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December 9, 2005 3:49 PM

Photobooth (quicktime, direct link) is a short absurdist comedy sketch about a couple who meet, fall in love & celebrate 101 blissful years together in a mall photobooth. via
posted by jonson (18 comments total)

Even worse than the similarly titled Death Cab for Cutie song.
posted by Ryvar at 3:57 PM on December 9, 2005

ZANY!!

*bangs gavel*
posted by Drexen at 4:09 PM on December 9, 2005

Loved it.
posted by JPowers at 4:10 PM on December 9, 2005

I love juice.
posted by banished at 4:14 PM on December 9, 2005

Ugh. The second I clicked on the link, I saw 'oldeenglish.org' in the url, and immediately regretted the hasty action of my index finger.

Then I thought "Now now... maybe they've managed to finally make a funny sketch video".

Then I watched it. And they didn't.
posted by paultron at 4:15 PM on December 9, 2005

Bard College rep-RE-sent. Yee-haw.
posted by thejoshu at 5:37 PM on December 9, 2005

It was watchable.
posted by VulcanMike at 6:19 PM on December 9, 2005

I want my time back.
posted by dilettanti at 6:43 PM on December 9, 2005

Yes, then i made the short "phonebooth". Yes, it blew up huge on MeFi, and the rest as they say is history!
posted by Mr Bluesky at 7:53 PM on December 9, 2005

Kinda dumb, but the girl is really cute, so a half-hearted thumbs up!
posted by Robot Johnny at 10:21 PM on December 9, 2005

I laughed, I cried.
posted by hypersloth at 12:38 AM on December 10, 2005

Much like the other Olde English one that I had seen (Gym Class) it entertained me, but it seems it could've been denser and a little less forced. But I don't know what the Olde English crew is working with, so I will simply give them praise.
posted by Phantomx at 1:56 AM on December 10, 2005

short?
posted by lemonfridge at 9:47 AM on December 10, 2005

Almost literally unwatchable.
posted by Dr. Wu at 7:58 PM on December 10, 2005

oh come now, fellow posters...yes, it was a little forced, but it was kinda fun, and isn't it so sweet that the effort was made and freely shared? Shouldn't that count for something, sourpusses? I felt it was more entertaining and less waste of time than most car ads...let the kids do their thing and applaud them for it. Bravo kids!
posted by Today at 10:19 AM on December 11, 2005

Oh come on. It's sketch comedy - it's bound to be a little forced. If you had seen this performed on the stage at a fringe festival, you would have enjoyed it.

If your time is so valuable that you can't spare a minute for freely given entertainment, why waste it snarking?
posted by Popular Ethics at 12:59 PM on December 11, 2005

If you had seen this performed on the stage at a fringe festival, you would have enjoyed it.

One of the countless reasons I do not attend fringe festivals. :P
posted by Dr. Wu at 1:07 PM on December 11, 2005

It's not great, but it's not terrible either.
posted by Todd Lokken at 9:25 AM on December 13, 2005