It's journalawesome infotainment!!!

This week's issue of The Coast (Toronto residents -- think Now or Eye) features a cover story about local comedy troupe Picnicface. They're the funny folks behind the iconic video POWERTHIRST. I profiled this video back on June 6, 2007, before knowing who Picnicface was.

Turns out the brains behind this hilarious video that infected the folks at work with catch phrases and puns is from Halifax. We loved the video before we knew they were from here, and of course we love it even more knowing that Picnicface is a home-grown phenomenon.

Powerthirst has clocked more than six million views on YouTube, and another 450-thousand over at Will Ferrell's funnyordie.com.

So, now that you've consumed Powerthirst and it has become a part of your soul, I have something more for you.

Given that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, I present this video .... Halifax's News-Talk-Sports radio station News95.7, in the style of Powerthirst!

Please note that this video is not approved, endorsed, sponsored, supported, or acknowledged by News95.7 or its parent company. It is an entirely unofficial tribute that should not be seen to reflect the promotional goals of the actual radio station. It's just up for a laugh or two.

Enjoy.

Or follow the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1xT8B9rPno

(Hey, why not give it a nice rating, too? I could use the support.)

The People's Picasso of Havana

We heard about guys like this before going on our tour, but I still ended up shelling out 4 CUC for two quick-and-dirty caricatures of Amanda and I. Here they are, plus a shot of the guy who did 'em. I don't think they look anything like us, really.

Don't talk back to Darth Vader, or he'll get cha!

Star Wars Episode 4 according to a three-year-old.

Amanda's kitty is a lolcat

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Anonymous cat is anonymous

If you don't understand why this is funny, read up on Anonymous and its/their recent efforts re: Scientology. If you still don't think it's funny, that's okay. Read some other lolcats stuff instead.

A genius tribute or spoof?

If you have an hour or so -- and I'm not saying I do -- and you appreciate visionary genius and absolute skill at editing -- and I do, kinda -- and you think Garfield cartoons are kinda lame -- you got me there -- then please, please, take some time and view the series of videos by Lasagna Cat. You may not laugh out loud at the first one you see, but digest a bunch of them and I hope you'll agree... this stuff is ... like ... good and stuff.

A TV ad more strange than Russell Oliver

If you thought the Russell Oliver "Cash Man" jewellery/jewelry ad below was odd .... which it is .... you'll crack up laughing at this ad for Frankie and Johnny's furniture (and fried chicken) from New Orleans.

My premier's funnier than your premier

Reminding me a little of the antics of former Toronto mayor Mel Lastman, Nova Scotia premier Rodney MacDonald hustles to get David Letterman to come to Canada's Ocean Playground.

And given today's dearth of news, this is today's top story.

"Kitten smokes on toilet"

TV karma will burn me harshly for this one day, but for now, I'm chortling.

Last night, on The Simpsons, there was a YouTube reference, a la "PICTURE A DAY FOR 39 YEARS":

(Fox may end up deleting this video at some point.)

At the end of the video, the pretend YouTube offers a link to a video with 63-million hits called "Kitten smokes on toilet".

After I watched the show, I checked YouTube and there was no video called "Kitten smokes on toilet". Of course, I felt obliged to provide one. See below. Note there is no toilet, no smoking, and the kitten is Amanda's Kitty.

Yeah, it's cheap, but someone was going to do it. Why not me?

UPDATE: After drawing 26-hundred hits with the "Kitten smokes on toilet" label -- and 30-some comments from YouTubers pissed off about my sneakery, I've put the video label back to something a little more honest.

Amanda's Kitty is unusual

I put some food down for Amanda's Kitty, and a few nuggets bounced away. One went under this piece of furniture. Kitty went under the furniture to get it. There, she stayed.

We put the plate of food nearby to see if she'd do a variation of one of her typical eating routines -- lying down, reaching out lazily, grabbing a nugget off the plate, and happily crunching it with minimal effort.

She did. Lazy kitty.

My calculator ain't got no bow

I think I'm mostly caught up on the summer blog topics, so here's something to make you laugh so hard, you frighten your office mate, housepet or respiratory therapist.

Funny stuff about energy drinks

One of the funniest things I've seen on the web in quite a while ... dug up by some folks at work.



(If it's not working, click over to http://www.funnyordie.com/v1/view_video.php?viewkey=1641b0bb8e3c2b2e7523.)

I was robbed by two men

After you watch this video, and find yourself asking what the hell you just saw, visit the relevant Wikipedia article about Zuikkin' English.

You may also find yourself in the mood to laugh along at Engrish.com.

A "woo-hoo" to the folks at Fighting Spirit, a UK wrestling and MMA magazine which just published one of my old pictures from the Renegade Wrestling Alliance days. Thanks to them for sending me a copy of the magazine -- looks cool.

Jack Layton is a Big Ass Superstar

Woot! A lot of hits are expected to come shortly here at Big Ass Superstar. One of the most commonly searched-for-and-hit items via Google and others is the phrase "big ass." And based on an article at Canada.com, perhaps federal NDP leader Jack Layton is thinking the same thing:

Layton rose in the Commons today to attack the government over subsidies to big oil companies. But he tripped over his tongue and instead asked Prime Minister Stephen Harper if he would finally cancel subsidies to "big oil and big ass." Layton meant to say "big gas."

Harper jokingly answered that he would "get to the bottom of it."