I don’t know what makes me happier about Worst Best Man at a Wedding Ever — the fact that it is genuinely embarrassing old-school found footage, or that it’s not a secret viral video out to sell me a product. Either way, it’s pure schadenfreude joy. […] Read more »
Last night some folks and I were hanging out, being awesome glamorous Hollywood people…by which I mean we were sitting around my computer watching Sarah Palin’s appearance on SNL. But when Mark Wahlberg appeared in the opening sketch, a friend who hadn’t seen the previous episode […] Read more »
When I was working on post-debate vid picks yesterday morning, Gannes really wanted me to find a video just of McCain rolling his eyes, but I couldn’t find anything quite right. Until, of course, later in the afternoon — when some enterprising masher-upper gave McCain the […] Read more »
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According to CBS News, last night’s Presidential debate was a clear victory for Barack Obama — but don’t worry, “Joe the Plumber” is still John McCain’s BFF. After the debate, Ohioan Joe Wurzelbacher became a big get for the talk-show circuit — calling into Fox News […] Read more »
In this crumbling economy, maybe a working knowledge of how to manufacture cocaine isn’t such a bad thing. From Lonely Planet comes this behind-the-scenes look at a cocaine lab, complete with recipe! Meanwhile, a recent trend in online video has been shorts-that-look-like-porn-but-aren’t, with not always great […] Read more »
Say you’ve got a new book to promote. You could go to the time and effort of creating a unique web presence — or you could team up with a popular web series to help you out. John Hodgman took the latter approach, thanks to his […] Read more »
The sketch work of Tim and Eric has always had a vibrant directorial style — and Eric Wareheim’s application of that bright color palette for this MGMT music video gives it a distinctive flair that hints at Wareheim’s potential beyond comedy. But speaking of sketch comedy, […] Read more »
From last Friday’s The Soup comes this exercise in elevated terror. How do you make last weekend’s #1 grossing horror film even scarier? Add some villains of the Disney Channel persuasion… And today we decide to honor Columbus Day by celebrating one of the great masters […] Read more »
After Mad Men introduced me to the long history of American political ads, I went on to discover that such a history is also beautifully archived by the nonpartisan web site The Living Room Candidate, which hosts ads from every presidential campaign since 1952. Looking at […] Read more »
From Team Tiger Awesome comes this absurdist bit of genius comedy: An almost-parody of Boyz in the Hood, Pizza Robot tells the story of a hero for the early 90s generation. And today we have an exclusive interview with Sarah Haskins of Target Women, the standout […] Read more »
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I’m still not sold on the I’m a PC ads, but I will give this Pharrell Williams piece credit where credit’s due for delivering a personal take on Microsoft’s seemingly impersonal product. And Steve Bryant profiles the VBS series Inside Afghanistan, which combines British propriety with […] Read more »
Today’s video to check out is actually four videos that aim to create a low-tech HD experience — while embedding won’t work for this pretty cool experiment using YouTube embeds and a rarely-seen Rick Astley track, it’s definitely worth your time to click this link or […] Read more »
For all you a-ha fans, here’s a treat — the classic video for Take On Me, with lyrics updated to reflect… exactly what you see happening on the screen. Watch out for the pipes! And thanks to a certain candidate’s resemblance to a certain former head […] Read more »
Nerd T-shirt manufacturer All Tribes has figured out exactly how to reach its target audience — a brief demonstration of how to create a cardboard folder for your t-shirts, complete with precise measurements and a soundtrack borrowed from the SNES edition of Super Mario World. And […] Read more »
The past few weeks, I’ve had the pleasure of attending to my NewTeeVee duties from jolly old London, England — enabling me to indulge in playing with BBC’s Flash-based web player. While I’ve always had a high regard for Hulu’s smooth streaming and well-designed user interface, […] Read more »
Radiohead, you’ll remember, injected some style into the world of user-generated music video contests last spring when it partnered with Aniboom to search for an animation worthy of representing one of the tracks from its album, In Rainbows. The contest process, which narrowed concepts down starting […] Read more »
Funny thing about life — a public figure can never predict what might pop up from her past. Allow me to present accomplished flautist Sarah Palin, circa the early 1980s (that’s my guess, anyway, based on the hair). Is this the candidate’s saxophone-solo-on-Arsenio Hall moment? And […] Read more »
There is something incredibly compelling about this segment from Martha Stewart’s talk show, in which Martha and Ludacris learn to make origami boxes. Martha refuses to believe that Ludacris is ADD! Martha admits she likes listening to rap music because it’s “very expressive!” And the pair […] Read more »
This political cycle has seen an incredibly innovative use of online video, but they can’t all be winners. The latest Get Out the Vote initiative is a viral video produced by Leonardo DiCaprio’s production company Appian Way and literally jam-packed with famous faces. But even though […] Read more »
Jack White and Alicia Keys’ collaboration isn’t quite what people were expecting of the Quantum of Solace title song — but regardless of how you feel about the warbling Keys and White do during the James Bond theme’s bridge, I think we can agree it’s better […] Read more »
If you had just written a book about the Apocalypse, how would you promote it? Well, if you’re Daily Show writer Rob Kutner, maybe you’d call in a favor owed to you by correspondent John Oliver and create what will probably be the first and last […] Read more »
Like Jehovah’s Witnesses knocking at the front door, a breakout the night before the big dance and other annoyances, one would think the right approach to Chris Crocker ought to be, “Ignore him and he’ll go away.” Alas, that appears not to work. After declaring dramatically […] Read more »
Never before has the story of our 9th president, William Henry Harrison, been told with such pathos, or such high levels of intoxication. That’s right — it’s another installment of Derek Waters’ web series Drunk History! And now that Revision3 announced its “farm team” of beta […] Read more »
Every time it seems like Obama Girl is done, Barely Political finds a new way to capitalize on her brand. And their newest short, a collaboration with third-party Presidential candidate Ralph Nader, actually gives the character a fresh spin — not to mention allowing Amber Lee […] Read more »
Say what you will about the current economic crisis, but peoples’ interest in understanding exactly why financial institutions are crumbling is giving lesser-known political figures their brief moments in the spotlight, which in turn has resulted in many, many C-SPAN clips garnering view rates on par […] Read more »
Michael Moore’s Slacker Uprising has now been available for two days as a free download — U.S. and Canadian residents who sign up at the web site are able to download it from one of several different services, including Blip.tv, Amazon Video on Demand, iTunes and […] Read more »
Black20 tried a fun experiment today — taking portraits of monkeys and interpreting their meaning for a modern context… And W. James Au analyzes the official viral video campaign for the Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 video game, which features clips of George Takei, Jonathan […] Read more »
The mellow rhythm and simple lyrics of Katy Perry’s “I Kissed A Girl” have made it a popular choice for mashups and parodies — the latest example of which is oMovies.com’s collaboration with Michelle Glavan, which takes YouTube clips of people macking on their dogs and […] Read more »
Here’s some science for your Tuesday morning — this slightly trippy video uses animation to compare the various sizes of the planets, eventually putting key spheres of our own galaxy in perspective. How – The funniest bloopers are right here And I admit my fascination with […] Read more »
We may be looking at the dawn of an incredibly politically incorrect new meme, courtesy of Oprah Winfrey’s crusade against pedophiles. A 40-second clip of Oprah reading out loud a message from a pedophile, threatening the nation’s children with the full force of “9,000 penises” has […] Read more »
Video game fans are super-excited about the upcoming game Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3, but even non-gaming pop culture aficionados will enjoy this GameTrailers “remix dance party” for the film — if only for the sheer visceral joy of George Takei saying, “All your base […] Read more »
Talk Like A Pirate Day is arrrrrguably one of the Internet’s most ridiculous holidays, but hey, what better day than Friday for a few minutes of swashbuckler-themed frivolity? And there’s a decent variety of activity to choose from: Ninja of Ask a Ninja will be doing […] Read more »
Gov. Sarah Palin’s record and political positions have been under close examination over the past few weeks, and as a result, a startling number of inconsistencies have emerged. For example — did she enjoy her send-up at Tina Fey’s hands on last Saturday’s SNL? She definitely […] Read more »
Sometimes one is forced to wonder why third-party candidates have never been able to gain a foothold in the American election cycle. Then one sees something so mind-blowingly ridiculous that all questions are answered. Ralph Nader would like your vote for President, America. And he’s willing […] Read more »
What would happen if bajillionaires Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates attended a Little League game? Visited a multiplex? Browsed a 7-11? Sadly, the world will never know. Valleywag reported this afternoon that after meeting with mixed reactions, the Microsoft/Jerry Seinfeld campaign will go on no longer. […] Read more »
This montage of four years’ worth of Office “That’s What She Said” jokes isn’t quite on the level of that work of art known as CSI Miami – Endless Caruso One Liners. But it does showcase how Steve Carell and the show’s writers have kept this […] Read more »
Miles Beckett and Greg Goodfried are previewing their much-discussed lonelygirl15 follow-up, LG15: The Resistance, at the New York Television Festival tonight — but we got a sneak peek at the first episode. Find out why Resistance may signify the final stage of production company EQAL’s transformation […] Read more »
Today’s funny animal video is less comedy and more terror. Don’t dare look away for one moment — because Ninja Cat is coming, and Ninja Cat cannot be stopped. A secret cross-promotion for the new Ask A Ninja tome? Probably not. And this week Crackle is […] Read more »
The extended version of Errol Morris’s Stand Up To Cancer features interviews with a wide spectrum of cancer survivors (including Friend of NewTeeVee Tom Green) about their experiences — it’s an intensely human eight minutes of humor and sorrow. And lacking, as I do, a keen […] Read more »
With the return of Saturday Night Live, we’re bringing back this feature — because no other pop culture entity has been so good to viral video. Will It Spread? Palin/Clinton Open, SNL What’s It About: Saturday Night Live coaxes Tina Fey home for the cameo people […] Read more »
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