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Have some Christmas weirdness

And if you liked that (and only if you liked that):

If you didn’t like that, you’re probably going WTF??? about now. Well, to each his own.

The other night, I watched the full-length feature that grew out of these strange little shorts. And I tell you, if you (like me, apparently) have a completely sick taste for really weird, never-cracks-a-smile, dour Finnish black humor and you think there’s not enough red in Christmas — this could be your new, guaranteed non-Jolly holiday tradition.

Did I mention that it’s dour Finnish redneck black humor?

17 Comments

  1. susan
    susan December 6, 2012 7:46 am

    Wow. I looooved it! So wierd!

  2. Claire
    Claire December 6, 2012 8:12 am

    Ohgood. I’m glad somebody around here shares a taste for deadpan weirdness. 🙂

  3. Joel
    Joel December 6, 2012 8:20 am

    “We believe in you, and wish you were safe.” Heh.

    I like Finnish redneck black humor. It’s like American redneck black humor, but quieter and with better production values.

  4. Joel
    Joel December 6, 2012 8:20 am

    And fewer fart jokes.

  5. Laird
    Laird December 6, 2012 9:13 am

    Well, that was, um, odd. Did you read the “disclaimers” at the end of the second (longer) one? “The events in this photoplay are real . . . . Dozens of Father Christmases were seriously hurt during the filming of this teleplay . . . .” They know how to push all the right buttons!

  6. Mike
    Mike December 6, 2012 9:26 am

    Epic.

    I hope, one day, to be able to afford a guided Father Christmas hunt. 😉

  7. EN
    EN December 6, 2012 10:34 am

    Loved the second one. Great execution scene with the child as bait. Doesn’t get any better.

  8. A.G.
    A.G. December 6, 2012 11:13 am

    The first video bears a striking resemblance to The Dove’s and my initial courtship, and the training I am undergoing.
    “SOILED SOCKS GO IN HAMPER!” [SMACK]

  9. leonard
    leonard December 6, 2012 12:15 pm

    My kind of humor. Thanks for the laughs.

  10. The Infamous Oregon Lawhobbit
    The Infamous Oregon Lawhobbit December 6, 2012 12:34 pm

    Oh. My. Gawd.

    I cannot believe it.

    Once I got to the “product preparation” portion, there could be no doubt in my mind – the essence was perfect!

    JIM BOVARD IS ACTUALLY A FATHER CHRISTMAS!!!!!

    *****

    Wonderful find, Claire, thanks!!

  11. LarryA
    LarryA December 6, 2012 12:56 pm

    What is it about Finland that it produces the same kind of humor as a rape crisis agency?

  12. Johnathan
    Johnathan December 6, 2012 1:01 pm

    I once spent a week and a half in Finland, some of which was in a remote cabin on a lake way up north of the Arctic Circle in Lapland.

    The reindeer meat tasted really good, but I’ll never again be able to look a child in the eye at Christmas time.

  13. Jim Bovard
    Jim Bovard December 6, 2012 1:11 pm

    LawHobbit, thanks for the heads-up. I finally have an excuse to revise my resume.

  14. The Infamous Oregon Lawhobbit
    The Infamous Oregon Lawhobbit December 6, 2012 1:15 pm

    Yep, once you’re out of the Christmas Closet, you can never go back.

  15. Claire
    Claire December 6, 2012 2:56 pm

    Kent — Now there’s an oldie-but-goodie. And yep — more Christmas weirdness!

  16. ILTim
    ILTim December 6, 2012 5:56 pm

    That was REFRESHING!! Lol, I definately like the offbeat stuff. That was a good laugh a lovely little mock of the PC ‘do and say as we all think someone else thinks is appropriate and calming’ shtick.

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