VIDEO: Rebecca Black sings about “Friday” so you don’t have to |
| VIDEO: Rebecca Black sings about “Friday” so you don’t have to Posted: 13 Mar 2011 09:44 PM PDT I don’t think there’s ever been a video we’ve been emailed, submitted on Tumblr, and been yelled at about on the street more than Rebecca Black’s song “Friday”. The song has racked up over a million views since, coincidentally, Friday. And with good reason. It’s transcendent. There’s a lot to love about the awfulness of this video — though, when I saw this Friday afternoon, my first impression was that it was made deliberately awful to get any sort of attention. But I’m going to screencap and highlight a couple of my favorite things.  Could no one get this poor homely girl some cover-up for her big music video debut? There was clearly a good amount of effort put into producing this atrocity but no one thought, “Hey, we could probably just put a little bit of make-up on this bullseye Becks has on her face”? Just because she has the songwriting and vocal execution of a pizza doesn’t mean you should allow her to go out there looking like one.  People are really clinging to the awful autotuned singing of Ms. Black informing listeners of where Friday falls on the calendar. But I found this to be the least objectionable part. I work from home. Do you know how hard it is to keep track of what day of the week it is? So this charming songstress really helped me out. Thursday is the day before Friday. And when it’s Saturday and Sunday, those days make up something called a “weekend,” meaning I don’t have to work. I’d have definitely forgotten that without her disharmonious advice. She’s like a life coach.  I feel like this dude deserves all the blame. I believe he’s the producer (and this is his “official rap remix” of the song) and creator of this “anthem”. It’s fine if you want to be a mediocre rapper who enjoys rapping about the rotations of the earth and the silly names we give them, but if we can avoid dragging talentless, socially-awkward-penguin-esque Jewish girls into it, that’d be ideal.  They had to have an adult drive a car for this. It’s not Friday unless your dad drives you and your friends to a party then hides to make it look like you can operate a piece of machinery without “Power Wheels” emblazoned on the side.  This kid right here at 1:55 is the MVP of this video. What’re you doing on the weekend? Drinking at some dive bar? Playing Call of Duty? Whatever. This little dude is hanging out with girls much older, pumping his fist to Rebecca Black, not giving a fuck. His little lightly haired dong is getting poorly stroked tonight, fellas. Be jealous. Anyway, there’s your Rebecca Black “Friday” breakdown. And, based on her trending on Twitter all weekend, it appears Miss Black will soon receive even more praise from the general public. UPDATE: I just gif’d the kid in the green shirt because I love him so much. Here that is:  [Thanks to all who sent it in.] |
| 7 of the most glaring inconsistencies in sitcom history Posted: 13 Mar 2011 06:00 AM PDT Since we crank out so many stories each week some really good ones get lost in the cracks. And since so many new people visit Guyism every day (thank you), we thought we’d start taking some time on the weekends to share some classics that many of our newer readers may have missed. Looking back at the shows we watched during our childhood, there were some weird things happening. Characters would disappear without a trace, sometimes reappearing a few episodes down the road with nary an explanation in sight. There were times where certain characters inexplicably shape-shifted. Oh what a crazy alternate universe some of these sitcoms took place in. 7 The Disappearance of Judy – Family Matters 6 Tori – Saved by the Bell 5 Morgan’s season long time out – Boy Meets World 4 Uncle Jesse’s two last names – Full House 3 Peggy’s nephew Seven – Married with Children 2 Rapidly aging Nicky – The Fresh Prince of Bel Air 1 Coy and Vance Duke – The Dukes of Hazzard |
Who didn’t love the Winslows and their lovely family? There was Carl, Harriet and their three kids: Eddie, Laura, and… who was the last one again? Well we all remember Judy, the forgotten Winslow child. Early seasons had Judy as your typical studious, precocious child. She’d occasionally come down from her room where she was doing homework and make some sassy comment before being ushered away by Grandma Winslow. Little did we know that one day Judy left the set and was never seen again. She disappeared like Jimmy Hoffa, with no explanation. The most disturbing part was how the Winslows never acknowledged their missing child. Not to play into conspiracy theories, but what if they had something to do with it? Carl did have ties to the police after all. 
Ah, the gang from Bayside. We grew up with them, through thick and thin, through the heartbreaks and hijinks. And then, something weird happened in the middle of senior year. Mainstays Kelly and Jessie were suddenly nowhere to be found. Suddenly, Zack and Slater were both without girlfriends. In walks Tori, a leather jacket sporting badass biker chick. Tory became the object of affection and contention for Bayside’s most eligible bachelors and ingrained herself as a member of the gang. Over time, audiences became used to Tori, even accepting her into the fold. Then, as suddenly as she appeared, she was gone again. Kelly and Jessie returned from wherever they went and graduated on time with the rest of the gang. The mystery may never be solved. 
Some inconsistencies are so blatant that the producers of the show make little attempt to hide it. In the case of Morgan, the younger sister of Cory and Eric Matthews, the character almost went the way of Judy Winslow. Gradually, Morgan, the annoying little sister, was nowhere to be seen. As is the norm for sitcom families, no one really cared. However, unlike Judy, Morgan returned to our TV sets looking somewhat different (the original actress was replaced) after about a season of absence. Cheekily, she remarked that she had been up in her room for “the longest time out ever.” Nice little wink to the audience producers. How about next time you just explain where your characters disappear to? 
Oh those producers don’t think we’re paying attention do they? In the first season of this seminal sitcom, the bodacious Uncle Jesse is billed as Jesse Cochran, your typical American last name. Suddenly, from the second season onward, Jesse became a Katsopolis with not so much as an explanation. Don’t you think they could have just had one “very special episode” where Jesse goes back to Greece and gets in touch with his roots and THEN gets his named changed? Have mercy. 
When Peg’s cousins dropped their demon seed child off at the Bundy household, audiences figured it was just another plot device that would last for an episode or two, and then disappear. What happened was a lot more strange. Sure Seven disappeared from the house, but he seemed to have a lasting effect on the cast. The D’Arcy’s made mention of Seven hiding out in their house and never leaving, Kelly has a brief flashback of Seven, and his visage appears on a missing milk-carton. What really happened to that mystical child is really anyone’s guess. 
Sure, this is the same show that gave us two different looking Aunt Vivs with no mention of the change, but this one is just ridiculous. In season five, everyone dotes over the newborn. And without any warning, Nicky aged rapidly seemingly overnight, turning into a pre-schooler before our very eyes. Did he have Benjamin Button-itis? We will, unfortunately, never know. If this was a bizarre plot twist to turn the show into a sci-fi comedy, it didn’t work. 
Amidst a contract dispute, the actors who played Bo and Luke sat out for a season which gave the writers of the show no choice but to… clone them? Two look-alikes, Coy and Vance, who were supposedly cousins of the original Duke boys (and acted exactly the same) showed up in town and picked up where Bo and Luke left off. They even drove the General Lee. Blasphemy, we know. Thankfully this only lasted a season and Coy and Vance were given an unceremonious send off while we got back the original Dukes, got back to partying and making Boss Hogg’s life a living hell. Yeehaw! | You are subscribed to email updates from feed hot actress To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
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