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With finals around the corner, things can become pretty stressful. Before all-nighters, group projects and final exams leave you feeling exhausted and in much need of entertainment, you might want to check out National Lampoon’s Web site for some refreshing videos.
National Lampoon is known for their hilarious movies and other comedic forms of entertainment. The Web site, http://nationallampoon.com, features videos parodying everyone from Britney Spears to Michael Vick. In one video, a rather large man wearing a rather horrible weave plays Britney Spears in a spoof of The Exorcist where Britney must be exorcized. Based on her behavior, this adaptation is quite fitting. The clips on this site throw in some recent politics in addition to the Britney jokes, which make it appealing to college students.
The Michael Vick commercial parody for a dog food named “Alpro” satires the dog fighting scandal and features comedians from the LEMMINGS comedy troupe. Although I do not think the dog fighting is amusing, the troupe is able to make Vick look like a jerk and sheds some comedic perspective on the case. In addition to these celebrities, one can find videos parodying Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, Pimp My Ride and Transformers. The clips featured on this site are relatively short and funny, although at times it almost seems wrong to laugh. The actors have a way of exaggerating celebrity misfortunes, which in turn makes for an excellent clip to help us escape from reality.
The site also features an abundance of links to other “studying-for-finals procrastination” Web sites. Since National Lampoon targets the college crowd, many of the links pertain to the interests of college students. One of the links titled “College Stories” takes you to a site where users can submit stories of their college experiences. This site is especially amusing because the stories are the types that seem only possible in a freakish nightmares. The stories vary from crazy drinking experiences to awful roommate tales to words of advice to college freshmen. It’s comforting to know that other people are sharing in the pains of university life, and most of the stories are actually pretty funny.
Of course, the site has links to several other sites which are just as humorous, but there are only two more worth mentioning: Little Gamers at http://www.little-gamers.com/ features comic strips about a boy and his friends who happen to be computer gamers. The comic strip is witty and is not exclusive to computer gaming, but largely contains conversation or thoughts that occur to the boy while he plays a video game. The comic’s humor is similar to that of the South Park series. The basic drawings and witty one-liners have won me over.
The other site, ijoke.tv, allows Internet comedians the chance to upload their videotaped comic routines. It is basically a site for creating and sharing video jokes with the chance of the video being featured on National Lampoon’s site. The videos are all organized into categories such as redneck, sick and gross, impressions, stoner and blonde jokes, so it is easy to find the kind of stories you are looking for. While there are some hilarious videos on this site, there are also some duds. This all depends on individual sense of humor, but the site is worth taking a look at.
The National Lampoon site also shows trailers to upcoming movies and offers games such as “beer launching.” The celebrity gossip news, which is in blog format, is also worth reading for up to the minute celebrity information and rumors.
So if you need a chuckle or a break from studying, check it out.

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