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Sunday, June 21, 2009

News Required Viewing

Posted by Dan Savage on Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 8:55 AM

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HA! Thanks Dan!!!

ps Happy Father's Day ~

Posted by mr. herriman on June 21, 2009 at 9:12 AM

I really hate the girl in these things.

Posted by The CHZA on June 21, 2009 at 9:14 AM

I love Auto-Tune the News. Why haven't these guys found themselves a TV deal yet?

Posted by eatingpasteversussniffinggluethegreatdilemma on June 21, 2009 at 9:22 AM

oh they did #5!!! i was wondering when a new one would come out. I find the guy with the glasses fucking cute as hell

Posted by apres_moi on June 21, 2009 at 9:34 AM

Beyond brilliant! Happy Father's Day to you and your partner, Dan.

Posted by AbelToLeap on June 21, 2009 at 9:37 AM

Dude. What were you smoking? lol
Hope you and your husband have a great Father's Day.

Posted by Calisuni on June 21, 2009 at 10:16 AM

Happy Father's Day. Have the kid make some quiche!

Also, I wish that all TV news was like this.

Posted by The Cap'n on June 21, 2009 at 10:19 AM

Grrr - I can't get the link to work. Can anyone give me the addy? And Happy Fathers Day to you and Terry, Dan - I hope the kid appreciates you.

Posted by Schweighsr on June 21, 2009 at 10:47 AM

Gaaahhh! I loved that... and Happy Father's day to Dan and Terry and all the dads, but especially all the gay dads this year. Know that you're awesome.

Posted by Irena on June 21, 2009 at 11:22 AM

Thanks for the laugh. Happy Father's Day to all the dads reading slog, and to you too, Dan and Terry.

8: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eooXNd0h…

Posted by kim in portland

on June 21, 2009 at 11:27 AM

@2 Sexist.

Am I sad if I play all the Autotune the News almost daily and know all the words?

Posted by Max Power on June 21, 2009 at 11:29 AM

that made my brain feel funny

Posted by stephanie says on June 21, 2009 at 12:04 PM

That girl seems like she's straight out of music theater class.

Posted by UberAlles on June 21, 2009 at 3:11 PM

The girl is great! Though her best line was in #1: "Yeah! Forget about the jets; use our super-soakers, get al-Qaeda wet."

Posted by the guys are all hot though on June 21, 2009 at 3:47 PM

I love the fuck out of these guys. Glad to know I'm not alone (my friends and partner hate them...more specifically the frequency with which I play them).

Posted by BombasticMO

on June 21, 2009 at 7:48 PM

I think I can hear Laurie Anderson's heart beating from all the way across the internet.

Posted by jnonymous on June 21, 2009 at 8:02 PM

@11

Fuck off. I hate her because she has that annoying "I CAN SING LISTEN TO ME I'M GOING TO BE A STAR" vibe, not because she's female.

Posted by The CHZA on June 21, 2009 at 10:10 PM

Well done, Dan!

@16: Auch interessant!

Posted by Amelia on June 21, 2009 at 11:24 PM

Words cannot express just how stupid this is.

That said, I'd so do the redhead at 2:20.

Posted by Frank Sinclair on June 22, 2009 at 1:13 AM

Dan, I'd like to request that you please give a bit more context for these "Required Viewing" pieces.
Due to time constraints and bandwidth I have to be selective what videos I watch at both home and work. It would be very helpful to know beforehand if it's actually useful political information (and what topic it is, "Auto-tune the news #5: lettuce regulation", what?), or something just goofy, like this was.
.38 secs wasted figuring out it wasn't actually required viewing.

Posted by treacle on June 22, 2009 at 2:33 AM

Thank you Kim in Portland @ 10!

Posted by Schweighsr on June 22, 2009 at 8:46 AM

Has this been posted yet to the Slog:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tIVQznX-…

@20, this isn't required viewing.

@ everyone else, it is highly complimentary.

Posted by Hannah on June 22, 2009 at 9:08 AM

thanks for reminding us what a bunch of fucking outright liars politicians can be. "it's the smoke" ha! does a lettuce leaf have multiple lethal chemicals added to it at the lettuce-cigarette factory? doucheboat.

Posted by ellarosa on June 22, 2009 at 9:37 AM