Eric Appel is a writer/director in Los Angeles, California. He has an awesome wife and an awesome dog and is friends with a bunch of cool people. He loves to show his friends funny things that he finds on the internet, and he also loves talking about himself in the third person.Tumblr (3.0; @erockappel)http://erockappel.com/<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="300" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9943586&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF"><param name="quality" value="best" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="scale" value="showAll" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9943586&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF" /><embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9943586&server=www.vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://jakelodwick.tumblr.com/post/444261086/record-makers-promo-via-rroobbiinn" target="_blank">jakelodwick</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/9943586" target="_blank">Record Makers Promo</a> (via <a href="http://rroobbiinn.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">rroobbiinn</a>)</p> </blockquote> <p>I love everything about this video.  Beautiful animation.  Great song.</p>http://erockappel.com/post/444581754http://erockappel.com/post/444581754Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:39:53 -0800<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyc22jSMIV1qzqv2ho1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Taco Cat!</p> <p>(via <a href="http://graphiceverywhere.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">graphiceverywhere</a>)</p>http://erockappel.com/post/443646825http://erockappel.com/post/443646825Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:53:34 -0800<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://erockappel.com/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/443641313/tumblr_kz5mprbJEj1qzukvb&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p><a href="http://lookmom.tumblr.com/post/443429605/chamberlain-notorious-b-i-g-vs-rent" target="_blank">lookmom</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://chamberlain.tumblr.com/post/442775740/notorious-b-i-g-vs-rent-seasons-of-juice" target="_blank">chamberlain</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Notorious B.I.G. vs. Rent - “Seasons of Juice” (Chambaland Mash)</p> <p><em>Rough, but this only took about two hours.</em></p> </blockquote> <p>DAN.</p> <p>WTF.</p> <p>WHO KNEW? I love this………………………………. I loved Rent. Ew.</p> <p>I expect this to be reblogged 10k times.</p> </blockquote> <p>Sniff…Biggie loved Rent so much.</p>http://erockappel.com/post/443641313http://erockappel.com/post/443641313Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:49:22 -0800<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz4yyh7R6k1qznsg8o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://rillawafers.tumblr.com/post/441806451/i-can-say-i-was-there-when-this-idea-was-conceived" target="_blank">rillawafers</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>I can say I was there when this idea was conceived by <a href="http://erockappel.com/" target="_blank">Eric Appel</a>. We all laughed heartily, some of us cried (me) but it’s still fucking GOLD today.</p> </blockquote> <p>Denim Shackles!!!</p>http://erockappel.com/post/441810126http://erockappel.com/post/441810126Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:15:35 -0800<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/MQ78IlJs5JQ&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/MQ78IlJs5JQ&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://mellander.tumblr.com/post/441515988/this-is-even-better-then-the-last-one-i-was" target="_blank">mellander</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>This is even better then the last one. I was literally rolling on the floor laughing watching this. Literally.</p> </blockquote> <p>Oh my god!  This is the best remix I’ve ever heard!</p>http://erockappel.com/post/441776322http://erockappel.com/post/441776322Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:55:04 -0800<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/QdJwcKFDo3o&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/QdJwcKFDo3o&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Stairway to Stardom!</p>http://erockappel.com/post/440658562http://erockappel.com/post/440658562Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:07:25 -0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz3p2fNirm1qz6z0no1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://rillawafers.tumblr.com/post/440515776/soupsoup-chatroulette-map-not-so-anonymous" target="_blank">rillawafers</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://soupsoup.tumblr.com/post/440502295/chatroulette-map-not-so-anonymous-anymore" target="_blank">soupsoup</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://laughingsquid.com/chatroulette-map-not-so-anonymous-anymore/" target="_blank">Chatroulette Map: Not So Anonymous Anymore</a></p> </blockquote> <p>SHIT JUST GOT REAL</p> </blockquote> <p>I just learned that every dude in England is jerking off right now!</p>http://erockappel.com/post/440650784http://erockappel.com/post/440650784Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:02:56 -0800<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz2qt56Bpa1qz9muno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://www.whatevs.net/" target="_blank">gregrutter</a>)</p>http://erockappel.com/post/439437857http://erockappel.com/post/439437857Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:25:06 -0800<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz298m8Xm91qz6kbro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://paulscheer.com/post/439329021/god-bless-all-the-brave-men-and-women-who-gave" target="_blank">paulscheer</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>GOD BLESS ALL THE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR T-SHIRTS</p> <p>MARCH 10th - T-SHIRT SQUAD DAY</p> </blockquote>http://erockappel.com/post/439432850http://erockappel.com/post/439432850Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:21:16 -0800<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/tfDUSmeuJSk&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/tfDUSmeuJSk&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Here’s another episode of “Club TV with Lenny.”  All the local businesses that sponsor this thing are hilarious and real and from my home town!  I’m having a meltdown watching this shit!  SOLID GOLD!</p>http://erockappel.com/post/437718091http://erockappel.com/post/437718091Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:46:43 -0800<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/BK4Rc0uuvIE&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/BK4Rc0uuvIE&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>My friend Lee sent me this video of a 1991 public access “dance party” show from my home town.  This video is probably the highlight of my year.</p>http://erockappel.com/post/437708521http://erockappel.com/post/437708521Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:41:41 -0800<a href="http://www.reverbnation.com/kristyhanson">Kristy Hanson: New Album</a>: <p><a href="http://johannaparker.tumblr.com/post/435066630/kristy-hanson-new-album" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">johannaparker</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>My good friend Kristy Hanson releases her new album, <i>Into the Quiet</i>, on March 31st. Until that date she has free music Mondays where she releases a song from the album. This week, “Second Fiddle”. Love it. Check her out!</p></blockquote>http://erockappel.com/post/435083146http://erockappel.com/post/435083146Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:17:47 -0800<object width="400" height="256" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" id="ordie_player_d47751f7a0"><param name="movie" value="http://player.ordienetworks.com/flash/fodplayer.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value="key=d47751f7a0" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><embed width="400" height="256" flashvars="key=d47751f7a0" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" quality="high" src="http://player.ordienetworks.com/flash/fodplayer.swf" name="ordie_player_d47751f7a0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://azizisbored.tumblr.com/post/434677432/raaaaaaaandy-declares-war-on-justin-bieber-did" target="_blank">azizisbored</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><b>Raaaaaaaandy Declares War on Justin Bieber</b></p> <p>Did Justin Bieber steal his hit song “Baby” from Randy and Dave Sitek? Watch this video and make up your own mind.</p> <p>#BieberStolefromRandy</p> </blockquote> <p>RAAAAAAAANDY!!!</p>http://erockappel.com/post/434928746http://erockappel.com/post/434928746Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:19:54 -0800<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.collegehumor.com/moogaloop/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1929037&fullscreen=1" width="400" height="225"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" quality="best" value="http://www.collegehumor.com/moogaloop/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1929037&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://www.collegehumor.com/moogaloop/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1929037&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="400" height="225" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://dangurewitch.tumblr.com/post/434874908/collegehumor-die-hardly-working-the" target="_blank">dangurewitch</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://blog.collegehumor.com/post/434870704/die-hardly-working-the-collegehumor-action-movie" target="_blank">collegehumor</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1929037" target="_blank"><b>DIE HARDLY WORKING: The CollegeHumor Action Movie</b></a>. The highest-budget, longest-in-production, craziest Hardly Working ever produced. See what really happened to our old office. <a href="http://digg.com/comedy/CollegeHumor_s_Office_Action_Movie" target="_blank">Digg it</a>!</p> </blockquote> <p>Written by me and Patrick, directed by Todd Strauss-Schulson. This is an epic one. There are few career milestones as exciting as your first time flying a jetpack.</p> </blockquote> <p>Jesus Christ!  I feel like these guys can never make another “Hardly Working” after this one.  How the hell are they going to top it!?  This is amazing.  Bravo, College Humor!</p>http://erockappel.com/post/434905011http://erockappel.com/post/434905011Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:02:09 -0800<object data="http://screenrant.com/wp-content/plugins/wordtube/player.swf" name="WT1" id="WT1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="238" width="400"><param value="opaque" name="wmode" /><param value="always" name="allowscriptaccess" /><param value="all" name="allownetworking" /><param value="true" name="allowfullscreen" /><param value="file=http%3A%2F%2Fscreenrant.com%2Ftrailers2%2Firon-man-trailer-2.flv&volume=80&bufferlength=6&stretching=none&quality=false&backcolor=2E1302&frontcolor=D1AC13&lightcolor=FCB915&plugins=adtonomy&adtonomy.config=/adtonomy_config.xml&buffer=6&title=Iron%20Man%202%20trailer%20%232&linktarget=_self" name="flashvars" /></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://thedailywh.at/post/434134047/movie-trailer-of-the-day-second-full-trailer-for" target="_blank">thedailywhat</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><b>Movie Trailer of the Day: </b>Second full trailer for Jon Favreau’s <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_man_2" target="_blank"><i>Iron Man 2</i></a>.</p> <p>The film, which stars Robert Downey Jr., Don Cheadle, Mickey Rourke, Gwyneth Paltrow, Scarlett Johnansson, Sam Rockwell, and Samuel L. Jackson, is due in theaters May 7.</p> <p>Holy. Hell.</p> <p>[<a href="http://screenrant.com/new-iron-man-2-trailer-rob-47599/" target="_blank">screenrant</a>.]</p> </blockquote> <p>Holy shit!  Iron Man 2 is going to be sooooo good!!!!!</p>http://erockappel.com/post/434332984http://erockappel.com/post/434332984Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:44:48 -0800<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3mZ1zV1l2KQ&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3mZ1zV1l2KQ&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://thedailywh.at/post/432521098/talented-kids-being-talented-of-the-day-the" target="_blank">thedailywhat</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><b>Talented Kids Being Talented of the Day: </b>The fifth-graders of the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/agreggofsociety" target="_blank">PS22 Chorus</a> strike cute gold yet again with a heart-expanding cover of Pheonix’s “Lisztomania”.</p> <p>This must be the longest a sure thing has ever had to wait to become a TV show.</p> <p>[<a href="http://ohhaveyouseenthis.blogspot.com/2010/03/ps22-kids-do-lisztomania.html" target="_blank">hyst</a>.]</p> </blockquote> <p>The PS22 Chorus can do no wrong!</p>http://erockappel.com/post/432678411http://erockappel.com/post/432678411Sun, 07 Mar 2010 09:30:35 -0800<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-6b2wJG5i08&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-6b2wJG5i08&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Hot Off The Presses: “Copper Cab” is my new favorite YouTuber!</p>http://erockappel.com/post/431839317http://erockappel.com/post/431839317Sat, 06 Mar 2010 22:25:45 -0800<object width="400" height="256" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" id="ordie_player_de230d1087"><param name="movie" value="http://player.ordienetworks.com/flash/fodplayer.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value="key=de230d1087" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><embed width="400" height="256" flashvars="key=de230d1087" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" quality="high" src="http://player.ordienetworks.com/flash/fodplayer.swf" name="ordie_player_de230d1087" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://paulscheer.com/post/428696377/film-talk-with-the-oneal-cousins-the-oscars" target="_blank">paulscheer</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a>Film Talk with The O’Neal Cousins: The Oscars Special</a></p> <p>Two Top Indie Filmmakers rip apart Hollywood and al the movies nominated for Oscars.</p> </blockquote> <p>The O’Neal Cousins would like you to think they did all the work, but I’m actually the one that shot and edited this bad boy!</p>http://erockappel.com/post/430374908http://erockappel.com/post/430374908Sat, 06 Mar 2010 07:42:59 -0800<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyuiqgX97T1qz7um1o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>My pilot wrapped shooting this morning at 5am. This is how I chose to celebrate.</p> <p>BRAAAAAINS!!!!</p>http://erockappel.com/post/429692167http://erockappel.com/post/429692167Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:46:47 -0800<a href="http://www.apocalypstick.com/2010/03/your-muppet-man-guide.html">Do you really want to know something about a man? Ask him who his favorite muppet is.</a>: <p><a href="http://georgiaisyourfriend.tumblr.com/post/426648506/do-you-really-want-to-know-something-about-a-man-ask" target="_blank">georgiaisyourfriend</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://theidiotking.tumblr.com/post/424991256/do-you-really-want-to-know-something-about-a-man-ask" target="_blank">theidiotking</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><i>“If they like <b>Gonzo</b> they are artsy. They probably live in Venice. They probably have facial hair. They probably enjoy bizarre, kinky sex.”</i></p> <p>-My friend <a href="http://www.apocalypstick.com" target="_blank">Almie</a>, dropping some serious truth bombs, as usual.</p> </blockquote> <p><b>New Boyfriend chose Rowlf and Statler & Waldorf.  Swoon.*</b></p> <p><b>*mine would be Janice because “I’ll trade anyone who has a jacuuuuuzziiiiii.”</b></p> </blockquote> <p>Floyd Pepper all the way!</p>http://erockappel.com/post/426737517http://erockappel.com/post/426737517Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:28:08 -0800