Nuckin' Futs
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| Author: JibJab |
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| Animation Style: Adobe Flash |
| Current Status: No Updates |
Nuckin' Futs is an Adobe Flash-based animation by JibJab focused around the year 2006, "The JibJab Year in Review". (It's name is a joke of "Fuckin' Nuts".) Like other JibJab presentations, Nuckin' Futs is a comedy animation. The animation stars real-world children whose mouths move according to the lyrics of the song. The "Musical" is presented in the form of a children's choir and highlights the main events of the year 2006 such as former N*Sync band member Lance Bass 'coming out of the closet', the war between Israel and Lebanon, and many more events.
[edit] Events mentioned
JibJab's play, Nuckin' Futs, highlighted a large number of events that took place in the year 2006. These events are mentioned below.
- The Iraq Civil War (Al-Askari Mosque bombing).
- Recent parts of the 2001-present War in Afghanistan.
- The birth of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's child.
- Osama Bin Laden hasn't been found yet.
- Britney Spears bad driving incidents.
- The trial of Saddam Hussein
- The Dick Cheney hunting incident
- The NSA warrantless surveillance controversy
- The US/UK aircraft liquid ban following the alleged 2006 Transatlantic Aircraft Plot
- The 2006 Chávez speech at the UN
- Tom Cruise and his breakup with Paramount.
- The 2006 Thai coup d'état
- The Mel Gibson DUI incident
- Ted Haggard and his recent scandal.
- The death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
- The purchase of YouTube by Google
- The 2006 Cuban transfer of presidential duties
- The 2006 Ariel Sharon illness
- Jack Abramoff and Tom DeLay
- William J. Jefferson keeping his bribe money in a freezer.
- Mark Foley scandal
- Paris Hilton swearing not to have sex.
- Pope Benedict XVI Islam controversy
- The 2006 North Korean nuclear test and Kim Jong-il
- The 2006 North American E. coli outbreak
- The death of Ken Lay
- Lance Bass announcing he's gay.
- The resignation of Donald Rumsfeld
- The United States general elections, 2006
- The 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict and Hezbollah
- The Iranian nuclear program
All of these events happened during the year 2006, and all were mentioned and parodied in this JibJab animation.
[edit] References
The animation Nuckin' Futs was aired on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Tuesday December 12, 2006.
