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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.
Yesterday someone shared a link to an article on ESPN. The article talks about someone that posted a comment to the BYU newspaper the Daily Universe comparing the hype around Jimmer Fredette to idol worship. Then the author of the post put a link on their Facebook profile and left the comments open to the public. That opened a flurry of comments by BYU fans. The author of the ESPN article was impressed with how clever and clean the comments were. He so amused with reading all of the comments that he kept reading for 40 solid minutes.
Then, in response to all of the attention, the video below was put on YouTube. Again, it is not mean or degrading, but very funny and clever. You have to love the humor of the LDS/BYU community. I am glad that people kept it civil and clean. Everyone is entitled to their opinion and we shouldn’t get mean if we don’t agree with someone’s perspective.
Almost exactly one year ago, there was a post on Funny Mormons about Jimmer Fredette’s 49 point game against the Arizona Wildcats. That was an amazing game. This week Jimmer posted his third 40+ point night in the last 4 games. Not only that, but it was against a top 5 undefeated team in San Diego State. I talked to a couple people that went to the game and they said it was an amazing atmosphere. I listened to it on the radio and the Marriott Center seemed to be crazy. He has received a lot of media attention including an article on Yahoo! Sports and TWO live interviews on Sports Center (see video below). In one of them he specifically talks about his LDS background.
Another interesting story about Jimmer’s family is that the father of Jimmer’s teammate Stephen Rogers knew, and even taught, Jimmer’s dad while on his mission. Here is a link to an article about the Fredette/Rogers reunion.
So what is so funny about this? Well, for one, the signs at the game. There are many reports of marriage proposals by female fans holding signs. There are also signs that read “Fredette about it” or “You got Jimmered” and “The Real King James” (a reference to NBA stare LeBron James). BYU fans around the world are going crazy over the Jimmer hype. It seems like whenever there is someone that is LDS in the national spotlight, the whole religion flocks to support. It happens on reality TV, sports and even politics in some cases. There is an automatic connection to the person. Even though we may not know the person directly, we know that he/she had the same Sunday School lesson on Sunday that we did. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t think it is necessarily a bad thing, I am just pointing out what I have observed. If anyone wants a Jimmer Jersey you can find them at the BYU bookstore. It doesn’t have his name, but it is his number.
Another thing that is funny is Kevin Durant tweeted that “Jimmer Fredette is the best scorer in the world!!” Kevin Durant was the youngest player to win an NBA scoring title in the 2009-2010 season (which would have been his senior season in college) and he currently leads the NBA in Points Per Game. He averaged 25.8 points in his FRESHMAN year in college. That is why this is such a big deal.
One part of a successful movie that I feel doesn’t get enough credit is the screenplay writer. When I mention the movie Despicable Me, you probably recognize the name of a movie that came out in the summer of 2010. When I say the names Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio, you most likely have not heard of them. Well, they are the writers of the screenplay for Despicable Me. They also wrote the screenplay for Horton Hears a Who! (2008), Santa Clause 2 (2002) and a few others.
These funny guys just happen to be Mormon. Just in case you were wondering, Cinco Paul got his name because he was born on May 5th, or Cinco de Mayo, a Mexican holiday. Cinco is originally from Arizona and is actually my dad’s cousin. Isn’t it a small world in the Mormon culture?
Most of the FunnyMormons.com readers probably don’t know about Robert Holley. He is a radio talk show host in South Korea. He also started an international school there that prepares South Korean students for universities in the US. He also does commercials for different products. I guess he is also a lawyer. And…he is a Mormon. A man of many trades, it appears. Supposedly he is very well known in South Korea and very funny.
I found out about him because he is my brother-in-law’s uncle. Here is a commercial that he did for some noodles. I don’t understand any of what he is saying, but if we have any readers that do, please share. You can follow him on twitter @holleyinkorea to see more of what he is up to.
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