

Leonard Solomon makes his own whimsical musical instruments. This organ-esque contraption is as awesome as its name:



He reminds me of Doc from Back to the Future. Long live crazy white-haired inventors.

Via Laughing Squid.

It's getting real.

In keeping with our apparent theme of parody rap videos, here's another dandy for your Humpday:

Sweat Up In My Creases

Check out this disturbingly funny little video made by some ad friends of ours. It's a timely one, too--the mercury hit 103 Fahrenheit degrees in Minneapolis earlier this week. (Talk about swampy creases.)

Speaking of sweat, get 15% off your order at the Old Tom Foolery website now through June 30th by entering coupon code HOTSWEATYSUMMER at checkout.

Sweat Up In My Creases from Sweat Up In My Creases on Vimeo.

Nu Thang

The Eminem of Christian rap:

Merry Christmas, girls and boys.

Finally, some modern-day holiday songs that aren't gag-me-with-a-spoon syrupy-sweet. Free for your downloading pleasure. Thank you, Target.

Here's the one we can't get out of our heads here at the Old Tom Foolery compound:

Todd Lamb is funny.

We all have funny ideas that never go anywhere. But this guy is a doer. He just grabs the bull by the horns and makes funny stuff. Kudos to him.

Get ready to laugh:




More "Notes From Chris" here.


And here's an episode from Todd's "Loud People" online video series:

Schwartz-nanigans

Check out this tutorial for The New Yorker iPad app, starring a mustachioed Jason Schwartzman and directed by one Roman Coppola (channeling his inner Wes Anderson).

Simple + smart + stupid = our favorite kind of humor.

This one goes out to Nick Loonan*

*who we recently found out is an avid reader of this blog.