I think there is an Iron Man movie coming out so...
SPOILER ALERT! There may or may not be anything resembling a spoiler below.
Yes, today is the maverick thespian's 35th birthday. To celebrate, here is a creepy, stalkerish, fan-tribute video created for her.
Well the writers who are not working have to do something. Why not produce a few vids to play in the very medium that you are fighting for revenue from? Here they do a spoof where all the cute animals from those darling youtube videos are on-strike and not being cute in support of the writers. Fun idea, if only we could develop a show around that...
Unfortunately for some of us. The carnival sideshow is a disappearing phenomenon. Yes there are a few traveling shows, yes you can do the Coney Island's of the world and see a freak here and there, occasionally, some themed nightclub event brings out a sword swallower, but in general, they are a rare find. Enter user generated video. It turns out that there are hundreds of clips of people doing all sorts of bizarre acts to get attention. I would also bet that many of these have exposed their art to more people than most carny acts would get in a lifetime. There is one gentleman who has called for the creation of a YouTube Freakshow. So maybe it will not die out, but instead, will live a digital life for years to come.
The YouTube Carnival and Freak Show
The Carnival of the Damned
Lizardman!
And the original...
The line between CGM and PGOM (professionally generated online media, yes, my term) is getting blurred. More people are creating content specifically for the web, and often in the D.I.Y. style that is popular among CGM. For example, check out VideoJug. They create how-to videos on a variety of topics from saving water and money with every flush of your toilet to looking better naked and many in between. When I first saw the guide to making BeatBoxing puppets, it seemed to be a spoof, a well done spoof, but a spoof nonetheless. But in context of all the other videos that they put up, you can tell they are looking at themselves as a content company and one with a distinct style and voice. At that point, is it not CGM anymore but goes to the realm of PGOM? If a director makes videos for his friends without being paid for, but using the tools at his disposal, which category does that fall?
These are the questions emerging, some of which are why this medium is so charged and interesting. Regardless, here are some very white people doing beatbox with sox.
The Miss Teen South Carolina deluge is beginning. Nothing like a nervous, not-so-smart, teen beauty queen's flub on national teevee to get the internets all in an a boil. Thanks to the gay cowboy for the first one!
Miss Teen South Carolina Calls 911
And there is
And also the hiphop ballad remix...
UPDATE...
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Who needs shows like Candid Camera or Punked when the internet gives all the pranking we need from our very own desktop?
The Classics (With a NSFW ending)
The Modern
The Stupid
So now that Funny or Die has been out for a while, I decided to take a few minutes and see if it were actually funny. I took a random sample of 'non-Will Farrel' vids from the much talked about comedy site. I decided to take in 10 or so vids from their highest rated of all time category. Although I tried to be open about it, I have to say, I did not find many of them funny, in fact there was a distinct lack of funny in most of them. So in the end is it that people making home comedy are not funny? Or that production experience, shot composition, re-writes and actors are what makes funny funny?
This is rated IMMORTAL on FoD And this is comedy why?????