#spoofs and goofs

[anarcho-mom-unist]

If I go too long without brushing my hair, it just turns me into a slapstick joke-machine. A tangle near the ends of my hair literally got caught on one of the little structurally supportive knobs on the toilet seat.

What kind of Three Stooges ass nonsense is this, honestly!?

[carriershoukaku]

how it feels getting over the strong sense of justice symptom of autism

[jrahlly-blog]

Sawing the grass. Real hillbilly in hurr!

[kingofdorkville]

i can't be bothered with this fake annoyance stuff i just really like the guy

[primepaginequotidiani]

PRIMA PAGINA The Jerusalem Post di Oggi giovedì, 10 ottobre 2024

[myloveoffandoms]

Love that you can see the corps blink in Season 2 Episode 17 of Supernatural. Minuet at 3:31-3:42

[askdacast]

hey block people fans, so I really love the Tanuki Joel/Smallishbeans fanart goin around as inspired by @mellozheist's design and it made me think, what youkai (Japanese folklore monsters) would we portray the other Hermitcraft/Life Series members as? Some of the more obvious and fun ideas I thought of:

Scar - Kitsune, easy. Charismatic, cunning wiles, enterprising, known for tricking people, tendency to be wet cat on the rare instance you find his weakness. Also kitsune are rivals to tanuki (although Scar and Joel aren't really rivals so much as occasional partners in crime). You could alternatively choose the bakeneko because it's also a wiley shapeshifter and cat connection (RIP Jellie).

Grian - Tengu, also easy choice. Not just for the obvious pesky bird connection. Tengu are also trickster beings. They are sometimes evil (abducting humans) but sometimes benign and teach humans secret arts. They are excellent fighters and leaders, but just like a regular crow, they can just as easily goof off for no reason at all. Dangerously capable but also goofy bird fits Grian to a T.

Mumbo - Kappa, maybe? He's not associated with water much iirc but the kappa from not iRL folklore but a certain series are associated with engineering, and I needed an appropriate one for the Redstoners lol

Etho - Kamaitachi. Weasel with sharp blades. Like a tanuki (Joel), but consistently sneaky, while also being just a little guy. Can probably team up with Skizzle and Tango for the traditional trio of sneaky people with sharp blades. EDIT: I know there's fanart of him as a kitsune to match Tanuki Joel, and I'm by no means contesting that, this is just a fun alternative.

Cleo - Yamauba/Yamanba. I'M NOT CALLING CLEO AN OLD HAG, LET ME EXPLAIN. DANGEROUSLY FIERCE AND INTELLIGENT WITCH WHO LIVES IN THE MOUNTAINS AND IS JUST AS PROTECTIVE OF HER (potentially foster) CHILDREN AS MUCH AS SHE IS A TERROR TO THOSE WHO CROSS HER.

Bdubs/Skizzleman - Oni. They beeg. They angery. They not necessarily dumb but they stronk and one of them has lived in the mountains at least once. I can even see Bdubs being like a Sakata Kintoki spoof (the "son" of a yamanba a.k.a Cleo)

Jimmy - Yosuzume. Birds of bad luck. Canary curse. Need I explain more?

feel free to give alternative suggestions or ideas for the others, or ask me what youkai I think might fit certain traits, I may not know much about the block people but I know a little too much about Japanese folklore so this is just a fun exercise for me

[bananonbinary]

one of my favorite internet goofs is to make a fake link (eg, "sources" in a spoof article) and send people somewhere delightful. rickrolling is always a classic, but i like to mix it up with crouton, or invisible cows, or a good old zombocom to really confuse people.

[d0cpr0fess0r]

Ramble ahead, but I'm thinking about The Venture Bros again.

To me, what made The Venture Bros so great was that it feels like Doc and Jackson fell in love with the characters. I don't think they started that way. I think they were just making goofs for most of Season 1. I think they just wanted to spoof old pulp novels and Jonny Quest. And they were good at it! But the characters felt more like archetypes than people. They were vehicles to make gags happen. But sometime around Season 2, Doc and Jackson started getting attached. They started WANTING to see the characters succeed. They still didn't LET them, but they WANTED to. And that want started to bleed through as the show went on. They wouldn't have given 21 the development he got if they didn't love him. They wouldn't have let the boys grow up if they didn't love them.

This is all projection, obviously, but I feel like other comedy creators don't have that kind of sentimentality for their characters. It doesn't feel like Trey Parker and Matt Stone have the level of attachment to the South Park boys that Doc and Jackson have to the Venture family. Same for Seth McFarlane and the cast of Family Guy. And definitely the same for Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon and the cast of Rick and Morty.

You don't go from the episodic cringe humor of Season 1 to the whirlwind of lingering mysteries and complicated morality of the Morpho Trilogy without genuinely loving the world you're building. And it's not a talent thing, either. I wouldn't say Doc and Jackson are naturally just better writers than the ones I mentioned earlier. Talent plays a part, sure, but not nearly as much as having a genuine passion for the thing you're creating. You can make something good if you're talented enough, but the only way you're going to make something truly phenomenal is if you fall in love with it.

[crumb4]

BB & Marcie, drawn for a friend. Just a little goof and a spoof but I'm pleased with how this turned out.

[racheyace]

would Luke ever have felt comfortable enough to mimic gt scenes from media for goofs like doing a spoof on Gulliver’s Travels, Ant Man, Transformers, Borrowers, etc?

He certainly would not feel comfortable mimicking G/t scenes for just anyone but who could say no to those cute doe brown eyes.

Introducing a short story featuring Mr Luke Gulliver our resident Size Shifter. A short story where Luke is easily pressured into playing Gulliver's travels with his little sister Ivy.

Approx 2k words

Mr Luke Gulliver

It was just another average Saturday morning in the Wright household, Luke was in the stables feeding and brushing down the horses, his parents were currently drawing up plans to renovate his bedroom. It had been a few weeks since his nightmare incident, in that time temporary plastic walls had been put up and all debris and broken furniture had been thrown away.

His parents had the idea of reinforcing Luke’s walls, strengthening them and possibly making his room larger also so that if accidents did happen, then Luke and his family would all be safe. Luke hated that he had unknowingly put his family in danger and still felt the pang of guilt in scaring his family and especially his little sister that night. An experience he wasn’t likely to forget and would do everything in his power to never repeat again.

“Hey Luke!” A high pitched voice shouted as his little sister Ivy skipped into the stables, brown curls bouncing around in an untamed mess. She skidded to a stop beside him and gave him a toothy grin as she looked up at her big brother, his heart didn’t deserve a sister like her who could forgive him and love him despite him scaring her so fiercely.

“Hey Ivy, whatcha doing? I thought you were helping mum and dad with drawing plans and stuff.” He asked putting down the brush and giving Helix a handful of honey oats as a treat.

“Yeah…but I wanna play with you now!” She squealed with excitement.

“I’m not playing dolls if that’s what you’re thinking, the clothes are so stiff and itchy, plus your barbies give me the creeps.” He shuddered remembering the last time Ivy had convinced him to shrink in order to play ‘Barbie Tea Party’ with her.

“No, no, I wanted to play Gulliver, like the movie we watched the other night!” She was practically bouncing on the spot and Luke resisted the urge to hold her still, he gave her a dubious look.

“What part did you have in mind?” He asked carefully.

“The lilly part!”

Luke laughed and shook his head. “You mean Lilliput?”

She nodded enthusiastically, her brown eyes twinkling as she let her wild imagination envision the endless possible scenarios they could play.

Luke debated with himself for a moment, he hadn’t allowed himself to grow since that night, he’d shrunk a few times but the idea of growing again and scaring his family, the possibility of making his nightmare a reality frightened him to no end. He had refused to let himself grow at all since that night.

However, the idea of playing out scenes from one of his favourite movies did appeal to him, his parents had found many movies that featured really big people or really small people, all in an attempt to put Luke at ease and feel a little less like a freak. His favourites so far had been ‘The Borrowers’, ‘The Iron Giant’ and of course ‘Gulliver’s Travels’ where the main character experiences what it’s like to be a giant and also be doll sized.

He looked down at his little sister, her honey brown eyes big and pleading, if there had been any doubt before, it was slashed now, he smiled at her and she screamed with joy, grabbing his hand she pulled him fiercely into the paddock behind the house.

“Okay you get big, I’m gonna get my dress-ups!” Ivy sprinted toward the house, flying right by her parents and immediately digging through her dress up box until she found a few outfits she deemed appropriate for their game.

Meanwhile the nervous ten year old boy stood in the middle of the paddock with his eyes closed willing himself to become big. This was a difficult task when all his instincts were telling him that it would be too dangerous to grow around his little sister.

Eventually Luke was able to clear his mind, taking deep breathes just like his mum had shown him and before he knew it the world was shrinking around him. He sat down just as Ivy rounded the side of the house dragging as many reels of rope as her six year old body could manage.

She threw her haul down on the ground with a huff and then looked around before looking up at Luke as though she’d just noticed him there, all 45 feet of him. “Oh good, your ready then!” She smiled energy renewed.

A short time later and with some help from the giant himself, Ivy had successfully created the ‘Discovery on the beach’ scene with Luke loosely tied down to the ground. She’d changed into a pirate costume trying to mimic the style of clothing worn in the movies and now stood on the ‘sleeping’ giant’s’ chest inspecting him with a magnifying glass.

“Where did this beast come from!” Ivy shouted in her best grown man voice and began poking him with the plastic sword she wielded.

Luke lay there, eyes closed, trying his best not to laugh from the tickly sensation of his little sister walking around on his chest and poking him with a sword. There was silence for a little while before Ivy cleared her throat suggestively causing him to open one eye and see what the problem was.

“This is the part where you wake up and roar.” She whispered out of character, gesturing with her hands for him to continue, Luke swallowed nervously.

“Uh, can we skip that part?” Luke asked nervously, he didn’t much feel like imitating a gigantic monster, the part in the movie where Gulliver writhes trying to free himself, scaring the Lilliputians around him and shouting loudly.

“No!” Ivy insisted, Luke sighed closing his eyes once more and getting back into character.

Luke began to wriggle, causing Ivy to loose her footing, she giggled with excitement. “The beast is waking!” She cried. Luke opened his eyes scanning the area around him in pretend astonishment at the little people who were not there, his eyes then landing on a miniscule Ivy sprawled on his chest with wide eyes before he opened his mouth and roared.

“AHHHHHHHH!”

His shout could be heard for miles, it reverberated through the ground and Ivy covered her ears while smiling widely, she was so happy that her brother was committing fully to the game.

Their parents on the other hand, shot up from their seats within the house, the windows rattled with the shout coming from what could only be their giant-sized son. Karly exchanged concerned looks with her husband before they both ran out the door and rounded the corner of the house and then came to a sudden stop to take in the scene before them.

“The beast is waking!!!” Ivy screamed before clambering down her brother’s side and landing with an ‘oof’ on the ground below, both children then noticed their parents staring wide eyed at them.

“We were just-“Luke began to try to explain but his father cut him off, shaking his head out of his stupor and stormed toward the tied down giant waving an accusing finger at him.

“Who and what are you! And how did you come to find Lilliput! Did the Bigenders send you!!” David quickly picked up a king’s crown from Ivy’s pile of dress-ups and slung it on his head, taking on a kingly stance as he stood before his son’s large ocean blue eyes.

Ivy practically beamed with joy as her father enthusiastically joined in the game and Luke supressed a laugh at his father’s comical expression. Luke had to fight to keep his own face straight before changing to one of surprise and wonder as Gulliver stared down at the little people by his head.

“I’m Luke Gulliver sir, I’m afraid I don’t know how I got here, but might I ask? Who are you?” Gulliver asked.

The king stamped his feet dramatically in disgrace. “Why I’m the King of Lilliput!”

“Your highness what do we do with him?” Ivy asked still pretending to be one of the soldiers who’d found the giant.

“Perhaps he could help us win the war with the Bigenders my king?” Karly said standing beside her husband and taking his arm as his Queen and joining in on the game with her children.

The game continued as the king and queen welcomed Gulliver into their palace to share a feast and drink to celebrate their agreement in taking down the Bigenders once and for all. Ivy changed costumes to take her place as the princess of the palace, as Karly and David pretended to serve Luke gigantic meals and barrels of drink they didn’t notice that their youngest and fearless daughter had found a ladder and climbed the roof of their house.

“Fire Fire! Please someone save me!” Ivy shouted as she clung to the chimney of the roof, all eyes darted to her, and her mother let out a very much not pretend cry of alarm.

“Ivy Michelle Wright! Get down from there right now!” Her mother yelled both in anger and concern for her daughter.

Ivy promptly ignored her though. “How will I escape this fire! Help!” She continued to shout insisting on continuing the game.

Luke astonished by his sister’s bravery looked down at the roof, his hand hovering nearby just in case, this seemed to put his parents at ease at least a little bit. Luke smiled through a grimace and leaned down to whisper to his sister, out of character for a moment. “I’m not gonna pee on the house.” He laughed.

Ivy giggled and shook her head, that part in the movie was so funny but would not be necessary today, all she wanted was to simply be rescued from atop her tall tower.

“I’ll save you!” Luke Gulliver cried and proceeded to throw handfuls of make-believe water onto the house, before his hand approached his little sister grasping her gently in a fist and lowering her down next to their father.

“You saved our dear Princess how will we ever repay you!” The King cried and fiercely hugged the little princess, meanwhile Karly also joined in with the hug whispering into Ivy’s ear. “Please don’t ever do that again.”

Ivy nodded and hugged her mother back, she hadn’t meant to scare anyone, she’d only wanted to make the game more realistic.

Luke’s stomach ruined the moment as it gave a loud growl, and he held it trying to muffle the sound while his cheeks flushed red in embarrassment. The thing about being a giant meant everything was amplified and he could hide nothing. Ivy giggled and his mother raised an eyebrow at him. “Hmm, perhaps we should pause the game for now and have a real feast, huh? I’ll get some sandwiches ready.” She gave her family a soft smile before heading back toward the house with Ivy trailing behind her.

Luke concentrated for a moment, finding it easier to shrink back to normal after spending a few hours being big. When he opened his eyes, he found comfort in looking up at his father who proceeded to hug him tightly.

“You’re a good brother, you know that?” David said gently and pushed the curls away from his son’s face.

“Thanks Dad, and um thanks for playing with us too! It’s nice not to be the only one playing these games with Ivy.” Luke smiled shyly, his cheeks still flushed.

“She’s lucky to have a brother who can act out her games so well, just do me a favour and discourage her from climbing the roof ever again.” He ruffled his son’s hair and they both made their way inside for a well-earned break.

Just another normal Saturday for the Wright family.

I hope you enjoyed this one, I really love writing about Luke and Ivy as kids, they are just so cute! Thank you so much for the prompt, I hope it was as fun to read as it was to write! All suggestions and ideas are welcome!

[wisteriasymphony]

I am desperately obsessed with the ozybath au... How did Sabbath come into ownership of her miraculous? (I can't remember if you mentioned it or not XD)

Master Fu gave it to her directly! Claudia just happened to be at the right place at the right time.

I've debated whether or not a spurned /envious Marinette would fit as an antagonist, but since I'm undecided let's just say that nobody knows that Marinette was an initial candidate before Claudia stole the show.

Specifically, it was an incident where Claudia stood up for Master Fu when he was being harassed by a ticket collector on the bus... extreme usage of curses included. But hey, the other kid didn't seem very confident, and maybe having a more brash holder would be a better compliment, right?

Plagg and Claudia have a generally okay relationship, though Claudia's initial inability to get him any Camembert strains it a little. Their shared love of goofing off means Sabbath is rarely ever serious on the battlefield—Of course, instead of puns, it's all juvenile penis humor and helicopter-dicking her staff around.

As for why Sabbath is like this, it relates back to her core trait of being a provocateur. (Whenever she's flirtatious, teasing, sarcastic... all of those Claudia behaviors are related to the provocateur-ness.) Not that she's given an outlet where she's effectively anonymous, Claudia is much more likely to say stuff she knows will get on people's nerves, and... well, Ozymandias comes off as a massive prude.

(As for more Doylistic reasonings, it's meant to be A. a few degrees to the left of Chat Noir's flirtatious behavior and B. a spoof on the "bad nun" concept where her sinfulness isn't related in any way to being sexy, just being annoyingly crude)

Of course, Sabbath will inevitably have her moments of Candor around Oz, and will reel it back in when her boss is in actual danger (as Oz is physically rather helpless). In fact, shame over not taking things seriously enough and accidentally putting Ozymandias in dangers is why she reinvents herself as the quiet, well-mannered Sœur Velour.

[glennk56]

Dennis Burkley was born in Van Nuys, California in 1945 and brought up in Texas. He married his lifetime wife Laura when he was 22 years old.  He passed away in 2013 at the age of 67. I remember first seeing him on TV as Mac, 6 foot 3, big and fat and delicious on Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, which became Fernwood Forever. These were spoofs of the daytime Soap Operas. These shows ran after primetime at night. Norman Lear was the Executive Producer.

The next series I remember him from was Sanford with Redd Foxx. He played Cal. He was the unlikely replacement for Demond Wilson after Wilson left Sanford & Son in a contract dispute.

 Dennis Burkley in the 1970s (Part 1)

Dennis’s first on-screen appearance was on the long-running anthology series Insight. He appeared in an episode called Graduation Day in 1972 when he was still 26 years old. His job was to laugh as Bernie Kopell goofed on a waitress. He is barely recognizable here as the long-haired, chubby young man he was. There will be many poor quality photos. I apologize in advance.

His next appearance was in the independent film Bummer in 1973, where he plays Butts, a member of a rock band who drinks too much and rapes two groupies. This was an important role for someone with little film experience.

He also appeared in an episode of Emergency! In an uncredited role in 1973. This was the first of many times he would play a biker. (no photo)

In 1974, Dennis Burkley appeared in Nightmare Honeymoon (poor quality photos above) as Bubba, a member of the bride’s oddball family. He also appeared in an episode of Police Story, a TV Movie, The Law and the pilot episode of the failed series The Texas Wheelers. In 1975, his only role was uncredited, as a bartender in an episode of Kojak.

Dennis Burkley makes up for his slow 1975 with 10 credits in 1976

In 1976: Dennis plays a pro wrestler in an episode of Starsky and Hutch.

He plays a bike shop owner in an episode of Family.

He appears in the Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jeff Bridges and Sally Field film Stay Hungry.

He is a gold prospector in the TV Movie The Call of the Wild

He plays a trucker with the handle of Big Mama in an episode of McCloud.

He is a combative Private in the MiniSeries, Once an Eagle.

He plays a thug on The Rockford Files.

And he is in an episodes of Maude and One Day at a Time and his first episode of Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman.(no photos)

[sketch-twentytwo]

"EXTRA EXTRA! Get the latest issue of the Treehouse Tribune™!"

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The mad lad himself, George Beard! I've been thinking about this kid a lot in this AU and I'm switching things up a bit.

George is the notorious school prankster but he covers up his tracks well. Many teachers and students assume it's him, because duh, but without proof he can't be punished for the campus wide goofs and gaffs.

George credits the pranks to an entity known as 80-HD (going for a Banksy vibe) and 80-HD is beloved by students who view him as a school urban legend.

Mr. Krupp is 98% sure that George is 80-HD but can't do much about it other than try to keep a close eye on him. He CAN, however, give George detention for his makeshift newspaper, the Treehouse Tribune.

See, without Harold to draw comics with him, George needed an outlet to funnel his creative writing skills. So he made a fake newspaper with made up stories, spoof articles, and a hokey advice column à la Mad Magazine but PG and less political.

Since I'm keeping the characters strengths and weaknesses, George doesn't dare try to draw anything as he doesn't think he's very good. Instead, he has taken up a photography elective to help with his newspaper.

Krupp can punish George for the newspaper distribution and George often ends up having to spend lunch in the principle's office, something he has long gotten used to over the last 4-5 years. In this time, I think Krupp has grown a reluctant soft spot for the young lad, as despite all his pranks, goofs, and silly nature, George hasn't made any real friends at Jerome Horwitz.

George is beloved by students, but not liked by students. He's a 9-10 year old in the 7th grade. Kids in his grade either think he's too immature or are jealous that he skipped so many grades, while kids his age are either intimidated by his grade (because grade politics were a thing in American elementary school) or don't want to associate with him on a personal level.

His antics are admired, but rarely does anyone want to help/share credit/notoriety with him.

He's kinda lonely.

The most OOC thing about Krupp in this AU might be that he feels bad for George. I imagine that, underneath all his mean, principle demeanor, Krupp doesn't actually want to expel George, but rather wants to help him succeed academically. (In the movie, all he did was separate George and Harold, not expel them, cuz they were 9-10 years old!)

So yeah. George is cool, fun, and wacky, but he's lonely and eats lunch with the school principle.

That is...until he formally befriends Harold Hutchins and, reluctantly, Melvin Sneedly.

[carriershoukaku]

This is not advice this is about me. But getting over the strong sense of justice that came as a symptom of my tism made me feel more at peace with myself and made me realize not everything is an argument and you don't need to constantly justify yourself. The stress I get from seeing something that would provoke that is non-existent for me. Everything is a goof and a spoof.

[markatoto]

if kirby inhales weed will he become weed ? is thst why nightmare blunt scanario?

kirby would not become weed, kirby would simply get very high. and kirby has gotten high before and its absolutely devastating. no, this is not a joke. i'm not doing a bit, or a skit, or a spoof, or any kind of goof. kirby has gotten high in official canon, specifically in an episode of the anime, where he eats an ingredient that has him entered, and i quote, "a drugged state". he starts imagining people as food and i'm sure you can already tell from there how bad that would be for everyone.