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Title says it all.

I found this on YouTube and, strangely enough, I was surprised. It comes from one of my all-time favorite episodes of one of my all-time favorite shows. For you Futurama fans, this is the operatic piece sung at the end of the last episode, The Devil’s Hands are Idle Play Things.

Of course, finding that had me looking for my favorite Futurama song, which comes from the episode When Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back.

(By the way, the reason this isn’t in the “Asides” section — in which it normally would be — is because I’m thinking about tossing that section. Does anyone even read it? Sure it’s a nice “bait” to get people to come to the site, but does it really? Probably not.)

This one’s for you fans of random trivia and archaic video game knowledge. It’s the story of “Totaka’s Song”, a short piece of music that appears in a large number of Nintendo video games, dating as far back as 1992. Aparently this song appears in games from as far back as Mario Paint, to more recent titles like Animal Crossing and Luigi’s Mansion.

No, I’m not talking about the latest political candidate. I’m talking about the new Weird Al Yankovic video, White and Nerdy. I’m asking all readers who care just a weensy little bit to vote for it over at the VH1 Top 20 Countdown list. Just find his name on the list and drag it to the #1 slot (or one lower, but #1 is best). From there on, vote for whatever you want. (I ended up putting Gnarls Barkley at #2 and Evanescence at #3, with the rest being pretty much guesses.)

If you haven’t seen the video, you can catch it over at Weird Al’s MySpace page. (If you haven’t been to a MySpace page, you’ll want to stop the player which automatically starts up. Scroll down a bit on the page, just past the Straight Outta Lynwood picture, and click the Play button on the first video player.) It’s hands down one of his best songs ever, since it’s not just funny, but actually really good. If you liked Amish Paradise you’ll definitely love this, which all by itself pretty much pwns anything in his previous CD, Poodle Hat.

Anyway, go and watch it, then vote for him, capiche?

By the way, if you like the video, and you support artists who arent self righteous and pompass about their celebrity status, grab yourself a copy of the Straight Outta Lynwood CD. After all there aren’t too many artists that will go as far out of their way for their audience as this guy will. Might as well vote with your dollars, right?

Finally, I’ve decided to put this video up for all of you thinking of not buying this CD, instead choosing to go the LimeWire or Gnutella route. Enjoy.

Edit: I didn’t know this before, but MySpace gives you the code to put the video on a Web page (like, say, this one). Here’s the White and Nerdy video. Still, head over to Weird Al’s MySpace site to listen to a few more of his songs. And remember, BUY THIS CD (using this link, please).

Seeing as I’m in the mood for Final Fantasy and spoilers, I thought I might as well go all the way on this one. What follow are the three endings for the game Final Fantasy X-2, the one where Yuna, Rikku, and Paine fly around the world looking for Yuna’s imaginary boyfriend (or dream guy, whatever). All of these are in English, so enjoy.

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