Funny or Wrong?

[NotDesperate]

I think this is pretty hilarious, and really cute, but I won't tell you why it might be wrong so as not to spoil it. But what do you think?

http://funnyordie.com/v1/view_video.php?viewkey=3efbc24c7d2583be6925

[sublime311]

Funny!!! lol

[Toonces]

Eh... I didn't think it was funny. Sorry!

[LexyLou]

Funny. I can't tell if the little girl is really saying those things or if it just sounds a little like it and they are putting in the subtitles.

I wouldn't want my kid talking like that but, hey that's Hollywood and that kid is adorable.

[lawyerlee]

It's funny, but I do feel a little guilty being entertained by it. I'm gonna hope the kid isn't really saying that stuff. ;) :)

[NotDesperate]

I really do think she is saying those words. It sounds like it to me. She could just be really good at parroting what they are telling her too. She is so cute though!

[Brandles]

Is that Will Ferrell?

[QueenDillyDally]

I didn't really get much of a laugh out of it. Weird humor. :confused:

Is that Will Ferrell?

Certainly looks & sounds like him.

[LyLMyssChaos]

Wow.

There are just no words for that.

[1_mommy]

like lexylou, i wouldn't want my kids saying that, but i did think it was funny

[curlyjr]

I think it's hilarious!

[imagirliegirl]

That was really cute!

[Rose]

Very funny.

[maggieb]

I thought it was hilarious!

[solongtogo]

It's funny...

They probably trained the kid to do that like they did the one in Meet the Fockers...they told him the words he was saying meant something else. Have fun getting rid of that habit :)

[KiKi'sMommy]

I guess I am just too much of a mom, I thought it was disturbing.

[maggieb]

I guess I am just too much of a mom, I thought it was disturbing.


Honest question...not meant to be snarky at all, but what makes you more of a mom than any of the other moms that responded?

[lady1297]

I thought it was cute, but would have thought it just as funny without the swearing, I don't like kids swearing even in movies.

[KiKi'sMommy]

maggieb...I didn't mean to imply that the other Mom's were wrong for thinking it was funny, I was just sitting there the whole time thinking that I would hate for my DD to pick up those words and the Mom in me just couldn't find it funny.

[PalmBch2002]

Funny. But I would not want my kids saying that.

[MichelleRenee]

I didn't think it was all that funny, but not because of the kid swearing. Just not my type of humor I suppose. Cute kid though!

[Rose]

I noticed that a lot of times the girl was cussing they didn't show her. I'm guessing she didn't say everything.

[trestlegirl]

meh, not funny. I'm not bothered by it, just not my kind of humor I guess.

[junkinmytrunk]

I didn't think it was all that funny, but not because of the kid swearing. Just not my type of humor I suppose. Cute kid though!

ITA...

[Foley42]

a little funny...

[LRL]

It was funny, BUT I don't think it was cool that they taught the little girl to say those things, innocent or not (assuming she was actually saying them). I definitely wouldn't want my son parroting that kind of language.

I think it was funny if they were just adding the subtitles to her babble.

[Regina Phalange]

Haha! Gotta love child actors.

Totally funny!

[Niobe]

I'm really not a Will Ferrell fan, but the baby didn't bother me. A lot of it sounded like babble they were just subtitling as they wanted and with most of the cursing, the camera either wasn't on the baby or the baby was turned, so I think that was mostly dubbed. Really, it all could have been dubbed over video of a babbling baby. Do babies that size talk very well? She looked really young, but I'm not great at telling children's ages.

[NotDesperate]

Yes that was Will Ferrell.

And yes babies that size are capable of speaking that "well."

I think she may have said some of those things only once and then they dubbed it in over and over.

It would be more disturbing if the child were older, IMO. She will probably continue to still say those things though but since she is so teeny, if they ignore it maybe she will stop. I defitinetly wouldn't want my kid saying those things. Except maybe for the lines, "I'm just buzzed" and "I want to get my drink on."

J/K!!!! ;)

[KK812]

It's pretty obvious they were standing around the corner telling her what to say. Especially at the end when she turned around and said "Come, mommy!" :p

[AHammer]

eh, it was kind of funny. i don't consider it wrong at all. Most parents I know (IRL, I don't know parents on here) have told me stories of their kids saying "shit!" or "dammit!" or something cause they picked it up from one parent. I think lots of kids do that. I know it's a different situation (teaching vs. picking up the words) but I don't consider it harmful to the kids.

[am_81]

I can see why some people may be less than amused, but I thought it was funny.

[LittleFredPunkinHead]

Loved it. Very funny, and cute.

[mamapicklejuice]

If I have to choose between "funny" or "wrong" I guess I choose wrong. Of course, I don't generally find much humor in copious cursing no matter who's doing it.

[suzubeane]

I wouldn't characterize it as "wrong" but I didn't find it hilarious either. The joke doesn't last as long as the video - it's an initially funny hook, and then ... so what?

[NotDesperate]

It's pretty obvious they were standing around the corner telling her what to say. Especially at the end when she turned around and said "Come, mommy!" :p

Yeah, I know. Its kinda weird they left that part in...

[lml41981]

You know, I cuss. I cuss in front of my child. It doesn't really bother me to hear foul language (although in excess, foul language loses its effectiveness and just makes the speaker sound crude and uneducated). It does bother me to intentionally teach a child foul language...it is one thing if the child hears it and picks it up, but it is another thing to say, "Say 'bitch,' sweetie. Say 'bitch.' Oh...haha! How funny, Little Mary said 'bitch.'"

I really don't think it is funny to hear little kids talking about getting their buzz on and needing four beers.

The concept of the video is kinda funny, I guess...a grown man taking crap from and being intimidated by his two year old landlord. But the execution of the concept is lacking.

[longislandlolita]

I wasn't offended . . . but I did think it was pretty dumb. As others have said, just not my thing.

[LexyLou]

Yeah, I know. Its kinda weird they left that part in...

I know, but I don't know why, it's one of my favorite parts.

I guess we're crude (ok, I know we're crude) but DH and I have been watching it over and over again all weekend and laughing and repeating lines to each other and laughing.

[Kimberland30]

The funniest line in that was "I'm need to get my drink on".

It was okay. I'm not at all offended about the little girl swearing...but I just don't think the bit was that funny. ??

[phoenics]

I feel so guilty! When she said, 'I want to get my drink on' - I LOST IT! It wasn't all that funny before or after that though...

[Kim]

See, I kinda thought the "Come, Mommy" part was indicating that mommy was her cronie/sidekick. I thought she was meant to say that.

[kam]

I thought it was cute but not really "funny".

[LIZNKEITH]

I thought it was pretty humorous.

Sometimes kids say things that sound like other words. For instance, when my DD say "sit" or "sip" it comes out sounding exactly like "shit". I really had to take pause the first time I heard her say it and then realized she was looking at a chair. In fact, the daycare pulled me aside at pickup the other day and asked me about it. I asked what was going on at the time and they were having snack. Turns out she was saying "sip" and just wanted more water. Not saying that's the case of this toddler here, but...

[Esq.]

I thought it was pretty funny.

On a side note, a friend's son pronouces the word "cracker" as "f*cker". He told me the other day that he was going to tell his son to call his mom an animal cracker as a joke. I thought that was pretty funny too. I guess I am crude. :)

[kari]

Funny and cute.

[yby1]

I thought it was pretty funny.

On a side note, a friend's son pronouces the word "cracker" as "f*cker". He told me the other day that he was going to tell his son to call his mom an animal cracker as a joke. I thought that was pretty funny too. I guess I am crude. :)


LOL! Our friends daughter pronounced cracker the same way when she was younger. It was a crack up!

I thought it was funny, but I'm pretty crude. Our son is most likely going to have a potty mouth, so I'm sure that I'll have lots of 'splaining to do in the future. ;)

[LIZNKEITH]

On a side note, a friend's son pronouces the word "cracker" as "f*cker". He told me the other day that he was going to tell his son to call his mom an animal cracker as a joke. I thought that was pretty funny too. I guess I am crude. :)

LOL...our nephew used to pronounce "Clifford Dog" as "F*ckered Dog"

[1_mommy]

here is a link to people magazine about this video

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20035511,00.html

[JamBray]

I thought it was hilarious!

[mindy75]

Oh that's so funny and so wrong at the same time! I also liked the "I need to get my drink on line." I just about fell out of my chair.

However, I don't think the kid was necessarily saying all that. There wer several key times when she wasn't on camera. Also, at the end she said, "come mommy." Mommy was nearby, but off cameral. I think she was helping the baby out.

Still pretty freaking hilarious.
But I'm not about to start teaching DD how to cuss!

[penybryn]

funny. is that how marykate and ashley got famous?

[Adaya]

Just had to chime in again b/c I can't stop watching it. What's so funny to me is when she keeps saying, "Bitch, bitch, bitch!" And then WIll Ferrell says, "God your mean." LOL! I just get so tickled...I know I shouldn't, but hey, I didn't make the video.

The beginning is funny too when the guys are talking and the other dude asks Will if he got the letter from the doctor and he said yeah, "It says my dad is gay. Yeah, those blood tests don't lie." Hee hee :D

[ysolde]

I can't stop laughing!!!!!

[NotDesperate]

This was on Extra tonight. Pearl is Will Ferrel's daughter. She is so friggin cute!

ETA: The "People" article says Pearl is his partner's daughter but Extra said she was Ferrels. At any rate, shes cute! ;)

[ejs]

This was on Extra tonight. Pearl is Will Ferrel's daughter. She is so friggin cute!

It was also on "Ellen." She said that Pearl is the daughter of Will Ferrell's writing partner, the other guy in the video.

[KGif]

Hil-freaking-arious.

[KGif]

Oh - and TMZ makes it appear as tho she was saying all those things .. just repeating what someone was telling her to say of course ...

http://www.tmz.com/2007/04/17/wills-little-landlord/

[snowzilla]

There's another article at Wired (http://www.wired.com/entertainment/theweb/news/2007/04/landlordmckay) about this movie and its internet success.

Personally, I found it funny. But I totally get why some people didn't - for example, I thought Borat was stupid while my entire social circle think it's the movie of the year. There's no predicting what's going to make me laugh. I'm a huge Will Ferrell fan though, so that might have had something to do with it. ;)

[Kopper]

I thought it was stupid. DH thought it was so funny.

[camberne]

I didn't think it was that funny. I thought that it was funny when Will Ferrell initially opened the door and you saw this little girl after expecting someone totally different; but I don't find much humor in foul mouthing. I find things much funnier if they're just FUNNY, not using bad language or "bathroom humor".

Even though the article on the People site states that her father said that she hasn't used the language since the filming, I don't think I believe that. I'm sure she was applauded for saying what they told her to say, and we all know that kids will do nearly anything to keep getting that approval. I'm 99.9% sure that she's said some of those things several times since the filming... just not in the correct context. Not my kid, so I don't have to worry about it; but... to me, it wouldn't be worth it to teach my child to say those things for the sake of a few cheap laughs. But that's just me.

[Liz]

I don't think it was funny at all. I can't believe someone would ever have their kid in a clip where they used such bad language.

[stevesbabygirl]

I thought it was hilarious!

[rene']

I thought it was hilarious!


Me too! I keep watching it over and over!

[KB57]

Not falling out of my chair laughing, but the kid was cute.

[jnettie]

I thought it was funny, but I don't think it's a good idea to teach little kids swear words.

They probably trained the kid to do that like they did the one in Meet the Fockers...they told him the words he was saying meant something else. Have fun getting rid of that habit :)
My thoughts exactly. She got big praise for saying it then, I can only imagine she'll continue.

Sometimes kids say things that sound like other words. For instance, when my DD say "sit" or "sip" it comes out sounding exactly like "shit". I really had to take pause the first time I heard her say it and then realized she was looking at a chair. In fact, the daycare pulled me aside at pickup the other day and asked me about it. I asked what was going on at the time and they were having snack. Turns out she was saying "sip" and just wanted more water. Not saying that's the case of this toddler here, but...

This is possible. My friend's daughter used to say "dump truck" as "dumb f*uck"! We almost fell over laughing when she did that. BUT she thought she was saying truck, so it wasn't so permanent. She did, however, spend the rest of the day running around saying "dumb f*ck" over and over.

[sunflower10/04]

I thought it was cute & funny. It is a little strange to hear a baby swear, but I really don't think it is a big deal. My parents have tapes of me swearing as a baby. They thought is was hilarious to try and get me to say "F*ck" and "Bitch"......now at almost 30 years old, I turned out ok and hardly swear at all! :)

[Kimmer]

I thought it was so funny! I watched it a few times.

[camberne]

Here's a follow-up story on someone who was "copy-catting" the Will Ferrell video.
Woman Charged with Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor (http://www.wvec.com/news/topstories/stories/wvec_local_121707_kid_cigarette_arrest_vb_.259ebae 4.html)
Here's another one... (http://www.wavy.com/Global/story.asp?S=7509491&nav=menu45_2_10)

I didn't think the Will Ferrell thing was funny, and here's just another reason why!! Unfortunately, I know the family involved. It's a horrible situation, and the parents of that poor child (who wasn't smoking, the cigarette wasn't lit, but that doesn't make it any better) are more dysfunctional than anyone could imagine (and it hasn't come out on the news yet). But, that they were compelled to do this to their baby to be funny because of the Will Ferrell video is just as misguided as I think the original video was.

[LittleFredPunkinHead]

I didn't think the Will Ferrell thing was funny, and here's just another reason why!! Unfortunately, I know the family involved. It's a horrible situation, and the parents of that poor child (who wasn't smoking, the cigarette wasn't lit, but that doesn't make it any better) are more dysfunctional than anyone could imagine (and it hasn't come out on the news yet). But, that they were compelled to do this to their baby to be funny because of the Will Ferrell video is just as misguided as I think the original video was.
I just completely disagree.

First- I think it absolutely does make a difference whether the cigarette is lit or not. If it's lit, the kid is definitely getting second hand smoke, and has the possibility of getting burnt.

Second- this thing versus Will Ferrell's is very different because there were no cigarettes whatsoever in his. There was no concern about the kid accidentally swallowing the cigarette or being influenced at all by it.

Finally- they weren't "compelled" to do this because of the Will Ferrell video. They were compelled by their stupidity. If they didn't copy the Will Ferrell video, than they probably would've been videotaping their baby taking crotchshots at the dad with a baseball bat to send in to America's Funniest Home Videos. (Which is a heck of a lot worse precedent to set IMO.)

[camberne]

Um, okay, you're right... let's all get our two year old kids to use profanity and talk about "getting their drink on", just don't let them touch that cigarette and it's all good!

My point is... these people ARE stupid. There are hundreds of thousands of stupid people out there who will do or have done the same thing they have. You get something that everyone laughs at (like the Will Ferrell video) and people want to emulate it to "be cool" just like him. They just took it one step farther and gave her the "white trash cigarette" to make it "funnier" in their opinion.

I was just waiting for a story like this to come out... and am just horrified that it happened in a family that I know. (I know the sister of the father of the child.)

[Niobe]

But the problem isn't with the video, it's with the people who are stupid. It's like suing Oliver Stone because Natural Born Killers "made" two delinquent teenagers kill people. Movies don't "make" people do anything.

I think one of the biggest problems we have in our society is our inability to take responsibility for our own actions and to appropriately place responsibility on others. People can't do something because they are just stupid, they have to have done it because a video, or a song, or whatever "made" them do it. No, they are human beings, they have brains and they have free will. The blame needs to be placed on them, not on some third party that had no ability to compel their actions whatsoever.

[rene']

But the problem isn't with the video, it's with the people who are stupid. It's like suing Oliver Stone because Natural Born Killers "made" two delinquent teenagers kill people. Movies don't "make" people do anything.

I think one of the biggest problems we have in our society is our inability to take responsibility for our own actions and to appropriately place responsibility on others. People can't do something because they are just stupid, they have to have done it because a video, or a song, or whatever "made" them do it. No, they are human beings, they have brains and they have free will. The blame needs to be placed on them, not on some third party that had no ability to compel their actions whatsoever.

ITA!

[ginadc]

Funny, although I wasn't PMPing...the "get my drink on" line was definitely the best part.

So far, Annika hasn't imitated any of the bad language that I'm trying to curb, although I'm sure it's coming. She does have an amusing habit of making all words that end in a K-sound start with a K-sound. Milk, for example, sounds more like kick or cook. You can imagine what rock sounds like.

And yeah, idiots are always going to find idiotic things to do. If the Will Ferrell video hadn't been their inspiration, it would've been something else.

[camberne]

I think one of the biggest problems we have in our society is our inability to take responsibility for our own actions and to appropriately place responsibility on others. People can't do something because they are just stupid, they have to have done it because a video, or a song, or whatever "made" them do it. No, they are human beings, they have brains and they have free will. The blame needs to be placed on them, not on some third party that had no ability to compel their actions whatsoever.And yeah, idiots are always going to find idiotic things to do. If the Will Ferrell video hadn't been their inspiration, it would've been something else.I'm all for people accepting responsibility for their actions, and never once indicated that the Will Ferrell video "made" them do anything. I also agree that if it wasn't Will Ferrell, it would have been something else. However, I think that having someone like Will Ferrell doing a video like he did with a child, and getting such a positive reaction for doing so, that it was just a matter of time before someone else did something similar as a take-off of it and get into trouble doing it.

There are LOTS of folks who think their kids are extremely funny for doing things or saying things when they're little that they'd punish them for doing when they were older. Why is it funny or cute to teach them to do these things when they're little?

When my nephew was little and my SIL was teaching him to say "Please" when he was asking for something, my brother taught my nephew to say "Now". So, my nephew would ask for something, and SIL would ask "what do you say?" and he started to answer "now" instead of "please". I thought that was horrible, but my brother thought it was hilarious! Of course, it took several MONTHS to break my nephew of that habit, and how was he supposed to understand why he was now being taught that it was not funny when he was getting so much positive reinforcement before?

That's my issue! People do these things to their kids because of all the positive feedback. Look at all the positive feedback there was HERE for that video!! I'm sure there were several folks who laughed at what my brother taught my nephew. But, when you really think about it, it's not fair to the kids. So, for a little humour for the adults, let's screw with the kids. We'll deal with the aftermath later.

[rileyandfredsmom]

I'm all for people accepting responsibility for their actions, and never once indicated that the Will Ferrell video "made" them do anything. I also agree that if it wasn't Will Ferrell, it would have been something else. However, I think that having someone like Will Ferrell doing a video like he did with a child, and getting such a positive reaction for doing so, that it was just a matter of time before someone else did something similar as a take-off of it and get into trouble doing it.

Camberne - this paragraph seems, to me, to be contradictory. So, what you are saying is the the video didn't 'make' them do it but it did put the idea into their head? So, in a round-a-bout way, you are saying the video made them do it?

[princesse]

wrong.

[camberne]

Camberne - this paragraph seems, to me, to be contradictory. So, what you are saying is the the video didn't 'make' them do it but it did put the idea into their head? So, in a round-a-bout way, you are saying the video made them do it?No, that's not what I said, but you're free to interpret it that way if you choose.

[LittleFredPunkinHead]

But, that they were compelled to do this to their baby to be funny because of the Will Ferrell video is just as misguided as I think the original video was.
Here's where you literally said that seeing the Will Ferrell video made them do this.

[BTB]

Not at all funny, and I'm less of a Will Ferrell fan after seeing it.

[camberne]

But, that they were compelled to do this to their baby to be funny because of the Will Ferrell video is just as misguided as I think the original video was.Here's where you literally said that seeing the Will Ferrell video made them do this.Good freaking God. Forgive me... I should have said "they were moved to do this" instead of "compelled". I guess the MULTIPLE times I clarified that they weren't forced or made to do what they did because of the Will Farrell video isn't enough for someone who just wants to argue one tiny point of a larger discussion.

[LittleFredPunkinHead]

[/color]Good freaking God. Forgive me... I should have said "they were moved to do this" instead of "compelled". I guess the MULTIPLE times I clarified that they weren't forced or made to do what they did because of the Will Farrell video isn't enough for someone who just wants to argue one tiny point of a larger discussion.
Excuse me? I don't "just want to argue one tiny point of a larger discussion." I said I disagree with your opinion for a number of reasons. The multiple times you clarified amounted to basically the same thing for me- that you think Will Farrell was being a bad role model. I don't agree that he's a role model.

[miaclear]

Not funny. The only time I chuckled was when he opened the door and saw the little girl who I was totally not expecting.

[Graciesmama]

I have to admit it was funny until she started swearing and carrying around a beer. That was just completely wrong. There is no way I would let my child do that.

[Adaya]

Loved it and the baby cop video was even funnier.