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Celebrity Mash-Up Math
January 25, 2013 
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January 25, 2013 
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A Cake Wreck is any cake that is unintentionally sad, silly, creepy, inappropriate - you name it. A Wreck is not necessarily a poorly-made cake; it's simply one I find funny, for any of a number of reasons. Anyone who has ever smeared frosting on a baked good has made a Wreck at one time or another, so I'm not here to vilify decorators: Cake Wrecks is just about finding the funny in unexpected, sugar-filled places.
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You take the blonde. Elmo take the one in the turban...
There as no way I thought I would laugh today, but I did a little. Thank you, celebrity mash-up.
That first comparison actually made me guffaw! Thank you!!
I guess you have to take into account who it's for: my 5 yr old loves the "Woody"cake but thinks Elmo is "creepy". other comments: "mom, its a Dora cake!" and for the last one, "sprinkles!"
WOW! Those are amazingly accurate mashups. Color me impressed (and slightly nauseous).
Sung to “Come Together” by the Beetles
Take our guy, Woody
Plus Paul from Spin City
You get “Kind”-a Woody
We’re just Mad About Him
Next you add Elmo to Igor, please
What you get’s a Muppet
With that bug-eye disease
Next our dear Dora
Teams up with ol’ Gumby
How can she be so flat
Yet still look so chubby?
Let’s take Broomhilde, add a sprinkle or 3
How can she be festive
And yet look so icky?
Mashed together, right now
Wrecks like these.
Hahahahaha!!! That was simple yet hilarious.
How much research did that take? Those were amazing likenesses!
Jen your humor and creativity is GOLD
I am SO GLAD I know not to drink or eat while reading Cake Wrecks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OH MY.. hee hee hee
Any post that references my favorite movie EVER, and with sprinkles no less, is totally off the awesomeness chart! Well played, Jen. Well played.
Best post ever!! You are a genius!!
I'd love to assume there's a decorator out there who's a Mel Brooks fan (could we pretty please see THAT cake collection?!) but I doubt that's the case here.
Amazing work on those mash-ups. Hilarious!
Those were PERFRCT mash ups. Loved it!
HAHA. I love the Woody one!! TOO FUNNY
Hys. Terical.
THIS is why I love cakewrecks.
"....Cuz he's got Marty Feldman eyes..." Great. Now I'm going to have Weird Al running through my head all day...
lol.....tooooo funny....couldn't have been better if they had been planned....
@Sharyn -- spp
@Haiku Joy: a little laughter is good...it can be a momentary bit of relief and respite sometimes from the heaviness of life...keeping you and your friends in my thoughts....
Your mashups are awesome. I love the way you think!
These are spot on.
=1 Speaking of spots, why is Woody's face all lumpy like that? Think I'll go with the time-tested 'copyright infringement avoidance' theory. Ok, it's weak, but it's "my theory, which it is, and it is mine, too." -- A. Elk
=2 Ah, bug-eyed things in bell jars. Talk about needing air holes...
=3 Looks like Dora has been doing some weightlifting. Poor thing, that backpack must be heavier than it looks.
=4 Sprinkles!
Raining here. Cyber hugs to anyone who might need some.
Incidentally, the best cross over ever was when Cookie Monster was on The Muppet Show with Marty Feldman! Never considered Elmo for the part...
I absolutely LOVE that you used Young Frankenstein and Men in Tights references!! <3 Mel Brooks to the day I die.
After being a writer for more than 30 years, I must humbly bow to the master. Anyone who can write a blog post with only 4 plus signs and 4 equal signs, AND make it hilarious, AND include sprinkles is a GENIUS.
I am so glad that you have finally recognized that Sprinkles are celebrities. Just like Lindsay Lohan, Sprinkles make everything a party.
oh. my. god. I never laughed so much at one of your posts...!!! And I usually laugh my a** off!!!!! Hillarious!!!!!!!!!!
Like them all, but I have to say for the "Dora" one I see more in common with Mr. Bill than Gumby...
I've been seeing those Elmo-ish cakes around my local bakeries along with what I can only guess are supposed to be other Sesame Street characters. They kind of terrify me.
Most impressive use of +'s and ='s today!!!
@Haiku Joy ~ My heart hurts for you and your friends. Big hugs and warm thoughts and much love coming from WA for you! My offer still stands if you need to vent or just talk.
A picture is worth a thousand words....
Farfenkugel. If I vos you, I vould NEVAH do zat again! Any qvestions?
I've never commented on your posts before, and I do read EV.E.R.Y.D.A.Y.! And I usually giggle & smile, & occasionally LOL. Today's post was a 3-fer. Thanks for spreading your particular brand of sunshine. I think Elmo is my fav.
Those sprinkles did it for me.
Okay, I just spent 5 minutes laughing, and I hadn't even scrolled past the bottle of sprinkles.
And another 5 minutes after that... thanks.
@BADKarma - I know he's associated with parody songs, but I'm hoping you aren't one of those folks out there who think that "Wierd Al" wrote and recorded every parody song out there. "Marty Feldman Eyes" is actually from an artist named Bruce "Baby Man" Baum. It's just one of the things that grinds my gears.
Fredrick: Damn your eyes!
Elmo: That's not very nice.
Woody: YEEE-HAWWWW!!!!
Fredrick: Somebody call my agent.
I am howling with laughter here!
El-gor is a hoot, but the sprinkled Broomhilde just made my day.
Funny thing is, my 10 y/o understood every reference except the Spin City one. He agrees that El-gor is frighteningly horrific.
I'll bet that last cake is Toasty Warm!
(Sorry, couldn't help it.)
Fantastic sources there guys, truly.
That Elmo cake is Abby-normal.
How long have you been sitting on these? Waiting for that ONE LAST MASH-UP? Brilliance. Sheer brilliance.
And don't call me Sheerly.
Favorite CW post EVER!!!!!
lmao, as soon as I saw Dora I knew it would be good, but the sprinkles in the last pair really, well, take the cake!
Wonderful post! I'm just glad most of the office is cleared out for the weekend, or I'd have some 'splainin' to do, what with all the barely suppressed giggling going on.
No disrespect to your mash-up, Jen (it's spot on, of course), but that last one looks like a cross between Princess Leia and your Beast-looking CCC (ptooie!) from long ago - with sprinkles.
@Sharyn - brilliant, as always
@Haiku Joy - sending virtual hugs your way
On a scale of "not that bad" to "dear lord what have I done?" where does dismembering Dora at a birthday party fit in all of this?
All of your wrecks are wonderful, but this one is particularly brilliant. Bravo!
How do you come up with this stuff!? Brilliant!
Brilliant!
That was hilarious! I needed a good laugh today. Classic!
"I'm Dora, dammit!"
That reminds me, has anyone seen the Dora carseat? That thing is terrifying!!
Flipping hysterical!!