It’s Friday. That’s usually a pretty good day to feature a video of kittens. Plus, it’s got a helpful tip on how to break up a catfight. (You might not choose to use it yourself, though.) And there’s an extraordinary figure in online video who is […] Read more »
The idea is nothing new — Women in Art did it first, after all — but this morphing of presidential portraits from Washington to Obama is beautifully executed. And today we’re indulging our sad human need for useless pop culture news. But the nice thing about […] Read more »
Everyone else is linking to it (including Chris this morning, but that’s because it’s kind of the funniest thing on the Internet today. Funny or Die brings us Prop 8: The Musical, making the case for repealing the California anti-gay-marriage proposition in musical form. Everyone famous […] Read more »
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It’s nice to see creators having fun with widescreen on YouTube — but after a few seconds of goofing off, Hank from Vlog Brothers gets down to serious business: telling 50 jokes in four minutes, giving viewers a chance to stock up on silly puns for […] Read more »
Props to CBS for knowing exactly how to clip segments from its programming. This bit from last night’s 60 Minutes pits Anderson Cooper against an out-of-shape Michael Phelps in “a little pool competition.” It goes about how you’d imagine. And today is the third day of […] Read more »
Is this the first nation-wide Rickroll? Never let it be said again that the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is out of touch — this morning the Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends float surprised, well, the entire nation with Never Gonna Give You Up and the ACTUAL […] Read more »
Yesterday we gave you tips on turkey; today, we’re all about side dishes. First — nothing says Thanksgiving like Snoop Dogg helping Martha Stewart mash potatoes. By which I mean: Let us give thanks. And how can you truly judge a recipe unless you try it […] Read more »
On the one hand, this video from CollectSpace demonstrating how an astronaut can drink from a cup while in space, is a really cool display of the principles of surface tension and fuel tank design. On the other hand, how much money was spent developing a […] Read more »
During the 2008 presidential election, the Barack Obama campaign set up dedicated new media teams in many states, but there were only eight with dedicated videographers: Pennsylvania, Virginia, Colorado, North Carolina, Florida, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin. What do those states have in common? They were key […] Read more »
They regularly trend as a hot topic on Twitter. The cast and crew of The Guild watch them on set. And they spend most of their time sleeping in a giant, snuggly pile, but that hasn’t kept them from becoming the hottest new stars in the […] Read more »
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Yep, today we have yet another viral ad appropriating the image of a dead famous person to sell a product. I love the visual look of this Bruce Lee piece, though — the blurry black and white makes this game of ping-pong almost look like a […] Read more »
While I found this earlier in the week, Gabe and Max are so stylish that their style resonates for days. Here is the second installment of their Tips on Man Style for Details Magazine. Use them as you get ready to hit the town tonight! And […] Read more »
It’s nice to see the medium of online video used to its greatest potential. Today’s pinnacle: a mash-up of the new trailer for J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek and the Beverly Hills 90210 theme song. Magnificent. And sometimes making your content available to the masses pays off. […] Read more »
Mindy Kaling or Michael Buckley? Jessica Alba or Jessica Rose? Of course it helps to have well-known faces attached to your web series, but from what world should you draw them: the mainstream media, or the online video community? (Because the 6th thing we learned at […] Read more »
Lots of great stuff in the viral world today (see our video ribbon above for more), but here’s my favorite so far: via the EPIC-FU blog comes this live performance from the group Naturally 7, who went all Improv Everywhere on the Paris subway with their […] Read more »
In case you didn’t know, Justin Timberlake is only one of Beyonce’s many imitators. This Single Man‘s imitation of the intense Single Ladies choreography has been up for a while, but just to confirm how flawless it is, check out the two sets of dancers in […] Read more »
There’s a Twitter Moms revolution going on, and the manufacturer of the pain reliever Motrin is its first high-profile target. Mothers offended by a Motrin ad’s assertion that “baby-wearing” can cause back, arm, and neck strain lashed out publicly online, bringing down the official Motrin web […] Read more »
Dear 1998, I know you have a lot on your mind right now — what with Friends’ Ross and Rachel maybe being broken up for real this time, and wow, how about that Monica Lewinsky? But it’s important you remember the following two things: Sell your […] Read more »
Today Boing Boing debuted this viral campaign pushing the Raconteurs’ new… well, I’m not sure what Jack White and his fellow rockers are promoting with this. But it’s a fun little Antique Roadshow parody that, in classic Web 2.0 form, solicits YouTubers to create their own […] Read more »
West London filmmakers Phil Samson and Olly Williams’s The Black Hole is a short morality tale with great effects and a cleverly executed premise — which plays clearly without the use of any dialogue (meaning that it works for everyone, regardless of native tongue). In short […] Read more »
I can’t decide if this Singing in the Rain remix, created to sell the VW Golf, is an abomination or just plain awesome. At this moment, I’m leaning towards abomination, but the technology involved is pretty impressive. And Jill Weinberger got all worked up by Kurt […] Read more »
So, um, I guess some people were saying that that election-themed videos would, starting Wednesday, literally be yesterday’s news. Man, how stupid were those people? Right? Right? But to my credit, the tone of discourse has changed with the conclusion of the campaign. College Humor released […] Read more »
Today, will.i.am debuted the video and song for his post-election victory tune, “It’s A New Day,” on “The Oprah Winfrey Show.” Read more »
The nation is currently abuzz with rumors about what kind of dog the Obama family will be getting upon their arrival at the White House, but what about the current Presidential Pup? Well, turns out Barney is a little cranky — as Reuters correspondent Jonathan Decker […] Read more »
Oh, Obama Girl. Go ahead and gloat. You’ve earned it. And corporate sponsorship is an unavoidable fact of online video these days, but Steve Bryant thinks that the new CBS digital series Novel Adventures is “about as subtle as E.T. dry-humping a Reese’s Piece.” Find out […] Read more »
So in the mess of videos documenting Election Day aftermath, what is the one non-politically-oriented piece to break through the crowd? The latest in the viral ad series promoting Guitar Hero World Tour: Heidi Klum rocking out in her undies. Of course. FYI, Heidi, taking off […] Read more »
Tomorrow, no matter who wins the presidential election, there’s one group that will definitely be in a sad state — the intrepid content creators that have been putting out politically themed videos this week. So take a moment to mourn the online video filmmaker who produced […] Read more »
Dear America, if you won’t do what famous people tell you to do, will you do what an adorable small child tells you to do? Four-year-old Truett says vote! And YouTube’s Video Your Vote site, collating user videos of their voting experiences, is now in full […] Read more »
Tomorrow’s Election Day, which means this is the last day of the campaign and a fine time for retrospection. You probably don’t have a lot of time, though, so let’s remember the 2008 Presidential Campaign in 1 minute, courtesy of comedy mavericks 23/6. Over the weekend, […] Read more »
Are you experiencing some pre-election terror? No worries, you’re not alone. Today over on NewTeeVee Station, Jill Weinberger and I share some of our favorite non-political distractions as part of our weekly Station Conversation series. Below is one of our picks — an Eddie Izzard comedy […] Read more »
I’m sorry, I know it’s not really an online video, but The Nightmare Before Christmas is awesome and you should all just watch the opening number, OK? OK. And closing out NewTeeVee Station’s week of spoooooooky web series (yes, Strike.TV was an aberration, but seriously, writing […] Read more »
Zombie-themed comedy is hardly anything new, but Man in the Box: “Halloween Zombie-ocalypse” features great performances and comedic timing — plus, its crazy-fast pace makes it a model of efficient storytelling. And continuing in a Halloween theme (Guys, it’s tomorrow! Are you excited yet?), today we […] Read more »
For those unable to tear themselves away from their computers, the Obama campaign has uploaded tonight’s half-hour infomercial/commercial/whichever, entitled American Stories, American Solutions, to YouTube. Watch it below: Read more »
Here’s a video that combines both Halloween AND politics — the New York Post’s coverage of a dog costume contest. Spoiler alert: the Sarah Palin pup wins 1st prize. And, for some pure Halloween content, Steve Bryant looks at Streets of Fear, which offers horror fans […] Read more »
Social media network Bebo recently reaffirmed its commitment to being a content hub by announcing plans for “a minimum of” six original productions in 2009. The company also delineated out its programming categories: Bebo Originals like Sofia’s Diary and Kate Modern, third-party productions, and Open Media […] Read more »
Here’s another politically skewed video, but in this last week before the election, that’s probably going to be a theme. So, Republicans, please ignore the parts where Joe Biden speaks at a Palm Beach rally and focus on Damon Weaver, a special correspondent for KEC TV. […] Read more »
Today’s featured video is pretty blatantly political in nature, but it’s interesting from an apolitical viewpoint as well. An update of that somewhat annoying Budweiser ad from 2000 reunites the original Wassup guys, whose lives have taken dark turns over the past eight years. Wonder if […] Read more »
Here are some questions you should NOT ask yourself while watching this 30-second spot for Guitar Hero 4 (AKA “The Guitar Hero That Gives Up And Just Appropriates The Whole Rock Band Concept Full Throttle”): Why is Kobe Bryant on vocals? (He has long fingers that […] Read more »
I’m not a huge baseball fan, but even I know that this year’s World Series is so far pretty epic in terms of its dullness. So I thought it’d be worth a look back at contests from years past. And maybe it’s a Field of Dreams/8 […] Read more »
Dear College Humor, I would ask you to stop being so funny, but if you did stop being funny, the skies would seem an awful lot grayer. Thank you for Metaphor-Free Radio. Love, Liz. And today Jill Weinberger reviews ICN’s Invisible Friend, a murder comedy mystery […] Read more »
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