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Why didn’t anyone tell me that it was Terrible Comedy Movie Trailers Day? I swear, Terrible Comedy Movies Trailer Day comes earlier and earlier every year. Why, it feels like just last week we were taking down our decorations from Iguana Farts in a Bathtub Day. “Wakka wakka, ayyyyyyy” — Fonzie the Bear. Seriously, though, ladies and germs, between the new Adam Sandler romantic comedy, Just Go With It trailer, the new Farrelly Brothers romantic comedy, Hall Pass trailer, and the trailer for whatever the hell Kevin James’s new movie is even supposed to be, Paul Blart: Zoo Fart, I guess, we can all admit that the beach of laffs has not been stormed. (Probably the best and most thoughtful reference to the horrifying battles of World War II, if only because as a metaphor it makes so much sense?). Whatever. Let’s get off terrible looking comedy movie trailers, because I just got off yours. HUH? What I meant to say is IT’S THE WEEKEND!
After the jump, the five Highest Rated comments, as voted on by you, the Lowest Rated comment, the winner of this week’s Election 2010 Caption Contest, and the Editor’s Choice:
This Week’s Highest Rated Comments
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Funtastik | Oct 29th | Score:99 |
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“What is up with this cat? IS SOMEONE THROWING IT?” |
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| Posted in: Thursday Night TV Open Thread: Halloween 2010 Edition | |||
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Polythene Pam | Oct 29th | Score:101 |
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Or in the case of lesbians, BOTH partners stay home to cook and clean?? Lesbians, your house is TOO clean, and your food is TOO cooked! |
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| Posted in: Sorry Guys, Gay Marriage Is Just Wrong* | |||
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rickdagless | Nov 3rd | Score:108 |
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Fake and just-needs-some-counseling |
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| Posted in: Duh Aficionado Magazine: Everyone In This Video Is An Asshole | |||
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krindy | Nov 3rd | Score:112 |
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I was successfully counselled out of being both black AND gay. |
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| Posted in: Duh Aficionado Magazine: Everyone In This Video Is An Asshole | |||
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seanjean | Nov 3rd | Score:115 |
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I remember when I was 8 years old and one day on daily chores list was “Choose whether to be gay or not.” Oh wait, no I don’t. Fuck these guys. |
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| Posted in: Duh Aficionado Magazine: Everyone In This Video Is An Asshole | |||
[Ed. note: Another very solid week this week, everyone. I would particularly like to commend people on the movie critics impersonation thread and also the impromptu party game that took place in the Gwyneth Paltrow thread when there was no Official party game to be played. I hope the commenters at other websites are taking notes, because you're taking them all to Comment School.]
This Week’s Lowest Rated Comment
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gatheraroundtheoakentable | Nov 3rd | Score:-54 |
| I don’t give a f*#k y0 but that one b*tch @ 0:26 is mad cute. I’d like to force my you know what in her you know where. Nah mean? | ||
| Posted in: Duh Aficionado Magazine: Everyone In This Video Is An Asshole | ||
[Ed. note: Did people downvote this comment because they didn't know what he meant? Because if that's the case, I'd be happy to explain it to you. Email me at justkidding@dontemailme.com.]
This Week’s Caption Contest Winner
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Superglue | Nov 2nd | Score:82 | |
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Where’s the death certificate?!?!?! |
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| Posted in: The Videogum Why Don’t YOU Caption It? Contest: Election 2010 | |||
[Ed. note: Congratulations, Superglue. You earned it!]
This Week’s Editor’s Choice
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sadmalandar | Nov 3rd | Score:6 | |
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whats a dickfor? |
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| Posted in: Don Draper Says “What?” | |||
[Ed. note: ALLEY-OOP!.]
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Oh man. One of these things is not like the others…..
Looks like That One has been working out. SNAP!
Good Ball out there, team, nice hustle.
werewolf bar mitzvah, spooky, scary!
This makes me really happy. I’m a bit concerned about myself.
That’s what I looked like when I first saw this.
You are all my “work-husband-slash-uncle,” or is it “co-worker-slash-little-brother
I finally made the ball! I’ve arrived!
You guys are the best.
Congrats, Pam!
“I’d like to thank all of the people who helped me get here in spite of my mannish appearance.”
-Polythene Pam
But congrats for realz.
Your comment made me LOL so much, and then I had to go and read the thread that I missed. I am missing all the good threads!
Also your username just reminds me of Poly Styrene from X-Ray Spex.
Oh no! Videogum is done for the week! What are you gonna do now, work? Not likely! How ’bout chat? Either you or your cat, whichevs.
http://tinychat.com/videogum Password enhance
WHY DO CATS INSIST ON DOING THIS??? Adorable and asshole-ish, all in one move.
Stella does it too… though she is often mistaken for a kitten… so…
It’s not just kittens though. When I was house-sitting for my parents their 18 lb catzilla Gordy popped up and just covered my hands and the whole keyboard and was like, “Yup. Now this is happening.”
I just realised it is probably because we are using our computers to look at OTHER CATS. To think this great life mystery was simply jealousy!
The dogs here do it too. They’re 13 and 16 pounds, respectively, but their tiny paws increase the PSI tremendously.
I believe the cats’ position is: “If it not 4 sittinz tehn y iz it mad of warm?”
FOUR LOKO TIME!!! HAPPY WEEKEND MONSTERS!!
Avoid the red one.
the week’s already over? no more videogum til monday?
(seriously. crying gifs is my new boyfriend.)
I actually downvoted this I am so sorry
It gets better
This just makes me sad. Pam, it gets better!
Don’t forget about Friday chat!
more like Baby Friday chat amirite?
If there’s alcohol involved then, yes. Yes, you are rite.
You guys, really join us in chat tonight! We are going to drink some juice and party! It’s good times. We will also be playing Never Have I Ever. So don’t miss it. If you have never been in chat…NOW IS THE TIME!
Cheers!
Twilly will more than likely be there! As it is a good time!
I’ll be there too! I might show my pretty mug again!
Dr. Enchman, Lawblog and I could use a therapy session. We are now in a polyamorous relationship with Baby Friday and Teacherman. I’d appreciate it!
Count me in!
…Oh, you want therapy, I see.
Stop taunting!! I have no facebooks or whatever you need to join the chat.
No facebooks needed anymore. Just the password. Happy chatting!
What is it? Is it shibboleth?
ENHANCE!
Downvotes? Seriously?
Don’t worry Baby Friday, I upvoted you to bring you back up to even. I’ve got your back.
I upvoted you by showing up at the chat.
I guess that means I downvoted my friend by not showing up at his real life party last night?
The picture makes me want Sal to come back–he and Kitty were fascinating to me.
Only if President Bartlet is running the chat, ptsmith.
Um, Never Have I Ever is really hard to play because I discovered last week that I’ve actually done EVERYTHING.
I’ll be on LATE. Hopefully the party is still going on.
Don’t know about you guys, but this is all I have planned for this weekend:
You otter feel better by Monday.
Time to put this work week on paws.
Hey, ya know what that reminds me of?
Aww, won’t be doing any of that until December when Mr. Blergh returns to the country!
Hence my recent transition from lurking to actual commenting.
OMG BABY FRIDAY THIS IS THE BEST SQQQUUUEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!
I’ve been waiting for my boss to leave because she said she was leaving early, but instead decided to introduce me to her grandmother and hang out in the office. Someone needs to pull a fire alarm in here for me.
Great week boys and girls! Can’t wait for the Rally to Restore Cuteness. Oh wait, no need!
Also, is this a Winwood IRL sighting???
This prompted me to l log in so I could upvote it. Big laughs for the nightmare mask.
Not to be a whiny, bitchy baby, but…
who started the movie critics impersonations AND the impromptu BNPG? Hmmm? Was it the same person? It might have been the same person, that’s all I’m saying.
Anyway, someone call Whine-One-One. Apparently I’m gonna need a Wahmbulance.
I am sure that Tesla feels your pain.
Looks like you’ve already been dipping into the whine.
Baby Friday, this is you and I right now to Gabe:
SISTER WIVES UNITE!
(I just really needed an excuse to use this gif.)
Yay! Thanks TIMN! Also, our hair looks fabulous.
Adding some Tyra, you know because…..
Baby, Baby, Baby FRIIIIIDAY,
Baby, Baby, Baby FRIIIIIIIIIDAY,
Baby, Baby, Baby FRIIIIIDAY,
Thought you’d always need to whine.
Srsly, tho, great job on those impromptu BNPGs and fun-time threads. And I WON the #CandyMoviesBNPG with 50 upvotes for “Apocalypse Now and Later.” YAY!
That was absolutely my favorite, KajusX. I just snickered again re-reading it.
Okay, pun unintentional, but awesome, right?
I’ve got nine cavities now because of how sweet all of that was.
Don’t hold your breath on the Wahmbulance arriving anytime soon. Andrew Ridgeley called in 1986 and it still hasn’t shown up.
There, I fixed it:
Blingee Friday, y’all!
Also, has anyone else ever noticed that when someone prefaces a statement with, “Not to be…”, that’s exactly what they are immediately after saying it?
Hey, ya know, my Joan Holloway comment from the Halloween open thread has 106 upvotes and I didn’t make last weeks OR this weeks Ball.
Wahmbulance buddies?
So, this is the thread where we can freely gripe? Good. Because I also got 99 votes in the Paltrow thread, so I challenge Funtastik to a comment-off!!
Comment-off… it’s a comment-off…
We should listen to our friend, Billy Zane!
Put a cork in it, Zane!!
The battle commences!
Go get them, itsahotdog!
http://gifsoup.com/MTMxNzk0Nw
Okay, once more:
I mean:
No one puts Baby Friday in the corner.
When my brother got to whining, I used to him I could hear the Complain Train coming through… Chugga chugga chugga chugga WAHHH WAHHHHHHHHH.
It’s Friday! Let’s ride.
Oh, shit! Look out, Fiddy!
It’s worth noting that TWO of the top five comments were direct responses to things I said. That counts for SOMETHING, right? YOU’RE WELCOME, GUYS!
Face taco with the assists! Is werttrew keeping track of assists? If not, then that’s fine. He should and should not keep track of whatever he wants to.
That bitch is mad cute.
Is that your impersonation of Winwood doing a poor impersonation of you?
Cheryl Cole…mmmm
you inspire us all, facetaco.
You make me want to be a better commentator.
facetaco, you’re basically the this guy of Videogum.
#sportsofmychildhood
Who posts of picture of John Stockton but denies us of his short-shorts?? Boo!
My bad:
Which makes the benefiting commenters this guy?
They all must now refer to themselves in the third person.
I lost track of what’s going on here like 5 sports references back.
Oh man, I HATED the Mailman.
Yes, and the satisfaction of winning a spot in the Monsters’ Ball feels just the like satisfaction of driving home in your new Toyota:
I see what you did there.
happy weekend everyone. rock n roll.
FLW, I love you. I do. But if you don’t stop with the frightening nightmare gifs, it’s over between us.
Also, that’s my dress.
Happy Friday friends! Let’s feast!
ALGEBRAIC!
YOU KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS? ADVENTURE TIME!!!!
HECK YES. My name comes from the Never Ending Pie Throwing Robot episode
Well done, Monsters! I came close this week, but twas not to be. But still, very thankful for the 85 upvotes I received! In other bittersweet news, I am starting a new position this week after a year of unemployment (“What recession?”), and am fairly certain my internet time will be limited at best, at the beginning anyway. So if you guys don’t see me around as much, just know this is me, thinking of you.
We’ll miss you around here.
On a personal note I probably have less than 2 months left here and then a baby is going to come out of my butt and I’ll be trying to keep that baby alive and my eyes open for a while instead of spending my days on here. The sacrifices we make…
Yay for new jobs and babies!
That’s funny, I spend less time here now that I am unemployed…
Ha. me too.
Godspeed, Guided by Vodka! If it is any consolation, that picture is also me every day, sneaking in my reads of videogum. I got my most ever upvotes last week with 56 on the SNL post. I was feeling pretty good then too! We can hold our own personal Office Drone Monster’s Ball of our hearts.
And so ends my first week as a monster. It’s been
I’ll be sure to bring my A game next week, and hopefully receive my first invitation to the ball! Have a good week monsters!
I’m happy for you Mr. Right, but you best not get an invitation on your second week or I will be so miffed. I’ve been waiting for sooo long.
JK, I’ll be happy for you.
Well principal, we’ll just have to help eachother with some seriously good assists so we can both get in next week!
I know what you mean Principal. I feel like I’ve been waiting forever for an invitation.
Forever. And ever. And ever.
It’s Spiderman pie to have you here, wright!
The James Franco “So Good” gif was on my mind recently when I watched a sneak preview of 127 Hours, the movie where he plays a guy who is stuck with his arm under a rock by himself for 127 hours before he (spoiler alert) uses some pliers to cut his own arm off to escape. He had not left a note before leaving on his trip so no one knew where he was. At the end of the movie they say “And now he always leaves a note when ever he goes out on trips.” A little buddy of mine who is a huge Arrested Development nerd said to me, “And that’s why… you always leave a note.” Get it? He has ONE ARM!!!
That’s very interesting, Steve. That gif just makes me smile. As does the fact that I’ve now been personally addressed by Baby Friday and Steve Winwood. I feel like a real monster now!
“One of us! One of us! One of us!”
My former housemate (hi Ryan!) and I used to find ways to yell “And that’s why you…[whatever]” whenever one of us got hurt or was disappointed.
Hi!
I miss yelling that, and “Where’s my Nobel?!”.
Well another week down, and I for one felt off my game. I blame my sickness during the first half of the week. But, you know what this Friday needs? MORE TEA.
Cheers!
I tried to watch one of those trailers, the one with the men who hate their wives, because that joke is always funny, like wicked funny, man. I live with a married couple and boy do they hate each other, Husband is all “Wife get off my back” and Wife is all “All I did was make us all cider donut casserole with eggs and bacon and walnuts while you and Patrick remodeled the living room, and here’s some maple syrup” and then Husband is all, “Oh, yeah, I forgot, I love you and our relationship is nothing like those comedies tell us it is” and then we all sat down and ate the casserole while watching Zach G clips.
ANYWAYS. I tried to watch the wife-hating one but had to stop because, seriously, when will a comedy, made by people who have clearly smoked pot, acted by people who have clearly smoked pot, have a scene that is anything like how people actually are whilst stoned. Pineapple Express mostly excluded.
This scene is also a pretty spot-on encapsulation of what it’s like to be stoned:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2D-PFdCup2E
“Hey, how ya doin’?”
“Suuure.”
Exactly! Realistic, and still funny.
Next on Maury: Men Who Hate Their Wives and the Zany Free Sex/Weed/Applebee’s Plot to Win Them Back
Raise your hand if you’re going to see Hall Pass because JASON SUDEIKUS!
#droolgum
This weekend? Wellllllllll…. I get to see this guy tonight
and these guys tomorrow
so basically:
Hidden due to low comment rating. Click here to see.
But that bitch was mad cute!
Is there some kinda limits on amount of comments per day? Cause right now I’m gettin’ a whole lotta nuthin’.
annnd now it’s workin’. I’m going to see louis ck tonight and those handsome young men above tomorrow. life is grand!
GBV!!!!
Cute animals? Cute animals.
Isn’t this site the greatest?
Before you answer – PUPPIES!!!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmts3jhp8Gk
I guess something about Death trying to instigate a cute animal thread doesn’t quite gel.
Oh no! I feel like I cheated this week. My comment is just a regurgitation of a TV joke (with some sassy bold and italic formatting)! Why would you put me in this position, you guys? Why won’t you let me be great average?!
Ah, there we go. The word “great” was supposed to be formatted with
strikeout. Much better. Much more average.Since all the other winners were gay, I guess we needed a fake one in there.
Not that it wasn’t great. If you can’t re-tell a good joke among friends, something something anarchy.
Awww, thank you. Fun fact, though — I am actually gay. Could I be… fake AND gay?!
Only if you support fake marriage!
(Whoops I don’t mean to imply that gay marriage is in any way fake or anything)
omg I won? Most Triumphant. If only every week could bring us examples of homophobic bigots.*
*every week does do this
Yikes, thanks monsters. Being in the monster’s ball definitely makes this the best Guy Fawkes night ever, even if I did miss all the fireworks. #lorrygum
Fawkes you.
As soon as you posted that I was like, “That’s gonna be in the top 5. Better go find that ‘So Good’ gif to mark the occasion.”
No one except lorries seem to know what Guy Fawkes night is. And I get tired of trying to explain it, and not remembering the details. Will you be my friend?
I celebrates making fun of Scientoligists and ruining Alan Moore’s life with movie adaptations.
Of course I will. I tried explaining it to my Swedish friends last year when they were experiencing it for the first time. Apparently putting on a celebration of a failed Catholic terrorist plot seems a bit odd. Who knew?
I remember, remember the 5th of November because being a comic book fan I read V For Vendetta LONG before the film came out and everyone started wearing those masks after The Wachowski Brother & Post-Op Sister produced that film that twisted Alan Moore’s message around. But whatever! It’s called an adaptation after all!
But yeah, I know about Guy Fawkes because of V For Vendetta. You can take it or leave it!
I’ll take it.
I’ve been busy the last couple of days, so I just wanted to say thanks for the gifs and jpgs; they’re like the SparkNotes of Videogum. I’ll read the comments after the quiz; I swear.
I’d like to thank my mum and dad, and all the Intelligent Christians who made this possible.
Krindy, the actual intelligent Christians in the world thank you, too, for actually making sense.
(That smiley is masking the emptiness I feel at the thought that that Monsters Ball placement could have been my life’s defining moment, and it has now passed me by. It’s a lot like that speech Theoden does in the Two Towers)
Can you guys recommend any vgum-quality sites/blogs that update on weekends? I need to fill the void!
Man, I facetaco you guys.
Hey guys! I was out of town this weekend so I didn’t get to respond to anything on Friday but thanks for all the upvotes on that caption! After I wrote it I was like, “Huh? That doesn’t even really make sense” but with Baby Friday and Werttrew’s endorsement I was able to pull it out and that feels awesome. So thanks, everyone! I couldn’t have earned it without you.
Heads up, avatar change imminent.
Transmogrification complete.
Hmmm, for some reason I thought my old posts would retain my avatar from when they were posted. And, no, I cannot give you back the last 30 seconds.