Lady Gaga is contributing to the morale of US troops in Afghanistan thanks to her “Telephone” song, which is becoming a viral sensation. Courtesy of TheSmokingGun and YouTube, we can enjoy some soldiers doing an entertaining remake of Lady Gaga’s hit. Hmmm. War and Lady Gaga. Not sure it’s the next “wedding dance” but certainly…
I would have predicted that by April 2010, YouTube’s “most popular” videos would be consistantly good. In fact, however, we’re seeing some all-star talent like Mediocrefilms and BlameSocietyFilms getting far fewer views than they would have a year ago. And we’re seeing some YouTube channels ranking consistently on YouTube’s most-viewed and most popular sections that are (how can I put…
It’s hard being in a gay leprechaun video. Oh- not that hard. The “difficult” hard. Not the seedy part: shooting your part in a SanFran hotel room with filmmaker and actor Greg Benson (Mediocrefilms). Sure it felt like we were shooting a porn, but again- that wasn’t the hard part. Here’s what’s hard. NOT meeting…
I was reading the POV of a franchise trade blog on a TCBY “This Could Be Yours” video contest in which we’re a finalist. The contest, unlike many I’ve entered, is not about producing a compelling video to persuade consumers. It’s designed to prove to TCBY that you’re worthy of winning… a TCBY franchise (valued…
Thanks to iJustine’s Twitter for alerting me to the 9th article the Wall Street Journal (Annoying Orange) has stolen from me without credit. Seriously, people. Find your own news. Go search Google news or ask an intern to scour some morning shows.
No I’m not sure if this is promoting or vilifying illegal drug use. But I’m not sure it matters. This weirdly repetitive music gets stuck in your ear like a maggot in a festering puss wound while you’re traveling in search of El Dorado in the Amazon in the 1910s without any medication. Brought to…
Knestor, the smart-man’s Borat, is the awkwardly intelligent alter ego of Jim Meskimen. Jim is that voice you’ve heard as just about every political figure on JibJab’s celebrated animations, and he’s been the subject of countless blog posts here. So it’s a delight to see the bow-tie, tweed jacket wearing faux Brit interviewing the very real Evan…
I’m fairly immersed in the online-video space, but would have had to “phone a friend” if you asked me some of these questions on “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.” Are we consuming more or less television now that we have online video and the mobile players (3 screens)? What percent of our live television…
So I’ve been wandering around AdTech in search of funny. There’s not much here. Love ya Chris Anderson, but CNET was more entertaining than your session. Don’t get me wrong- I learned a lot. I noticed you used “bifurcate” and “finger flow,” and that helped our vocabulary. Daisy Whitney invited me to host “The Internet’s…
An NYU Business School Professor might have taught the next generation of business students something vital about “emotional intelligence” and behavioral science… by ignoring it to his peril. For context, you should know the background: An NYU student showed up late to a class in Feburary (seems he was shopping his options), and was kicked…