Category 2 Funny

2 Funny: Holiday for Drumsticks

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This has always been a favorite WB short of mine; it stars Daffy Duck (bonus). A blase hillbilly couple purchase Tom Turkey with plans to fatten him up for Thanksgiving dinner, but fellow barnyard resident Daffy swoops in and fast talks his way into grabbing Tom’s grub for himself. Hilarity ensues.

This short was directed by Arthur Davis, arguably the least celebrated of the boys of Termite Terrace, one reason for this could be because he didn’t do many shorts starring big name Looney Tunes stars (Davis only directed 1 Bugs Bunny cartoon, “Bowery Bugs”), but I always thought Davis did good work; he also directed another favorite short of mine, “What Makes Daffy Duck”, so I guess it’s safe to say that I enjoyed Davis’ take on Daffy. Here’s “Holiday for Drumsticks”.

2 Funny: I Drink Your Milkshake

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It’s been a long time since I’ve sat through an episode of NBC’s Saturday Night Live, but this is one of the few sketches from SNL’s recent years that I found to be funny. Primarily because of how bizarre and goofy the whole thing is. Kudos to Bill Hader’s over the top performance here as Daniel Day Lewis’ character from There Will Be Blood. Enjoy “I Drink Your Milkshake”.

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2 Funny: HA! TV Comedy Network Bumpers

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Hey, do you guys remember HA!? Of course you don’t. HA! was one of the first ever all TV comedy networks launched by Viacom on April 1, 1990 which later merged with rival network The Comedy Channel from HBO (launched in November 15, 1989) to become a little channel you might have heard of called Comedy Central.

While The Comedy Channel’s shows usually involved the various hosts introducing clips culled from the acts of stand-up comedians as well as classic comedies of the 1970s and 1980s, such as Young Frankenstein and Kentucky Fried Movie, presented in a style similar to music videos, HA!’s schedule featured sitcom and sketch comedy reruns (many of which had been previously licensed for sister network Nick at Nite) as well as complete 90-minute reruns of Saturday Night Live from the 6th through 16th seasons. HA! boasted having the entire MTM library as well as some really funny and unique bumps provided by Fred Siebert.

I like Comedy Central and all, but I kind of wish that HA! had stuck around, or at least they could’ve kept using the name. The wraparounds were cool, plus I really like the name HA!. Check ’em out.

http://vimeo.com/24144064

2 Funny: Easy Peckins

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It’s no secret that we here at Twinsanity are big fans of Looney Tunes. This is one of the funnier “one-shots” (shorts featuring characters that never returned) from 1953. A hungry fox tries to raid a chicken coop, but his plans are continually thwarted by a bulked-up, muscle bound rooster. Not much of a plot, but a great story. I remember 18-year-old me laughing my ass off at this short when it aired on Nickelodeon/Nick at Nite. Interestingly, this short was directed by Robert McKimson, who created the Foghorn Leghorn series, yet Foggy is nowhere to be found here. Anyway, here’s “Easy Peckins”: