September 16, 2022

Here are 7 TikToks for you this evening. Some people love them!

1. Overused phrases in books.



4. The top 3 tones for voice-over actors.

5. When Rosie O'Donnell visited Martha Stewart in prison.

6. Maybe when the lady seems insecure, it's not what you think.

7. It's the same old song, but with a different melody (and I'm accepting these men in shorts).

33 comments:

tim in vermont said...

You know that James Comey sent Martha Stewart to prison for protesting her innocence, and never proved any underlying crime, and bragged about this practice? isn't our justice system great?

Before you tell me that neither of these statements are true, I would suggest you fire up the old Google machine.

Will Cate said...

Roadblock guy is my hero.

Lash LaRue said...

In spite of their shorts, #7 is a winner.

JZ said...

I liked the pickers (#7) even though they’re ugly. The others were even uglier. Wish I hadn’t watched the others. Including roadblock guy.

Darles Chickens said...

7, 2, 3: win, place, show

Marc in Eugene said...

Not a great lover of TT but the Roadblock of Justice is the sort of vigilante I can appreciate.

I've never seen the phrase 'widen the eyebrows' (perhaps that was the point and I've missed the joke)-- one lifts one's eyebrows and widens one's eyes, surely.



Lawrence Person said...

Pinball Prison Blues was originally done by Puddles Pity Party.

Mary Beth said...

I really liked #7. The guy on the left (our left) looks like my UPS driver.

I have lived #6.

Ignorance is Bliss said...

Regarding Pursue a smaller dream, I much prefer Frank Turner's attitude

Eulogy

Freeman Hunt said...

Smaller dream guy absolutely nailed that recording. I don't think I have ever seen anyone quite do that on TikTok or YouTube. Every little intonation on point.

Freeman Hunt said...

I salute Road Block of Justice Guy.

Curious George said...

If I was dying for the flavor of lemon and doing a life sentence, I wouldn't eat a lemon from Rosie O'Donnell's snatch if it had a full pardon attached.

Flat Tire said...

Ha! Thanks Lawrence Person. I couldn't figure out what the difference was.

john said...

I think the smaller dreams guy really nailed it except for the problem that he believed it when someone told him he could be a singer.

Readering said...

Tie between Rosie and pinball wizard. I'd add voice-over gal, but sound and sight didn't seem to sync.

Susan in Seattle said...

Oh! the Road Block of Justice. But I liked no. 7 about as much.

loudogblog said...

The thing about putting the lyrics of one song to the melody of another shows just how interchangeable our music can be.

I saw a movie called, The Coca Cola Kid, starring Eric Roberts, where they had an Australian band singing a version of Waltzing Matilda to an entirely different melody.

Amexpat said...

Number 3 was pretty good, both the voice and content.

Amexpat said...

I see I made a mistake, it's #4 that I like the voices and content. #3 didn't do anything for me.

Ann Althouse said...

"Pinball Prison Blues was originally done by Puddles Pity Party."

Thanks for pointing that out.

That does look like the first.

Ann Althouse said...

What other songs to the tune of other songs discoveries have been made?

I found a discussion here — https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-can-be-sung-to-different-melodies/102524/5 — with "Gilligan’s Island = Amazing Grace = House of the Rising Sun = The Yellow Rose Of Texas = Ghost Riders in the Sky = I’d Like To Teach The World To Sing = O Little Town of Bethlehem = Auld Lang Syne = America the Beautiful = god knows what else…"

tim maguire said...

Blogger tim in vermont said...You know that James Comey sent Martha Stewart to prison for protesting her innocence

As I recall, Stewart’s broker told her to sell and so she sold. Which is what you’re supposed to do. When the FBI came knocking, her team concocted an absurd story about frantic calls in the rain. Why she chose to lie about something that would sound perfectly reasonable to most people I’ll never understand, but she did. I’ve always considered her a victim of bad lawyers—her own, not the DOJ’s. They should have counselled her to cooperate.

Scott Patton said...

Rosie - sour puss

Andrew said...

The problem w Roadblock Guy is that regardless of some people misusing that lane/shoulder, emergency vehicles may need it open and accessible.

Leslie Graves said...

I wonder if the Roadblock of Justice man would have been willing to do that in the absence of being able to film himself doing that and sharing the video on TikTok (or somewhere else).

We've probably all seen or done little acts like that over the years -- finding a bit of a way to obstruct people who are being a**holes without incurring too much risk. But some!

I wonder if people would be more inclined to this kind of social obstruction of people who are out of line if they consider that they can bring a spotlight/camera to what they're doing.

Marc in Eugene said...

I'll point out that there are scores of hymn tunes, melodies, some ancient, some modern, that are used for multiple hymn texts in churches where the choral tradition is valued (not my own, alas).

dbp said...

I used to have a commute where traffic was stop and go, mostly stop though and people who wanted to get-off at the next exit would use the breakdown lane to reach the exit sooner.

Every so often there'd be a break down lane guy, being a hero. One time I had a hero pull out in front of me, but he chose the wrong place to be a hero--there was flat, unobstructed ground wide of the breakdown lane and I was driving a beater. I didn't even slow down, 50 mph through weeds and gravel! He probably didn't see my salutation through all the dust and rubbish pulled up by my wake.

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

Unsure that Rosie has a whoohaw.

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

Martha spent time in Prison and Hillary didn't (that should be reversed)

Martha supports Hillary.

Martha learned. Obey.

Ann Althouse said...

I remember one time, back in the 1970s, when the speed limit was restricted to 55 mph, some guys in the Detroit area decided to make some sort of point by driving side by side in all the lanes, stuck on 55, during rush hour. The massive back up of traffic was major news that morning, and everyone seemed to loathe these guys, but they clearly proved that speeding WAS the system.

JAORE said...

Road block guy.... been tempted, but don't do it.
1. Lots of crap, like nails on the shoulder.
2. Somebody may be rushing to the hospital.
3. Added, although perhaps slight, danger.

Mostly I was OK with it as his choice until the smug asshole threw in, "Not all heroes wear capes".

Feh

Lawrence Person said...

Another song of this sort is Elvis Hitler's "Green Haze," the lyrics to "Green Aces" to the music of Jimi Hendrix's "Purple Haze."

dbp said...

"Not all heroes wear capes".

Everybody is the hero of their own story, but at least as often, they're the asshole of other people's stories.