May 7th, 2008
Move over Star Wars Kid, there’s a new stud muffin in town. Fat kid Will Jones makes a cardio workout video in his undies. Turbo!
I hope you’re not eating right now. Cue the remixes…
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May 2nd, 2008
She’s been posting wonderful videos of her trip to the Philippines, but I’m also glad to see Filipina comedienne Christine “Happy Slip” Gambito and her family of wacky characters return to regularly scheduled programming. Her latest episode breaks the fourth wall as you can do only inside online video. It even comes with a video […]
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April 9th, 2008
Some say the US Presidential election of 2008 will be the YouTube election. College Humor says it will be the viral video election. See how many viral video classics you can identify in this political message.
This thing has serious sequel potential. There are just so many viral videos to parody.
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April 1st, 2008
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
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April 1st, 2008
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.
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April 1st, 2008
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
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April 1st, 2008
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 -- 8 comments
March 17th, 2008
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 -- 7 comments
March 13th, 2008
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.
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By Mike Abundo -- 1 comment
February 27th, 2008
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 […]
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