April 14, 2022

I've got 10 selections for you today from TikTok. Let me know which one(s) you like best.

1. Walking like Obama/Biden/Trump/Macron/Erdogan/Putin.

2. Get creative when annoying your wife.

3. Living in a narrowboat on the British canal system without a permanent mooring.

4. Dining versus eating — in the mind of Nancy Pelosi.

5. Something white people can do that black people can't.

6. That lady from HR.

7. Jack White can guess from just 1 second what Beatles song you're playing.

8. This poor man is so uncomfortable.

9. "Daddy, where are we?" (Daddy = Steven Tyler)

10. When women get passionate talking about nothing.

39 comments:

Saint Croix said...

ha ha ha

that uncomfortable dude made me uncomfortable

Saint Croix said...

I like to eat at 5:30

like a peasant.

wow

Old and slow said...

I had friends in London who were boat squatters. They moved their narrow boat around as they got evicted from one spot after another, usually with a huge fundraising rave party just before the move. It sure beat the hell out of being a "normal" squatter...

tim maguire said...

The Beatles guy was impressive, but for the combination of surprising and enjoyable (which is what I look for in these videos), it’s what white people can do that black people can’t. Surprising because they actually managed to make it not racist.

Jersey Fled said...

Is none a valid choice?

WWIII Joe Biden, Husk-Puppet + America's Putin said...

4. and 5.

4 - because mocking Billionaire Nancy is good for the soul.

5 - because a bunch of black dudes eye-rolled the suggestions of "it's because of slavery"

Jefferson's Revenge said...

The Lady From HR is perfect. In my world, I have regular interface with HR at client companies and, over the last 10 years, corporate HR departments have changed from reasonably effective targeted secondary functions to unfocused know-it-alls who think they run the company. They determine what defines the corporate culture and it's usually the culture that they love but everyone else hates. The only more myopic and ineffective people are educational administrators. Busy bodies with no accountability who lust for power. Arrrgh!

BillieBob Thorton said...

4. Perfect Nancy P imitation

WWIII Joe Biden, Husk-Puppet + America's Putin said...

The uncomfortable song is very cre8Tiv

Ficta said...

Gah! No! Couldn't watch: 4,6,10
Trying too hard: 9
Eh, with a forced chuckle: 1,2,8
Interesting, mostly because I can almost do it too, but the wait would be longer while I fish up the at my age (that looks like a much younger Jack White): 7
Genuinely made me laugh: 5
Looks like Heaven: 3

CJinPA said...

VERY GOOD humorous insight:
Walking like Obama/Biden/Trump/Macron/Erdogan/Putin.

VERY GOOD quick and funny:
Get creative when annoying your wife.

VERY GOOD Funny look at part of women's charm:
When women get passionate talking about nothing.

VERY GOOD for the joke and the reaction to the race baiter:
Something white people can do that black people can't.

VERY GOOD for it's quick creativity:
That lady from HR.

GOOD Sweet window into the world of celebrities who react as normal folk:
Daddy, where are we?" (Daddy = Steven Tyler)

IMPRESSIVE But I could do most of those:
Jack White can guess from just 1 second what Beatles song you're playing.

INTERESTING but only watched a little:
Living in a narrowboat on the British canal system without a permanent mooring.

DIDN'T GET:
This poor man is so uncomfortable.
Dining versus eating — in the mind of Nancy Pelosi.

Flat Tire said...

1,4 and 5. All fun.

john said...

It's a tie between making your wife uncomfortable (2) and the lady from HR (6). Also, re #3, I did not know Subaru made narrowboats!

Breezy said...

I liked the getting creative while annoying your wife one!

JZ said...

High praise for the women who get passionate talking about nothing. The lady from HR is second best.

Leland said...

By titles, I watched 2,3,6,10 before coming into comments. I then watched 4 and 8 based on earlier comments. I did not enjoy 8 or 10, with 8 being very annoying. I thought 2 was funny, except it went on a tad too long. 3 seemed like a commercial. Saint Croix's comment on 4 is spot on. 6 is fine, she has potential but I've seen better.

All of it better than CNN+ and cheaper.

JustSomeOldDude said...

That lady from HR, only because we're going through this phase now as we return to work.

hawkeyedjb said...

HR Lady, ha ha. Like most HR droogs, she has no actual job and, far from adding value to the organization, actually removes value.

wildswan said...

Dining vs. eating - I never realized before just why some want to eat at a rational hour, others late.

Patrick said...

Ann, How much does TikTok pay you to link to these?

Beasts of England said...

Jack White did very well. I got all but one, but it took me much longer to sing my way to the answer on a few.

Howard said...

Watched a couple. Dreck would be an improvement. It's a "don't give up your day job" medium.

Assistant Village Idiot said...

Loved all except 8 & 9. Forwarded to my many sons and DILs.

Bob_R said...

I liked the silly walks of Ministers. He has the tight-ass western European walk of Macron nailed. David Suchet does a better one, but it's not really Macron.

Andrew said...

Loved the man annoying his wife.
Next favorite was the woman from HR.

And I was pleasantly surprised by the white/black one. I remember watching The Kings of Comedy, and wondering, "Why do they stand up if they like the joke? What's the point?" I'm glad the men in the video reacted that way, to the slavery justification. If only that reaction was universal.

eLocke said...

Gotta go with #2, really pulls off the timing and relative motion.

Lem the artificially intelligent said...

Omg, LMS, before it was bought by HDR had that exact same HR lady, except it was a guy. We called him jolly Jim.

Lem the artificially intelligent said...

I've taken to reading them all first and going to the one that I think would fancy me. Today it was the Pelosi impersonator.

Carol said...

"Surprising because they actually managed to make it not racist."

Black TikTok was my favorite thing back when I had the app. It was never racist. Always self aware and funny as hell.

Which is all the more puzzling, considering the test of the world.

Rollo said...

Mildly amusing, but life is too short for this stuff.

It does look like SNL will eventually be ripping off the "I'm uncomfortable" sketch though.

Temujin said...

Not the best batch. But...if I had to select some I'd go...

The canal boat resident and Jack White. Though I have to say any of us Beatles fans would have gotten a number of those. I'd be interested in the 100 miles that woman lived on Britain's canals.
But the winner was the Black guys with the one White guy and the now ubiquitous Black woman who is all about slavery. Real reactions and funny.

Narr said...

Because I admire physical mimicry, I watched #1.

Very good.

JOrz said...

It's got to be the walk impersonator for me. I never even knew there was such a thing. He was spot on. The Nancy Pelosi lip sync number 4 is funny too. So is the What White people can do number 4. Especially at the end!

Freeman Hunt said...

The Tylers ftw.

Freeman Hunt said...

I could guess most Jack White songs given one second each.

Humperdink said...

I expected the Putin walk to show him swinging his arms in a more animated fashion. The others walkers were pretty good, if one the calls the Biden shuffle a walk.

Narr said...

Damn you people.

I looked at the wife-annoyer and the black-white one.

She didn't really look annoyed, and the other was just OK.

That's 3. Enough TikTokery for a day.

Kevin Rogers said...

Definitely "getting creative annoying your wife". Though I thought the guy was in a Quidditch broom. (My bad!)

farmgirl said...

I watched them all. Thank you for sharing.
The Tyler’s- &I don’t really like him. He was very likable there.

Love the Peolsi ones every time.
I’m a peasant, but we eat after chores- growing up it was always before chores.