New obsession alert: last week's 20/20 on transgendered kids was nothing short of a classic. On one hand, you have the three trans kids and their families -- it's pretty amazing what these people are willing to face to be themselves. I know it's very 20/20 of me to say this, but they're pretty damn inspiring.
On the other hand, you have deteriorating mastermind Barbara Walters, who spends the entire show gunning for either a Peabody or a guffaw -- it's hard to tell. Whether she's repeating "The girl with the dick" (I mean, Barbara Walters just said "dick!!!"), calling everything she sees "pretty" (including the female-to-male!) or saying certain words the way that only she can ("Riley!"), the old broad brings a needed sense of comic relief to a subject whose heavy context could otherwise be virtually unbearable. [Barbara Walters voice]Perhaps it is she who is most inspiring of all.[/BWV]
slutmachine (who showed me the special in the first place) and I put our heads together and worked on the video below together. We chose our favorite moments and then assembled a nonsense reel as sort of a tribute for our love of the show. I suppose you could really do this with anything (and I have!), destroying context and looping for hilarity; that we chose to do it to Barbara, though, shows just how special she is. Enjoy.
(Download - this file is way bigger than it should be, but you don't even want to know the journey that it took from sm's TV to this post; I'm amazed that we got it together at all.)
Didn't see the original show, but it's hard to imagine it being any better than your new edit. Why do things some become hilarious when you repeat them (Riley - Mermaids - Gay - Inhale), while it doesn't with others? Favorite part: The "Except, it does" ending.
Posted by: Sarah | May 02, 2007 at 09:49 AM
Oops, I meant "Except it is". It seemed blasphemous to leave those words uncorrected.
Posted by: Sarah | May 02, 2007 at 09:52 AM
oh rich.... i am typing through tears. i totally want to be your friend. "...Except it is." FANTASTIC!!!!!
Posted by: shannon | May 02, 2007 at 09:58 AM
lmao, "except it is." i need to see this entire show!
Posted by: Brittany | May 02, 2007 at 10:26 AM
RILEY! MERMAIDS! GAY!
lmao.
Posted by: Sunny Bunny | May 02, 2007 at 10:30 AM
ROFLMAO
Loved the ending, but perhaps the script should have just been a little more direct:
Girl: "We're normal! I swear!"
BW: "No, pretty dear, you're not."
Posted by: Nino Noir | May 02, 2007 at 10:42 AM
She is getting Trump-ish in her toadlike gaze.
Posted by: moss | May 02, 2007 at 10:57 AM
"icanhavecheesball.jpg"
Hidden brilliance! lolbabs r teh funniez
Posted by: MichaelTLH | May 02, 2007 at 11:21 AM
Must...make...Riley!...mermaids...GAY!...my...new...ring...tone
Posted by: Lea | May 02, 2007 at 11:37 AM
Oh, love the new banner! That movie is on the tip of my tongue, what is it?
Posted by: Lea | May 02, 2007 at 11:38 AM
I want to hear her say "dick."
Posted by: Gitano | May 02, 2007 at 11:51 AM
thanks, i just spit coffee on my keyboard.
Posted by: kasia | May 02, 2007 at 11:57 AM
the face she makes when she says 'a son... who's gay' is totally the original i-can-has-cheezburger-cat face.
Posted by: genus species | May 02, 2007 at 12:18 PM
Geez louise, this remix reaches such great heights of extreme awesomeness!
MERMAIDS!
Posted by: bex | May 02, 2007 at 12:23 PM
Ok, almost wet my pants. I know I'm going to be walking down the street today and just thinking, "mermaids, GAY, Rileeeeeyy!" and laughing to myself.
Posted by: Me | May 02, 2007 at 12:43 PM
omg i am laughing my head off
the closing statement is the best
and i love the ominous "MERMAIDS!".
somebody NEEDS to make a soundboard from this...
Posted by: s | May 02, 2007 at 12:48 PM
penis. DO NOT WANT!
Posted by: george | May 02, 2007 at 12:52 PM
i love the face that Riley gives Babs when Babs tells her that 'She's a pretty girl'
Priceless. Riley??
Posted by: george | May 02, 2007 at 12:54 PM
I was showing your antm daily motion vids to my bf last night when i came across this video. we must have watched it five times over and over. i think you have a new fan...
Posted by: Tiffany | May 02, 2007 at 01:18 PM
Oh my. What timing.
I gave a talk at a conference at the University of Alaska this weekend, and guess who else was on the list of speakers? Juan and Liana, who have appeared on (drum roll) the TYRA SHOW!!
http://tyrashow.warnerbros.com/show_recaps/show_recap_mon84.html
They were completely delightful in person, and gave a great presentation. Juan (formerly Juanita) WAS inspiring. His story illustrates how crazymaking it is to occupy a body that doesn't belong to you. Since much of the rest of the conference focused on body image and disordered eating (my line of research), it was hard not to notice the links between the pathology of walking around in the wrong-sex body (i.e., maler or femaler than it wants to be) and walking around in the wrong-size body (i.e., thinner than it wants to be). The resulting manifestations of stress are remarkably similar.
Anyway, loved your edits, as usual. :-)
Posted by: winterwheat | May 02, 2007 at 01:33 PM
"I hear you have a snake"
Oh Barbara, you inveterate buffoon.
Whoever asked previously: The banner on the homepage is a still from the movie "The Descent". Pretty much after that scene the movie stopped being truly scary and became another generic cheeseball (heh) horror flick.
Posted by: LaSexorcisto | May 02, 2007 at 01:34 PM
Dear Internets,
Prepare for the most clever viral video ever.
That's all.
Love,
Eliot
Posted by: fast_hugs | May 02, 2007 at 01:56 PM
"I hear you have a snake"
Oh, but the way her face lit up when Barbara asked that!
By the way, I left out of my seat upon seeing your banner. Yikes! That was scary enough in the movie.
Posted by: Cedar | May 02, 2007 at 02:03 PM
omg, I just can't even...tell you...how fucking funny that is.
Posted by: Queen Lena | May 02, 2007 at 02:22 PM
Hilarious! You have to love the way her whole face changes when she says, "GAY!"
Posted by: SarahD | May 02, 2007 at 02:35 PM