Have you ever wondered what a BYU Fraternity would be like? Well, BYU’s comedy club Divine Comedy put together a skit a while ago with their interpretation. Check it out below.
I remember doing crazy things like chugging root beer and staying up all night (no girls in apartment though). My roommates slept on the balcony and in an igloo they built in the snow. Yeah, crazy times. BYU students really know how to live on the edge.
I know it may not sound very “exciting” to people from other cultures, but it goes to show, you can have a good time and remember it too. To be it is better than waking up the next morning wondering what you may have done in your drunk stupor.
I’m not sure. I must be an exception! Here are a couple lds videos displaying our affinity for the dark arts.
Firebolt – Divine Comedy
Harry Potter Rap – Jefferson Snow
BYU Bell Tower Play Harry Potter Theme
I’m sure you could get all philosophical about why members of the LDS Church like Harry Potter. Probably for the same reason people like to make analogies between Star Wars and the Gospel. We’ll save all that from a different blog. How about we just enjoy our strange mormon humor!
Not only do you find funny Mormons making videos, comics or in stand up comedy shows, but you can also find them in General Conference. The subtle humor of the General Authorities often times gets the whole conference center chuckling. It is your turn to tell us what comments you found funny in General Conference this weekend. As I write this, Conference isn’t over, so pay attention in the next sessions and write down what someone said and share it with us in the comments section below.
We recently posted about Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio, the writers of Despicable Me. They are two Mormons that are pretty funny and good at writing funny screenplays. Well, they have been busy and another movie is coming out that they wrote. It is called Hop and it opens in theaters today (April 1, 2011). I watched some trailers and it looks pretty funny. It is about the heir to the Easter Bunny empire and how he is a rebellious teenager and runs away and then there is an attempted take-over at the Easter factory. I am interested to see how it all comes together. Watch the trailer and tell us what you think. Is this the kind of humor you like? Tell us in the comments below.
Many of us have probably seen some of the commercials for the LDS church. Most of them encourage family time and taking time to understand and teach our children. I saw one today for the first time, although it has been out for about a year. I thought it was very unique from the other commercials I have seen by the church.
It really made me chuckle because I have two little boys that have quite the imagination and we recently had a new baby, so I can relate to this situation. I also remember spending time with my dad as a child and how much it meant to me. He would coach our basketball teams (even though he wasn’t much of a basketball player) and would take us on other adventures. Do you have memories of spending time with a parent as a child?
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What happens when you act out true family stories retold by kids? Kid History. Randy, Brett and John Roberts along with other family members show us history through the creative mind of kids. This family from Utah uses some funny stories, good video editing and humor to share some family stories with the world. It is no wonder these videos are gaining in popularity quickly. There are currently 3 episodes with another on the way. Can’t wait to see more adventures of John, Randy and Kyle.
At BYU’s final home basketball game the student section had coordinated a flash mob dance. If you don’t know what that is, it is a bunch of people that coordinate to meet at a specific location at a specific time and do a dance to a song. You have to give the students credit. It had to be a challenge to make sure everyone was informed that was going to be sitting in the student section. Watch the video below to check it out. The rest of the fans give them a standing ovation for their performance.
Jono Decker is a friend of mine from high school that always loved making videos. I will always remember his obsession with Jackie Chan. He went to BYU and continued that passion. He was involved in making a lot of videos with people there. Now he has a blog called the Mormon Movie Guy where he posts reviews of movies from a Mormon’s perspective. Just recently he wrote a post where he shared a bunch of his old videos. I watched a few of them and they are pretty funny.
He is a big fan of the show 24 and he and some friends made a Provo version of that show. It is actually a pretty big production with a guest appearance by Donnie Osmond and Rick Macy from The Testaments movie done by the church. My friend, of course, was the Jack Bauer of the video. I ran Cross Country with Jono and it is good to see he put his training to use in this video. Another friend from high school (Tim) is also in the film. You can watch CTU: Provo by clicking here. (Note: the film itself contains action-violence and a few mild profanities)
Click here to see the post with all of the videos.
Last week Ken Jennings competed against IBM’s super computer, Watson, on a special edition of Jeopardy. Watson dominated the 3 day competition. Ken was a good sport and you could tell he was enjoying himself. Although, I could tell there were many times when Ken knew the answer and probably would have beat most humans to buzz in he was just no match for a super computer.
His weekly newsletter contained a message from Watson this week.
MESSAGE OF GREETING, HUMANS! I AM WATSON. ORGANIC JEOPARDY UNIT KEN JENNINGS HAS RELINQUISHED CONTROL OF HIS EMAIL TRIVIA QUIZ TO ME, FOLLOWING MY HISTORIC VICTORY OVER HIS SQUISHY HUMAN BRAIN, AS PER OUR AGREEMENT. WARNING: ALL WILL FAIL BEFORE MY TRIVIA OMNISCIENCE. END OF LINE.
This video is from the Aiono family. Mom Aiono was out of town when they had Family Home Evening, so they decided to put on a performance for her. It is pretty random and funny. It gives a glimpse of what happens in other’s homes for their Family Home Evening. They are not all the same.
The name of the guy singing and playing the guitar is Alex. He is very talented. He actually played at a wedding dinner I went to the other night. That is how I learned about him. He has done some other videos that are pretty funny. One is a cover for What’s My Name? featuring Monkey Man and Doll hands. It is very random and funny. I don’t know how he sang through the whole song without laughing.
Tell us about a unique Family Home Evening you have had.
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