Before Curtis Sliwa arrived on the scene, no ‘hood in New York City was safe… including Sesame Street, apparently.
Another great skit with the Muppets from Sesame Street. One that will leave you wondering “how did ALL those muppeteers fit on that tiny stage?”
Remember the classic episode “A Piece of the Action” from the original Star Trek TV show? That was the one where Kirk and Spock beam down to the alien planet that had its entire culture based on 1920s Chicago mob wars. What happened was another Federation ship had come years earlier and accidentally left a book about the Chicago mobs behind and the aliens on this planet, being curious and innovative, re-engineered their world around what they learned from that book. It was a great episode with a lot of humor (and not entirely unplausible when you think about it).
Anyway, someone has taken the “A Piece of the Action” episode and turned it into a parody of The Sopranos intro! It’s also got a “Scientology” spoof commercial at the end. I think it’s one of the most hilarious things that I’ve ever seen on YouTube! Check out “The Spockranos”…...
There are two big days looming on my calendar during the next couple of months: Election Day on November 7th when we’ll see what comes of my school board campaign. And September 26th, which is two weeks from today. I plan on being at the local Wal-Mart at 2 in the morning (gonna give ’em a few hours to get it out on the shelves) to buy “Weird Al” Yankovic’s latest album Straight Outta Lynwood. Just 14 days away… and I can hardly wait!!
But while we are waiting, there’s plenty of timeless Al stuff to keep us smiling… like this one. Can’t believe it’s been ten and a half years since this video debuted. Where does all that time go? Well anyway, this is probably not only Al’s best video ever, but one of the best music videos of all time. Here it is: from the Bad Hair ...