Like someone doing a spot-on celebrity impression, even the best parodies are, at their very core, marvels of the derivative. Still, there’s something mesmerizing about a well-tuned riff on a zeitgeisty moment. It’s almost primal. Anna Roisman and Cannibal Milkshake don’t reinvent the skate here by any means, but they don’t have to. Their ear for tone and […]
Continue ReadingIn 2014, comedian Mo Welch posted her first comic on her @momowelch Instagram handle. It featured a simply drawn depressive named Blair and read “Spirit Airlines is my ‘Nam’” Two years later, The Daily Dot wrote a piece on Mo, the traction her Blair comics were getting in the space, and–perhaps more importantly–the inspiration behind sitting down and drawing in […]
Continue ReadingMollie Merkel’s got a great belt. She wants to tell you all about it. Now, this is just my opinion but, I think you’d be wise to listen up. Luke is executive producer at Big Breakfast and a watcher of many web videos. Send him yours @LKellyClyne.
Continue ReadingI’m a human. We all are (probably), and we’ve all got the Internet. That means one thing, and one thing only: we’ve all seen training video parodies. Lots of ’em. What we probably haven’t seen is the definitive parody, because So You’re Grounded only has about 2,000 views at the time of my writing this. Let’s […]
Continue ReadingBridgid Ryan’s Boyfriend Rock is a well-produced music video with a perfect folk rock melody. That polish, though, is just preamble to the core genius of a small (literally and figuratively) core joke oriented at the center of a homograph that made me laugh out loud. Take a watch, and then double check the meaning of “homograph.” I […]
Continue ReadingThese days, commercial parodies are a dime a dozen, and so is dad humor, but this dad-centric commercial parody from… The Dad still deserves 60 seconds of your time. Fast and focused, what this piece lacks in commentary, it makes up for with the kind of immediately funny punchline that makes you think “Oh, shit, that’s not bad. Why didn’t […]
Continue ReadingOccasionally, we’ll feature live performances-cum-web videos (best not to Google that phrase), and this week is one of those times. See Something, Say Something somehow translates palpable energy in the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre’s new Hell’s Kitchen home to video. Written by Katie Talay, directed by Alexis Pereira, and starring Desi Domo, Nanie Mendez, Amanda Dieli, and Lauren Kahn, this […]
Continue ReadingNot everything needs a twist. Tynan DeLong and Colin Burgess’s short Emergency Room is so well-executed at its simplest core idea–nurse/doctor isn’t sure how to contribute to life-saving surgery in a tense ER–that it’s worth featuring in spite of an ending that felt almost too rational for such a heightened and poignant commentary on out-of-their-depth […]
Continue ReadingWelcome back, dear readers. Do you already need a break from the grind? Well, do you? Okay, good. Here’s that break. It’s directed by a visionary Lorelei Ramirez, and written with a beautifully insane Peter Mills Weiss. It’s Bjork and it will probably change everything about your Wednesday. Luke is executive producer at CollegeHumor/Big Breakfast and a […]
Continue ReadingThis is the last This Week in Web Videos column. Not forever, but for the year. I’m choosing not to feature a holiday-themed piece. Is that crazy? Yes, and it may not be popular, but Rachel Sennott’s The ATM Mechanic is worth the fallout. After a year that’s been nothing if not shut-the-lights-off-and-stare deplorable, we need […]
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