A little bit of culture for your Friday viewing. Introducing ballet master Rudolph Nureyev and Swine Lake via "The Muppet Show."
Three minutes of parody and hilarity!

The music...the audience...the joy of the performers....
Hope you have a big smile on your face.

Please watch this wonderful and inspirational video. While it isn't "funny" it made me smile.

Below is a trailer for "Landfill Harmonic" an upcoming feature-length documentary about a remarkable orchestra from a remote village in Paraguay, where its young musicians play with instruments made from trash.

Landfill Harmonic movie teaser from Landfill Harmonic on Vimeo.

Unrelated to the …

Every once in a while it is "fun" to do more than laugh. Instead we can revel in the beauty of God's creation.

Enjoy this incredible time-lapse study of the leaves turning in Central Park. Less than three minutes long.

Fall from jamie scott on Vimeo.

You may have seen some of the “Gangnam Style” song parodies that are all over the Internet. (By the way, the original Gangnam Style video is now the most watched YouTube video of all time with over 830 million views...since July.)

Recently the cast of Arizona Broadway Theatre's "Oklahoma," where my daughter Fiona is performing, just released their version called “Oklahoma Style.”

Be sure …

It is likely you have seen the various parodies of the infamous scene of Hitler in a bunker in a rage. Because the clip is in German many people have had fun putting in their own English subtitles.

Today's Fun Friday is the same scene, but this time Hitler is a frustrated author in a rage over the pending merger of Random House and Penguin.

The last subtitle is  perfect.