Ben Folds’ fans in the sold-out Hammerstein Ballroom (NYC) show last weekend thought the musician was having an Ashlee Simpson lip sync moment. Folds’ song began skipping on CD and the band had to restart the opening (see video). Finally, Folds’ drummer and guitarist marched off the stage in frustration.
Turns out the moment was another fine mission by the folks from “ImprovEverywhere.” Here’s the back story.
Just yesterday I wrote about how we don’t care about AOL. Today, via Micropersuasion, I found some data that Hitwise makes public. Hitwise is a bit more reliable than Comscore because it draws on a panel of 25 million individuals via ISP data (10 million in the U.S.). Here’s the AOL Video growth chart, which…
It’s not too late to make that killer April Fool’s video. Maybe you can get it on Metacafe’s April Fool’s section (see blog post, and April Fool’s channel), and get filthy rich. Here are some tips I probably won’t follow because I’m too sleepy to bother. Fool the viewer. Make them think it’s about one…
Thanks, Jan, for the Nalts appreciation blog. Good timing since Kevin Nalty has been a little down lately with a bad back and day-job stress (and Nalts has only been able to cheer him up occasionally). On a related note, when I talk to my family, I often field the question, “why do they hate…
From Reuters… the chronologically challenged are also getting into YouTube. YouTube, the popular online home video site, has an unexpected star — a septuagenarian British widower — whose soft-spoken, humble manner has won the hearts of users of the youth dominated Web site. Peter posted his first video on YouTube about a week ago, under the user…
NBC/Universal used, without permission, a YouTube video by an indie comedy duo Brian Kamerer and Travis Irvine. The Jay Leno Show – then had the video taken down with a copyright claim. Despite growing internet outcry, both media giant and talk show host have not said or done anything to address the injustice. Almost every major…
Patton Oswalt, one of my absolute favorite comedians, rants about YouTube on this Comedy Central “Root of All Evil” video excerpt. Good to know he’s watching. Hey, Patton… Forget the sneezing Panda bear. I think Farting in Public rival Citizen Kane.
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I watched that vieo in anticipation of the outcome!
Thanks!
YO THE CHICKEN NODDLE SOUP SONG AND DANCE IS CRAZY….YO THAT SONG IS FIRE…I LOV THE VIEDO…..PEACE