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Raw-Pork Worms Only Like Real Coke

You’ve seen the videos showing how soda poured on raw pork evicts lots of tiny worms. Well in this double-blind, placebo-controlled “Raw Pork and Coke” experiment, we learn why it works for some but not others. Seems to get the worms out, you need to ensure that you have a) cheap pork, and b) real…

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Mentos Geyser Reaches Record Heights

After record views with EepyBird’s Mentos Geysers, the candy is reaching new beights. A Guiness record apparently. “Mentos Madness” was produced by Dustin Dow, Glenn Hartong, Michael E. Keating and Andy Knight. Says the description on the video: It wasn’t “500 bottles of pop on the mall, 500 bottles of pop …” It was 504…

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Save the Water Contest (exclusive)

Every once in a while, your humble WillVideoforFood gets an exclusive. Here’s one. The folks at Rain Bird Corporation (a manufacturer of irrigation products and services) are doing a film contest to raise awareness of water conservation. “The Intelligent Use of Water” Film Competition seeks short films (1-20 minutes in actual or excerpted run time)…

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Great Trivia on American Presidents

A classic video from ZackScott that gives us information about the American Presidents that you wouldn’t have learned in history class. Zack is one of my favorite online comedians. Watch for the subtle gestures and timing between facts. Is this hysterical, or is it just the Haldol in my meds? I need to stop buying from Nigerian pharmacies.

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Product Placement in Viral Videos. Where Marketing & Entertainment Meet.

I was passed over for YouTube’s ad-sharing “partner” program, so it’s time for more product placement videos. For $1K-$5K, Nalts will make a custom video that will appear on his popular YouTube channel and other online video sites. For details, see this video where Nalts “the video creator” debates Kevin Nalts the marketer. How does…

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Nalts Does Webby Awards; Chicken Prank

My “Blackberry Crackberry” is an “official honoree” for the 11th annual Webby Awards. There’s not much else to say about this. Just credentializing because I’m hopelessly insecure. Still, I posted today my favorite of my recent videos. It’s called “Chicken Prank.” Here’s the premise. A father forces his son to dress in a chicken suit and…

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Ouch. The Fine Line Between “Storytelling” and Inauthenticity

Online-video has rules, and I’ve broken one. And I don’t care.   A while back two YouTubers (myself and CharlesTrippy) did a fake feud on YouTube that created something of a backlash. Our loyal subscribers were outraged that Charles and I would give out each other’s cell phones to torment the other (see Charles’ video, then…