Entries For: 2006
- November (5)
11/17/2006
Goodnight Burbank
Written by Felicia Williams
Talk about inter-office politics? Goodnight Burbank is a sketch-comedy series that goes behind the scenes “and between the headlines.” With American news anchors achieving near celebrity status, GN Burbank is a behind the scenes look at the the “almost big time.”
Created, written by, and staring Hayden Black, Goodnight Burbank’s cast is a mash-up of actors that you feel like you have seen some where before. Possibly because you have. Burbank regulars include Shulie Cowen (Reno 911), Jamie Denbo (Happy Hour), Angela Espinosa (Young & The Restless), Kenny Schickler, John Schaffer (West Wing), Wendy Rosoff (David Letterman) and Eve Savona (French Maid TV).
Featuring news anchors, who care less about the news and more about their personal lives, the satiric comedy humanizes the nightly news anchors that we, as an ignorant public, assume live, eat, and breath News.
Cleverly well-scripted, Goodnight Burbank is one of the longest running series online. See why the San Fran Chronicle calls Goodnight Burbank a cross between Studio 60 and The Daily Show.
11/15/2006
Ask a Gay Man: Denim Edition
Written by Felicia Williams
Warning: This podcast is not for the easily offended or the conservative at heart.
In his YouTube series, self-pronounced "gay man" Williams Sledd provides the viral community with valuable fashion advise. A Queer Eye for the Straight guy of sorts, Sledd is a 23 year old from Kentucky with an “eye for fashion.”
With nearly a million viewers, the enthusiastic 20-something uses slightly brash and offensive language to talk about the latest trends. In this denim edition, the “gay man” and his femme co-host talk about America’s favorite pant.
Note: Boys those carpenter jeans are a no-no, “unless you are a carpenter”.
11/12/2006
Flag Makeover
Written by Felicia Williams
Flag Makeover is Barats and Bereta's first video in over a month. The duo has been MIA from YouTube's Most Watched and Top Rated charts since they signed with NBC. Prior to the deal, they were Top o' the Tube for
several weeks at a time and just about every new B&B video was an instant hit.
After thier brief hiatus, Berats and Bereta already found their
way back to the top of the Most Discussed and Top Favorites charts. With its noticeably augmented budget and a less ambitious story line, Flag Makeover gives Berats and Bereta fans fleeting hope that the comedy team may not be to cool for YouTube after all.
11/10/2006
Text Message Breakup
Written by Alexandra Delyle
Earlier this year, comedian Liam Sullivan donned a platinum blonde wig, pulled up his candy-striped nylons, and created one of the most loevably hateable characters the web has ever seen, "Kelly." Her debut episode, Shoes, is maybe our favorite thing ever and we're not alone -- most people who love the clip admit to watching it more than a dozen times. Now Kelly's back with her Valley Girl sneer in Text Message Breakup.
11/09/2006
The Papdits
Written by Felicia Williams
CBS began streaming a new online comedy/reality hybrid show called The Papdits on its broadband channel Innertube. From the writer and producer of the Da Ali G Show, The Papdits is “a docu-comedy about a family from Kashmir and their interactions with Americans as they travel through the U.S.”
The comedy/reality pilot, written and produced by Ant Hines, is about a fictional family from Kashmir and the members' interactions with real Americans as they travel cross-country in their RV. The Papdits was originally developed for Fox in late '04. CBS planned revive the show last year but decided it wasn't a "mainstream show."
With the attention that Borat generated online prior to the film's release, it is only fitting that Hines’s prior work lives here in the viral “mainstream.”
Update: Full episodes that were availible on YouTube this morning have recently become private
