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Numa Numa Kid Has 16th Minute of Fame

The Numa Numa Kid returned yesterday with a new video: “New Numa” video. And here’s a promo to his new contest. Visit his NumaNuma site for details and you can even get ring tones. Of course nothing tops the classic Numa Numa bit. The comments seem to support that the sequel rarely tops the original….

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Mandatory Reading for Journalists Covering “Online Video”

Dear regular WillVideoForFood readers: permit me to speak directly to the media in this post. Read this if you wish, but most of it’s not new to you. My friends in media. You’re under deadline. You want to do a story about online video. Your instincts tell you to package another human interest story about…

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God Has a Facebook

Barats & Bereta’s latest video… If God Had a Facebook. If online video hadn’t come along, the only people enjoying this would be their buddies, classmates and friends. If these two were as business savvy as they are comedic, they’d be rich already. Remember I’ve maintained that entire amateur (consumer generated) online-video market will be…

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Emallina: “YouTube Popularity is Hell”

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…

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Halloween in August and GarageBand O.D.

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…

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What Happens When a Comedy Troupe Stumbles Into “Pokemon Day”?

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…