From Our Dysfunctional Family to Yours

ByNalts December 24, 2010

Happy Christmas!

nalty family — Charlie, Kevin, Grant, Katie, Jo and Patrick Nalty

Face Fail on Live German TV: “Jumping Stilts” Accident

ByNalts December 6, 2010

Remember the jumping stilts (kangaroo stilts) you may have discovered on YouTube around 2007 (see SMPFilms video)? It’s probably not a good idea to use them to jump over the moving car your dad is driving. Here’s one for the Darwin Awards, Failblog, and “what did you think would happen?” file. Below is a video…

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Sony Buys Grouper for $65 Million

ByNalts August 24, 2006

SFGate reports: Sony Pictures Entertainment has acquired online video-sharing site Grouper Networks Inc. for $65 million, giving the movie studio a foothold in the fast-growing world of user-generated video.Sony said Tuesday it does not immediately plan to sell its movies or TV shows on the Grouper.com site, although it may in the future. Media companies,…

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Online Videos Appeal to “Lowest Common Denominator”

ByNalts August 28, 2006

Funny cartoon about YouTube and its “fat guy getting kicked in the groin” videos instead of “beautiful life-changing piece of film” ones. From Comics.com “Sheldon.” Click to read type…

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One to Watch? Evil Fist’s 20-Second Videos

ByNalts June 15, 2006

New to online video. It’s “Evil Fist”… He’s got short (under 20 second) clips that showcase his evilness (and drinking problem that leads to depression). Here’s his profile on YouTube. He even has his own EvilFist website.

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How to Find Videos Worth Watching

ByNalts December 2, 2009December 2, 2009

Just discovered Vidque.com via Steve Garfield, and it’s another example of a site built to solve the fundamental problem for those of us that don’t live in online-video. What the hell do we watch? Since I just spent more than a couple hours navigating Vidque, creating a profile and critiquing it… you’d better f’ing read…