Brain Malow of sciencecomedian.com likes to tell science jokes. He was seen on Fora.tv as part of Wonderfest 2009. He’s on YouTube here, here, here, and on the Late Show with Craig Ferguson.
Another science comedian is Norm Goldbaltt as seen on fora.tv.
Tim Lee is a scientist who became a comedian and will actually sometimes use Powerpoint in his comedy as seen here and here.
The novel “One Day” by David Nicholls gives us a glimpse of the friendship between Emma and Dexter over a 20 year span from 1988 to 2008. We see a snapshot of their lives on July 15th (St. Swithin Day) of each year.
The friendship starts right after graduation and continues into their mid-lives. In a sense, this is a coming of age story. We see how both of them change and their perspective in life changes as they progress through life stages.
Like any relationship, there are its ups and down. Half-way through the book one can’t help but root for them to get together. Will they always be “just friends”? Or will they ever get married, have kids, and live happily ever after? Even at halfway through the book, we do not know. It is this need to know — to see what become of them — that propels us to the end of the book.
So I will not ruin the story for you by telling you what happens. Just read or book or buy the DVD. A movie released in 2011 is based on this book starring Anne Hathaway as Emma and Jim Sturgess as Dexter.
Here is the DVD …
Here is a funny video on theOnion.com of a parody of how NASA scientists attempts to meet a girl in a laundry mat.
Want to know what a baby does all day? Well, here is a time-elapsed video of 4 hours of 9-month old baby at play squeezed into 2 minutes.
Science function writer and satirist Douglas Adams gave this humorous talk…
But it has a serious message about conservation of our planet. He talks about his adventures tracking down exotic animals and what he learned from them.
This toy is exactly as it says. They are balls of magnets – 216 of them. But they stick together into a cube. You can form and shape them.
Paul Nicklen gave a Ted talk in 2011 where he showed this beautiful slideshow of an Antarctic animals set to music which includes some great shots of a rare white bear. He also got some great shots of leopard seals when he got into the water with them. Besides having very beautiful photographs, the talk also has some humor in it. But the main point of the talk is to generate awareness of the global warming problem and its danger to the wildlife that inhabits the icy world. You also see a photograph of a dead polar bear.
An humor email shows some photographs of a building? You can see this email on hoax-slayer.com. But is it an office building or a prison? It turns out to be a prison. Then there are some funny comparison between work and prison.
Rick Mitchell does a stand-up comedy act talking about working in retail. You can see that clip and his other clips on EffinFunny.com
Hayley Westenra was seen on PBS’s “Great Performances” of her live concert in New Zealand. You can hear more samples as well as see some video on her official website HayleyWestenra.com.
Her album Pure has some great songs on it — especially the songs Never Say Goodbye and Who Painted the Moon Black. Beat of Your Heart is quite good too. You can see the lyrics to the songs on this album here.
Watch her here in these two music videos on Yahoo…
Pokarekare Ana (Come Back To Me) is very Hawaiian.
Both Sides Now is more traditional.
More samples available on amazon.
There is even a book about her titled Hayley Westenra: World At Her Feet.
See interview of Hayley and clips of her performance in Ulysses, a Iris pub in lower Manhattan New York.