Many years ago, I said the word “Google” to my wife. I said, “remember that name because it’s going to be big.” I’m having the same feeling about Joost. I’ve been meaning to post on Joost since I read this article about the company in Wired magazine. The foudners created Kazaa and Skype, and announced…
Today is the first post-Superbowl day where people have easy universal access to all of the commercials. Do you suppose anyone is working today? YouTube is inviting people to rank their favorite Superbowl ads. What stood out for you? Someone submitted them all the Superbowl commercials to Metcafe as well. Now THAT’S some time on…
The title to this post will be lost on anyone that’s not an Eddie Murphy fan. But there’s at least one reader who will get that. The Cap’n came to my defense like a big brother wrestling down a bully. Thank you readers for your help in fixing the Break.com situation. Seems I’m not the…
Did you know kids under the age of two aren’t supposed to watch television? That’s according to a video from Keeping Kids Healthy, which sites the American Pediatric Association. Whoops- all of my kids were raised by Baby Einstein. The four most frightening words to me are “hello I’m Julie Clark,” because that meant the video…
… you know you’ve been written up on HappySlip. I had assumed everyone knows who she is, but I’m finding out otherwise. Get over to HappySlip’s blog right now. Her blog is People Magazine to my East Baltimore Guide. Who did your logo, HappySlip!? It’s splendid.
Just discovered Mobijokes.tv. The site features very short jokes that are acted out and shot in cinema-quality form. Fantastic production, and some very funny bits. Be sure to sign up so you know when new ones hit. This is the kind of thing that will explode as we start wanting to consume videos via the…
DeathWish808 ripped my video and passed it as his own on Break.com. Now “Pennies for the Tollbooth Driver” has 400,000 views on the homepage. Am I ticked or flattered?
I’m attending a Feb. 9 (Friday) “sneak peek” of a new broadband comedy-video channel at a cocktail party and concert at Radio City Music Hall. They are offering a limited number of invites for people in the media buying community. The concert will feature a top-grossing comedian in America, “Larry the CableGuy.” If you are…
Here’s one man’s depiction of typical reactions to online videos (note- explicit language included). He spoofs the many moronic comments that videos attract. His parody is around some of the themes of Metacafe’s comment audience, but many of these are universal truths to video comments: That’s boring That’s fake You suck
This video on Break takes a while to develop, but we see a Memphis audience member on stage who can’t control his wacky laugh. The audience is in stitches. Funniest Laugh Ever.