The World of Joel Szerlip

As I was rushing around getting as much as I could done before the work week I walked upstairs to our family room to find our TV still on CBS after The Masters, it was 60 minutes. I have never been a big fan of 60 Minutes, in fact I can’t remember the last time I watched it. However last night I caught the last few minutes and saw Andy Rooney talking about how fast life goes by. It was was a subtle yet effective reminder that time goes by far to quick. To me its great to have things to look forward to, but don’t loose sight to our great today is.

It’s not very often that I get fully engrossed in a TV show, but since the first episode of The Office I have been hooked. I have watched one of my favorite TV relationships start as friends and work their way up to this episode where they finally tie the knot. Once again The Office shows why it is the best comedy on TV right now because it once again mixed comedy with reality and it was just a fantastic episode. If you haven’t watched the entire episode, go back and watch it. If you have obviously one of the best scenes is when they re-create the famous wedding youtube video with the dancing entrances. Here are both The Office and the Youtube versions. Enjoy!

I hate the Dentist. This kid may hate the Dentist after the drugs wear off and he is old enough to understand how many people have watched him on Youtube. I was on Twitter yesterday and one of the people I followed linked to this video of “David After Dentist” its of this young kid who is still a little drousy after surgery. Some of the things the kid says and does is rather comical and is all in good fun. I hope you enjoy this clip.

Very seldomly on You Tube do I find something that I actually find worthwhile to watch. This video is different, it is very much worth watching. Jenn came home this evening and was like Joel, for once I have a video to make you watch. Yes I make her watch a lot of videos, includes video game videos. So yes she has every right to throw 100 horrible Youtube videos at me. But she didn’t, from her Management class she brought home a video I must have missed during its big arrival. The video is called Did You Know 2.0 and it is worth watching, that is for sure.

I love this video, Jenn a big fan of the Entertainment channel had already seen this video. But I of course saw it on Digg.com, and I can’t help but post it. I love The Price is Right, maybe not with Drew Carrey, but this lady is classic. I guess she was just nervous, but nervous twice, there probably isn’t any excuse.

There is no doubt that Saturday Night Live has seen better days, it has been a long time since I sat down and watched anything to do with SNL. However I remembered that Steve Carell was going to be on this week so I caught some of the skits on Hulu. If you don’t know Hulu is a great video service that plays full episodes for a lot of the shows on NBC and a few other networks. The three skits are in the following order. The Office in Japan, Obama vs. Clinton, and Graduation Commencement Speech. All three I found to be a real pleasure to watch and some good laughs. I especially love the names in the last video of the Commencement Speech, pretty clever. Enjoy them!
1) The Office in Japan

2) Obama vs. Clinton (NBA Playoffs Style)

3) Graduation Commencement Speech

I love watching Tiger Woods play. The man is pure brilliance and it showed again today. I was just eating lunch ready to sit down and study for finals when I remembered Tiger was in the lead at Arnold Palmer’s tournament in Orlando. Of course when Tiger is in the lead you know its going to be a great Sunday! Well it proved to be again! Tiger comes in tied on the 18th looking like he is going to force a playoff. He sticks his shot on the fairway, and sticks his approach on the green. He had a 20+ foot putt, longer the he had made all tournament. But its Tiger Woods and you just got the feeling like he was going to sink it. And sure enough he did.

So I am not sure even what I mean by the title of this post. Basically instead of writing a post today I am going to throw up what I consider to be an extremely funny video. If you haven’t seen this, this guy keeps his eye on the job at hand. After getting thrown into a full front flip which could have landed a lot worse, the reporter stays the course and finishes his out his segment without hesitation. Its a pretty classic video:

So I very rarely stay up late enough to watch the late night shows. I usually will watch Colbert at 10:30 and then hit the sack, but last night I was up finishing a book called Black Hands of Beijing for a Chinese Revolution class that I am taking. Needless to say I wanted to wind down a bit after 4+ hours of reading so I flipped between Leno and Letterman. I am finding more and more that I like Leno a lot better. Letterman just bothers me. Needless to say Leno had two guests I was more inclined to watch which was Bill Cosby and Novak Djokovic the tennis player who beat Federer at the Australian Open. Djokovic for those who don’t follow tennis is actually one of the lighter hearted guys on the tour and actually does some good impressions. However following Cosby last night left him feeling a bit dry.

Getting on to the point of the post, Bill Cosby was on last night, who I consider to be one of the most entertaining people to watch. The man is just funny. My parents saw him do stand-up a few years back and said he wasn’t necessarily running at full speed like he had in the past, but even last night he did a short routine and it really was quite good. It was one of those interviews where you could see Leno was really was a big fan, and the two had a lot of respect for each other. It just reminded me of how much I enjoyed Cosby’s work and made me want to go back and watch some of his earlier material. It was good stuff last night, just what you need after reading a rather long winded book.

Also if you want to watch my favorite part of Cosby’s stand up is his stand-up on going to the Dentist. I for one HATE the Dentist, so this is especially funny for me. Enjoy

I deal with a lot of cash. Not because I am rich, but because I work as a Senior Teller at Bank of America, so its my job to count cash, and count cash quick. I have actually gotten really good at it and could probably work in a Vegas casino if I really wanted to. However I have always found it interesting how everyone has a different way of counting cash. According to this video, I do it in a very American fashion. Enjoy this wonderful video on counting cash, and how it differs between countries.