"Prop 8 - The Musical": Jack Black, John C. Reilly And More In Funny Or Die Skit (VIDEO)

The hilarious people at "Funny of Die" have put out a new video, "Prop 8 - The Musical." The star-studded participants include Jack Black, Neil Patrick Harris, Margaret Cho, John C. Reilly, Maya Rudolph and many more familiar faces.

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[pangursperson]

I think I just fell in love with Doogie Howser all over again. :-)

[kellygrrrl]

when did you ever fall out?
He is brilliant!!!!!

[pangursperson]

Hmm, good point! Let's say he has just reignited the flame!

[BlackJAC]

Doogie Howser is dead. Long live Barney Stinson!

[EmberzGain]

Barney Stinson is irrelevant! Long Live Dr Horrible!!

[Flagrantlover]

This is hilarious!!!

It may take another few years, but there's no stopping the progression towards full EQUALITY FOR ALL!

Here's a film that may help you decide where the limits are...:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-152460894465175765&hl=en

It's a really funny film but quite intense at times, so choose the time and lace carefully!

[Tessie]

After the gay community has their rights recognized, can we finally give the unborn THEIR right to life? They aren't even allowed to see daylight much less have the opportunity to be married.

[EmberzGain]

Simple: they aren't human beings. Human beings have drawn breath, just look at what the Bible has to say about accidental abortion v. accidental murder of a living being.

And don't drag out the unltrasounds unless you're also willing to permit abortion before there's a being there with enough of a brain to do anything beside listen to a pritcher or Ms Palin.

"People who give blastocysts the rights proper to human beings will end by restricting human beings to the rights proper to a blastocyst."

[EndangeredJackalope]

You can't legislate against behavior, and using the power of authority rather than reason to 'guide' people leaves them more dependent and more miserable -- a downward cycle.

People who believe that others are heavily influenced by institutions, probably feel that way b/c they rely on institutions to define their beliefs & identity. Try to legislate against behavior, you'll eventually see the bizarre & normally unwarranted loud embracing of that thing, b/c it'll cease to be what it really is (a physical object or act and its normal influence on an individual.) instead just become a symbol of resistance to unreasonable (and thus rightfully suspect, unjust and counterproductive) power.

If you really think there's a "culture war" rising against you, turn off the TV and spend more time drawing your impression of the world from the community around you.. instead of the distorted imported representation of a different community. Still want to do something about that 'culture' you dislike? Create a reply/alternative to it -- make your own TV shows, music, celebrated representatives, etc. Compete against it, but don't suppress it. In a free world, reason and the ultimately good nature of man will flourish and embrace the truly virtuous option, and we'll all be richer and more united for it... And ultimately aware that we share the same "dreams"/ideals/principles, and that we deafened ourselves to this reality by letting out impatience and fear twist our tone into an ugly shrill misrepresentation no one can or should stomach.

[rextrek]

Can someone Get a proposition in Ca. for the next election to OUTLAW divorce to SAVE MARRIAGE? Lets see how fast that passes....LOL

[kellygrrrl]

let's Eliminate RIghts of all adulterers. That ought to solve the problem.

[BlackJAC]

Along with widow(er)s who remarry, for the Bible states that your first spouse is your only spouse and you must remain faithful to them even after they die.

[Sam45]

As the writers in the New Testament wrote: Jesus was against divorce...totally and completely.
The writers' take: He never said a thing about homosexuality. But a definite literal "no" to divorce. Wonder how many Christian conservatives have been divorced? And think it should be "against the law"?
Why isn't there more of an understanding re: who wrote the Bible anyway? Many many many writers. Some who had no clue that their writings would ever end up in any "canon." The various writings "chosen" were chosen by committees...and always made up of males alone. A little "academic" religious studies education would go a long way. In all religions.

[karmical]

Why is it that entertainers and creative types (and basically everyone with a honed sense of humor) -- seems to 'get it' when it comes to treating people equal and letting all folks love freely. Why such a seemingly direct correlation? I'd be curious if anyone has any input, or could even point to actual scientific studies which would support this unspoken understood hypothesis...

[History is the Decider]

One explanation is perhaps that all actors and entertainers worth their salt study the complexity of humanity. In doing that, I think they learn to respect faith, hope, love, kindness and compassion in all their forms as positive, uniting, healing forces, and learn to reject those ideas that prove harmful or divisive.

[chrisfrenzy]

It could also be that creatives are typically more sensitive to the thoughts and feelings of others and more fascinated by [and less afraid of] the things that make people different. Creatives typically eschew conformity and seek to promote individuality. And, while the creative process is typically very introspective and even egotistical, its intention is usually the entertainment of others. It's used as a means of connecting people. Creatives are more likely to be liberals because they strive for open communication, unity, sharing and idealism.

Also, the creative world is populated by a lot of openly gay people. Nothing gets you over homophobia like realizing the people you're working with and admire are perfectly nice, charming, talented folks who just happen to be gay.

[karmical]

Well said, my friend. It does indeed appear related to understanding and appreciating the complex human condition, rather than passing judgment. At the end of the day we're all stuck in these flesh machines, better to respect the various idiosyncrasies inherent therein, as opposed to holding people accountable because their bodies don't obey some ancient book your ancestors preached and passed down.

[kellygrrrl]

the key = education

[BlackJAC]

Part of it has to do with how a typical day on the job in Hollywood isn't the same as one in Corporate America. This is an industry where overtime kicks in after eight hours in one day, not 40 in one week. Also, the model for the industry is a massive pool of independent contractors forming short-lived mini-corporations over and over again while begging venture capitalists to fund them. Consequently, being branded Difficult To Work With is your permanent pink slip from this business.

[EmberzGain]

I think it's because:
0.)There is a long history of gay culture associated with theatre.
1.)Theatre people used to move around from town to town, meaning they were less inhibited by their neighbours, town elders, and so on
2.)Theatre people have to learn to put themselves into another person's shoes---much less so before modern, natrualistic, acting, but always present. This makes it easier for them to image to be other than what they are...it also used to result in their being declared essentially soulless and denied Christian burial (Voltaire mentions this---it happened to a mistress of his who'd been an actress).
3.)They have benefitted greatly from their unions, at least when they're not headed by Quislings like Reagan, pulling them Left-ward
4.)They work, succeed, and fail in an industry where they know that success doesn't always come to the best, and the difference between success and failure is often obviously chance---this makes them more immune to the meritocratic fable that makes most of America deride the poor as "losers" who deserve all they get. This pulls them to the Left.
5.)Theatre people are often very insecure, perhaps due to having no souls and such.; this makes them easily obnoxious when they find an ideology that makes them feel more enlightened than other people---they could get this from Conservative thought as well, and indeed the prominent Conservative actors tend to be pretty obnoxious themselves....

[DCinFrance]

Well...that was more than mildly amusing. Gays will save the economy.

I think I'll go order myself a shrimp cocktail.

[Queenchats]

Me too - and then go stone my wife.

[abbeyroad]

answer:
RELIGION.

[R Flan]

and the question: What manmade institution has spread more hate, war, and destruction than any other in the history of planet Earth?

[roannamac]

AMEN!

[EmberzGain]

I agree, as long as you include Nazism, Bolshevik Communism, and Laissez-faire-ism as religions---and you should, since they all not only ignore "facts", they positively DERIDE them.

[GrecoDutch]

Let's look at world histroy. Who has caused more blood shed and oppresion. Religion or Gays?

[BethA]

Absolutely! That is so dead on it's not funny.

[PuddinPie]

It's not an institution, but, I think MEN have caused more bloodshed and oppression.

[GrecoDutch]

What an embarrasement. While the world moves forward and allows Gays civil rights, America allows "religion" to continue to dictate laws and destroy lives.

Salem Witch trials, Native Americans being savages, Slavery, Mixed marriages being illegal. When will America become an intelligent enlightened society.

[jigisup]

People who think because they have read heir bible, they know what it means really need to take some jewish studies and theology courses.

[huffnpuffn]

This mini musical is a cute bit of political masturbation and will sway exactly nobody on the other side. It's rather more likely to confirm the traditional marriage promoters opinion that teh gays know next to nothing about holy scripture. Comparing eating shellfish to sodomy? Please. No city in the Old Testament was ever burnt to the ground for eating shellfish. Furthermore, from a Christian perspective, on account of St. Peter's vision in Acts 10, unclean animals became clean. It's harder to find a passage in the New Testament where God declared all manner of homosexual acts super duper. They're arguing from the wrong position.

[wmfor]

Nor was any city in the Bible burnt to the ground for "sodomy".

Ezekiel 16:48-50

Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom:
She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned;
they did not help the poor and needy.

Don't accuse others of not knowing scripture and then flaunt your own ignorance of it. The true "sodomites" are presumably Republicans who want to defund social programs. It's in the Bible, honey.

[huffnpuffn]

Allow me to refer to every lazy researcher's favorite website:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodom_and_Gomorrah

Direct your attention to the "Christian view" section please.

I don't care what your personal interpretation of scripture is. The people who want to legalize gay marriage would do well to try to understand their opponent's opposition to it rather than ridicule it.

[BethA]

Well you can't sway extremists, they are stuck to their bibles in the same way islamic extremists are stuck to their korans and interpret it in any way they want to justify their own extreme views. I think the play points out the obvious contradictions in Christian Conservative thinking. Bottom line for me is...separation of church and state. Marriage is a legal contract under the law, then IF you wish you can also go through your churches CEREMONY. That ceremony is just that, a ceremony. It is not and never has been legally binding. When you get a divorce , you go to a legal court, not your church. We all can join or leave a church and it's weird ceremonies any time we want, the second you try to shove your ceremony down our throats in a court of law then that is the time to remove all tax exempt status from that church.

[ashbachj]

I always thought Sodom and Gomorrah was more about treating guests and strangers with respect than sodomy. Like most Judeo-Christian stories, I think most people look at it too literally and are unable to see the metaphor in it.

Also, you don't need a particular verse where Jesus makes it all right. Jesus hung out with SINNERS. He supposedly died to save them. Chances are, he'd be more okay with the homosexuals who are oppressed and attacked for who they are than the so-called Christians casting stones.

Also, Sodomy was a pretty big deal in Roman and Greek times. If it was a big deal to the early Christians they would have mentioned it in one of their books. As far as I can tell, it is only mentioned in the OT which addresses just about everything you could possibly do.

[jigisup]

Didn't Jesus say , he who is blameless should cast the first stone. There are a lot of people out there who need to climb down off their pedistals that they have put themselves upon.

[harlett]

S&G was not "more about" it WAS about the sin of inhospitality. Read the story in Genesis. In a desert society if you refused a traveler food and shelter and sent him/her off into the wilderness you condemned that person to death. That is why Lot offered his virgin daughters to the "sodomites" in order not to be inhospitable to his guests. (of course, in the Bible, women are less important than men)

The Christmas story is *also* about the sin of Sodom. There was not one gentleman in all of the inns in Bethlehem who looked at 13-year-old virgin Mary - in labor - and said, "wow lady, you need a room more than I do. I'll camp out in the lounge tonight." So Mary, with no doctor or midwife (Joseph was an old man and basically useless) was forced to endure the trauma of childbirth in the most unsanitary place on the planet - a stable. The miracle of Christmas is that both mother and child survived.

[antaeus]

And Christ said that divorce was acceptable only in the case of an unfaithful wife. Period. So go get busy unwinding years of liberal divorce law that redefined and destroyed the sanctity of marriage. i mean it--get busy. You have real work to do putting your walk behind your talk before you sit back in your armchair and spout off against same-sex marriage. Get out there! Repeal no-fault divorce. Until then, take a hike.

[huffnpuffn]

You know, if gays wanted to really show how serious they were about marriage and at the same time appeal to hardcore Christians, getting on board with ending no-fault divorce might be a good way to do it.

[OkieIntellectual]

No city in the Old Testament was ever burnt to the ground for so-called sodomy either, do some research. And for that matter, there is no verifiable evidence that Sodom and Gomorrah, the ten commandments (the actual plates), moses, or pretty much anything else from the book of Leviticus ever actually existed. All we have is oral history passed down for at least 1500 years before even a single word of it was ever written down.

I can tell one person a story and ask them to pass it around exactly as I told it, and by the time it gets back around to me in a year the story has totally changed.

[abbeyroad]

well, i'm glad you enjoyed it !!!

finally, someone who can appreciate some good old-fashioned gay humor at the lds' expense !

i like the cut of your jib 808.

[abbeyroad]

hey smith808:

i didn't catch the "EX" in ex-mormon when i read your post -- sorry.

[Smith808]

I thought you were just being sassy and cute. Hey, I love your blog photo, btw.

[bridgeworker]

Sing it with me! - Yes! Gay marriages will save the EEE CON O MYYYYY!!!!!

Love it! It's a two-fer - Takes care of the big wedge issue of the day and solves the economic crisis at the same time - amazing what a little musical theatre can do! Great job to all involved!

[abbeyroad]

sizzle ????

that's HILARIOUS !!!
uptight nerd se x does not sizzle sweetheart.

the magic underwear alone is enough to make a person vomit.

[Smith808]

My ex had to join the "witness-protection-from-the-Mormons" program...
At eighteen, she left the house and the church -- never to return. Of course, her father wanted her to have a first-rate education, so they sent her to CATHOLIC school!

I think they implant GPS devices into their members because they managed to find us after we changed addresses three times!

BTW, I'll have you know: #1) I could never be accused of having uptight nerd se x.
#2) I could NEVER be accused of having uptight nerd se x.
#3) magic underpants make me vomit.