Here’s a crossover commercial featuring Colonel Sanders from KFC, the Pizza Hut girl, and the Chihuahua from Taco Bell as they team up to battle the evil droids from Star Wars. Can you imagine Colonel Sanders with a lightsaber? And the three of those people battling an army? It’s all in the video.
Would you play Darth Vader in a round of golf for money? It seems like a bad idea. But these guys tried it, and, well, you can see what happens. There are several other Star Wars related commercials for Spike TV in this video.
Here at Buffet o’ Blog I often write about topics I find humorous, although sometimes the topic turns to food. So when I found these videos that combine humor and food, I had to write about it.
There’s an online food show called “Worst Foods Hall of Shame”. The basic premise is that the host tries unusual recipes that are sent in by readers. As you might guess by the title, some of the concoctions are nasty. But there are some that you’ve probably never heard of but will be tempted to make. The episode linked below has one of each.
In this video the host, Shawn McKee, tries 3 reader-submitted recipes. The first involves Chips Ahoy chocolate chip cookies topped with sliced cheese. He says they’re okay but missing something, so he improvises and adds maple syrup. The second recipe consists of chocolate cake donuts topped with can tuna (packed in oil). That one sounds incredibly gross. He tries it, and says, “It’s even worse than you’d think it would be. Oily tuna on a chocolate donut? Amazing… amazingly bad.” His third recipe is called “crack weenies”, which are made from smokies and bacon, and it sounds good. (Perhaps we’ll try that last one at a future Buffet o’ Bacon event.)
In that video, he references “bacon candy”. If you’re still reading, I figure you’re interested, like I am. So here’s that video. (A short synopsis is candy made from butter and sugar, a gelatinous mix made from cottage cheese, Jello, and ranch dressing, and then bacon candy. Only one of those am I interested in trying.)
This photo for this week’s caption contest features a giant digging machine. It’s a little different in that people don’t play a prominent role in this photo. But nonetheless there are many humorous captions that can be applied here. The trick is to use your imagination and create context for it. Write your own background for the story if necessary. Or find a way to tie it into an existing news story or movie.
(To see the other caption contests, click on the “Say What?” category in the sidebar.)
The competitiveness of sports leads to some great smack-talking sometimes. You may not hear it as much on the professional level, but sometimes it’s there. Today we got to witness that, at the 2009 Wimbledon.
To set up the story, Roger Federer played Robin Soderling in the final at the 2009 French Open less than a month ago. Before that match, Soderling had joked with his coach that nobody beats him 10 times in a row, because he was 0-9 against Federer. As you know, Federer won that match fairly easily. After the match, Soderling told everyone about that conversation, even saying it to Federer, and then joked that nobody beats him 11 times in a row. Which leads us to today’s match, where they met again.
Soderling’s game translates better to grass, so one would expect this match to be closer. The score was close, even though Federer won in straight sets. I’m curious what Soderling will say this time… 🙂
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