I was profiled in this important video about viral video. I’m so glad Nalts had an opportunity to share the meaning behind my viral video work. So often I get the questions: Is viral video be taught or is it an innate skill? What makes you an undiscovered legend? What is the greatest of all…
Interesting article from PBS MediaShift about the nuances of the YouTube homepage. As many have discovered, an editor’s pick on YouTube is a career-changing moment. Take Mark Day with his Smiley Intervention. He’s transformed from a local California comedian to an “web-lebrity.” I have nightmares about his bald face against a yellow wall. This MediaShift piece also clarifies…
Courtesy of the MediaMoGirl blog, I give you one of the funniest timely satires I’ever . It’s a “Lost Seinfeld Episode” done by National Lampoon. This parody video combines classic Seinfeld clips with actual footage of Michael Richards’ rascist rant at the Laugh Factory. It also includes some of the Letterman appearance. I can’t imagine…
Having plenty of people viewing your YouTube videos has achieved such social status that prominent YouTube creators are “cheating.” In this video Redskulled describes the simple method to inflate total views on your video, and identifies some of the “famous” YouTube cheaters — and shows the crude and simple ways to cheat. Consider, then, the…
MadV— the masked street magician who does tricks to hip-hop music — is back after a 6-month hiatus with “One World.” The video invites YouTubers to respond with something written on their hands. MadV was on several video sites (and once dominated the “most popular” section of Revver for weeks), and then vanished because of…
I’ve only recently discovered The YouTube Guide (YTGuide). Each episode is hosted by a YouTube person who identifies some of their favorite video posters. The channel was started by Jim (SuicidalPassion) and is currently edited by Vicky (LestyoubeJudged). YouTube Guide, says Vicky, is “owned by all and the intent to feature lesser known people on…
If you’re already familiar with the Chicken Noodle Soup Dance craze, I apologize. I have a feeling this is well on its way to be the next Macarena or Electric Slide. Sure Chicken Noodle is not as group oriented as the old wedding-destroying dances. But it’s tearing across YouTube and being heavily searched on the…
Is there such thing as a viral video writer? In most cases, viral creators are both writing and shooting their own work. But as the business matures, it’s highly possible that — just like television and film — writers will write and video people will produce. How long before they collaborate, and how will they…
I may not make the best videos on the web, but I’ve got a psychic power emerging. I make a video spoof of something and it comes real. I’m the friggin’ “Harold and the Purple Crayon” of online videos. This has happened a few times… the most significant one was when I created Crackberry Blackberry…
It’s a strange thing when you get a call from the president. Especially during dinner. Here’s “Bush Calls Me.”