Kim Jong: Il?

North Korea's "dear leader" Kim Jong-Il was mysteriously absent from a big military hoo-hah in North Korea; now there is widespread speculation the dictator has suffered a stroke. He loves nuclear weapon, RPGs, imported cognac, horse riding, platform shoes, fast cars, and has some sweet-ass Elvis hair. He is also said to be a fan of the comedic works of Matt Stone and Trey Parker, and once released the hip-hop compendium "Communist Rap Classics: License to Kim-Jong." (Thanks R Stevens)

Previously on Boing Boing:

* North Korea promotes vacations with wacky Flash movie
* Rare NoKo literary gems written by Kim Jong Il
* How to reach NoKo musical director who pawned kidney
* NoKo students' stage show: bigger than Riverdance?
* Video, photos from North Korea "Arirang" state culturefest
* North Korea claims to have invented anti-hunger noodles

[#1 posted by Takuan , September 10, 2008 9:18 AM]

fingers crossed

[#2 posted by andrewkantor , September 10, 2008 9:20 AM]

Everyone else can stop. You just won Headline of the Year.

[#3 posted by brundlefly , September 10, 2008 9:27 AM]

In your list of Kim's awesomeness, how could you leave out the fact that he kidnapped a filmmaker from S. Korea and forced him to make a Communist version of Godzilla?

[#4 posted by Nelson.C , September 10, 2008 9:28 AM]

RPGs, the role-playing games, or RPGs the anti-tank weapons? If the former, what game? Exalted perhaps?

[#5 posted by Wbb882 , September 10, 2008 9:29 AM]

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=627370

Toshimitsu Shigemura thinks he's been dead since 2003.

[#6 posted by grimc , September 10, 2008 9:48 AM]

Isn't he a big sci-fi fan, too? Didn't he kidnap a South Korean director to do a North Korean Godzilla?

[#7 posted by midsentence , September 10, 2008 9:52 AM]

3.5 or 4 rules?

[#8 posted by Anonymous , September 10, 2008 10:00 AM]

I have literally been waiting all day for someone to make this pun. I am so relieved. Thanks, Xeni!

[#9 posted by darkknightjared , September 10, 2008 10:10 AM]

"...and once released the hip-hop compendium 'Communist Rap Classics: License to Kim-Jong.'"

WHAT?! Why wasn't I informed of this?

[#10 posted by angryhippo , September 10, 2008 10:18 AM]

"License to Kim-Jong"???

WHERE do I get this..?

[#11 posted by Ari B. , September 10, 2008 10:18 AM]

By RPG, do you mean role-playing game or procket propelled grenade?

[#12 posted by Jake0748 , September 10, 2008 10:18 AM]

Well, if he dies the government will just be taken over by his brother, Menta Lee Il.

(Stole it from David Letterman).

[#13 posted by Bevatron Repairman , September 10, 2008 10:19 AM]

I'd hate to have to DM for him.

"Yes Dear Leader. You made your saving throw. Never mind that natural 1. Tiamat insists."

[#14 posted by Brainspore , September 10, 2008 10:29 AM]

Il is sick, yo!

[#15 posted by gATO , September 10, 2008 10:47 AM]

I heard that he's starting a blog, like Castro.

[#16 posted by jjasper , September 10, 2008 10:53 AM]

He's a Dungeons and Dragons playing Obama supporter, eh?

[#17 posted by Sonofkevitivity , September 10, 2008 1:13 PM]

Team America is a brilliant movie. It's also one of the few hollyweird films to to actually "get" terrorism.

[#18 posted by Randwulf , September 10, 2008 2:08 PM]

@#2 Someone on Metafilter beat her to that headline by 12 hours!

http://www.metafilter.com/74756/sorry

[#19 posted by Xeni Jardin , September 10, 2008 2:17 PM]

@#18 Randwulf, hah, fuck those guys! I had this post queued up a few hours before *that* went live, but kept it in draft mode throughout the day. And like i twittered, bub, I've been waitin' to make that bad joke for like 5 years. FIVE YEARS MAH FRIEND.

[#20 posted by buddy66 , September 10, 2008 2:39 PM]

September 9, 2008 5:28pm

"L'l Kim Il is reportedly ill."

Note the date/time. A little wordy perhaps....

[#21 posted by Anonymous , September 10, 2008 2:52 PM]

http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Kim_Jong-il

[#22 posted by OM , September 10, 2008 7:17 PM]

...Ok, place your bets on who'll (hopefully) die first: Kim Jong Il or Stogie Castro?

...Insurance wager: who'll die the most painfully?

[#23 posted by Randwulf , September 10, 2008 7:27 PM]

@#19 Uhm, ok.

*smiles and nods*

[#24 posted by Xenu , September 10, 2008 11:00 PM]

Something tells me that while Kim Jong Il might like South Park, but he wouldn't like Team America: World Police.

(I'm so ronery, so ronery...)

[#25 posted by Lucien , September 11, 2008 2:34 AM]

http://www.jimcromwell.com/landfill/kimjongill.jpg

Thanks b3ta :)

[#26 posted by TimABear , September 12, 2008 11:34 AM]

An oil portrait of Kim Jong Il sick in bed and with a pancake on his head.