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Video Recommendations
The History of the Joke Originally aired on The History Channel, Feb. 2008. Posted by Marie (will bring DVD to class April 1).
Scary Mary Poppins Recut Trailer Posted by Abraxas. "A parody of Mary Poppins, where footage from the film is recut into a sequence that creates an entirely different impression than what was intended by the original creators. Titling and atmospheric music are used to build a sense of menace. I feel this is a good example of recontextualization."
George Lucas in Love Parody of Shakespeare in Love; funny insight into what Lucas's Star Wars writing process might have been. Great scene with his Yoda-like writing coach. Posted by Marie.
28 Day Slater This Channel 101:NY series was cancelled, but hilarious title and funny additional laugh tracks really had me reminiscing those Saved By the Bell days. This show follows Mario, a guy who thinks he plays Mario Lopez's character, A.C. Slater, in real life. Posted by Elise Chancellor
The Bu' This is from Channel 101. It is called The 'Bu. It is created by Andy Samberg, from SNL. Posted by Nicole Cottral
David Blaine's Street Magic This is an unscripted show but it is part of a 3 episode series. Posted by Nicole Cottral
The Obama Files This is a recent episode of SNLs TV Fun House cartoons. It follows Obama on the campaign trail. Posted By Jesse
SNL:Business Meeting This is a Digital Short from Andy Samberg and Co. over at SNL. Great use of snappy dialogue and quick characterization in the sketch. Actually it is complete nonsense, but it's hilarious. Posted by Jesse
You Suck at Photoshop #3 Donnie Hoyle shows you how to fix mistakes you've made in life. Donnie Hoyle makes a very big mistake go away. This video just shows how you don't even need a camcorder to make an entertaining video. I felt that the scripting for this video was excellent, and that there was probably a bunch of improv involved. Posted By Andrew
Bro Rape: A Newsline Investigative Report An investigative report from the television show NEWSLINE exposing the dark truth of bro rape. Posted By Andrew
Me and My Goldfish: Were Going To The Pub An online short format story written and read by Rick Mayall. Posted by John
Girls' Night Out Girl decides to find the right guy at a supermarket. Posted by Mike.
Girls Are Not To Be Trusted The fine points of filmmaking. Posted by Brandon.
Teen Girl Squad Weird internet based animation. Fun stuff. Posted by Brandon.
Pigeon John In a Take Away Show I love it because yes it is candid, and "documentary", but it still is produced and tells a story. posted by alex.
Catwoman Audition Not a story, but funny. This girl has a few vids that I like. Mostly just weird stuff. Posted by Danielle.
Two Gems from the Onion News Network: As Obese Population Rises, More Candidates Courting The Fat Vote and Poll: Bullshit Is Most Important Issue For 2008 Voters. Posted by Ryan.
Galacticast was created May of 2006 by Casey McKinnon and Rudy Jahchan as an outlet for thier love of all things Sci-Fi. The latest post "A Copyright Carol" discussed the issues of creative commons in a digital world. Posted by Daniel
Hipster Olympics A parody that plays on the hipster stereotype as Brooklyn hipsters compete in a series of events that any so-called hipster would excel in. Events include the tight pants requirement, ironic vintage t-shirt search, and appropriate record purchase. Posted by Adrian
She's F*cking Obama It's kinda of political. It has politicians in it. Posted by Danielle
The Northern DMZ This particular clip, from VBS TV, is about an American who travels to North Korea and encounters the weirdness of his presence. VBS TV is a young and modern online broadcasting network. They show docuementaries of bands, other cultures/sub-cultures, and promote problems like dirty politics and pollution. Posted by Jessica Johnston
Demetri Martin Finds Clearification A perfect story structure and pilot episode. I found this on funnyordie.com which is a collection of well known comedians who post short format acts. Posted by Jessica Johnston
Political Gladiators The Politicians are in for it this time. Gladiator style. Posted by Aly Farago
Silly Video Obama This is just plain silly...it was the only thing that made me really laugh. It was on MadTV. I'm going back in to find something more "homemade". Posted by Laurel
Penis or Vagina I can't think of anything to write...I'm just laughing! Posted by Laurel
"Jihad" This century's nightmare... Posted by Geoff
What Really Matters Are you about worn out of all the television commercials? Posted by Geoff
Jihad commercial becomes satire (or, parody, or both, I don't know) without any further writing. Posted by Geoff
End of the World I just had to post this. It is one of the funniest things I have ever found on the internet...I'm sure many of you have seen it! It is old. Posted by Laurel
Obama Girl Returns for Iowa! Obama CAN'T LOSE in Iowa with Obama Girl behind him... and a little help from Harry Truman Girl. This video definitely has a lot of other popular movie references in it. Posted by Andrew. Or Check out the Crush on Obama Music Video. It made "the McCain Girls" Cry themselves to sleep. Posted by Sean
Hillary In Bosnia: The True Story Street cred; just like the big boys. Posted by Caleb
The McCain Girls God this is awful. Posted by Nic
Mark Fiore Political Flash Animation, retirement commercial parody, Anti-war statement. Posted by Adrian
Hallmark Manners Episode 4, Episode 5 Cute Animated Super-Shorts. The point of them escapes me, but the "interactive" set-up punch line is a conceptually interesting. Posted By Sean
Stop the Vote A mock commercial of voter encouragement with a particularly funny ending. Contributed by Brandon
Zombies in Plain English So I'm going to be working on a zombie project over the summer. I'm looking for talent and directors and thought it would be fun to show some of the things that have inspired me. Here are some more; Zombies Attack Man in Russia Real Live Zombie Attack [Bush vs. Zombies]* (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoXgRtDysLY) Posted by Daniel
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