I’m stunned to be asking myself this question, but here goes: “Do I have to like Paris Hilton now?” The “celebutard” is an easy punching bag, but she has, on occasion, exhibited a certain degree of self-awareness — and in this Funny or Die exclusive, she’s […] Read more »
Feist’s 1 2 3 4 has been stuck in the Internet’s head for over a year now, but it wasn’t until just recently that it stood a chance of becoming the next big mash-up meme. How? It’s all because of Sesame Street, and a cover version […] Read more »
No promises on how long it’ll stay up, but for all you Joss Whedon fans who are done memorizing Dr. Horrible, a teaser of the stalled Buffy the Vampire Slayer animated series has been leaked online. In the works for several years, this project is probably […] Read more »
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Jimmy Justice‘s approach to justice is an intimate one: just a man and his camera, roaming the streets in search of cops parked illegally — and once he discovers them, confronting them. “I’m using a video camera as a weapon,” he says. “I believe a video […] Read more »
They grow up so fast. Eleven months after racking up more than 20 million views with his heartfelt defense of Britney Spears, the frequently parodied Chris Crocker announced last week that he will leave YouTube for good. The self-declared face of YouTube announced the news in […] Read more »
So I’m bringing up Julia Allison — I’m part of the problem. But Nomsociety, a parody of the Internet-famous celebrity dater’s new web series, makes it totally worthwhile. And I’m not just saying that because standing in for Julia and her team of gal pals are […] Read more »
It’s honestly a little scary to imagine what online video is going to be like in, say, October, given that it’s the first day of August, and the election is pretty much one of the only topics of discussion on the table. They haven’t even picked […] Read more »
From Comic-Con, Barely Political covers an issue I’m sure we all occasionally wonder: who’s Batman (and other costumed folks) voting for in November? And Jill Weinberger provides a closer look at Stephen King’s N, the previously covered horror master’s foray into online video. Does the moving […] Read more »
After telling us the story of Web 2.0′s evolution in the 5-minute The Machine is Us/Ing Us, Michael Wesch took his specialty in cultural anthropology and applied it to the full breadth of the YouTube community’s evolution for a July 23rd presentation at the Library of […] Read more »
Zombie Poetry, today’s little gem, comes courtesy of Boing Boing, and we owe them our hearty thanks. You would think the undead wasn’t able to appreciate the finer things in life, like poetry and jazz, but even during the end times it’s possible to get in […] Read more »
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Greenpeace’s latest appeal for environmental friendliness is pretty sexually explicit, sound-wise — but if your speakers are turned down low, hopefully you won’t have to answer any awkward questions from small people about why these trees are shaking like this. And Shia LeBeouf’s recent troubles made […] Read more »
We’ve covered the Mortified series before, but the embarrassing-memoir franchise took a new step forward with the “Diorama-Tization” of a super-sensitive high school football star’s diary — using handspun papercraft animation to relate this latest true-life tale of adolescent woe. Elsewhere in online video, I’ve been […] Read more »
If there are people immune to the goofy charm of actor/wrestler/mohawk-rocker Mr. T, they are people I don’t care to know. Fortunately, the fine folks at Snickers do not suffer from such poor taste. The latest commercial in the “Get Some Nuts” campaign features a speedwalker […] Read more »
Today’s video is one I’m selecting with a caveat — because it’s a good opportunity for me to make a public service announcement. Secret Pants Sketch Comedy’s Bush or Batman? documents a really funny experiment: Can people on the street tell the difference between George W. […] Read more »
I know that this is the Weekend Vid Picks, but the truth of the matter is that I wrote it on Wednesday. Why? Because by Wednesday, we already had enough examples of girls fighting it out on tape to complete this piece. There are times when […] Read more »
Carnegie Mellon professor Randy Pausch became an Internet inspiration when he uploaded his Last Lecture to the Net in the fall of 2007 — an academic exercise (if you were going to give one last lecture, what would it be?) that in Pausch’s case was all […] Read more »
What could be better than a well-known vlogger doing an acoustic cover of MIA’s Paper Planes? Clearly, the answer is: three vloggers. YouTube users charlestrippy and sxephil joined davedays for a slightly nerdier, but adorable new take on the track. And in the world of politics, […] Read more »
With Dusty Zombies, Canadian creative force Matt Ficner addresses society’s long-standing desire for zombie puppet covers of Kansas classics — with an all-zombie chorus, inspired puppet design, and quality production value at work, it’s safe to say that you’ve never seen Dust In the Wind performed […] Read more »
When YouTube user lamedust needed a haircut, he took to the streets, implementing a wiki-style approach to grooming by offering passing strangers a shot with his scissors. The results? Judge for yourself… And how do you top blending random objects? By putting them in a microwave […] Read more »
Look, it’s Friday, it’s been a crazy week, you don’t want to think about anything serious right now. You want to watch a video about a mama cat adopting an orphaned baby bunny. And the Internet, oh, how it provides. But if your brain’s got a […] Read more »
Buried in yesterday’s Primetime Emmy nominations was the growing acknowledgment by oldteevee that maybe, just maybe, this TV-on-the-Internet thing’s here to stay. Using the categorization “Special Class Program” (which lumps online video in with live opera broadcasts and awards shows), the shorts lucky enough to be […] Read more »
To create a independent music video for his song Something Else, musician Chris Blake Googled “Biggest Regret” and used the results to create a Post Secret-esque montage that fits perfectly with his music. And for all you comic book fans not currently geeking out over the […] Read more »
This sketch from These People didn’t just attract our interest because of its title (no, really!) — Homemade Porn is actually a hilarious riff on one of those basic facts of the Internet. And by now, you’ve probably gotten a chance to check out Radiohead’s video […] Read more »
I was a big fan of Feist’s music before the iPod commercial lodged 1 2 3 4 inside our heads, and now she’s improved upon it — by adding Muppets. This Sesame Street appearance is an almost flawless recreation of the original video, but with simpler […] Read more »
Despite tentative assurances at last Thursday’s Q&A that the web hosts streaming Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog would be up to the challenge today, drhorrible.com has been crashing all morning, and server traffic has been slow at best. Per the Twitter of star Felicia Day: “Wow, Horrible […] Read more »
Joss Whedon’s Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog goes live today (go here to buy it on iTunes) with the first of three all-singing, some-dancing installments, the way it was meant to be seen: on your computer monitors. But how was it on the big screen? I had […] Read more »
Self-proclaimed viral video genius (and friend of NewTeeVee) Nalts is never shy about sharing his knowledge with the world, but last week he really outdid himself by revealing the one great secret to viral success. (A lesson not lost on Miss America yesterday). Speaking of people […] Read more »
Anyone with a Twitter feed knows that Friday was a day of woe for iPhone devotees, as the launch of the 3G, along with major upgrades for old-school iPhones, has seen its share of bugs. First off — were you even able to get one? Or […] Read more »
Nas became a punching bag for Bill O’Reilly and the Fox News Channel after performing a concert at Virginia Tech last year. But rather than take it, the rapper aims his latest video at the “fair and balanced” news channel — and really, all media — […] Read more »
Clever is the best word to describe PES’s latest stop-motion short, a Michel Gondry-esque recreation of the cooking process in which artificial household items sub in for real ingredients. (Though, disturbingly, the end product almost looks delicious.) And while following online video means watching a lot […] Read more »
Remember last month, when a surge of viral videos made us all wonder how you could pop popcorn with cell phones? It was quickly discovered that the campaign was created to promote Cardo Systems’s line of Bluetooth headsets, but there were no answers as to how […] Read more »
You know who’s cooler than most people? Grace Jones. Not only did the 60-year-old actress/model tussle with Arnold Schwarzenegger in Conan the Barbarian, but she’s a prolific recording artist who’s releasing her 12th album this October. And the video for the first single, Corporate Cannibal, is […] Read more »
Despite the fact that the NBC remake of The Bionic Woman was canceled so quietly no one’s bothered to miss it, Comedy.com’s re-imagining of the failed series achieves more than a few chuckles — if only because it’s funny to imagine Amy Winehouse doing anything productive […] Read more »
“I’m not here to make friends,” you’ve probably heard more than one reality show contestant say. But how often has that cliche popped up? YouTube user richfofo has a montage of the best and brightest. Also, in Karina Longworth’s words, “In terms of sheer hilarity –– […] Read more »
There are lots of things I can’t imagine doing without — air, food, Internet. But high on that list are definitely Jim Henson’s Muppets. And this Independence Day, Sam the Eagle’s web-exclusive salute to America is the only video you need to watch this weekend. This […] Read more »
Today, on the Station, we found out how they sell light bulbs in Thailand, and whether or not the US dollar contains secret Masonic messages. And we also reviewed the new Instablogs podcast Global Report, which uses its resources as a citizen journalism depot to gather […] Read more »
Paul Proulx’s montages are on the surface simply mashups of film clips, but the way in which he’s constructed these odes to late 20th-century film show an attention to detail beyond the amateur. At what point does expressing your love of movies become its own act […] Read more »
What happens when an independently produced political ad is stripped of its original intent? Well, it becomes a way of commentating on any public figure — from George Carlin to Cobra Commander. Today at the Station, we look at will.i.am’s Yes We Can — in both […] Read more »
Kanye West’s career at this point seems at least partially built on his ability to put on a good show — his music is solid, but it’s the presentation of his life as a brand that has made him a major player in all aspects of […] Read more »
Fake reality shows are becoming almost as common as real reality shows online. But new comedy series Engaged, in which a self-obsessed couple plan the ceremony that will only make them forever miserable, raises the bar by focusing on, in Karina Longworth’s words, “the conflict between […] Read more »
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