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The Weekly Six – 8.27.10

August 27th, 2010 - Weekly Six - 4 Comments »

1. Favorite Video – Gregory Brothers’ Mommy & Daddy Song*

4. Favorite Useless Feat – Solving a Rubik’s Cube while skydiving in a raft

3. Favorite Upcoming Movie – Waiting for Superman

4. Favorite Most Absurd Thing I’ve Seen in 2010 – This (thanks @dalycho)

5. Favorite Website – 0 Views

6. Favorite Show I Probably Won’t Have Access To – An Idiot Abroad (a documentary of Karl Pilkington, created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant)

*In case you haven’t noticed, The Gregory Brothers get an automatic pass into The Weekly Six.

  • rebekah

    My new favorite phrase is now "What a useless round headed twonk"

  • dustinuga

    #4 – I wanted to stop watching, but I just… couldn't… press… stop.

  • http://www.tylertarver.com Tyler Tarver

    I used to listen to Gervais & Co.'s podcasts a few summers ago. Pilkington has got to be one of the most amazingly perfect people to hear talk about anything. Even bought his book "Happyslapped by a Jellyfish." It was about like you'd expect.

    One of my favorite theories of his is about how women should have babies in their 80s so when they die they can be reborn and live their life with the knowledge of an 80 year old woman.

    Or that they should bring back dinosaurs to kill people because London is too overpopulated which makes his flat too expensive.

    Good Stuff.

  • http://andnowforthevows.com Thigpen

    #4 was strange. Thanks (I guess).

    Regarding #3, though, I do have a substantive comment. Yesterday, 45 classmates and I met for three hours with Vicki Phillips, Director of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's education arm called College Ready. She's one of the most influential figures in education today; her organization gives away ~$250 million yearly to U.S. public education. She's already seen the film and has offered a warning – it is an important film, but it is selective and incomplete. In particular, it positions Randi Weingarten, President of the United Teachers Federation, as the face of all that is wrong with teacher unions in the U.S. In truth, Randi is one of our country's greatest reformers.

    Just wanted to offer a heads up.