Chubby Chuckler

Not likely to set alight the internet with this post but let's face it, you've gotta embrace the baby love that's doing the rounds at the moment - it's more infectious than the Winter Vomiting Virus. This is bound to bring a smile to the face of even the most hardened cynics. Tom, you're clearly a very gifted comic.

Louis Theroux and the Survivalists

Spotted at BoingBoing - You can also see Louis Theroux and the:
Neo-Nazis , Westboro Baptist Church , Black Supremacists , Swingers, Body Builders, UFO Hunters, Apertheid Diehards in South Africa, Thai Brides, Gangsta' Rappers, Hypnotists, Televangelists, Wrestlers, Enlightenment, San Quentin State Prison.

Kaki King - Goby

Irresistable

This reminds me of a joke:

Question: How many ears does Mr Spock have?

Answer: 3. A left ear, a right ear and a final front ear.

4 Candles

The handwritten script for this classic 2 Ronnies sketch just sold for £48,500. Great stuff.

Massive Attack and Portishead: Glory Box

Meet the Phelpses

Continuing on the theme of strange American families. Louis Theroux recently met this bunch, who call themselves 'the most hated family in the America':

In any country, let alone one as patriotic as the US, few actions are as provocative as protesting at a soldier's funeral.

The Phelps family pickets mourners across the country, to mark what it describes as God's revenge on the US for tolerating homosexuality.

Their actions are in the name of the Westboro Baptist Church, which numbers 71 and is headed by "Gramps", preacher Fred Phelps. The church, which is based in Topeka, Kansas, mostly comprises his extended family.

Louis Theroux says the Phelpses are the most extreme people he has ever met, which is saying something, and in this interview at the BBC, he talks about how three weeks with them left him perplexed by their motivation.

The family have been in the news recently after the church was ordered to pay nearly $11 million to the the father of a fallen soldier whose funeral was the subject of one of their protests.

And just to add a final element of weirdness to this whole thing, they have a website too: www.thesignsofthetimes.net

Here's an extract from Louis Theroux's program which was originally aired earlier this year: