If this is really so funny, why does it give me an aching throb in the pit of my stomach?

Last week I was talking to one of my buddies on the phone while watching an NBA playoff game. During a commercial break I was flipping around the dial and came across "The Hudsucker Proxy." (Which is an underrated gem, by the way. If you have ever liked the Coen's work, put the Proxy in your Netflix queue. It's incredible.) Anyhoo, I mentioned the film to my pal and he asked, "Didn't you tell me a story about a guy that ran through a plate glass window like a guy in that movie?"

Indeed I did. In the first few minutes of the "Hudsucker Proxy," the character Waring Hudsucker climbs onto a huge conference table during a board meeting, takes a few beats, and runs towards a huge window, throwing himself through it and plummeting to the street below. Hudsucker fell 45 stories, not counting the mezzanine. A year before the film was released, a lawyer named Garry Hoy slammed into the plate glass window on the 24th floor of the Toronto-Dominion Center to show a group of interns the strength of the "unbreakable" glass. The first attempt was a rousing success, Garry bounced off the glass and the young group cheered wildly. Knowing he had a live crowd, an encore was in order. He ran into the glass a second time, this time flying through the window and then fell like a stone to the street below. Really put a damper on orientation. "Oh boy. It looks like Garry just fell 24 stories. Well, we have refreshments in the conference room."

Death is a serious subject. I know this. A persons ultimate demise is not funny. Except for these ten.

I've been prodding Johnny to write an introductory post on YesButNoButYes. He insists he's unable to write about himself, and based on every single post I've ever written here, I'm ONLY capable of writing about myself. He gave me permission to write his introduction and make up whatever I wanted. And so, I give you Johnny Wright.

German film director Uwe Boll, or Ed Wood with studio funding, is known to many as the worst film director in the world. He has an astonishing four films in the IMDB Bottom 100. He's challenged critics and Michael Bay to boxing matches. Earlier this year, an online petition appeared with the goal of stopping Uwe from ever putting another story onto celluloid. Uwe even posted an hilarious response video saying that if one million film fans sign it, he'll stop making films all together. There is nearly 300,000 signatures so far. Come on, planet Earth, together we can.

(Two notes about that link; It has some salty language, quiet it down if you're at work, and Uwe refers to himself in the third person more times than a post game Karl Malone press conference.)

When asked about his five favorite films, Uwe responded with these.

I dunno, maybe he should watch Citizen Kane a few more time until it sinks in.

McCain makes fun of his age on Saturday Night Live. I guess it's fine for him to make fun of himself, just not the Democrats.

I'm not really sure why this thumb is up, considering where it is coming from. But perhaps when you view the full image after the jump you can explain it to me...(be warned it's a bit shocking.)