Could You Explain These Recurring References?

[MerryWanna]

Hello...I'm a MSTie/Rifftrax/CT addict to the bone, and in general, a media glutton.  Being so, I usually get most of the cultural/countercultural references that the jokes are based on.  However, there are a few that have consistently stumped me.  So as my way of saying my first hello, I ask if anyone might please explain to me the following:

Who is the "Nooma Nooma Guy"?
Who or what is "Carrot Top"?
Who is David Blaine?

Inquiring minds that want to be stoned, but can't afford the Ganj any more these days (hence the username) want to know! 

[TheUnabeefer]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

[Thrifty]

David Blaine is a street magician, I think.  I mean, he's a big time street magician, not like one of the real street magicians out there doing it as a hobby or struggling to turn it into a profession.

Carrot Top is a prop comic.  As a prop comic, his material is irritatingly unfunny and based on bad puns.  He has big orange-red hair, hence the name.

The Numa-Numa guy is some kind of YouTube celebrity.  I never got around to looking it up.

Schnappi (because you didn't ask yet, but will wonder eventually) is a baby alligator from a German children's show.  You can look up the Schnappi song on YouTube.  It's pretty catchy.

[Compound]

Hello...I'm a MSTie/Rifftrax/CT addict to the bone, and in general, a media glutton.  Being so, I usually get most of the cultural/countercultural references that the jokes are based on.  However, there are a few that have consistently stumped me.  So as my way of saying my first hello, I ask if anyone might please explain to me the following:

Who is the "Nooma Nooma Guy"?
Who or what is "Carrot Top"?
Who is David Blaine?

Inquiring minds that want to be stoned, but can't afford the Ganj any more these days (hence the username) want to know! 

Carrot top is a procomic who's been around for quite a while. I think they even referred to him in MST3k. Here he is on family Guy:


and these days in real life:



Numa-Numa guy:

And David Blaine, magician extraordinaire! is best known for annoying New Yorkers with street magic, either by freezing himself in ice, submerging himself in a sphere of water for a week,  standing on a pole, hanging from cranes, etc.
Here's a TV special of his.

[Thrifty]

So that's the Numa-Numa guy.  How charmingly hilarious.  It doesn't really stand out from a lot of YouTube videos, so it's curious that it became such a sensation.

[MontyServo]

I think Carrot Top gets a bad rep from a lot of comedy snobs who have likely never seen his full act (or have only seen snippets on TV) and just like to repeat the mantra they have always heard from other comedy snobs about him.

I have seen his Vegas act and it was very funny.  I'd recommend his Vegas show for sure.  I'm not so sure about his other shows, since I have heard that he does tone down his act for the non-Vegas crowds.  The Vegas show is more for the adults and not really family friendly.  Very goofy and silly, and a lot of fun.

Funny is subjective however.  And opinions will vary.   

 

[Thrifty]

I think Carrot Top gets a bad rep from a lot of comedy snobs who have likely never seen his full act (or have only seen snippets on TV) and just like to repeat the mantra they have always heard from other comedy snobs about him.

I have seen his Vegas act and it was very funny.  I'd recommend his Vegas show for sure.  I'm not so sure about his other shows, since I have heard that he does tone down his act for the non-Vegas crowds.  The Vegas show is more for the adults and not really family friendly.  Very goofy and silly, and a lot of fun.

Funny is subjective however.  And opinions will vary.   

Yeah maybe.  I found out a few years after Full House ended that Bob Saget is actually really funny.

[MerryWanna]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

Ha ha.

Dude, I didn't use Wikipedia for a reason. For one thing, how was I s'posed to know how to spell "Nooma Nooma"? Besides, as useful as it is, Wikipedia's obsession with being totally de-opinionated would have made for a possible lack of information as to what the Rifftrax context of these things is.

The other posters provided this perfectly.  Thanks!

[Thrifty]

You know, except for the hideous hair, Carrot Top is a pretty good lookin' fella.

[mr.b.natural]

Joel is a prop comic.  Just sayin'.

[Darth Geek]

Numa-Numa guy:

He kinda looks like John Lasseter, doesn't he?

[MerryWanna]

I have another Recurring Reference to inquire about: what's Schnappi?

[Darth Geek]

I have another Recurring Reference to inquire about: what's Schnappi?

Oh, dear, here we go...

[goflyblind]

I have another Recurring Reference to inquire about: what's Schnappi?

Schnappi (because you didn't ask yet, but will wonder eventually) is a baby alligator from a German children's show.  You can look up the Schnappi song on YouTube.  It's pretty catchy.

[MerryWanna]

I have another Recurring Reference to inquire about: what's Schnappi?

Schnappi (because you didn't ask yet, but will wonder eventually) is a baby alligator from a German children's show.  You can look up the Schnappi song on YouTube.  It's pretty catchy.

Aerrrrgh.  ///whackself///