Just Because: Howard Stern On 'The Magic Hour'

Posted by Kenneth Herzog at 1:00 PM Jan 09, 2009

By Kenny Herzog



A couple months back, NCDSUV began broadcasting a new feature known as Just Because, highlighting something inane, obscurely amazing or just plain jaw-dropping from the outlines of pop culture and viral content.

These differ from, say, insanely retarded local ads, or  eccentric YouTube karaoke performers, which can be grouped into their own self-referencing regular spotlights. Nor do they need to be burdened by standards of timeliness or having been as-yet-unearthed.

They are the standalone wonders of the cybersphere that made us all get a computer in the first place, and occasionally need to be inserted into a day of normal online programming.

So while the last installment of Just Because teased our upcoming presidential inauguration with some unforgettable footage from a recent mayorial swearing in, this week we zap you back to almost a decade ago, to a time when Howard Stern was at the peak of his powers and chose to zero them in on a helpless Magic Johnson. 

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Just Because: Rudy Giuliani's Portly, Prankster Son Andrew

Posted by Kenneth Herzog at 2:06 PM Jan 02, 2009

By Kenny Herzog

A couple months back, NCDSUV began broadcasting a new feature known as Just Because, highlighting something inane, obscurely amazing or just plain jaw-dropping from the outlines of pop culture and viral content.

These differ from, say, insanely retarded local ads, or  eccentric YouTube karaoke performers, which can be grouped into their own self-referencing regular spotlights. Nor do they need to be burdened by standards of timeliness or having been as-yet-unearthed.

They are the standalone wonders of the cybersphere that made us all get a computer in the first place, and occasionally need to be inserted into a day of normal online programming. Just because.

So while the last installment of Just Because celebrated the late Estelle Getty's giddy inhabitation of wiseass Golden Girls matriarch Sophia Petrillo, today we hop in our pop-culture time machine to 1994, and in recognition of Barack Obama's impending inauguration, revisit an unforgettable moment in political-office swearing-in history, and its 14th anniversary.

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Just Because: The Best Of 'Golden Girl' Sophia

Posted by Kenneth Herzog at 1:13 PM Dec 26, 2008

By Kenny Herzog



A few weeks ago, NCDSUV began broadcasting a new feature known as Just Because, highlighting something inane, obscurely amazing or just plain jaw-dropping from the outlines of pop culture and viral content.

These differ from, say, insanely retarded local ads, or  eccentric YouTube karaoke performers, which can be grouped into their own self-referencing regular spotlights. Nor do they need to be burdened by standards of timeliness or having been as-yet-unearthed.

They are the standalone wonders of the cybersphere that made us all get a computer in the first place, and occasionally need to be inserted into a day of normal online programming. Just because.

So while the last installment of Just Because celebrated the homoerotic curiosa of a broadcasted DIY Soloflex workout, today we provide you with the belated Christmas present of a recently deceased Golden Girl who will live on ion comedy heaven for eternity.

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Just Because: Homoerotic, Eurotrash-Techno Soloflex Workout

Posted by Kenneth Herzog at 1:15 PM Dec 12, 2008

By Kenny Herzog



A few weeks ago, NCDSUV began broadcasting a new feature known as Just Because, highlighting something inane, obscurely amazing or just plain jaw-dropping from the outlines of pop culture and viral content.

These differ from, say, insanely retarded local ads, or  eccentric YouTube karaoke performers, which can be grouped into their own self-referencing regular spotlights. Nor do they need to be burdened by standards of timeliness or having been as-yet-unearthed.

They are the standalone wonders of the cybersphere that made us all get a computer in the first place, and occasionally need to be inserted into a day of normal online programming. Just because.

So while the last installment of Just Because featured a classically, brutally hilarious Beavis And Butt-Head episode that provided a whole new use for tampons (see, they're not just for turkey-basting anymore), this week we bring a very special clip that combines outdated workout equipment, mystifying vanity, homoeroticism and shitty techno. Exciting, no?

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Just Because: Beavis And Butt-Head's "Nosebleed"

Posted by Kenneth Herzog at 3:00 PM Nov 28, 2008

By Kenny Herzog

 

 

 

A few weeks ago, NCDSUV began broadcasting a new feature known as Just Because, highlighting something inane, obscurely amazing or just plain jaw-dropping from the outlines of pop culture and viral content.

These differ from, say, insanely retarded local ads, or  eccentric YouTube karaoke performers, which can be grouped into their own self-referencing regular spotlights. Nor do they need to be burdened by standards of timeliness or having been as-yet-unearthed.

They are the standalone wonders of the cybersphere that made us all get a computer in the first place, and occasionally need to be inserted into a day of normal online programming. Just because.

So while last week we shared the unspeakable pleasure of a unitard-sporting, sort-of breakdancing Jean Claude Van Damme circa a quarter-century ago, today we bring you five minutes of bratty animated bliss that's both preciously innocent in retrospect and graphically ahead of its time.



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Just Because: Jean Claude Van Damme 'Breakin' It Down

Posted by Kenneth Herzog at 1:30 PM Nov 21, 2008

By Kenny Herzog

A couple weeks, NCDSUV began broadcasting a new feature known as "Just Because", highlighting something inane, obscurely amazing or just plain jaw-dropping from the outlines of pop culture and viral content.

These differ from, say, insanely retarded local ads, or eccentric YouTube karaoke performers, which can be grouped into their own self-referencing regular spotlights. Nor do they need to be burdened by standards of timeliness or having been as-yet-unearthed.

They are the standalone wonders of the cybersphere that made us all get a computer in the first place, and occasionally need to be inserted into a day of normal online programming. Just because.

So while "Just Because" debuted with a an expletive-exclusive mash-up of N.W.A's Straight Outta Compton, and followed up with a Bill Cosby horsey ride (don't ask, just watch), this week we revisit an individual who was on our minds after recently sexually harassing a barely legal Newsweek reporter.

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Just Because: Chubby Peter's 'Cosby Show' Horsey Ride

Posted by Kenneth Herzog at 1:00 PM Nov 14, 2008

By Kenny Herzog

Last week, NCDSUV began broadcasting a new feature known as "Just Because," highlighting something inane, obscurely amazing or just plain jaw-dropping from the outlines of pop culture and viral content.

These differ from, say, insanely retarded local ads, or eccentric YouTube karaoke performers, which can be grouped into their own self-referencing regular spotlights. Nor do they need to be burdened by standards of timeliness or having been as-yet-unearthd.

They are the standalone wonders of the cybersphere that made us all get a computer in the first place, and occasionally need to be inserted into a day of normal online programming. Just because.

So while "Just Because" debuted with a an expletive-exclusive mash-up of N.W.A.'s Straight Outta Compton, this week brings us to a program that provided endless reels of family friendly hilarity.

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Just Because: The N.W.A. Expletive Album

Posted by Kenneth Herzog at 4:30 PM Nov 10, 2008

By Kenny Herzog

Beginning with today's clip, NCDSUV will occasionally broadcast a feature known as "Just Because," highlighting something inane, obscurely amazing or just plain jaw-dropping from the outlines of pop culture and viral content.

These differ from, say, insanely retarded local ads, or eccentric YouTube karaoke performers, which can be grouped into their own self-referencing regular spotlights. Nor do they need to be burdened by standards of timeliness or having been as-yet-unearthd.

They are the standalone wonders of the cybersphere that made us all get a computer in the first place, and occasionally need to be inserted into a day of normal online programming. Just because.

So today, enjoy this little conceptual statement, courtesy of an N.W.A. fan with the mashup prowess of Girl Talk but an even giddier subversive streak. It's the entirety of the gangsta rap pioneers' Straight Outta Compton, except with all non-profane moments edited out. And while you can argue the artistic merits of the landmark hip-hop opus, there's no denying Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, MC Ren and Eazy-E's prodigious propensity for spewing epithets.

So enjoy this clip for its artificially jaw-dropping relentlessness, intermittent moments of unintended hilarity, oddly pointed synopsis of the album's iconic menace and, well, just because.

Feel free to e-mail any stupendous Just Because ideas to nudecelebritydeathsuv@gmail.com. We will make sure to credit you and offer you millions of dollars in Arabian riches.