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Archive for the ‘Comedy’ Category

April 1st, 2008

YouTube Partners On Strike!

Who says only the WGA can go on strike? Revenue-sharing YouTube partners just went on strike, too!
Tags: April Fools, Britethorn, Comedy, KoteckiandMcMillan, MuggleSam, Nalts, YouTubeShare This

By Mike Abundo -- 1 comment

April 1st, 2008

Fox Buys Revision3

Oh Kevin, I thought you were the poster boy for technological rebellion against bullshit. Now here you are on Diggnation announcing that your online video startup Revision3 just sold out to Fox News.
Tags: Alex Albrecht, April Fools, Comedy, Diggnation, Fox, Kevin Rose, News, Revision3Share This

By Mike Abundo -- 0 comments

April 1st, 2008

YouTube Contest to Choose Martian Settlers

Want to be among the first humans on Mars? Then get inside online video! Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin announce a partnership with Virgin to select the first settlers on Mars through 30-second YouTube video responses.
Tags: April Fools, Comedy, Contests, Google, Larry Page, Mars, Richard Branson, Sergey Brin, Virgin, Virgle, YouTubeShare This

By Mike Abundo -- 0 comments

April 1st, 2008

YouTube Rickrolls Everyone!

April 1, 2008 is not the best day to hit the YouTube Featured Videos list. You may be familiar with Rickrolling, the practice of posting a deceptive link that leads to a video of Rick Astley’s 1987 hit Never Gonna Give You Up. This April Fools’ Day, YouTube Rickrolls everyone as Featured Videos links all […]

By Mike Abundo -- 5 comments

March 17th, 2008

Felicia Day: So Hot Right Now

Watch out for Claire Danes-lookalike actress/producer Felicia Day. She’s so hot right now.
The Internet gods definitely dig Felicia Day, creator and star of online series “The Guild.” Things started nicely in Austin, Tex., where she won for best original digital series at the SXSW/On Network Greenlight Series Awards. In the following days, she has picked […]

By Mike Abundo -- 6 comments

March 13th, 2008

Gaming Comedy Wins Greenlight Awards

While parodying the foibles of gamer social units is a fantastic idea in a time when games outpace movies and music, it’s the execution that won The Guild Best Original Digital Series Production at The Greenlight Awards. I’m an avid gamer myself, and I’m laughing my ass off.
Tags: Comedy, Gaming, The Greenlight Awards, The GuildShare […]

By Mike Abundo -- 1 comment

February 27th, 2008

Fucking Ben Affleck Better than the Oscars

Sure, we’re all laughing our asses off as Hollywood celebs adopt YouTube collab and response formulae to sing about Jimmy Kimmel fucking Ben Affleck. Andrew Wallenstein, however, points out that the star power of this sketch marks an important cultural shift.
It’s what the Oscars and really all of mainstream Hollywood has to learn from the […]

By Mike Abundo -- 1 comment

February 12th, 2008

Caramelldansen Collection

This meme’s been bouncing around among anime fans for a year and a half, but it’s only recently gaining ground on YouTube. On August 8, 2006, this guy posted a dance clip from the Japanese anime Popotan set to the chorus of the Swedish dance track Caramelldansen (Speedycake Remix).
The result was an Internet phenomenon. Anime […]

By Mike Abundo -- 6 comments

February 8th, 2008

Happy Slip Addresses Bloggers

I met up with Filipina-American vlogger Christine “Happy Slip” Gambito during her visit to the Philippines, where she addressed a group of Filipino bloggers. She has some great advice for aspiring online video stars: Find that unique thing in you.
Or, as Hugh MacLeod puts it, find your own schtick.
Tags: Filipina, HappySlip, PhilippinesShare This

By Mike Abundo -- 0 comments

February 5th, 2008

YouTube Hires Mark Day as Comedy Manager

Few YouTube comedians make my watchlist while I’m lounging around naked with a pretty girl. Mark Day is one such comedian. That’s why I congratulate Mark on joining the YouTube team as comedy manager. My only regret is that we won’t get to hear as many of his hilarious non sequitur rants anymore.
For the record, […]

By Mike Abundo -- 0 comments

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