Sexual Intercourse: American Style

Here is the first in Mitch Magee's great series "Sexual Intercourse: American Style," which was created for Channel102. It's not exactly the newest video around, but I highly recommend it if you haven't seen it. It's about a group of swingers and the troubles they face.

Review: High Times Editorial Office

I can't say I'm normally a fan of CollegeHumor, but this popular series (which by now, you've probably either heard of or seen) stands out as one of the best serials on the web. The videos give a fictional glimpse into the innards of the High Times editorial office, taking The Office as its model (sort of--mostly just the opening music and title).

Thanks to a credits feature CHTV has added, I can attribute the great writing to Dan Gurewitch with additional material from Streeter Seidell, and credit Ben Schwartz with a strong performance as the boss. My only criticism is that many of the stoner jokes seem derivative or hackneyed, for example: obsession with decriminalization, fascination with spectrum inversion, listening to Phish (does anyone still get high and do this?). On the whole, it's funny stuff.

Episode 1:

Episode 2:

Episode 3:

I'm gonna marry Christmas

Here's the first of what I'm sure will be many holiday-themed video selections this week. This video is from Knox's Korner, also known as Robert Benfer. The bulk of his work is claymation; this video is not.

Music Video: "Feeling Good"

Some MFA students at the School of Visual Arts made this music video for Nina Simone's "Feeling Good." From the YouTube description: "The assignment was to create a music video using just type and typographic elements in black and white."

Massive Head Trauma

Here's a video I just found by Sue Galloway. It's a video about how you can recover from massive head trauma at home.

Sue Galloway can also be seen in this video, "Baby Party." You can also go vote for this video at FunnyOrDie.com.

Notes and Vids

Instead of a regular video post, I decided to just give some links to videos and some sort-of news. First, some videos:

• If you're of a philosophical bent (especially if you like Nietzsche), watch this Kant Attack Ad
• This meth ad spoof on MyspaceTV is funny
• Waverly's The Hauntening, which apparently everyone has seen

And "What if There's Bears," the video recommended in my first post ever, was an Adam McKay pick at FunnyOrDie.

House of Cosbys

Since it's Sunday and I should be studying for exams, how about the four-part classic from Channel101? Here they all are:

Episode 1:

Episode 2:

Episode 3:

Episode 4:

YouTube War

The most recent (although three months old) video from cutmanfilms, makers of the "Most Awkward Boy in the World" series. Featuring Chris Gethard, Zach Woods, and Gil Ozeri.

Ballad of the Beard

By Nate Dern, former Daily Show intern and Beauty and the Geek contestant.

Gabe & Max's Internet Thing

This video, according to New York Magazine, is one of the twenty funniest web videos of the year. I think it's on the long side, but still worth a view:


Also online at New York Magazine:

• The Top-Five Online Art Videos of 2007


• An interview with Tim and Eric of Time and Eric Awesome Show


• What Celebrities are Watching

There's more, like this article which tries to take account of video sites they say produce "consistent niche content." It lists Current, VBS.tv, and Atom, omitting Channel101, Channel102, FunnyOrDie, etc. Hrm, maybe they're not "big" enough?

Update: Gabe & Max's Internet Thing was nominated for an ECNY

Doonesbury Copy Machine

Will Hines and Mitch Magee (both in "Nuts Punched" below) wrote and star in this short about a copy machine.

Black Bean Burger

This is my new favorite. With Eugene Cordero, Birch Harms, and Ryan Karels, all from UCB.

Nuts Punched

This is a few years old, but still worth watching.

New from Waverly Films: Sunday Sandwich

My Appearance on The Hills

Amy at the Club

By Eliza Skinner of I Eat Pandas.

Update: Both I Eat Pandas and the Eliza Skinner's one-woman show this video is taken from are up for ECNY awards.

What if There's Bears?