I got this movie for Christmas many years ago, and it really freaked out my brother-in-law that I was happy about it.

Oddly enough, we've never really hung out, he and I.

I still don't understand why you'd want to recruit atheists? I thought the whole point of atheism was that you don't advocate a system of belief? More atheists have tried to convert me in the past year than fundies have tried to "save" me. Why is that?

This might be the first scary movie I'll go see in over 2 years. I'm kind of excited for a horror flick that's not dependent on gratuitous gross outs.

I too, agree with Mr. White, though not necessarily with such vehemence. Atheistic groupthink abounds on the net these days, especially with the celebrity status that Dawkins has achieved.

I have no more a problem with an intelligent and reasoned atheist anymore than I have with an intelligent and reasoned Muslim or Wiccan. I've known and enjoyed the company of at least a couple of such people(for some reason there are very few Muslims in Tennessee or Ohio), but this new breed of "me-too" atheist drives me batty. If you want to combat the vocal minority of the religious right, I'll back you, but there's a movement towards violently denigrating any and all who espouse a personal faith and I find that just about as ignorant as hard line fundamentalism.

My personal take on this situation is that the mom is insecure in her own beliefs (like many Christians) and finds her son's ability to reject them outright incredibly troubling because it shakes her fragile grip on a faith that is maintained more by groupthink than actual belief.

That said, I feel like this is a staged production. Usually I don't cry "fake" at random internet vids, but something just doesn't ring true here.

Right at about 5 minutes in she claims no one has a reasonable expectation of privacy and starts to make a noises to the effect that it might not be such a bad thing.

This woman is made up of just about everything that's wrong in America.

If you like this, you should also check out mono:
http://www.binaryzoo.com/games/mono/

If you're going to bring this one back, why not resurrect the clip where he and Natalie are both onstage together?

I'm with biznichi. Not one laugh on my end.

Goosebumps!!

Totally netflixing this, thank you!

Positively Pavlovian...

Yea. Heavyhanded is putting it mildly, but I think the really big surprise here is that something even mildly amusing came from MadTV. That alone is kind of scary.

I'd vote it up to the aether if I could bizinichi. Can anyone post anything from the S&M concerts?

I did this in one of those volvo station wagons from the 70s. The thing was basically a light armor tank. It was amazing.