Blogs can be fatiguing to maintain (sans revenue) until something like this comes along. Mascot Roommate. These guys prank their poor roommate who has a job promoting a coffee shop. It takes the fun out of it to think it might be staged, but there's certainly tips that would suggest that. One thing's clear to…
These aren't videos, but they're both pretty interesting. 1) Make your own faces with FlashFace. (Courtesy of Aquadad) 2) View one of the weirdest yet compelling flash pieces: Home Star Runner's Parsnip Soup. (Courtesy of my brother, who knows weird. He's a regular contributor to News of the Weird).
Make a video with a Bee theme, and you can win some decent prizes from this www.BarterBee.com contest. Here's the CEO explaining the rules, in arguably one of the lowest budget clips I've seen by a website. Here's the competition so far…
I just about peed on myself looking at the videos on this Jack Link's Beef Jerkey campaign website. To see some really funny ads, click on the video camera hanging on the tree. They feature hikers taunting Sasquatch with various pranks. You may also want to visit Sasquatch's MySpace. (Courtesy of Adrants). Someone please post…
In my recent post about Bus Uncle I accidentally gave you the most popular version which lacks American Subtitles. Hard to appreciate the rant without knowing the topic… Here’s the subtitled version.
Who needs Hollywood? "WorkingStiff" is an independent film being released via www.ProjectWorkingStiff.com in short chunks via the Internet. The release began Memorial Day, and is being rolled out in 3 to 5-minute increments until the complete 94 minutes has played. Each day’s episode is stored in the lineup until the whole movie has played. The…
You just have to love the music industry's reaction to online videos. According to a recent article by the Wall Street Journal, The Recording Industry Association of America recently pushed for an aggressive stance against amateur videos using commercial songs. The article reports that some legal experts say the video sites are generatlly protected as…
I've always maintained that web video can't be longer than 30 seconds to 2 minutes, but this 6-minute clip (Bus Uncle) provide otherwise- it will entertain you silly and you'll soon be quoting it. Some poor 23-year-old in a Hong Kong bus tapped the shoulder of a real estate agent who was talking loudly on…
A man was charged for cruelty to animals after he allegedly posted a video on Myspace.com of himself holding the hind legs of a hog as it was bitten by a dog, according to records released Friday. The man said he posted pictures of himself butchering the hog on his Web page and also posted the…
There are some interesting videos of Ilana Yahav- a “sand artist” who makes images using her hands and sand. Here’s the site. It’s soothing for a few moments, but then “video ADHD” kicks in.