- Not what you asked for?
So it's almost Christmas time.
Which means we all get presents! Yay, it's so fun!
But we all know that one person that is...
How do I put this nicely?
Gift-challenged?
You know that one person in your life
that on whatever occasion, will give you a gift that
just makes you question their overall mental state?
Like when I was young, I remember this kid
once came to my birthday party
and gave me an empty chip bag as a birthday gift.
I wish I was making that up.
And that got me thinking, "What other kind
of weird gifts have been given?".
So, I looked it up, and
let's just say I found some famous ones
that make the chip bag fiasco look normal.
So, without further ado, here they are.
The ten creepiest gifts ever given.
Number one is the terrifying prank.
On his birthday, Jack Nicholson was given
one of the creepiest gifts you could possibly imagine.
See, at the time, Jack was dealing with a stalker,
so his friend, Hunter Thompson,
decided to play a nice little prank on him.
Just outside of Jack's house, he set up a device
that played the sound of a pig being eaten alive by bears,
then he started shooting off
a nine millimeter Smith & Wesson, and to top it all off,
he left a frozen elk heart on his doorstep.
Of course, Jack, fearing that his stalker
had finally found him, spent the rest of his birthday
hiding in the basement waiting for the cops to arrive.
Happy birthday, friend!
Number two is the skin book.
(with a lisp) It's just skin, Steven.
In the 1930s, there was a notorious
criminal called James Allen.
Throughout the years, he continued to rob
and murder people until he was eventually caught
by authorities, who executed him.
However, before he died, he wrote a book outlining
his life story as well as a confession to his crimes
to be given as a gift to whoever could catch him.
And the book was bound in his own skin.
Yep. The book was made of skin.
No, that's no big deal.
There's nothing weird about that whatsoever.
Silence of the lambs!
Number three is the dead mother doll.
Most people are familiar with the
famous director, Alfred Hitchcock.
But what most people don't know
is that he's a little sick in the head.
When actress Melanie Griffith's mother died,
he got his special effects crew
to make a wax replica of her and put it in a coffin.
The extra-creepy cherry on the cake
is that her mother was actress Tippi Hedren,
who starred in Hitchcock's movie "The Birds" in 1963.
So he even dressed the doll the way she did in the movie.
Just a quick little PSA: if you're like Alfred Hitchcock
and you're lacking what they call the "social skills",
just stick to a card that says "My condolences".
It goes a long way.
Number four is baby limbs.
When Prince William and Kate Middleton
had their newborn son, Prince George christened,
Kate's sister, Pippa gave them a unique gift.
That gift was a pair of the baby's own
hands and feet made of solid silver.
Yeah, severed baby limbs! Okay.
Listen, I get the sentiment here,
and I even get that it's difficult
to find a unique gift for a prince and duchess,
but to hand a couple their baby's own limbs in a box?
Not a sane gift. Kinda creepy.
Number five is the scary sandwich.
Earlier this year, Subway partnered with the NFL
on an advertising campaign called "Subway's Famous Fan".
And how did they promote it?
Well, they gave Georgia linebacker Jarvis Jones
a sandwich made in his own likeness.
Here's what it looked like!
What is that, tuna?
Seriously, how could he not be creeped out by this?
I mean, he's hugging it in the picture, but
I'd like to see what his initial reaction was.
"Oh, word? Oh aight, they made me a sammich.
That's cool, I wanna check it out. Where is it?"
(terrifying music)
(screams)
Number six is the carpet portrait.
In 1997, the president of Azerbaijan
visited the United States and decided
to give President Bill Clinton a unique gift
of a hand-woven carpet with his
and the First Lady's portraits on it.
Now he did this because in his culture,
rugs are a customary gift.
Which is nice, but at the end of the day,
it's still a carpet.
I mean, it's something people are meant to walk on
and you put the president's face on it.
And that also means that the artist
had to intricately study Bill's face
in order to hand-weave thousands of threads.
It's just a little creepy.
Well, I guess it could have been worse.
I guess you could have given him a cigar
with Monica Lewinsky's face on it or something.
What? I mean 'cause smoking's bad for you.
The hell were you thinking?
Number seven is the flesh lamp.
No, I said "flesh lamp". Perverts.
In 2005, a man named Raymond Henderson
went shopping for antiques when he found
a unique-looking lampshade that he bought for $35.
He eventually gave it away to a friend
who was curious about what the material
it was made out of was, so he got it tested,
only to find out that it was human flesh.
See, this is why people should just
stick to giving gift cards.
I mean, they're a little less personal,
but at least you don't run the risk
of looking like Charles Manson!
Number eight is sex-themed wedding gifts.
During the Italian Renaissance,
it was tradition to give gifts of artwork
depicting sex, specifically rape.
This is because the Italians used to idealize the Romans,
who used to seize unsuspecting women
and have sex with them in order to
create the new generation of Romans.
Good lawd, can you imagine getting
something like this from your new in-laws?
(creepy voice) Welcome to the family.
Here's a painting of a raping.
Is it too late to get out of this?
Number nine is the giant grasshopper.
In 1972, the president of France
visited the Queen of England and decided to give her a gift!
But what do you get the person that has everything?
Hmm. I know!
How 'bout a wine cooler shaped like a giant grasshopper?
Okay!
Well, although creepy, it is very functional.
If you rotate its wings, it becomes a drink table.
And it also doubles as an excellent reason
why never to invite the president of France over again.
And number ten: the udder disaster.
When professional tennis player Roger Federer
returned home earlier this year to Switzerland,
he was presented with a gift of -- wait for it.
A cow.
Tournament organizers wanted to honor him
and they did so by giving him Desiree here.
Yeah, the cow has a name.
Strangely enough, this is not the
first time he's been given a cow.
In fact, in 2003, he was given one called Juliet.
Look, I get this is a funny joke to everybody else,
but what the hell must Roger be thinking?
No, really, thank you guys. Thank you so much.
Very kind. Very kind.
Dude, they gave me another cow.
What the (bleep) am I supposed to do with a cow?
This (bleep)'s gotta end!
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It'd be a nice early Christmas present for me.
Other than that, speaking of Christmas presents,
I've gotta go do my Christmas shopping
because I'm not looking forward to the crowds this year.
I don't wanna have to start dropping
some 'bows on some grandmas.
Not that I'd do that, but
a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do.