Comments on: Takin’ the Piss http://www.kirstensanford.com/2008/04/19/takin-the-piss/ The world according to a hula hooping, TKD black-belt wearing, radio show producing physiologist with aspirations to science journalism Thu, 17 May 2012 08:52:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Inoculated Mind http://www.kirstensanford.com/2008/04/19/takin-the-piss/#comment-888 Inoculated Mind Sun, 27 Apr 2008 06:35:25 +0000 http://www.kirstensanford.com/2008/04/19/takin-the-piss/#comment-888 The video has made the rounds, and is quite funny. A lot of people wondered who made it, and the suspicion was that it was commissioned by the folks who made Expelled. I suspected as much, but there were too many little jokes inserted that must have flown under their radar - clearly made by a third party. It turns out that it was paid for by the Expelled people, and the animator was a Michael Edmondson. Here's a post about it at The Panda's Thumb: http://pandasthumb.org/archives/2008/04/who-made-the-be.html Edmondson posted a video with a few more jokes in it. The ironic thing is that this appears to have been originally planned as a viral marketing campaign to promote the movie, but has become a joke independent of it and produced a song that is being lauded by the very scientific community they hoped to make fun of. I found it hilarious, and it remains the single funniest thing produced by the creationists, and it kind of backfired. I'm grateful for the catchy tune. The video has made the rounds, and is quite funny. A lot of people wondered who made it, and the suspicion was that it was commissioned by the folks who made Expelled. I suspected as much, but there were too many little jokes inserted that must have flown under their radar - clearly made by a third party.

It turns out that it was paid for by the Expelled people, and the animator was a Michael Edmondson. Here’s a post about it at The Panda’s Thumb:
http://pandasthumb.org/archives/2008/04/who-made-the-be.html
Edmondson posted a video with a few more jokes in it. The ironic thing is that this appears to have been originally planned as a viral marketing campaign to promote the movie, but has become a joke independent of it and produced a song that is being lauded by the very scientific community they hoped to make fun of.

I found it hilarious, and it remains the single funniest thing produced by the creationists, and it kind of backfired. I’m grateful for the catchy tune.

]]> By: MikeB http://www.kirstensanford.com/2008/04/19/takin-the-piss/#comment-861 MikeB Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:00:50 +0000 http://www.kirstensanford.com/2008/04/19/takin-the-piss/#comment-861 That is hilarious. I wonder who the rapper is. That is hilarious. I wonder who the rapper is.

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