Journey, At the Center of the Earth
Nice one DC.
As the story goes, Joss Whedon (creator of Buffy & Firefly) was out walking the WGA picket lines when inspiration struck him. He would make a musical web series about a villain trying to take over the world and impress the girl (haven’t we all felt that way). Well he made it and it is truly wonderful. So good that apparently it crashed its servers within moments of being posted. But you can see it now on itunes (if you can’t find it other *wink* places)… and see it you should!
Can’t we all just sing-along?
Wow this out of control animation – shot on the streets of Buenos Aires – must have taken days and days. Extra props for the special attention to the soundtrack. Great find Addy.
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I know I have been pushing The Wackness a lot a lot – but here is more. The film finally drops in limited release in NY and LA on Thursday. Hopefully it will hit Seattle not long after. I should also mention that it just won the Audience Award at the LA Film Fest (with other top honors going to personal faves Man on Wire and Anvil).
So for some pure marketing and publicity gold, Sony has whipped up some awesome web shorts under the auspices of the main character starting a cable access show dubbed Luke’s Dope Show in his basement. They’re great. Check em out after the jump.
We are 6 episodes into Italian Spiderman and the action is really heating up! This series has got to be one of my favorite web shorts ever done. It has lore, style, effects, and amazing dubbing. On top of all that it is frickin hilarious. Check out the Wiki for the whole story on the production. It is, of course, all available on YouTube, or just follow the jump below for the first 6 eps posted here (episode 3 is my fave).
This British series is really one of the funniest I have seen in quite some time. The first season, made up of eight 10-minute shorts, is especially amazing. I have only watched one episode from the second season, (six 30 minute episodes) which changed up the format considerably and doesn’t seem quite as immediately ridiculous. Thanks to teh intarweb gawds as they seem to pretty much all be avail on my youtubes. More info on tehWiki. (I [heart] Imhotep and Lord Scotland!!)
Friday funny is back! Here are a few things I have laughed at over the last 8 weeks. Some are too funny to throw in the mix but I’ll try to get through all this as quick as pie!
Sorry the vids are late but I was waiting for them to fax me their internet addresses.
There really may be no funnier act than people falling down. This guy certainly cracks up. It made America’s Funniest Home Videos a hit for years. What is our primal reaction to this act? Something about the action that makes us different from animals breaking down? I don’t know but I am on board. It is hilarious.
There is a horrible new trend happening all around us of amateur videographers making grotesque campaign videos to show their support for their candidates. I can’t imagine these are sanctioned by the candidates… unless they are really struggling in the press oversight department. Hillary’s is especially horrendous and absolutely serious.
There are a ton out there for Obama as well – this one is particularly bad. Man I hate iPhoto-esque slideshows set to music. How many transitions can you come up with?
I’ve been spreadin the love over SNL since they came back from the strike a few weeks back. I’m happy to say that after an off week last week with Amy Adams (maybe not her fault) they were back with guns firing this week with Jonah Hill. I’m definitely not saying that every sketch is a hit – but this is the zeit poppin off and there are some definite winners. Above is the clip from this week’s Weekend Update where Tracy Morgan takes a shot at Tina Fey’s pro Clinton mono from a few weeks back. Booosh.
Here are a few links to this week’s SNL. Check out the DigiShort and my other fave this week, the Country Music Commercial – Rocket Ships, Model-T Cars, Toddlers, and Jars of Beer.
…Notice that last one wasn’t a link. That is because NBC has been on the DMCA takedown warpath – pulling all their clips from YouTube. WTF!? Sure they might be losing some ad dollars from their nbc.com site – but they don’t seem to be getting the fact that it is allowing people like me to email these clips around that gets twice as many people to tune in NEXT WEEK. The buzz around SNL 3 weeks ago (after Huckabee) was nutty – the next week they KILLED it with Clinton. But not allowing their clips online and not putting all the clips on their site is just backwards backwater bullshit thinking. Booooo.
Van Damme seems to be everywhere right now (see last week). More about the movie. Unfortunately he is about the funniest thing around. Well, maybe I am out of the loop…
Hey enderzero.net readers! If you find a funny web video – send it my way… that way the weekly videos will actually be funny.
Only a couple this week. Though everyone should probably be watching SNL as well.
What may become a semi regular feature around here, I’d like to bring you some of this week’s best/funniest/most popular web videos.
First is the DeLorean Dance Jam Ghost Ride the Whip.
The hilarious new web series from the Handsome Donkey crew (check out Le Montage) is live at ABC. 2 episodes up already and they’re great.
From the site:
This hilarious new web comedy that follows the ups and downs of four buddies trying to make it in the rough and tumble world of high-rise window washing! It’s packed with high-flying stunts, steamy romance, hair-brained adventure and plenty of blood, vomit and nudity. Buckle your harness … this job is not for the faint of heart.
Congrats BC – you are an inspiration to all of us.