Daily Dose of Internet and some other newsworthy updates

 

[VIDEO] How about a Daily Dose of Internet today? How about scientists using the extinct wooly mammoth DNA to create a meatball? How about a student pilot accidently opening up the plane door during flight? How about a remote car finding and purchasing pet food?

And we're already three months into April. We just got through WrestleMania weekend. The WWE aka The World Wrestling Federation was sold to a company that owns the UFC.

Back here in Chicago, there will be a runoff election to determine who the next mayor of Chicago will be. That's important information if you haven't voted or otherwise missed early voting which ends today.

Anyway I hope you enjoy the above video.

Daily Dose of Internet: Best of the Internet in 2022

 

[VIDEO] That time of year, the best clips from the past year from the YouTube channel Daily Dose of Internet. Funny animals, pranks, generally very interesting clips that hopefully makes your day just a bit better. Happy holidays! 

Daily Dose of Internet: Police hate this one simple trick

 

[VIDEO] Today's video starts off with a homeowner using their own security system to transmit a message to police officer who are at the door. Hmm I don't thin this was in America, perhaps it was Australia is a neat trick. However, hopefully there isn't anything going on at home when you do offer police on the scene that message.

Of course other things that hopefully either entertains you or informs you. There is a quick video of shrimp going into a diver's mouth, however, they're just lucky they haven't been friend before they go into mine. LOL

Daily Dose of Internet: Monkey shocked by magic trick

 

[VIDEO] Check out a monkey shocked by a magic trick a man makes a leaf disappear and the monkey is dumbfounded. Also including is professional pillow fighting I might want to take that up. Those two vids another others that I hope make your day. Enjoy. :)

Your yearly dose of internet

 

[VIDEO] From Daily Dose of Internet a daily recap of videos shared with YouTube viewers during the course of 2021. I hope this not only makes your day, I hope your learned something new.

It's Christmas Eve and I hope you all are having a wonderful holiday season.

May the 4th be with you

 I know this is normally a day for Star Wars fan, but I'm a Trekkie. This was the time for me to express some Star Wars hate, but I won't. Just recognize that it's a franchise I've always had a hard time getting into.

Though I think the pun of "May the 4th be with you" is a fun one (May the force be with you). If only there was a legit "Live long and prosper" day for Star Trek fans. [VIDEO]

Mr. Beat: If every President took the political compass test

 

[VIDEO] Mr. Beat is a social science or social studies teacher. His YouTube channel covers a number of social studies topics as history, politics, or even Supreme Court "briefs". 

In today's video he plays like the 44 men who have held the office of the Presidency - and yes that include our current President Donald J. Trump - and takes a political compass test. It's an online quiz designed to show you where you stand politically. Feel free to take it yourself and for fun since it's not a perfect test and it might not be entirely realistic.

I think next week I want to share with you the 2016 election from Mr. Beat. Just to set up what's coming on Nov. 3, 2020. It's a project that he did fairly recently.

Badgers

[VIDEO] Well since the badger was the mascot of Bennett-Shedd schools in my day, how about a video of an adorable badger. I wish I could tell you more about badgers except that it was part of a line from one my favorite movies from back in the day a cult-classic - UHF.

Here's a clip of that scene. This movie could be surreal and Raul the character you see accepting a delivery of animals for his program on a small independent TV station isn't happy about a delivery of badgers. The actor who played this part didn't complete this film as he had been killed in a car accident during the production. [VIDEO]

And also this video was popular in the first decade of this century. I can't say it makes much sense, however, if you choose to listen it will get in your head. [VIDEO]

Late Night w/ David Letterman Chicago remotes May 1989

[VIDEO] Here's yet another infrequent late night post on this blog. This time we see David Letterman take his Late Night program on the road to the Chicago Theater on State Street. The remotes we see here involve not only the Museum of Science and Industry which was quite hilarious to be honest. He also tours the city with Bozo the Clown. This aired back in May 1989 over 30 years ago.

I only visited the soon to be Kenneth Griffin Museum of Science and Industry a handful of times on a field trip while still in elementary school. And Bozo was a constant presence on school days when Bozo's Circus would air on WGN for an hour every weekday morning. It was nostalgic to see the last Bozo the Clown a man by the name of Joey D'Auria tours the city with Letterman.

I don't remember if I even saw either of these segments on the show, although with the subject matters involved this is something that I'd have gotten a kick out of. The trip to the museum although I never paid a visit to that former German submarine for example. It makes me want to pay the museum a visit after decades.

Capitol Fax: Must-see CPS strike videos

[VIDEO] The first video you see above was shared Friday on CapFax is of strike teacher's mocking Michael Jackson's thriller. I' giving them credit for making this strike entertaining at least. That video among other teacher's strike fun.

Must-see CPS strike videos https://t.co/T1IP3tuIXz

— Rich Miller (@capitolfax) October 25, 2019

#Grouch and SNL ruins a childhood classic

[VIDEO] Presumably this sketch aired recently on Saturday Night Live and it's based on the long running PBS children's TV program Seasame Street. This sketch actually parodies Joker which is currently out at a theater near you.

This was another TV program that as a child I was able to get away with watching. These days I hardly watch the show, and perhaps it's because I believe the hype about some aspects of their political based humor. It might just be because longtime producer Lorne Michaels doesn't like improv. All the same some aspects of the comedy on SNL is often formulaic and flat. Simply put I feel as if I've seen the same type of sketch over and over again.

Either way, this sketch works in spite of the title. Many of the muppets have human counterparts in this film. The Count, Big Bird, Bert & Ernie, Cookie Monster, and even Elmo makes an appearance in this film. We hear a very dramatic rendition of the Sesame Street theme as it sounds so dark and gritty. 😂

The title character of Grouch is a man named Oscar who fulfills the "Joker" role. Although I don't think of Oscar in the same vein as Joker. I feel like in dark way Grouch is more of a hero than exists in the Joker movie.

If they made this film in real life not just a sketch, I'd pay to see it. Hopefully David Harbour who plays Grouchy in this sketch would become part of it! 

Fred Rogers on "Late Night w/ David Letterman"

[VIDEO] This clip combines two TV legends. On February 17, 1982 on Late Night with David Letterman had as his guest a PBS personality Fred Rogers of Mr. Roger's Neighborhood. On this program Rogers had brought with him not only a t-shirt featuring the neighborhood trolley, also his sweater and casual sneakers.

Some aspects of this interview I found very funny, especially the part where Rogers thought it wasn't funny that some radio DJ as a joke thought it was funny to teach children to use aerosol cans and lighters. As Rogers said incredulously that could cause a lot of fires. Even I had to laugh at that!

I just have to say it's hard not to like Mr. Rogers who died in 2003 and who's legendary program ended production in 2001. I got the sense from this interview and even the often comical late night show that he was truly a decent man. It's really hard not to like someone who is genuinely very nice although we don't really know how he is behind the scenes. I do think his personality is genuinely nice and his appearance on Late Night probably was a mismatch.

I have to admit that watching Letterman when he was host of this program and before he moved on to CBS to host The Late Show with David Letterman was something of a guilty pleasure before even getting out of grammar school. It's amazing that he only retired from hosting a late night talk show in May 2015. I used to love his viewer mail segments or even his man on the street segments or even those sketches he might have. Another highlight are certainly his sketches with Larry "Bud" Melman. I can't believe I even got away with watching his program realizing only years later that it was probably not something a child should be able to watch.

As it turns out while Letterman continued with Late Night from 1982 to 1994 this would be the only time Rogers and Letterman would share the stage. You might be able to see him on other late night programs. Would you believe he was even on The Arsenio Hall Show at one point... [VIDEO]

Update

I will post later tonight at approximately 11:35 PM tonight and I will give you at least one spoiler as to why I'm posting that late. As stated in another post normally if I post anything it would be either at 9 AM or 2:30 AM but post this later just felt more appropriate considering the TV program from which this clip is derived.

Spoiler [VIDEO]

They finally caught Chance the snapper

[VIDEO] If you've been following the news for the past week an alligator was lurking in the lagoons of Humboldt Park on the north side. The pictures I've seen of him show him to be small alligator, the video glimpses of him make him out to be a larger gator at least to me.

All the same Frank Robb came to Florida to trap him and he's not only been treated to the first pitch at a Cubs game he also came to turn on Buckingham Fountain. He's truly the hero of the moment.

I found this meme at CapFax just last week as the search for this gator continues. It's pretty funny especially since it seems to be true. Politicians looking for anything to tax.

#Chicagoist TV exclusive: Elderly Alderman #Ward09 #ElectCleopatra #Aldertrack #twill

[VIDEO] At this point, this video is really old news though I will share it again anyway.

Chance the Rapper is the owner of the late blog Chicagoist (operations shut down by the Ricketts family that also owned DNA Info) and this video is something of a shot across the bow. While this vid is a humorous take on Chicago politics or more specifically on Chicago's city council there is a more serious purpose to it.

As you see in the man-on-the-street portions of this 15 min video, you find out that not many people know what their alderman does. Unfortunately this isn't entirely uncommon a lot of people don't understand different aspects of the political system of this nation. And the worst part is that city government is the closest layer of government to the people.

All the same you see Chance in character as Champ Bennett the reporter on the street for Chicagoist who also speaks with 51st Ward Alderman Al Duhrman (see what they did there?) who himself is played by comedian Hannibal Buress. Duhrman I would imagine is the general stereotype people may have of a Chicago alderman - and mostly those who live outside of the city who's been observing Chicago politics.

Pay attention to those candidates running for Alderman in this one. One of those candidates is from the 9th ward named Cleopatra Watson. Most of those candidates are discussing the various barriers to entry for an upstart candidate to even start the process of running for office in Chicago.

What do you think of Chance's most recent presentation?

Some math humor

What you see in the above picture at least should be recognizable to those who are in the upper grades of elementary school. Perhaps even in 6th, 7th, and 8th grades you may not recognize the square root of -1. Explanation below!

I shall help you out with this message because it took me a while to get it myself. The square root of -1 is i a negative integer complex number, 2 cubed or 2 to the 3rd is 8, the next symbol is sum, and the final symbol is pi.

Therefore i eight sum pi. I ate some pie...and it was delicious!

Eventually I got the sqaure root of one and then the sum and pi. I just got stuck on 2 cubed, for some reason it didn't occur to me to just plug that in. It would've led me to the obvious conclusion!

Via The Nerd Code!