Funniest Real Men of Genius of All Time

I'm starting to enjoy the concept of the Joe Biden Vice Presidency. He sort of exists for our amusement but nothing substantive, like the harmless, relatively dumb, and useless sidekick from a an old sitcom. He's like Larry on Three's Company, or maybe Ralph Malph from Happy Days (which makes Obama either Richie or the Fonz -- I'm voting for the latter, mostly so I can start trying to figure out ways to make money running a "When Did Obama Jump The Shark?" contest). Of course, the fact that I'm describing the man who's second in line to the Presidency as Ralph Malph should frighten everyone (then again, the casting parallel could easily extend to Harry Reid as Potzie).

But hey, Joe's existence lets us enjoy stuff like this.

TV Nostalgia of the Day

A new series, inspired by loyal reader ST. These are the moments of television past that YouTube was designed to bring back to us.

Growing up, I was too young to realize just how silly Happy Days was, even though I watched it every week (along with Laverne and Shirley and Three's Company, this was a powerhouse Tuesday night TV block on ABC... which explains why so many people are convinced the entire country was stoned in the late 1970's). Still, as a little kid, I thought the Fonz rocked -- keep in mind, I was speaking limited English at the time, so the Fonz was helping develop my vocabulary, and it was pretty easy to follow a guy who kept it simple.

The moment below is the iconic one that spawned the phrase. I only have one question -- is it dumb that the Fonz waterskiing to jump over a shark, or that he's still wearing the leather jacket?



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