The Red Wedding Gets Yakety Saxed
March 1, 2014 6:16 AM Subscribe
The Red Wedding Gets Yakety Saxed, proving once again that adding Benny Hill to anything makes it funny. (SLYT)
Warning: contains Game of Thrones Season 3 spoiler.
Warning: contains Game of Thrones Season 3 spoiler.
This post was deleted for the following reason: This was kind of slight to begin with and people are really not loving the combo. -- LobsterMitten
It's not just the "Yakkity Sax" that makes it funny. It's how the video is sped up and how you occasionally reverse the action for a moment, accompanied by a slide whistle sound effect.
posted by Bromius at 6:35 AM on March 1, 2014
posted by Bromius at 6:35 AM on March 1, 2014
Yeah, no, I don't think this is funny. Speeding up the video, adjusting the speed and doing back and forth loops to the time of the music- THAT could be funny. As it is, it's still incredibly brutal but without any wit to transform it, and it's the editing that contains the wit, not simply layering an "instant funny!" song over it.
posted by Pope Guilty at 6:37 AM on March 1, 2014
posted by Pope Guilty at 6:37 AM on March 1, 2014
For example, a guy gets shanked and falls to the ground. To make that funny, you'd edit it so he hits the ground at the end of a phrase that comes just before a series of short phrases or up-and-down bits (I know nothing of musical theory, as anybody who's heard my efforts with a DAW will tell you), and then have him bounce up and fall back down again, forward-back-forward-back, in rapid succession in sync with the music.
But that would take wit, and effort.
posted by Pope Guilty at 6:39 AM on March 1, 2014
But that would take wit, and effort.
posted by Pope Guilty at 6:39 AM on March 1, 2014
I assume you're referring to tribute.avi, angrycat?
posted by Pope Guilty at 6:58 AM on March 1, 2014
posted by Pope Guilty at 6:58 AM on March 1, 2014
The 9/11 Yackety Sax is funny because you don't actually see anyone die; you can imagine an alternate universe where the towers were empty and oh geez someone pressed the detonate button too early!
You can't do that when you see a pregnant woman get shived in the stomach.
On preview: what angrycat said.
posted by benbenson at 7:24 AM on March 1, 2014
You can't do that when you see a pregnant woman get shived in the stomach.
On preview: what angrycat said.
posted by benbenson at 7:24 AM on March 1, 2014
still not funny.
posted by infinitewindow at 7:26 AM on March 1, 2014
posted by infinitewindow at 7:26 AM on March 1, 2014
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