You Will Hear Bruno Mars' New Song As Incessantly As "Uptown Funk"

Bruno Mars has a new song that you will hear
constantly for the next year. Be forewarned.  

Unless  you've been living alone in a cave for the last decade, you've probably heard all you can possibly hear of the Bruno Mars song "Uptown Funk"

It's been played at every possible party, wedding reception and warm up event, and it's been parodied and copied a million times online.  

Now Mars has a new song called "24K Magic."

I guarantee it will do just the same as "Uptown Funk." It will inspire lots of Internet parodies, and yes, be played at every party and wedding reception for the next decade.

"24K Magic" is a good song, and for most of us, it's too soon to be sick of it yet. In case you  haven't heard it yet, here ya go:

Hilarious Pop Culture Collision: Breaking Bad and Miley Cyrus

Somebody named Sam Barnett on YouTube just made an inspired pop culture mashup of two of the biggest, frivolous things going on out there now.

Hank from "Breaking Bad" appearing not
to enjoy Miley Cyrus' performance  

As most of us know, "Breaking Bad" is probably the most talked about television series out there now.

On Sunday's episode of "Breaking Bad" there was an incredibly pivotal scene that I won't describe much in case you haven't seen it yet and want to.

Anyway, two characters from "Breaking Bad," Hank and Marie, were watching something shocking and horrifying. That's one part of the mashup.

Another shocking and horrifying thing going on Sunday was the Great Miley Cyrus Crisis of 2013, in which, as we all know, involved her, um, saucy performance at the Video Music Awards.

So, on YouTube, somebody decided to mash up the two most talked about pop culture moments of the week. It's pretty hysterical. Watch:

Poll says Congress is worse than Ebola and the Kardashians

Apparently, Congress is worse than root canals, traffic jams, colonoscopies, cockroaches and Nickelback, but better than telemarketers,  the ebola virus, communism, North Korea, playground bullies and Lindsay Lohan.

That's the result of a strange public opinion poll is making the rounds today from Public Policy Polling.

Are some of the people who work here worse than
the Kardashians?

We all know that Congress has a low public approval rating, hovering in the 8 to 10 percent range. (Who are the people who like the job Congress is doing?)

I wonder why Public Policy picked the items that could be better or worse than Congress, but I suppose they're worth pondering for a moment.

Let's start with things that are better than Congress, according to the poll:

Root canals and colonoscopies: I can see how they might be better. You're either drugged or knocked out when experiencing these. You need drugs to watch the news about Congress, so this all makes sense.

Cockroaches: It's fairly easy to get an exterminator to rid a home or business of cockroaches. Some incumbent Congress people who seem, well, spectacularly stupid seem to keep getting re-elected, so it is harder to get rid of them. So I get this.

Traffic jams: At least you can listen to decent music or something while stuck. Congressional debate isn't exactly melodious, so this makes sense, too.

Nickleback: Why do people so vicerallly hate this band, yet they sell so many records and get such crowds at their concerts?  To me, Nickleback is a bit boring and I'm not a fan, but I've heard much worse. So yes, Nickleback is better than Congress.

Now let's move on to things the public thinks, at least for now, are worse than Congress.

Ebola: You usually die of that, and Congress doesn't kill everybody, so Congress does have the edge here.

Telemarketers: I don't know. Congressional campaigns are not subject to the Do Not Call list, so they can robocall you with impunity during election season. Telemarketers can be stopped if they call Do Not Call numbers, so I think Congress is worse here.

Playground bullies: But aren't some members of Congress playground bullies? Let's call this one a tie.

Fidel Castro. A tyrant, worse than Congress. And Fidel's long winded speeches are far worse than anything the likes of Michelle Bachmann can come up with. So yes, Fidel is worse.

North Korea: The country's leaders are about as bad as they can come, and they kill people who criticize them. At least Congress won't kill me for criticizing them here. At least I hope not.

The Kardashians: They're just as tiresome as Congress. Call this one another tie.

So, readers, what things do YOU think are either better or worse than Congress? I welcome your suggestions.

Cheerleaders vs. U.S. Soldiers in "Call Me Maybe"

Yes, I know we still haven't recovered from having to listen to Carly Rae Jepsen's big 2012 hit "Call Me Maybe," that pop song that was forced fed to us, at minimum, 24,567,194,301,239,399 times a day.

There were almost that many lip sync or parody versions of that song on YouTube. But I did like one.

The Miami Dolphins Cheerleaders did a version, full of bikinis and perfect teeth and big boobs and seductive smiles. That's not the video that was so much fun to me.

The fun one was a group of soldiers in Afghanistan who decided to mimic the Miami Dolphins Cheerleader version move for move.

Here's a video that compares the two simultaneously.  It's goofy and stupid, but I found it fun. I hope   you do, too.

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Should I Be Ashamed That I'd Already Seen the Top 50 Viral Videos of 2012?

I discovered to my horror that in one respect, at least, I've become one of those people who live their life entirely on line.

I say this after noticing one of those  "Let's Look Back at 2012" items came out, and it was the 50 best viral videos of 2012. The scary thing: I'd seen all but maybe three or four of them over the course of the last 12 months.

A still from one of the top YouTube videos of 2012:
A duckling going for a jog with its friend, a guy

There they were. The talkers  I'd come to know and love. The frumpy middle aged woman who witnessed a fire and described the scene to the local news team. Or more precisely, described how the cleaning guy had seen her tits.

There were the twin babies bopping along to their dads' guitar playing. The woman who didn't know how long it would take to go 80 miles if she was traveling at 80 mph. the dog on the trampoline, the cat on a turntable, the duckling running, DMX singing "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer," the ghost in the elevator. All of 'em.

Gawd, that list looks like the rantings of a madman, no?

All this means I spend wayyyyy too much time on line. And I probably will in 2013, too.

Now I'll show you the 50 Best Viral Video video, which shows little snippets of the popular items.

How many of them did YOU see during 2012?