I Unexpectedly Find Myself Standing Uncomfortably Beside a Nude Man With Magic Oranges From Spain

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My buddy Scott Bateman has a deliciously deadpan sense of humor that just kills me. Lately, he has been having a straight-faced field day animating (and, in a truer sense, reanimating) offbeat bits of found audio.

One of his latest is this reinterpretation of "Magic Oranges From Spain," an ancient audio clip promoting the Iberian citrus crop, wherein the world "oranges" seems to take on entirely new meanings.

Scott sometimes re-uses various images from previous cartoons -- including, in one of this one's early scenes, me, from the Trebekistan clip to your right. So suddenly, I'm enjoying the clip, and then there I am, too, next to the giant nude man with the Magic Oranges. Odd, I must say. Wasn't in my DayPlanner, but that's life in the big city, I guess.

This is a bit like when somebody sent me that clip of a guy giving out Free Hugs in Australia, and I turned out to be in it, an event I barely remembered. Only, well, giant nude subway guy doesn't get a hug. Even despite having Magic Oranges from Spain.

Lots more of Scott's bent genius here. Don't miss Andrew WK's advice for the unbalanced Japanese guy who the plays the GHEE-tar here.

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