The thumbnail below will take you to a very funny video clip from SouthPark that features gnomes stealing kids’ underpants. The 4 Southpark kids find the secret underpants lair and ask the gnomes about their purpose. The underpants gnomes explain that they’ve orchestrated a three-phased plan: Phase 1: Steal underwear Phase 2: ? Phase…
Advertising Age reports that VideoEgg is planning to launch ads surrounding consumer-generated video (via Always On). Interestingly, the site will ask viewers for permission first and charge advertisers approximately $20-$30 cost per thousand (CPM). Read more and see a Google Video served video of Kevin Sladek, VideoEgg’s founder. His point is that bandwidth costs aren’t…
I’ll bet you can’t watch this whole video. Uncle Chuck Had His Eye Removed. Half way through, look into a mirror at your face. Is it as contorted as mine was? If you’re brave, you’ll get to the part where he says he’ll drown if he falls into a lake.
Australian’s Emallina, one of YouTube’s first “crossover” stars, has quit her blogging career after being hacked, according to TheAge.com (via Spamroll). Reports the Age, “someone had hacked into her computer and obtained recent pictures and videos from it that had never been posted online as well as “incredibly private files.” “Every day I logged in…
Have you noticed the annual Halloween stores have begun to open? How do these companies survive with 2-months of sales a year? Oh. 95% margins, that’s how. Anyway… it starts with buying an “old man” mask… which kinda begs for a video. …Then the candy river begins to flow. On the musical scores: I splurged…
www.1secondfilm.com has found a great way to raise funds for The Global Fund for Women. They’re making a 1 second film with about 90 minutes of credits. You can get your name in it for a donation of $1 or more. It’s a clever fundraising technique and it’s created a competition among celebrity. Here’s a…
I’ve always hated mashups (videos combined with others). Never understood ’em. This video changed my mind. What do you get when you combine the omnipresent “Star Wars Kid” video… with “Stephen Colbert vs. Rancor” video? See this video: Steven Colbert vs. Star Wars Kid. Nice job, MediaBeyonBelief. UPDATE: These videos were BOTH actually a result…
I’d like to take a moment to dispel the biggest myth of online video. Since a few “cross over” stars have been discovered on YouTube, people have begun to think that they can too. Folks, it’s like playing the lotto. You have the same chance winning whether you play or not. You won’t get discovered…
Interesting article by ZDNet’s Digital Micro-Markets (DMM) that outlines the “top 5 reasons not to buy YouTube.” Here are DMM’s reasons, and WillVideoForFood (WVFF) responses. I wanted to post this on the comments section of the ZDNet blog, but it wasn’t working for me. Watch out- WillVideoforFood (WVFF) is actually standing up for YouTube on…
This is great comedy shot just weeks ago. A comedy troupe, Olde English, was preparing to videotape a sketch, and they stumbled into “Pokemon Day” in NYC. There are so many different dimensions to this spontanious piece… a spoof on Hulk Hogan, bad Pokemon jokes, hot Pokemon chicks, a hysterical interview with a young Pokemon…