Watch the New "Auto-Tune the News," Plus a Few of Our Favorites

Let’s not kid ourselves: politics can be pretty boring sometimes. Sure, it’s all well and good to watch that three-hour marathon session of the Ways and Means Committee when you’ve got nothing to do but sit around in your underwear all day and refresh Drudge every 30 seconds. But really, how likely are you to bring up CSPAN2’s rerun of Marcy Kaptur’s kickin’ speech on the floor of the House in mixed company? Worry no more, political junkie, because the medicine for your troubles has arrived: Auto-Tune the News.

It’s exactly what it sounds like. Brooklynite Michael Gregory and his merry crew of pitch-correctors assemble some memorable recent clips from CSPAN and broadcast/cable news, videotape themselves in front of greenscreens, slather on some vocoder, and splice it all together for your amusement.

And oh how amusing it is. Number nine, their most recent video, dropped late last week. Imagine Keith Olbermann, Representative Alan Grayson and Gordon Brown getting their Akon on, set to a wicked guitar solo from Hugo Chavéz. Better yet, watch it:

That’s just the tip of the iceberg. Their second video sees Katie Kouric (AKA: Katie Coo) launching an impassioned ode to our quickly-melting icebergs, while an angry gorilla bros down with Sean Hannity:

And did you ever think you’d ever see über-Libertarian Ron Paul (backed by Rachel Maddow) become an accidental R&B star? :

Then there’s video number eight: their magnum opus. This painfully boring news cycle is transformed into an epic hip-hopera about Joe Biden’s love for stuff made in America, cooked geese, Michael Vick and a Viking Senator. Oh yeah, and T-Pain is in it: