Comments on: Numa Numa New York Times http://crookedtimber.org/2005/02/26/numa-numa-new-york-times/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:04:21 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Lee http://crookedtimber.org/2005/02/26/numa-numa-new-york-times/comment-page-1/#comment-63370 Lee Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/2005/02/26/numa-numa-new-york-times/#comment-63370 It's not merely funny, but downright sweet in the best sense. I will be smiling all day after viewing the video. It’s not merely funny, but downright sweet in the best sense. I will be smiling all day after viewing the video.

]]> By: abb1 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/02/26/numa-numa-new-york-times/comment-page-1/#comment-63371 abb1 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/2005/02/26/numa-numa-new-york-times/#comment-63371 He certainly should get paid by Macromedia. Finally someone used their Flash plug-in for something other than stupid commercials. I was seriously thinking about uninstalling the damn thing. He certainly should get paid by Macromedia. Finally someone used their Flash plug-in for something other than stupid commercials. I was seriously thinking about uninstalling the damn thing.

]]> By: TH http://crookedtimber.org/2005/02/26/numa-numa-new-york-times/comment-page-1/#comment-63372 TH Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/2005/02/26/numa-numa-new-york-times/#comment-63372 The only problem I see is that the song is named "Dragostan Din Tei". Otherwise, the video is cute. The only problem I see is that the song is named “Dragostan Din Tei”. Otherwise, the video is cute.

]]> By: Mary http://crookedtimber.org/2005/02/26/numa-numa-new-york-times/comment-page-1/#comment-63373 Mary Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/2005/02/26/numa-numa-new-york-times/#comment-63373 I thought the guy had real talent as a comic, and reading about his other ventures just confirmed it. (Psst -- Gary! You are NOT an ass! Rock ON, dude.) I thought the guy had real talent as a comic, and reading about his other ventures just confirmed it.

(Psst—Gary! You are NOT an ass! Rock ON, dude.)

]]> By: Matt_C http://crookedtimber.org/2005/02/26/numa-numa-new-york-times/comment-page-1/#comment-63374 Matt_C Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/2005/02/26/numa-numa-new-york-times/#comment-63374 What more do you expect from the Gray Lady, which doesn't seem to have any really interest in operating as a serious news gathering organization, but is still very interested in being VERY VERY SERIOUS nevertheless. What more do you expect from the Gray Lady, which doesn’t seem to have any really interest in operating as a serious news gathering organization, but is still very interested in being VERY VERY SERIOUS nevertheless.

]]> By: todd. http://crookedtimber.org/2005/02/26/numa-numa-new-york-times/comment-page-1/#comment-63375 todd. Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/2005/02/26/numa-numa-new-york-times/#comment-63375 I sort of wish I were making a movie that had a spot for an overweight comedian, because someone should hire that guy. I sort of wish I were making a movie that had a spot for an overweight comedian, because someone should hire that guy.

]]> By: BG http://crookedtimber.org/2005/02/26/numa-numa-new-york-times/comment-page-1/#comment-63376 BG Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/2005/02/26/numa-numa-new-york-times/#comment-63376 Thank you! Finally someone said that publicly about this weird NY Times article. I don't think that Americans in general have trouble distinguishing the unintentionally funny from the intentionally deadpan. (In fact, I think Americans' sense of humor, though this isn't generally realized, is more ironic and more deadpan than, for example, that of the English.) It's just that the NY Times, for reasons very different than those given by the right, has its head up its ass most of the time. Thank you! Finally someone said that publicly about this weird NY Times article. I don’t think that Americans in general have trouble distinguishing the unintentionally funny from the intentionally deadpan. (In fact, I think Americans’ sense of humor, though this isn’t generally realized, is more ironic and more deadpan than, for example, that of the English.) It’s just that the NY Times, for reasons very different than those given by the right, has its head up its ass most of the time.

]]> By: Jackmormon http://crookedtimber.org/2005/02/26/numa-numa-new-york-times/comment-page-1/#comment-63377 Jackmormon Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/2005/02/26/numa-numa-new-york-times/#comment-63377 Thanks for linking to Gary's terrific performance. And thanks, Gary! you were great! More like this, please. (And abb1, I reinstalled Flash to see Gary. We'll see if any other content pops up to make me keep it.) The NYT seems to want to shove internet content into an anthropological frame. Every story, every fact, every scoop gets turned into a data-point for somebody's pet theory about What The Digital Revolution Means. It's getting more annoying the more time I spend online... Thanks for linking to Gary’s terrific performance. And thanks, Gary! you were great! More like this, please.

(And abb1, I reinstalled Flash to see Gary. We’ll see if any other content pops up to make me keep it.)

The NYT seems to want to shove internet content into an anthropological frame. Every story, every fact, every scoop gets turned into a data-point for somebody’s pet theory about What The Digital Revolution Means. It’s getting more annoying the more time I spend online…

]]> By: P.D. http://crookedtimber.org/2005/02/26/numa-numa-new-york-times/comment-page-1/#comment-63378 P.D. Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/2005/02/26/numa-numa-new-york-times/#comment-63378 This was great fun. Easily the best film I've seen online since I saw zefrank's 'Request.' (Link follows. I'm not affiliated with him, so this isn't comment spam.) Numa Numa is so clearly deadpan that I practically arranged pan funeral services after watching it. An earnest hack trying to make a kewl video would have overused every available video filter. This is filmed in a single take, there are no video effects, and he is wearing headphones. Question for extra credit: Is GW Bush an earnest or deadpan president? http://www.zefrank.com/request/index_better.html This was great fun. Easily the best film I’ve seen online since I saw zefrank’s ‘Request.’ (Link follows. I’m not affiliated with him, so this isn’t comment spam.)

Numa Numa is so clearly deadpan that I practically arranged pan funeral services after watching it. An earnest hack trying to make a kewl video would have overused every available video filter. This is filmed in a single take, there are no video effects, and he is wearing headphones.

Question for extra credit: Is GW Bush an earnest or deadpan president?

http://www.zefrank.com/request/index_better.html

]]> By: Chris Lowe http://crookedtimber.org/2005/02/26/numa-numa-new-york-times/comment-page-1/#comment-63379 Chris Lowe Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/2005/02/26/numa-numa-new-york-times/#comment-63379 Something that you've missed out here is the way in which everybody else thinks that this guy should be grabbing his moment of fame with both hands. Yes, the NYT article is making fun of the guy, but there is also this other side to the article that you missed. There is a commentry on the fame culture that turns round onto everyone else, and criticises them. If anything, they come off worse for being obsessed with fame, no matter what the cost. Where as Gary Bolsma comes out as quite level-headed in that respect. Something that you’ve missed out here is the way in which everybody else thinks that this guy should be grabbing his moment of fame with both hands. Yes, the NYT article is making fun of the guy, but there is also this other side to the article that you missed.
There is a commentry on the fame culture that turns round onto everyone else, and criticises them. If anything, they come off worse for being obsessed with fame, no matter what the cost. Where as Gary Bolsma comes out as quite level-headed in that respect.

]]> By: Kevin Donoghue http://crookedtimber.org/2005/02/26/numa-numa-new-york-times/comment-page-1/#comment-63380 Kevin Donoghue Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/2005/02/26/numa-numa-new-york-times/#comment-63380 "I’d bet that if Brolsma weren’t overweight, the Times wouldn’t have had as hard a time seeing this." I can't see a slimline Brolsma being anywhere near as funny. But maybe that's just me. "Is GW Bush an earnest or deadpan president?" His remark to Chirac about how he can always use another cowboy was a tiny glimmer of hope. “I’d bet that if Brolsma weren’t overweight, the Times wouldn’t have had as hard a time seeing this.”

I can’t see a slimline Brolsma being anywhere near as funny. But maybe that’s just me.

“Is GW Bush an earnest or deadpan president?”

His remark to Chirac about how he can always use another cowboy was a tiny glimmer of hope.

]]> By: ogmb http://crookedtimber.org/2005/02/26/numa-numa-new-york-times/comment-page-1/#comment-63381 ogmb Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/2005/02/26/numa-numa-new-york-times/#comment-63381 <i>Gary Brolsma of Saddle Brook, N.J., lip-syncs an obscure Romanian song</i> It's also good to see that they have their heads safely lodged between their butt cheeks, in the good old "if we don't know it it must be <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragostea_din_tei" rel="nofollow">obscure</a>" kind of way. Gary Brolsma of Saddle Brook, N.J., lip-syncs an obscure Romanian song

It’s also good to see that they have their heads safely lodged between their butt cheeks, in the good old “if we don’t know it it must be obscure” kind of way.

]]> By: Winston Smith http://crookedtimber.org/2005/02/26/numa-numa-new-york-times/comment-page-1/#comment-63382 Winston Smith Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/2005/02/26/numa-numa-new-york-times/#comment-63382 Glad to see that the folks here can see through the NYT's uptight nonsense. I could easily understand someone thinking that the video wasn't terribly entertaining--but it's obtuse in the extreme to proclaim that it can "ONLY be described" as painful. It can also be described as a damn hoot, you lame, self-important twits. And let me add that to even make an issue of the guy's weight is jaw-droppingly loathsome. Sheesh. Some people. Glad to see that the folks here can see through the NYT’s uptight nonsense. I could easily understand someone thinking that the video wasn’t terribly entertaining—but it’s obtuse in the extreme to proclaim that it can “ONLY be described” as painful. It can also be described as a damn hoot, you lame, self-important twits.

And let me add that to even make an issue of the guy’s weight is jaw-droppingly loathsome.

Sheesh. Some people.

]]> By: idook http://crookedtimber.org/2005/02/26/numa-numa-new-york-times/comment-page-1/#comment-63383 idook Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/2005/02/26/numa-numa-new-york-times/#comment-63383 Haven't the NYT droids ever been teenagers? It's been 20 years, but I can still remember doing that kind of stuff all the time. Haven’t the NYT droids ever been teenagers? It’s been 20 years, but I can still remember doing that kind of stuff all the time.

]]> By: john c. halasz http://crookedtimber.org/2005/02/26/numa-numa-new-york-times/comment-page-1/#comment-63384 john c. halasz Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/2005/02/26/numa-numa-new-york-times/#comment-63384 And Brolsma's amazing facility in learning Romanian, with its exotic rhythms, is also to be noted. And Brolsma’s amazing facility in learning Romanian, with its exotic rhythms, is also to be noted.

]]>