This report by The Onion is a wonderful news satire of how careful Obama was to respect McCain during the debates, while McCain avoided all eye contact with him. This is one of the few Onion video clips that gets better as it progresses. If anyone knows someone at The Onion, please let ’em know…
HBOLab’s “Hooking Up” series debuts today (see premier episode), and here’s a sneak preview of photos of the cast. There’s also a new YouTube channel with a trailer for the series at YouTube.com/hookingup. I don’t know much about the story because I only read my own short scenes with Michael Buckley. The plot revolves around…
Shire Pharmaceutical received an FDA Warning letter as a result of a YouTube video by Extreme Makeover (Home Edition) host Ty Pennington. You can see the full letter here at the FDA website. Shire acknowledged that it was aware of the YouTube video posted by Pennington, and helped promote the content. Here’s part of the…
Hey, common. Just a few more weeks of political satire, and we can get back to farts. YouTube’s JenLuv37 convinced her grandmother, June, to play McCain Girl. This simple video, “Oh John McCain” features her singing “Oh Johnny.” It’s a celebration of the age gap, and a wonderful parody of the Obama Girl phenomena. Seems fair game, though….
Do you remember the classic “Clownpenis.fart” SNL skit that spoofed a financial institution that was so late to eBusiness they had to settle for the worst domain name in history? Now there’s the Domain Name Dollar Store by QuietLibrary. See this video… “MySpace may be taken but MyShpaesh.com isn’t.” (thanks Jan for this tip). I’ve…
Charlie Todd, the genius behind more than 70 “ImprovEverywhere” stunts involving thousands of “agents” is going commercial. Despite a reluctance to commercialize his grassroots productions, Todd is partnering with Yahoo (to support a “go purple” campaign, according to this Advertising Age story). Todd livs in NYC and teaches improvizational comedy. Every few months he organizes an…
This Advertising Age video explains why facial-coding research (which analyzes facial muscle movement to understand a viewer’s reaction to stimuli) on recent political ads shows that Obama has an edge on selling hope, but McCain is more effective at a good mud slinging. I wish I had a computer analyzing your reaction to this news,…
NewTeeVee author Liz Gannes took us behind the scenes to this highly produced and funny mock trailer for a Disney-like film staring Sarah Palin. CollegeHumor.com produced the trailer (see “Sarah Palin Disney Movie“) after being inspired by Matt Damon’s remarks about Palin (see excerpt of those quotes in “F’ing Sarah Palin” satire). What made this video…
NewTeeVee teased us last month about first-time director Chuck Potter (thirdcareerfilms) and his new YouTube documentary, “I Want My Three Minutes Back.” Now the film has a website with a blog, the trailer and some more information about Potter’s efforts to get the new film into film festivals. While it’s true there’s only a niche…
So in this recent video discussing amateur versus pro content, I mentioned Maria Sanson. “Maria Sanson… she could read the yellow pages and it would amuse us.” Showing that someone has either read “How to Get Popular on YouTube Without Any Talent” or is a quick learner, Sanson replies almost immediately with this piece. Stay…