The first step in having more effective, intelligent public discussion about important issues should be to get rid of unqualified TV hosts like Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly, says biologist Richard Dawkins.
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Video of the Day: Breakfast on the Sydney Harbour Bridge
A great time-lapse video of 6000 lucky picnickers descending on the Sydney Harbour Bridge on Sunday to eat breakfast.
Video of the Day: Public Option Annie: an impromptu insurance industry musical
Protestors from Billionaires for Wealthcare interrupt a meeting of insurance lobbyists America’s Health Insurance Plans, which is doing its darndest to stop health care reform — in song!
Video of the Day: A is for Atom
A 1950s cartoon about atomic energy, fished from the archives of Bovine University.
[via BoingBoing]
Vale Don Lane
Australian TV great Don Lane has died, age 75. In honour of his memory, a tribute — of sorts — from Paul Hogan.
Video of the Day: Fiji Meat Man
Apparently this is an actual commercial in Fiji. Better than Sam Neill anyday.
Video of the Day: Terry Gilliam interviewed by a cockroach
Nicholas the Talking Cockroach (no, we don’t know either) interviews Python, writer, film maker and all around genius Terry Gilliam, about his fascinating life and career.
Video of the Day: C.S.I.R.O!
The hep cats from Sydney University’s Science Revue Society have an entire song and dance number about the CSIRO, to the tune of classic ’90s opus Backstreet’s Back. It’s so charmingly geeky, we couldn’t resist.
[Thanks to Crikey reader El Gibbs for sending this in]
Video of the Day: How politics works
The Three Stooges explore the nature of global political discourse.
Video of the Day: So your cat wants a massage?
It’s time for cat massage!
Video of the Day: Welcome to the most polluted place on earth
Take a trip to the coal-mining town of Linfen in Shanxi Province, China — the single most polluted place on earth. If you haven’t had your “Oh Shit” moment yet, this might just be it.
Video of the Day: Walking 2000 invisible dogs
Pranksters Improv Everywhere hit the streets of Brooklyn with 2000 invisible dogs.
Video of the Day: Creepy cardboard monsters
A lovely (if slightly scary) stop-motion clip from made by Dutch animation student Sjors Vervoot.
Video of the Day: The two births of Kim Jong Il
There are two stories of the birth of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il: the official North Korean government version, and, y’know: the truth. GOOD presents both versions: you can decide which to believe.
VIDEO: Sarah Silverman: End world hunger, sell the Vatican
Sarah Silverman has got world hunger all figured out. Just sell the Vatican and use the $500 billion to feed all the poor children. That way, you won’t have to see them on your HD flat screen television looking sad.
VIDEO: Bill O’Reilly vs. Richard Dawkins
Hoo boy, you just know you’re in for an epic shit-fight: a smack-down between conservative commentator Bill O’Reilly and militant Atheist Richard Dawkins. Naturally, the f-word gets an airing: fascism, that is.
VIDEO: Obama vows to end “don’t ask, don’t tell”
Barack Obama delivered a passionate speech to America’s largest gay civil rights group on the weekend, pledging to end the US military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy on homosexuals. Watch the full speech here.
Video of the Day: You call that a Minstrel Show? This is a Minstrel Show
Dear Daryl: this is how you do it.
The Goodies spoof the Black and White Minstrel Show:
VIDEO: The Wizard of Oz munchkins: where are they now?
It’s been 70 years since the release of classic (and let’s face it, still slightly creepy) film The Wizard of Oz. Newsweek has tracked down the film’s five surviving “munchkins” to share some on-set memories.
VIDEO: Harry Connick Jr does blackface, too
There’s no such thing as ancient history on the internet. A Crikey reader unearths Harry Connick Jr. appearing in a MAD TV sketch with “blackface” in 1996. Hmm.
Video of the Day: Oooh, swish! 1930s futuristic fashion predictions
Fashion designers in the 1930s predict what the fashion-forward lady and gent would be wearing in “AD2000”, with a few hits and a lot of misses.
Video of the Day: Why you should take a year off work
Feeling the seven year itch at work? Designer Stefan Sagmeister closes down his design studio for a whole year every seven years, in order to “pursue some little experiments”.
VIDEO: Levi Johnston gets his nuts out
Milking his 15 seconds for all they’re worth, Sarah Palin’s former-future-son-in-law is appearing in an ad campaign for a brand of nuts. And it’s actually quite funny.
