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Next step: Cracked list countdowns on VH1?

Potomac Avenue — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 14:09:58 -0800

CollegeHumor, which peddles fraternity pranks and workplace stunts to an online audience of millions, is making the move to television this Sunday. The employee-actors have come of age on the Internet, but they nevertheless value the exposure that television can offer. When Ms. Schneider posted a photo of a “College Humor Show” poster at MTV’s studios in Times Square on her Tumblr blog this week, she captioned it, “By far the most exciting thing to ever happen to me.” “TV is more exclusive,” she said in an interview. “People have a different relationship with TV” than with online video, she said. Like “The Osbournes” and “The Hills” before it “The College Humor Show” will once again redraw the line between scripted shows and reality programs. “As the line gets blurrier,” said Sam Reich, the site’s director of original content. “I live in that blur.” So far the reactions look positive. Preview (preview2) Previously More previously

So crescent fresh!

not_on_display — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 19:10:16 -0800

Sifl & Olly are two sockpuppets that had a show on MTV from 1997 to 1999. In the time allotted to them, they would conduct interviews, take calls from the public, and shill for the Precious Roy Home Shopping Network. In between, they’d talk with their friend Chester, and ROCK!! Call now, and Precious Roy will throw in this extra large tube of S&O, that's four hours and thirty-seven minutes worth for ya kids, let's take some calls! More music? Here's their Battle of the Bands. And lots more of their +/- One-minute Wonders... What’s in the Center? • United States of Whatever • Baby for Gravy • Weird Day • I Sure Do Miss the Eighties • Answer the Phone • Laser Eyes • Prostitute Laundry • Fake Blood • Dude’s House • The Panda! • Up Here, in the Cabinet • Crazy Super Special Fun Day (feat. Chester) • She’s a Carrot • Crescent Fresh • Heart Attacks • Llama School • Hellfire • Cindy the Hostess • The English Song (Redrum) • Dude Song • Wizzard • Haunted Spaceship • Halloween Rocks • Stolen Holiday (feat. Chester) • Rock Stars Get Some Every Night • Just What I Needed (The Cars) • Don’t Fear the Reaper (Blue Öyster Cult) • Goin' Up the Country (Canned Heat) Some of the songs on the list were never aired; instead, they appear on co-creator Liam Lynch's popular video podcast, Lynchland, along with other examples of his wackydoodleditties. Matt Crocco (Sifl) and Liam Lynch (Olly) were friends for a long time before creating Sifl & Olly. They tell more of their story to the attendees of two "Cresventions" in these clips: 1 • 2 ¡ʍoɥs o puɐ x ǝɥʇ

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East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 07:37:01 -0800

Augenblick Studios provide many strange and offensive animated cartoon video films including Superjail. You may be familiar with their work!!! [flash, mayhap quicktime]

Step One: You get the bloggers on board

Tones — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 19:11:07 -0800

Clell Tickle: Indie Marketing Guru. 3 Conversations with Maya Arulpragasam. Partisan Jab. Other Music. The Shittiest Mixtape Ever Contest. Lie Girls. etc. Ever since GooTube, we've been hearing about how online video will propel a new generation of talent to superstardom, but so far it's seemed mostly hype. Tonight, after literally decades of climbing the online video charts, Aziz, Rob, Paul, Jason and Bobbe'J make their MSM debut in MTV's The Human Giant.

Wondershowzen

tighttrousers — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 15:11:54 -0800

Subverting childrens television shows isn't exactly new, but when did it become mainstream?