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Sam Hyde Gives One of the Best TED Talks Ever

October 17, 2013
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Sam Hyde of the comedy group Million Dollar Extreme pulled probably one of the best TED talk pranks we’ve ever seen by doing a talk entitled “2070 Paradigm Shift” at TED x Drexel U while wearing fake armor and running shoes predicting everything that will happen in 2070.

Trust us; it’s worth the whole almost 20 minutes, so watch it ASAP.

This Better Be Funny Ep. 78 with ‘Poetry’

July 2, 2013
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This Better Be Funny

By “…with ‘Poetry’”,  Jake and Jeremy mean that they have, on this very episode, themselves doing poetry at a comedy open mic. Of course, there’s the normal riffing session with various comedians come in and out as Jeremy undoubtedly finds a way to walk them from the show, but there are poems read at the open mic written in both high school and in just less than an hour before the recording of the podcast. Interestingly enough, the poetry doesn’t walk anyone and gets laughs.

Kurt Braunohler’s Latest Project, “No YOU Stop”

May 18, 2013
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Kurt Braunohler’s Latest Project, “No YOU Stop”

As reported yesterday, Kurt Braunohler released/installed his latest project involving a stop sign with a twist of sarcasm. By our estimations, it’s probably somewhere in the Silverlake/Echo Park area of LA. 

Seeing Kurt’s campaign for stupidity and absurdity in strangers lives should replace most people’s self help books. 

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