Kung Fu movies have a natural slapstick comedy element which makes it so, so, so easy to parody them. See: Kung Fu Hustle (or any film in the Stephen Chow oeuvre), Rush Hour, or any movie Quentin Tarantino has "lovingly" ripped off in the last decade.
So if Bruce Lee wasn't already doing a spin-kick in his grave, Sarah Schaefer's montage of Kung Fu actors looking like they need to take a giant poo might push the dragon master over the edge. Video after the jump, young grasshopper:
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• Puff Daddy is literally begging for you to participate in democracy. If that and Facebook status updates don't do it for you, the terrorists will win if you don't vote.
• If your idea of a good time is to get stoned and watch the 10 funniest anti-drug commercials in advertising history, you might have a problem. Also, you're in luck because Best Week Ever did all the work for you. CONTINUED »
Star's New York bureau chief David Caplan ditches Candace Trunzo's lair for VH1!
Oh, wait, we already reported that?
How about: Former Star New York bureau chief David Caplan launches new celebrity blog for VH1!
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As we write this, we’re looking out the window and salivating over the picture perfect weather outside, currently being wasted on lazy unemployed persons and pretentious NYU students. And so, for your sanity and ours, we’ve decided to kick off a glorious new feature called “Comment of the Day,” to provide a transient glimmer of entertainment for all you working stiffs who would much rather be downing margaritas poolside on the Jersey Shore (while fending off advances from married, guidos named Tony) than slaving away in your cubicles.
Today’s “Comment of the Day” comes to us from Best Week Ever, and it regards BWE's serious, and completely open-ended question, namely: has anyone actually seen the Olsen twins' parents, and—if not—are we sure they exist?
Fortunately, "bird" was on hand to answer this question, with all the free-versed hostility it deserves.
As we write this, we’re looking out the window and bemoaning the fact it's raining, that our brand-new umbrella after less than five minutes of actual usage and we no longer have the type of job where we can call in "sick" due to unfortunate weather conditions/extreme laziness. And so, for your sanity and ours, we’ve decided to kick off a glorious new feature called “Comment of the Day,” to provide a transient glimmer of entertainment for all you working stiffs who would much rather be downing margaritas poolside on the Jersey Shore (while fending off advances from married, guidos named Tony) than slaving away in your cubicles.
Today’s “Comment of the Day” comes to us from Best Week Ever, and pertains to the public outcry towards the TB Guy (a.k.a. Andrew Speaker) who had the wanton indecency to risk infecting a bunch of unassuming Americans with a drug-resistant form of Tuberculosis in order to bang his new wife.
And while Speaker pleads his case to Diane Sawyer ("I’m very sorry for any grief or pain that I have caused anyone") not everyone is graciously willing to turn the other cheek.
Best Week Ever's large and loyal web community (we believe the term "sticky" could be used here) is in uproar over Star transplant David Caplan, who, we told you, was hired by VH1 to bring exclusive gossip reports to their network of web properties. Except it isn't going over well, if you're to read the comments.
Caplan busted on to BWE.tv with a Lindsay Lohan rehab item yesterday. Today, he massaged his sources for another Lohan item: Linds plans on having her birthday party at Pure in Las Vegas with or without Svedka's sponsorship. (And whether or not she's supposed to be in rehab.) But BWE's readers aren't so happy about it.
"This is terrible," says one. "No one reads BWE for gossip. We want to read people making fun of gossip. I’m so disappointed."
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Yesterday's "BWE EXCLUSIVE: Lindsay’s Partying Pal Reacts To Lindsay’s SECOND Rehab Stint!" on Best Week Ever's blog wasn't just notable because it was one of the few times they "dipp[ed] its toes into the shark-infested waters of exclusive celebrity gossip" (rather than rehasing someone else's report with their witty commentary) — it was also the first contribution by now-former Star New York bureau chief David Caplan.
We told you about Caplan's decamping earlier this month, with his farewell email making quite clear what his new role at VH1's properties would be about: "hot, dishy news items, gossip items, sightings, party & event coverage, fashion/beauty-celeb items, celeb books, celeb-endorsed products/items, nightlife and restaurant items."
It's just too bad Caplan's debut had to include soundbites from Brittny Gastineau, who's not one to comment on Lindsay Lohan's partying antics … partly to do with her participation in the scene, but mostly due to her irrelevance.
Remember when, five seconds ago, we posted an item accusing Saturday Night Live of ripping off a Best Week Ever skit in Saturday's episode? The one where Mel Gibson's Apocalypto is "translated" into the hateful English words that Americans can understand? Well let's not forget that our dear friends at Eat The Press gave the flick similar treatment on Friday:
So should we lump Rachel Sklar, Nick Douglas, and Melissa Lafsky into that same gaggle of copycats? We thought about it, and then realized: 1) We would've pulled the same gimmick, had we thought of it; and 2) Any blog that gets ripped off by Tucker Carlson's "Beat The Press" deserves quite a few free passes.
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