@BBVBOX: recent guest-tweeted web video picks (boingboingvideo.com)
(Ed. Note: We recently gave the Boing Boing Video website a makeover that includes a new, guest-curated microblog: the "BBVBOX." Here, folks whose taste in web video we admire tweet the latest clips they find. I'll be posting periodic roundups here on the motherBoing.)
- Andrea James: Not everyone was happy 40 years ago. Gil Scott-Heron's "Whitey on the Moon": Link
- Richard Metzger: Emotional Japanese Fangirls Shock Harry Potter and Ron Weasley Link #harrypotter
- Jesse Thorn: Tales of Fraud and Malfeasance in Railroad Hiring Practices. Probably the most important comedy sketch ever. Link
- Andrea James: Before the Civic-Minded Five was the Civic-Minded One: James Norcross, aka Super President! (thx Cal): Link
- Jesse Thorn: How much do I love this clip of P. Diddy dancing at the Q-Tip show in New York? Very much. Summer fun! Link
- Richard Metzger: Robot French Disco Pop inspired by Star Wars (1977) Have Daft Punk seen this? Link
- Jesse Thorn: Cheech & Chong discuss the economy, and then for some reason do a Tron parody of some kind. Brand new! Link
- Richard Metzger: The Lolita Question: Who was the real Humbert Humbert? Link
- Richard Metzger: The OFFICIAL video (30 years later) of "88 Lines about 44 Women" by The Nails' Marc Campbell NSFWish Link
- Jesse Thorn: I've been jamming to Bemba Colora by Celia Cruz & the Fania All Stars for about two weeks. Here's a great vid Link
- Andrea James: Mr. Tim does a live-looping demo: Link
- Richard Metzger: John Lennon on Monday Night Football w/ Howard Cosell (1974) Link
- Jesse Thorn: Buzz Aldrin punches Bart Sibrel, BS conspiracy theorist, in the face. (I don't think it was a sole puncher.) Link
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I know in today's polite lawsuit prone society cracking someone across the jaw for being a dick is probably not a good idea, but in this case, eh, I bet Buzz has enough money these days where losing a few thousand to feel that satisfying crack was probably worth it.
Buzz, my right hand was right there with you on that punch. On that day, we were all Buzz Aldrin's Right Hand.
the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has taken pictures of the Apollo landing sites
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/17/apollo-landing-sites-imaged-by-lro/
Go Buzz!!
Buzz Aldrin: American Badass.
ah I love that! Wish he'd followed up with a knee in the groin.
"They tell you never hit a man with a closed fist, but it is on occasion hilarious."
-Captain Malcolm Reynolds
*golf clap*
Science- 1, Stupid People- 0
I'm not sure if it was done on purpose or not, but mr. Metzger's supposedly Harry Potter related link goes to a post about five elegantly designed Miles Davis skateboards.
heh.
#7: Here's a direct link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70ABKwflFZ0
If I were his age and any girl acted like that I would have carried her down the hall and not come back, but I expect he was already worn out from the line of groupies waiting outside his trailer every morning.
Bastard.
fun fact, the judge dropped all assault charges against buzz. first off, its one of the greatest american badasses to ever exist, and second, who the fuck wants that on their record, DA.. judge... anyone?
fuck yeah.
http://bit.ly/fvyQP
There must be some sort of new-fangled auto-matik magickal way to expand the stupid shortened urls into the real thing?
I've no idea who Bart Sibrel is but even I can see he was asking for it.
Buzz Aldrin got balls bigger than King Kong. Top Buzz!
Why does the clip end there anyway as surely the aftermath of the punch is just as juicy? Stupid clippers.
That's even better than the John Stossel one.
Bart Sibrel, uber douche moron.
Go Buzz. The guy deserved it.
Yes, Mr. Aldrin? You road a unicorn to the heart of the Sun, Mr. Aldrin? *wincing* Um... Uh... wonderful, Mr. Aldrin! Quite an accomplishment, Mr. Aldrin. The paramount of human acheivement, Mr. Aldrin.
Remarkable restraint. He should have ripped out his beating heart. You go, Buzz.
Surely someone must make a "Right Hand of Buzz Aldrin" T-shirt... High-contrast pic of Buzz w/ giant fist in the foreground...?? Anyone?
Did nobody see him start to bring up his left hand to lay even more smack down?
Anyone who walks up to someone and starts in verbally like that deserves to get a punch in the face. Or two.
some of your bit.ly links from sound of young america are borked.
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/04/04/why-url-shorteners-s.html
It's difficult to generalize, but if you get in the face of most men in the US (and possibly in the world) and call them "a coward, a liar, and a thief," *that* is what you will (deserve and) get: a punch in the face...or worse.
Try doing this to a stranger in a bar, and see what you get. You will probably not escape unscathed.
And to Mr. Sibrel: get a life, loser. Being a stalker is nothing to be proud of. You didn't debunk anything when you rudely confronted Mr. Aldrin; you just made a scene...and an embarrassment of yourself.
I really hate to admit how good that punch made me feel.
I've heard reports of an old Hungarian proverb to the effect of "It is not enough to be impolite; you must also be wrong." Some folks, alas, seem to take it literally rather than ironically.
One of these days, Bart, one of these days. Pow! Right in the kisser! Bang! Zoom! To the moon, Bart, to the moon!
There are a great many reasons why I'm opposed to answering words with violence. It goes against a lot of principles that I would be prepared to lay down a lot to abide by. Having said that, I somehow can't find it in myself to object to this. Maybe it's because the person being bullied here isn't the one who's doing the punching and maybe it's because, for a change, the one delivering the thumping is the rational one. Either way, it seem to be something that just feels right. Cheers Buzz, whack him again for me until he crawls back into his hole.
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(Spoken like "Mr. Burns" from the Simpsons):
"Ex-cellent!"
Sibrel is not an astronomer, but I hope he "saw stars" after the punch.
@1/Rindan, the best part is, the judge dismissed the charges!
Go Buzz!
/Buzz is the original Chuck Norris!
Sibrel totally deserved it. And, according to Wikipedia, several witnesses claimed Sibrel initiated physical contact first, so no charges were filed. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buzz_Aldrin
While I'm nobody's badass, I would've been considerably more brutal on that young punk than Mr. Aldrin.
If there were ever heroes in 20th century America, Buzz Aldrin was one of them. He deserves respect.
Here's the correct link for the Japanese Harry Potter fangirl, incidentally.
Buzz is the man - and he got the stones to prove it!
Lord of the Yum Yum. The absolute king of live looping:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r845Hp3XHuU
Top Buzz!
I'm pretty sure that Buzz in the top in any relationship.
Yeah, he was asking for that and Buzz gave it to him. No jury would convict.
Every now and then it appears that violence *is* the answer.
Buzz Aldrin. Bart What's-His-Name.
Pure. Video. Magic.
I never tire of watching that...