Entries by Alastair Plumb from 05/2012

April Fail Compilation Arrives Online (VIDEO)

Posted 05.01.2012 | UK Comedy

The month of April was a wet one, a windy one and a politically tumultuous one. It was also, like all months ever, a faily one, with people falling ov...

Picture Of The Day: Cat Beard Lady (PHOTO)

Posted 05.01.2012 | UK Comedy

Until recently, googling the phrase 'cat beard' - something we're often doing here at Huffington Post UK Comedy - gave you a couple of distinct hi...

Faithful Dog Guards Owner's Bike From Being Stolen (VIDEO)

Posted 05.01.2012 | UK Comedy

Move over, Greyfriars Bobby - because today, we've got a rival for his position as 'world's most faithful dog in history' in the form of this pooch he...

Motorcyclist Sues BMW After ‘Suffering' 20-Month Erection

Posted 05.01.2012 | UK

Henry Wolf has a problem - a problem that he wants BMW to do something about. The problem he has is that he's suffering from a nigh-on non-stop erecti...

Meet Kenny And Selma, Two Grandparents With The Best Marriage Advice Ever (VIDEO)

Posted 05.01.2012 | UK Comedy

Kenny and Selma are wonderful. We know this because they made a video for their grandson's wedding day, and it is, quite simply, utterly adorable. ...

Astonishing Heavy Metal Cover Of The 'Doctor Who' Theme (VIDEO)

Posted 05.01.2012 | UK Comedy

It turns out that the Doctor Who theme has been covered in a heavy metal way a number of times, but never has it ever been covered so heavily, so meta...

'West Wing' Reunion Revealed On Funny Or Die... But Where's Josh? (VIDEO)

Posted 05.02.2012 | UK Comedy

Fans of The West Wing have waited a long time for this, but it's finally happened: the cast of The West Wing have reunited. Well, some of the cast of ...

14-Year-Old Musical Prodigy Ahsan Covers The Jackson 5's 'Who's Lovin' You' (VIDEO)

Posted 05.02.2012 | UK Comedy

Meet 14-year-old Ahsan Watts - known professionally as just 'Ahsan' - who's about to make your jaw drop firmly towards to the floor. As you'll dis...

Chihuahua Vs. Parrot Vs. Yoghurt (VIDEO)

Posted 05.02.2012 | UK Comedy

For the ultimate grudge match between a Chihuahua (a small, yappy-type dog) and a parrot (a small, squawk-loving bird) over a not-quite empty yoghurt ...

Fish Bites Cat, Round 2 (VIDEO)

Posted 05.02.2012 | UK Comedy

When we first saw a fish bite a cat, we thought we'd spotted a one-of-a-kind thing. We were wrong - and now we've got another angry fish vs. unprepare...

Val Kilmer Taking Off His Glasses Supercut, Anyone? (VIDEO)

Posted 05.02.2012 | UK Comedy

We've had a soft spot for Val Kilmer since he first told Tom Cruise that he could be his wingman, anytime - and since then his appearances in high-cam...

Hillary Clinton Turns Down Jason Segel's Movie Offer With A Kind Note (PICTURE)

Posted 05.02.2012 | UK Comedy

Appearing on US chat show Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, How I met Your Mother and Muppets star Jason Segel mentioned a certain secretary of state - an...

Minnesota House Demolished By British Tank (VIDEO, PHOTOS)

Posted 05.03.2012 | UK Comedy

You need a tank? Just call Drive-A-Tank, Minnesota's one-stop shop for all your tank-based needs. You can use their vehicles to drive to the shops...

Lost Budgie Safely Home After Reciting Owner's Address To Police

Posted 05.03.2012 | UK Comedy

The phrase 'birdbrained' has been bandied about for a good long while now, but after the discovery of this really rather intelligent feathered friend,...

Sacha Baron Cohen Appears As The Dictator On Australian Morning TV (VIDEO)

Posted 05.03.2012 | UK Comedy

Just in case you hadn't realised - despite his all-guns-blazing marketing campaign and unfortunate accident with Kim Jong-il's ashes and Ryan Seacrest...

'Dogs In Cars: California' Is Just As Lovely As 'Dogs In Cars' (VIDEO)

Posted 05.03.2012 | UK Comedy

Back in December, we brought you the original 'Dogs In Cars' video from Vimeo user 'keith' - full name: Keith Hopkin - and everyone in the world was h...

What If Texting And Driving Was A Mandatory Skill For Your Test? (VIDEO)

Posted 05.03.2012 | UK Comedy

Texting while driving is a very bad idea. You know it's dangerous, we know it's dangerous, but it turns out there are people out there - mainly under ...

Market Seller's 'One Pound Fish Song' Will Be In Your Head All Day, Make You Want To Buy Fish (VIDEO)

Posted 05.04.2012 | UK Comedy

There are catchy tunes, then there's this east London market seller's 'One Pound Fish Song' - a song so catchy you may well end up singing it all day,...

Excitable Pit Bull Does Not Want To Take A Bath At All (VIDEO)

Posted 05.04.2012 | UK Comedy

Poor Boomer. All he wants to do is go for a walk outside, but all his owners want to do is give him a bath - or do they? Perhaps, after discovering...

America's Tallest Man Gets Custom-Made Shoes (VIDEO, PHOTOS)

Posted 05.04.2012 | UK Comedy

29-year-old, 7' 8" Igor Vovkovinskiy was born in the Ukraine, but at the age of nine he moved over to the US to receive treatment for his condition, p...

Aggressive Swan Nicknamed 'Mr. Asbo' Removed From The River Cam

Posted 05.04.2012 | UK Comedy

For the most part, swans' reputation is that of gracefulness - but if there's one thing that Mr. Asbo doesn't have, it's grace. In fact, replace 'grac...

Bike-Guarding Dog And More - This Week's Top 10 Viral Videos

Posted 05.04.2012 | UK Comedy

And so another week flies by, and another 100,000 funny videos are slung onto the internet - and it's our job here to dig through the mountain of web ...

'Old Jews Telling Jokes' Returns With Two New Gags (VIDEO)

Posted 05.04.2012 | UK Comedy

Fancy a laugh? Well, you can't go wrong heading over to oldjewstellingjokes.com, which boasts - would you beleive it - several old Jews telling jokes....

Dalek Impersonator Martyn Crofts Leaves 'Britain's Got Talent' Judges In Hysterics (VIDEO)

Posted 05.08.2012 | UK Comedy

We offer up this video of comedian Martyn Crofts 'singing' as a 'dalek' on Britain's Got Talent not because it only just hit the net, but just in case...

Sleepy Cat Sings The Blues (VIDEO)

Posted 05.08.2012 | UK Comedy

Cats like to sleep - it's what cats do. When they're not eating, purring, or rubbing their backs up and down the furniture, they're having a good old-...