Brilliant parody of SNL Shorts and Andy Samberg from Landline.tv (who I found via barely political). It’s been out for three months, but I just discovered it. The weekly schedule is hysterical and it hooked me at “I’m not sure if it’s effort, or…”
Another article about how becoming a YouTube star can allow you to quit your day job (the Globe and Mail). Take it from a guy who knows this market fairly well… it’s possible but not easy. A few of my friends have quit relatively low-paying jobs to focus 100% on YouTube, but if you’re like…
Did Google exploit song writer Pete Waterman? Or is the musician being a baby because he didn’t capitalize when his song (as song by Rick Astley) became an international joke?
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So I realize that sometimes I use this blog (historically focused on the topic of online-video creation, marketing and profitability). So against every rule of conventional wisdom I’m doing a spinoff blog. It’s called “Sevenofthe,” or “Seven of the…” and the idea is for quirky, interesting and informative lists of 7 random things. You’re supposed to…
Larry King gets about 1.2 million viewers a night. This guy, Sxephil, has been seen 14 million times in the past month. The YouTube “star” will average 1 million views per day soon. Larry King is well known, can be found easily on the large monitor you call a television. He’s been in lots of…
Frequent commenter Jischinger has her own blog: “No Doubt About It- That Nut’s a Genius.” Deals with art, media, news, politics, science and technology. It’s on the blogroll list now. In a recent post, we see a collection of videos titled “The Art of Spam.” Who said we can’t get something out of those Nigerian…
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Hmmm… this might make more sense if I had ever seen SNL.
Landline has made some REALLY funny shit, but this came off as someone who has seen “Like A Boss” and “Tizzle Wizzle Show,” is irritated (and possibly jealous) by their success.
But then again I don’t think parodying humor works well at all. All the Dane Cook hatred from other comedians came off badly to me. I am not a big fan of Cook, nor do I dislike him, but honestly something that isn’t dumbing itself down and isn’t a ripoff of anything – why make fun of it? What is it doing wrong?
The only time I’ve really seen attacks on humorists that I found funny were from people stealing other people’s ideas or content (Carlos Mencia).
Maybe it’s because I like The Lonely Island and absurdism/surrealism in general. I can’t tell you for sure, but it seems like attacking a group that went from being three idiots laughing about random stuff to being the most successful web comedians bar none, who make consistently laugh-worthy (depending on your taste) and well-produced content (on top of being pretty good pop musicians) isn’t the best thing in the world where web comedy still isn’t honestly “legit.”
This is not to say these guys aren’t funny, though. If you want a truly HILARIOUS video from Landline that is a completely GENIUS idea, hit up Dead Celebrity Ads at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcLqM5XHaLw – I think this is one of the best things ever made.