He was in Curly Sue? Yep.

Actually, this is a stolen bit.

http://youtu.be/8pZUiAEw5eQ?t=3m53s <- Original by Bruce Bruce
(Linking isn't working for some reason.)

This was him on stage at Just For Laughs in 2005, and I'm sure he'd been using the bit earlier then that. I just haven't seen his 2003 special.

Even then, the bit may not originate from Bruce Bruce.. but It's definitely not a brainchild of Carell.

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i love Carell's almost orgasmic face after he hears "that's what she said". brilliant.

It could be worse, she could be putting hot sauce in his mouth and making him take cold showers. Don't worry, I'm sure this kid will grow up just fine without any sort of discipline whatsoever.

And to all those who said it was sick, that she was an unfit mother, or even went as far as to say what she did was abuse, about this video; would you say the same about this woman?

In an article from The New York Times, Dr. Shari Barkin, chief of the division of general pediatrics at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt University says:

Many parents’ discipline methods don’t work because children quickly learn that it’s much easier to capture a parent’s attention with bad behavior than with good. Parents unwittingly reinforce this by getting on the phone, sending e-mail messages or reading the paper as soon as a child starts playing quietly, and by stopping the activity and scolding a child when he starts to misbehave.

“How many times have you heard someone say, ‘I need to get off the phone because my child is acting up’?” asked Dr. Nathan J. Blum, a developmental-behavioral pediatrician at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. “You’re doing exactly what the child wants.”

I argue that this kind of reinforcement only sets this child up for negative attention seeking behavior for the rest of his/her life. And in my opinion this is just as (if not more) abusive as putting hot sauce in someone's mouth or making them take a cold shower as a form of punishment. When that mom told her kid to do something he sure as shit did it, maybe it was done out of fear (and im still not advocating that, just trying to shoot down people who call it child abuse) but it's better that he's afraid of authority imho than unyielding.

This boy is the kind of person that's gonna grow up to be a career criminal, constantly disrespecting authority. The other boy will hate hot sauce, cold showers, and probably his mother. I'll pick the latter any day.

oh man.. I hadn't seen the one with Steve Carell... genius.

I LOVE where they freeze-framed the vid of Steve Carell dancing around with Stewart and Colbert!!! LOL!

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>> ^xxovercastxx:

...and with that context, it was pretty funny. By itself, not really.
>> ^charliem:
A little background:
Toby, the head of Human Resources at Scranton paper (where Michael (Carell) is the boss), is a dull, dreary and essentially boring person. Michael hates his guts, and would like nothing more than for Toby to just disappear.
Prior to this episode, Toby did disappear, on a 4 week paid vacation.
This was the very first 17 sec of the first episode of Tobys return to the office from his holiday....Michael, clearly not a happy camper.



Actually, by itself it's a great way to be sarcastic at work. For instance, if one of my underlings asks to go on an extended lunch or take a day off from work I would send them this clip in MSN. The context doesn't matter because we all know he's a boss saying no so it's funny. But it's more of a functional humor, similar to using an Arnold Schwarzenegger soundboard to answer specific questions during an interoffice meeting. Is each clip funny on it's own? No. Is it funny when it's used as a replacement for speech? Yes.

...and with that context, it was pretty funny. By itself, not really.

>> ^charliem:

A little background:
Toby, the head of Human Resources at Scranton paper (where Michael (Carell) is the boss), is a dull, dreary and essentially boring person. Michael hates his guts, and would like nothing more than for Toby to just disappear.
Prior to this episode, Toby did disappear, on a 4 week paid vacation.
This was the very first 17 sec of the first episode of Tobys return to the office from his holiday....Michael, clearly not a happy camper.

>> ^charliem:

A little background:
Toby, the head of Human Resources at Scranton paper (where Michael (Carell) is the boss), is a dull, dreary and essentially boring person. Michael hates his guts, and would like nothing more than for Toby to just disappear.
Prior to this episode, Toby did disappear, on a 4 week paid vacation.
This was the very first 17 sec of the first episode of Tobys return to the office from his holiday....Michael, clearly not a happy camper.


Thanks; I had forgotten what this was about.

A little background:
Toby, the head of Human Resources at Scranton paper (where Michael (Carell) is the boss), is a dull, dreary and essentially boring person. Michael hates his guts, and would like nothing more than for Toby to just disappear.

Prior to this episode, Toby did disappear, on a 4 week paid vacation.

This was the very first 17 sec of the first episode of Tobys return to the office from his holiday....Michael, clearly not a happy camper.

I think it's safe for work.

Are these also nsfw?
http://commercial.videosift.com/video/Lessons-in-vertising-Mello-Yello-Fellatio -- sex parody
http://commercial.videosift.com/video/Vote-Naked-in-Illinios - naked people
http://commercial.videosift.com/video/World-of-Warcraft-Cataclysm-TV-spot - "people" die!
http://sexuality.videosift.com/video/South-Park-Randy-is-gonna-get-some-sweet-butterfly-poon - getting poon
http://sexuality.videosift.com/video/TYT-Fake-Orgasms-Women-Bisexuals
http://sexuality.videosift.com/video/Steve-Carell-Simulates-An-Orgasm-For-Charity
and there are plenty others..

If this was actual bukkake, then totally yes, but just for looking like it? I don't think so.