Friday Frolics, Volume XX: The Simpsons for TGI McScratchy's..I Mean TGI Fridays

Almost a year ago I asked if the Simpsons would hawk any product. Maybe they will....

Friday Frolics, Volume XXX, Dolemite

Thirty-five years ago this month, the movie Dolemite, starring Rudy Ray Moore as the title character, was released. The early and mid 70's were the heyday of blaxploitation films and this film is a fine example of the genre. Here's an original movie trailer, which, by the way, shouldn't be viewed at work.

Friday Frolics, Volume 44: Testemax

My friend "Vern" recently sent me this link to a commercial for a "product" called Testemax. "Vern" thinks he should become the distributor for his neighborhood where it seems the MILFs wear the pants in most all the households. Be warned, the language in this video is not suitable for a work environment.

Friday Frolics, Volume 43: Return Trip From the Caravan Club

Recently, BBC America has been airing episodes the UK comedy The Inbetweeners. The show is centered around four high school friends and their endless (and mostly fruitless) pursuit of girls. This clip is the final scene in an epsisode where the boys visit a caravan club (aka a campground) in pursuit of hook ups. (Be warned the subject matter and language makes this outside the office viewing.)

Friday Frolics, Volume 42: Drunk All Around This Town

As a warm up to Scott Miller's appearance tonight at Iota, here he is performing "Drunk All Around This Town".

(Yes, I know I posted another performance of the song about a year ago.)

Friday Frolics, Volume 41: Protecting America

On this day in 1861, Kansas was admitted to the Union. To celebrate Kansas' 148th birthday, let's take a look at a t-shirt I heard about while vacationing in the Midwest last year. Those of you who don't understand the joke should read this.

Friday Frolics, Volume 40: The Velvet Jones School of Technology

This Eddie Murphy-Saturday Night Live skit from the early 80s seems appropriate in this day of the infomercial. It's too bad Billy Mays isn't still around to do a sequel.

Friday Frolics, Volume 39: The Simpsons for KFC

Is it a conflict of interest that Homer & family are spokespeople for two different chicken chains? At this rate, they'll be doing ads for Flavors in the near future.

Friday Frolics, Volume 38: More From Church's Fried Chicken

Maybe the Simpsons will hawk anything?!?!

Friday Frolics, Volume 37: Dolemite Workin' the Club Scene

Let's celebrate the New Year wirh Rudy Ray Moore, aka Dolemite, working the crowd at a club. This one shouldn't be viewed at work.

Friday Frolics, Volume 36: LaWanda Page & Santa Claus

LaWanda Page, aka Aunt Esther, nearly comes to blows with Ol' Saint Nick over some Churches fried chicken.

Friday Frolics, Volume 33: El Vez

In honor of El Vez's upcoming appearance at the 930 Club......

Friday Frolics, Volume 32: Good Hair

I'm hoping Chris Rock's new movie, Good Hair, is as good as some of the mocumentariy shorts he did on his old HBO show. If it is, the movie will be pretty damn funny. Here's a link to the movie's trailer on the movie's own website.

Meanwhile, here's a clip about hair from the aforementioned HBO show....

Friday Frolics, Volume 31: The Fonz in a PSA

This clip was sent to me by "J.D." in Richmond. (I really should turn the Friday Frolics series of posts over to him.) This starts out a little slow, but stay with it. I have no idea who wrote this PSA, but I do really wonder what in the hell the were smoking.

Friday Frolics, Volume 30: Robin Harris Flashback

Classic stand up from the late Robin Harris.

Friday Frolics, Volume 28: Getting It In The Can

This week's frolic comes courtesy of "J.D." in Richmond.

Friday Frolics, Volume 27: Everybody's Doin' It

This week's frolic comes courtesy of Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen featuring, among others, Billy C. Farlow on vocals, Bill Kirchen on lead guitar, Andy Stein on sax and the Commander himself on piano.

Friday Frolics, Volume 26: The Fabulous Black Beatles

I don't really know what to say about this.

Friday Frolics, Volume 25: Three Champs and a Baby

One of In Living Color's more memorable sketches. For some reason, I don't think making fun of Muhammed Ali's condition would be as accepted today as it was when this shot back in the early 90s.

Friday Frolics, Volume 24: Southern Fried Rabbit

Those of you who are at least in your mid-30s probably remember the days when the Looney Tunes cartoons were a fixture on Saturday morning TV. And, there were plenty of other times you could watch Bugs, Daffy and the rest of the crew. Back in the 70s, no one seemed to worry if a cartoon was too violent or was politically incorrect (geez, that term didn't even exist back then). In the years since, things have changed mightily. First, the Looney Tunes were stripped of their playful brand of violence. Then, the more politically incorrect cartoons vanished from the airwaves. And finally, the Looney Tunes disappeared altogether from any major TV outlets. (The reasons behind that are fodder for an entirely different post.)

While being semi-comatose after a long day of work last week, it dawned on me I hadn't seen the Bugs Bunny cartoon "Southern Fried Rabbit" in years. It was one of the Bugs cartoons that disappeared sometime between the time I turned 13 and the time I graduated from college. Of course, the cartoon was both violent and politically incorrect. It starts with Bugs facing a carrot famine up north and deciding to schlep to Alabama where a record carrot harvest is taking place. I'll let you pick up the story from there when you watch the uncut cartoon which is included below.

But first, I have a related story. My cousin Tim and I lived together through most the 90s. One weekend during that time, the Cartoon Network aired a weekend long Looney Tunes Marathon. Tim taped every minute of the marathon in an attempt to get "Southern Fried Rabbit" on tape. Tim ended up finding that it aired at 2:00 a.m. on Saturday, but he was very disappointed to find that roughly half the cartoon was not aired. All the scenes of Yosemite Sam getting blasted on were gone and another minute long scene from the middle of it were gone. Once you watch the cartoon, you'll know exactly what minute I'm talking about. Then, you can make your own decision...is this cartoon a piece of art lost to political correctness or is it a product of an era that's best forgotten? I think the regular readers know what I think.