For shits and giggles. My 4 year-old (then 3) sings. I play guitar (badly).
Alright, so this is my venn diagram of funniness. I’ve been watching a lot of comedy movies lately, and I noticed that a lot of my favourite comedians tend to collaborate a lot. I wanted to see how much. So, I got a cast/host list for SNL from the last ten-ish years, a list of Apatow productions collaborators, and my encyclopedic knowledge of The State together, and I made this.
In my opinion, SNL/The State/Apatow regulars are the funniest people working, and the most easily dividable into groups.
Criteria:
You might be looking at this and saying “hey! Nick Offerman hasn’t hosted SNL, or been part of the cast, why is he there?!” and he’s on there because he was there when his wife (Megan Mullally) hosted (you can see him in the crowd), and because of his work with a SNL alum (Amy Poehler, duh). He’s in the The State circle because of his work with Childrens Hospital/Wainy Days.Same goes for dudes like AD Miles - he has never been on SNL, but he’s Jimmy Fallon’s head writer, and Jimmy Fallon was definitely on SNL.
Similarly, Rob Corddry was never on The State, but he collaborates with people from The State frequently (ie Childrens Hospital).
People in the Apatow circle have to have been involved in at least three Apatow films, unless they played a major role in one (ie David Wain wrote Wanderlust), or frequently work with other Apatow regulars, or are involved in both of the other circles in a major way.
The people in the middle are thus scientifically proven to be the funniest people alive, and should definitely make a movie together sometime soon.
I’d love to keep working on this, so if any of you have any people that you think are missing, or should be moved to a different circle. Obviously these aren’t complete cast lists - there have been many more SNL cast members than the ones I have included, but I chose sort of a “best of the best” selection.
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Somebody finally did this. Thank You.
(Source: yearsofstruggle)
Odori-don is a sushi dish with a dead octopus that dances when soy sauce is poured on it.
“To understand the science behind what exactly is going on here, you must think of the soy sauce as jolting the squid’s tentacles with very small amounts of electricity. The energy lies within ions contained in the sauce’s high sodium content. These ions are used in cells to create voltage differences. Because the squid is served fresh, the cells inside are still active and when the sodium is applied, the signals across the nerve cell membranes are temporarily reactivated causing the squid to ‘dance.”
Aaaaand, I’ll never eat octopus again.
Weird dream-inspired quote-thingy. Obviously, Kerouac too.
Asia cares more about an American basketball player than an Asian dictator because TIME logic.
Instructions:
1. Stare at the red dot on the girl’s nose for 30 seconds.
2. Turn your eyes to a plain surface (your ceiling or blank wall).
3. Blink repeatedly and quickly.
4. WTF! one+infinity
