The fate of Ukraine still hangs in the balance, with Ukrainian forces now being withdrawn from Crimea and Russian forces taking their place. Though a tense situation, maybe Putin will come riding in shirtless on a tank playing The Beatles’ “Back in the U.S.S.R.” Maybe that wouldn’t entirely diffuse the situation, but it would be good press for Russia, which has not gotten too much of that due to the Sochi Olympics in addition to this stand-off with the Ukraine. Still, you can sit around hoping Putin would even like that song, so just enjoy The Most Intentionally Funny Video of The Day.

Today’s MIFV is comedian Ian Karmel‘s late night stand up debut on Conan in which he uses probably the best reference to Super Mario Bros. we’ve heard in recent memory:

Here’s the previous MIFV pick, in case you missed it.

Per usual, I’m taking submissions for the MIFV like so many featured in the past. I love finding new, hilarious videos from people hundreds and thousands of miles away, so please do send your videos so long as they follow the rules below.
-E-mail embeddable video link to [email protected] with subject line “MIFV Submission”
-Videos must have been posted online (i.e. have a time stamp that says so) within exactly two weeks from when you submit (i.e. videos uploaded more than 14 days from the day when you submit will not be up for consideration)
-Don’t add any cover letters or explanations; please just send the link