On the surface, this is an amusing April Fools gag on a Fox morning news show in San Diego with a cute reaction and blah blah blah – but my deeper interest is how awesome and casual Fox morning shows in San Diego are. We have Good Day LA I guess, which has the same light and bouncy air to it but still – I was more impressed by the anchor smoothly sniffing his phone and saying “ya dude” than with the actual content. An extra nice touch: The Fox 5 logo turning into Fox 69 during the segment.
For one day, FunnyOrDie.com became the best website on the internetz. The April Fools day conversion to Bieber or Die was a good idea that was executed in a good way. The homepage adorned with a cutout of Biebers lesbian haircut in the background and an all Bieber video que on auto-play was amusing but the individual videos are what made it. They satirize the 16 year old singers style, image and weird ghetto-prep persona in a way that benefits both sides: you watch it and go “ya, thats EXACTLY how that little twerp is” but also have to acknowledge that he’s going along with the self deprecation so you can’t help but dock him several douchebag points from his list.
The image says it all, but the video is here for your viewing pleasure as well: