"Work From Home"

Laughter is a gift, we all know that. But the kind of laughter that makes your face hurt and causes a flood of tears to drench your mascara stained cheeks, well, that's a dozen strippers jumping out of a cake. There was simply no way I could not expand on the universal reaction to this video. I have never laughed so hard in my life, and I am thankfully a chick who is always laughing. I reverse my Botox in five seconds with my exaggerated Jim Carey like facial features, and I quite like that about myself. If you aren't living under a rock, then chances are you've watched this video. OVER AND OVER AND OVER. If you haven't seen it, I am about to become your favorite person ever.  This is the moment that every person who has ever decided to work from home, stops and says to themselves,

 "I was wrong. This is not working for me. This was a very bad idea. I hate my life and need to regroup and make some major changes."

Usually, when one has these thoughts, they get to work this all out in the privacy of their own headspace. This dude was not afforded that luxury. Which is part of the magic of this clip. The world had an inside view into the holy fuckness of what must have been going through his mind WHILE HIS KIDS HIJACKED HIS LIFE DEFINING BBC INTERVIEW. But wait, it gets way better.

The ensuing hilarity appears choreographed in its buildup. Each component just gets funnier and funnier, it really seems like it was mapped out prior by Will Ferrel. It starts by this all important, stuffy news interview on the BBC, a juncture most will never achieve in their lifetime.  We don't know he's broadcasting from a home office until his toddler daughter busts in the room, starts dancing, and is throwing major "nah nah nah nah nah" vibes at her dad's life. There is zero time for the shock and humiliation to register, so he sticks his arm out to block the little girl, like a protective driver does to his fellow passenger in the event of an impending car accident. Only this wasn't protective, it was more like "if I just stick my arm out, maybe I can pretend this isn't happening. Cuz no one will see you. " I somehow suspect this family is not Jewish, but man, would this make the greatest bat mitzvah video of all time, showing this clip at this lil badass' party. Then, the baby wheels himself into the office in his rolling walker thing. The jig is up. No amount of arm stretching can conceal the utter crash and burn taking place. But, wait for it, there is an unidentified noble woman in the home who believes otherwise. With catlike reflexes, albeit too late, she frantically tries to get the kids out of the situation by hurling them one by one out of BBC sight. To no avail. The damage is done. He looks like a complete ass on international television, a scenario people have actual nightmares about. And wake up shaking first with panic, and then relief that it was just a bad dream. The woman's Addams Family arm desperately slamming the door shut after getting rid of these rad kids is the clincher. It was blink and you miss it.  Fortunately we can watch this a billion times. My favorite part of this entire scene is seeing the raw, brutal honesty on the face of this poor Shmuck dad, who had to have been thinking evil thoughts about his children. How at that moment, he wanted to strangle them, as they were ruining his life (while making ours!!), and destroying the integrity of his distinguished career.

Listen, we love our children more than anything in the world. It's the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. However, parenting is HARD. VERY HARD. And often times, things go completely awry and off the rails. And we are human and can't always conceal our emotions and keep our composure, unlike the uber professional other news anchor. Who deserves whatever news' award exists, for keeping his shit together and not letting loose a torrent of urine all over the news set, as I'd have done. Seriously, mad props (btw, I say this all the time, having no knowledge of what it means. Whatever.) It is truly the raw glimpse into the beast of parenting here that I responded to so viscerally. This is life, this is love. I bet those kids still got hugs that night at bedtime (I hope so). Shit happens, mistakes are made, sometimes of colossal proportions on BBC TV. But then we laugh and hug it out. And the humor remains. We keep it with us and can use it anytime to conjure up good, funny feelings. Laughing alone is one of life's greatest enjoyments. God, I miss you, Joan Rivers...

And I was one of the viewers convinced the lady here was a petrified nanny, who was about to get fired. Spoiler alert, it was the wife. Nanny funnier, but still gold nonetheless. Dude, bless you for not locking your door on your home office. The world thanks you for the barrel laughs. We all needed it. And thank you, Fifth Harmony, for providing the perfect song to back this madness. This is for all you listeners out there debating your decision to "Work From Home". You may want to think twice.