A Good Joke by Nick Fox-Gieg

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This short was commissioned by Project Mosaica. It's based on an old joke, a perennial in compilations of Jewish humor.

Although the details differ between versions, the scene remains the same: a priest challenges a rabbi to a debate on the spiritual condition of Jewish people. But neither speaks the other's language, and...well, I won't spoil the punch line.

Formats available: Quicktime (.mov), Flash Video (.flv)

Tags: humor, ethnic humor, jokes, humor as art

Hot Chicks...

The below series of websites encompasses the wild west nature of internet humor.  The first is a series entitled "Hot Chicks".  At first glance it is appears as an over the top satire on the Hot Chicks with Douche Bags site which paved the way for hot chick picture taking juxtaposed with atrocities.  These sites are like bar hypothetical ideas derived from a night of drinking with your best friend come to life.  I know that when I look at these websites I am reminded of thousands of conversation on the very same topics with my great friend Mike Risicia.  Aside from the personal investment and connection to the humor of these sites, I believe these sites are an important footprint of contemporary humor.  Not only is there a lot of meta-humor laid out in the collection of these sites, but the satire also speaks to the current climate of where society is, using the internet as it's frame serves as a reinforcement.  I shouldn't ramble on.  Here are the sites:

http://hotchickssmilingatgroundzero.com/

http://hotchickswithhotdogsintheirmouths.com/

http://hotchickspickingupdogshit.com/


http://hotchicksplungingtheirtoilets.com/


http://hotchickswithdogswithboners.com/


http://hotchickswithdogswithboners.com/


http://hotchicksblowingtheirassesdry.com/


http://hotchickswithsanddicks.com/

Other great sites I enjoy as Humor As Art are:

http://www.blackpeopleloveus.com/


http://poopinaroundtown.blogspot.com/