Current Virals is taking a hiatus from television, but we it’s having it’s renaissance as a daily blog post on the Current Comedy blog.

Enjoy your virals for 11/23.

Paula Deen hit in the face by ham

(via TravG73)

Saturday Night Live Digital Short – Two worlds collide ft Reba McEntire

Thriller (Saitone 8bit tribute)

(via lvp)

Close Encounters of the Redneck Kind

(via TravG73)

Patriotic People Hi Caliber

(via Urlesque)

Make some suggestions for tomorrow’s Current Virals over at Current.com/virals!

Our new office in Downtown Los Angeles is only a few miles from our old office in Hollywood. At that location you didn’t have to dress very nice.

I was pretty certain, that I wouldn’t be allowed into the fancy new building, dressed like the schlub I normally look like, so I tucked in my shirt and wore fancy shoes.

When I got here, I told them my name, they gave me a parking pass, and there were not any problems. Everyone in the office was dressed they way they normally would, except Brett, Ellen and Jason who dressed like the cast of Mad Men (because they film it here.) Brett gives John a tour of our beautiful new locale.

Anyway, this office is pretty sweet. They’ve got a brand new TV:

And an elevator full of people.

And a secret game room that only I know about.

That chair had great acoustics.

I’m very happy for our new office, I feel like a real professional, even if I don’t have to tuck my shirt in.

(PS this is a picture of a Fart Bomb)

This is a special message from Brett Erlich of The Grand Faculty Council of the Viral Video Film School:

Dearest pupils. The Grand Faculty Council of the Viral Video Film School is composing a list of videos for your VVFS Year End Extravaganza Episode Installment Omnibus Funkadelic (title tentative… though Funkadelic definitely stays).

PLEASE EMBED WHAT IN YOUR MIND IS/ARE THE BEST/MOST IMPORTANT VIDEOS OF 2009. ie, if I were to administer a cumulative final exam, which videos should it cover?

THAT IS ALL. Go to your favorite VIDEO STREAMING SITE, copy the the embed code, and embed that sheezaw here IMMEDIATELY.

Sincerely,
Sultan Brett

To add your viral suggestions go to YEAR’S BEST / MOST IMPORTANT VIRAL VIDEOS on Current.com. Start your embed-gines… now!

Your Google Trends 31-40 for Friday, November 20th, sponsored by Andrew Fitzgerald.

31. watch new moon online for free without downloading
32. shroud of turin
33. asian carp
34. university of miami shooting
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36. how many continents are there
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38. blanche lincoln
39. blorenge wales
40. new moon box office results

Why are these terms trending? The world will never know.

Weird Al had a very funny tweet today.

I guess a good way to get over a fear of flying is your love of fame. I do not know where Al was flying from, but I think the only headline he’s got today, is just about his hilarious tweet. Al Yankovic, we salute you.

Oh yeah remember that time that Weird Al collabo jammed with SuperNews? It looked a little something like this:

Miss this week’s infoMania? Here’s a recap. Conor Knighton takes a look at the Palin bonanza following the release of her new book ‘Going Rogue’ as part of his look at the week in media. Also includes new books from Coolio and Heidi and Spencer Pratt, ‘Chef Academy,’ Lou Dobbs’ departure from CNN, and Bon Jovi’s appearance on ‘Inside the Actor’s Studio.’

Ben Hoffman tells vampires to suck it especially if they’re starring Twilight. Sergio Cilli takes a look at the top rock songs in this week’s edition of the ‘White Hot Top 5.’ Includes songs by Weezer, Three Days Grace, Alice In Chains, Breaking Benjamin, and Foo Fighters. Conor’s weekly roundup of the glossies. Also includes ‘New Moon’ mania, Sarah Palin in running shorts, NASCAR’s most beautiful people, serial killers, and more.

Brett looks at people Eatin’ on Youtube

Watch the rest of this week’s infoMania: Best clips from the week of 11.19.09

infoMania airs every Thursday night at 10pm on Current TV. Except not this Thursday, cuz its Thanksgiving.

In college I did a lot of research in humor studies. In this video I give an introduction to humor studies, and I read from Laughter by Henri Bergson.

“The first point to which attention should be called is that the comic does not exist outside the pale of what is strictly human. A landscape may be beautiful, charming and sublime, or insignificant and ugly; it will never be laughable. You may laugh at an animal, but only because you have detected in it some human attitude or expression. You may laugh at a hat, but what you are making fun of, in this case, is not the piece of felt or straw, but the shape that men have given it,–the human caprice whose mould it has assumed.”

-Bergson, Laughter, Chapter 1, Section I

Are there other topics in Humor Studies that you’re interested in? Maybe I have a book about it.

Bibliography:

• - Henri Bergson – Laughter
• - The International Society for Humor Studies
• - Local Monarchs of Davis

I found this flowchart to be very effective in naming myself “J-Dawg.” Below are some other cool links.

• - Dumb food allergies [Urlesque]
• - Get your own annoying horse eyes [b3ta]
• - Opium dens from the late 1800s [boingboing]
• - Safe For Work Historic Boners [cracked]
• - “I bought these thongs in Taxes” [failblog]
• - Naked photos w/ cats [Comedy.com]

Sometimes people decide to call things FAILs, when they aren’t really that FAIL. I try to find the good in everything, so this is another edition of some FAILs that I don’t think are really FAILs.

Current.com user Smurph25 and his whole family are on the right track in thinking that this is not a FAIL. The building simply wants to keep some things in and some things out. They want to make sure that people can enter, and that elephants cannot. Just because you escaped from the zoo, does not mean you are welcome in our courtyard.

FAIL really? Okay so maybe you didn’t like the movie when you first saw it. And maybe you didn’t like it when your roommate Evan quoted it every five minutes. But you totally loved it when you watched it again. It happened to me. As for the tattoo, totally legit, but he should have added to it, like with some cool dude sunglasses or something.

Not a FAIL. There’s only one proctologist on the North Pole. Sure he’s a snow man, but he is totally qualified. That being said, I do agree that it’s a bit unprofessional to have a doctor’s office in the middle of Target, but hey it’s one of the few places on the North Pole with ample lighting.

Oh are you that dedicated to buying things? I thought you were anti-capitalist. I saw you at the anarchist bookstore ranting about Abbie Hoffman’s concept of The Free Store and now you’re railing fun of people who embody this ethic? Shame on you, and the hypocritical values you embody. You sir are the FAIL in this scenario.

This item costs £1.99, which signifies that this is a British product. British English is funny, they call astronauts: pirates. Conversely, Blackbeard is the most famous astronaut in all of Britain.

This is absolutely not a FAIL. This is part of Azerbaijani Prime Minister Artur Rasizade’s campaign to put a McDonald’s in every home.

Who cares about your cooking sheet, the cookies are ready!

FAIL? Yeah right! This baby’s dad probably got so many high fives from this hilarious picture he took of his son reading this Lads’ mag.