January 06, 2008

Uncle Michael Teasing Uncle BJ

My Uncle Michael is hilarious. This is footage he filmed and narrated in the 70's. He's really giving his older brother, my Uncle BJ, a hard time about being chubby. BJ takes it incredibly well. Unfortunately for BJ, his high pitched laugh actually makes him sound a little like a dolphin, which will be funnier after you watch the video.

I don't have footage of it, but I'm sure BJ gives it right back to Michael later that day.


Uncle Michael Teasing Uncle BJ from alexander_bain on Vimeo.

[Here's my description of my trip to the Saratoga races with him this past summer]

I'm about to start a project where I archive a lot of old family movies and photos. I'll make the highlights available on this blog. I have a tag in Flickr for any photo produced by scanning, as opposed to digitally captured. I suppose I'll make the best clips from the old movies available on Vimeo with some sort of similar tag.

Jan 6, 2008 12:09:58 PM | Vimeo

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Andy Dunn

Alex I am belly laughing.

Posted by: Andy Dunn | January 11, 2008 at 08:30 AM

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