Enter.... Baby Mangino

I like to think that I have a good sense of humor. If you enjoy reading this blog, then chances are that you either have a similar sense of humor as myself, or at least you know what is funny and what isn't. Because it's all about the funny.

Having a good sense of humor is comprised of two things:

• Knowing what is funny
• Knowing what isn't funny

Naturally, I like to think I am a good judge of both. Things I find funny include:

• Will Ferrell on SNL
• Judd Apatow movies
• Ricky Gervais and his brand of awkward humor
• It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia
  

There are several things that are widely embraced as being hysterical that I don't find funny at all. These include:

• Rick-rolling. I like the song, but I can't see where the funny is.
• Dancing to the song "Crank That" by Soulja Boy. We've all seen the video, and I know too many people that have made their own YouTube versions of it. I've been to several parties when a group of white guys have danced in a line to that stupid song, and literally every single person at the party was laughing as if they were hearing Dave Chappelle for the first time. Ridiculous.
  
• Pretty much everything on Cartoon Networks Adult Swim, with the exception of Futurama and Family Guy.
  

Does this mean I know better than these people? Probably not. After all, Adult Swim is incredibly successful while this blog probably gets five viewers a month. And Rick-rolling seems to dominate Digg whenever something new happens.

The point is, I don't consider myself a slave to fad humor.

Until now.

One of my favorite sites is Deadspin.com, a humorus sports blog. Around Halloween, they ran this article, which featured a young child dressed as Kansas University head football coach Mike Mangino. And it makes me laugh hysterically every single fucking time I see him.

A comparison:


Over the weeks, Baby Mangino, spawned impostors, rivals, and nay-sayers.

The cherub-cheeked lad was eventually unmasked, and then entered in Deadspin's Sportshuman of the Year Contest. I voted for him. Every time and repeatedly.

Like Gen. Sherman's, Baby Mangino's infantry (see what I did there?) march to the top left nothing but scorched earth (read: sports celebrities) in his path, before entering the final round.

And then the world took notice. Okay, just central Kansas. Well, and CNN.

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So please to be enjoying the last link about Baby Mangino, which discusses his win, and contains a video about his quest to be named Sportshuman of the Year 2008.

Hopefully this isn't the last we'll hear of Baby Mangino.