I’m late to the party on this but it has been so long since I laughed this hard at anything:
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You Need to Watch Oversimplified
Hey 3.5 readers.
If you heard a video got 3 million views this weekend (and the weekend isn’t over yet) you’d probably assume it features like, Beyonce performing a live concert on top of the Empire State Building or something but what would you say if I told you it was about the Napoleonic Wars?
I know. Mind blown, right? Anyone can get 3 million people to watch a video about Beyonce in a spontaneous concert, but it takes a pretty special kind of brain to get 3 million people to watch a video about 1800s French warfare.
Little seems to be known about “The Oversimplified Guy” but his videos are pretty great. He “over simplifies” history, boiling down histories of wars, battles, time periods etc. down to a half hour to an hour or so. His work is an example of great things that can be done on a small budget. Animated characters that are little more than stick figures, lots of clip art…but the jokes come flying at a fast and furious pace and honestly, I’ve learned more about world history from these vids than any history class.
Fun stuff. Check it out:
Avengers Homecoming Dance Video
Hey 3.5 readers.
BQB here. Just wanted to share this video that’s been making the rounds. A bunch of kids at an Arizona high school did an Avengers themed dance routine and I have to say, it’s pretty on point. Everything is so detailed that they had to have spent a ton of time on this. The songs are keyed into the characters, they do battles, there weren’t any screw ups as far as I can tell, I mean, these kids could go pro.
BQB’s Favorite YouTubers – Straight Outta Gotham
Hey 3.5 readers.
BQB here.
I came across this video by a group calling themselves the “Castanet Creative.” It’s pretty funny, so check it out.
At first glance, it seems like a pretty standard parody by a bunch of buddies who got together to make a YouTube video.
But if you really look at it, it’s clear they were fans of the original Straight Outta Compton video by NWA, so much so that they copy all the scenes. Batman and Robin chasing the villains through back alleys, Riddler getting slammed down and cuffed, the Joker standing up in a top down sports car, rapping insults at Batman ala Easy E.
Kudos. These peeps have an eye for detail and that made this video 100% funnier.
Miranda Sings Makes Her Own Hatchimal
This is the funniest thing I’ve ever seen. You might think it is just her hatching the toy, but as she explains, she couldn’t find one, so she made her own by putting her cat in a paper bag.
Funny stuff. The cat is very well behaved. Any other cat would have gone nuts.
Red Hot Knife vs. Stuff
Hey 3.5 readers.
Came across this video that captivated me.
So this Youtuber, Mr. Gear, took a knife, blasted it with three blowtorches until it became red hot, then used it to cut through stuff.
He cuts through a bar of soap, a block of cheese, a ping pong ball, a bottle of Coke and more.
I’m a little surprised the Post-It Notes seemed to give him the most trouble. They burned easily but they didn’t cut easily.
As for the Coke, I’m surprised the bottle didn’t explode and cover him with red hot sugary Coca-Cola napalm.
Anyway, please, please, please don’t try this at home. I’m serious. Don’t try this at home. I guarantee you will injure yourself or others. Do not try any of this at home.
BQB’s Favorite YouTubers – QPark
Hey 3.5 readers.
I don’t think this guy has a lot of heat on him yet compared to the other YouTubers I’ve been talking about, but he deserves some.
Very short videos that deliver maximum funny punch for the masses with short attention spans, perfect for tweeting out, sharing on Facebook or what have you.
For example, “When You Look Up Your Symptoms Online.”
Yup. I’ve been known to suffer a mild affliction only to look it up online and become convinced I have Ebola too. Good one, QPark.
But what if someone invades your personal space?
Or worse, what if a dude completely violates years of firmly established dude law and uses the urinal directly next to you when there are many other urinals available?
Or how about when someone asks you how your diet is going and you lie and tell them its going great even when you’ve been shoving all kinds of junk food down your pie hole?
It took me a second to figure out what he was doing with the powder and the credit card until I finally realized he was snorting Kool Aid mix as if it were cocaine. Sigh. We’ve all chased that fruity flavored dragon before, haven’t we 3.5 readers?
Plus, the juxtaposition of the song from 2000’s Requiem for a Dream (a Darren Aronofsky directed film about drug addiction) with a scene of QPark injecting himself with chocolate sauce tells me this guy knows his pop culture.
Finally, out of all of QPark’s vids, this last one is the one that left me in tears.
Have you ever pooped in a public toilet, had the water splash your butt, and then have that little alarm go off in your head where you start to worry about all the germs that just touched your butt?
I have. I can’t say that I’ve ever asked a friend to put on goggles and go at my butt with a blowtorch, but public toilet water splashes are still a concern that the media never talks about.
Thanks for raising awareness, QPark.
Keep an eye on this dude, 3.5 readers. He’s going places.
BQB’s Favorite YouTubers – Epic Rap Battles of History
This is one of those web shows where I’m surprised that it works, but it really does.
Epic Rap Battles of History combines rap, humor, and as the title suggests, history.
Its the history part that is surprising. The viewer actually learns something as historical figures pick up the mic and diss each other via rap battles.
Some interesting standoffs:
Frederick Douglass vs. Thomas Jefferson
J.R.R. Tolkien vs. George R.R. Martin
Zeus vs. Thor…
…just to name a few.
Oh, and contemporaries stop by – Ellen vs. Oprah in a battle of daytime talk show hosts.
I tip my hat to Nice Peter and epicLLOYD, the dudes behind the channel. This is an idea that takes a special kind of talented to enjoy.
Speaking of, enjoy this rap battle between Eastern and Western Philosophers:
BQB’s Favorite YouTubers – Jenna Marbles
I’ll admit it, 3.5 readers.
I have a bias against good looking people.
What can I say? I am a proponent of #OscarsSoPretty after all.
Soooo…I realize that’s my bias. And I’m working on it.
But in general, whenever I see a pretty woman, I assume she isn’t funny.
Humor comes from the dark recesses of the soul, pain turned into laughter and really, or to put it more succinctly, funny people develop their sense of humor to compensate for their lack of looks.
But my bias does not always ring true. Jenna Marbles, for example, is a hot YouTube chick who is also very funny.
As a male nerd, I can’t really relate to most of her problems – i.e. best ways to put on makeup and dating dudes and so on, but…
…I do think her “Bounce that Dick” rap video is pretty hilarious.
You can watch it here…but don’t watch it at work…or at church…or around mixed company…or anywhere not by yourself, unless you’re around people who find dick rap videos funny:
I get the joke.
So many rap videos feature a rapper who demands that women shake and/or bounce their asses.
Jenna turns the rap game on its ear by demanding that dudes shake their dicks.
Funny, in theory.
In reality, men and women are very different.
Ask a woman to shake her ass and she’ll slap you.
Ask a man to shake his dick and not only will he be very happy that you asked him but you literally won’t be able to stop him from shaking it ever again.
I don’t care who the man is. Football player. Scientist. Astronaut. Whoever…once given the go ahead, that dude will shake it until the end of time.
At any rate, Jenna is a good example of someone who just started out with a YouTube channel and a low budget and ended up doing some great, funny things.
Thus, she is one of BQB’s Favorite YouTubers.
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