by Harmon Leon on November 21st, 2008
The bizarro, uncopywritten counterparts of legendary food company mascots come out in full force in Vast Food Nation – an original animated web series on Aniboom.
Written and directed by Adam Pava (whose pervious credits include the sorta similarly-themed Clone High), Vast Food Nation gives us the exploits of such celebrity animated mascots as Green Giant, [...]
by Harmon Leon on November 17th, 2008
“8 wasn’t enough!” So are the words of perky Mary McQueegle, fresh off the Infomercial circuit, as she conducts a series of probing exit interviews with the one and only George W. Bush.
“Dubuya?!? We hardly know ya!” But this excellent parody brought to us by Atom gives us a revealing last look at the [...]
by Harmon Leon on November 14th, 2008
Global Warming sounds great on paper; a web comedy show with the likes of SNL’s Kristen Wiig, The Daily Show’s Assif Mandvi, not to mention writers from the Daily Show and Penn & Teller: Bullshit (Rob Kutner and Sheryl Zohn).
And bu-ya! It is. Good, well-written, subtle comedy reign supreme here on this Strike TV web series. [...]
by Harmon Leon on November 12th, 2008
Sounds like someone is finally capitalizing off of hipsters in a non-ironic fashion (which, for a subcultre that prides itself on irony, is an interesting twist).
In the TheWB.com’s new web series, Rockville, CA., twirly mustaches and played-out trucker hats will presumably abound throughout 20 episodes set in the world of indie rockers and twentysomethings working [...]
by Harmon Leon on November 11th, 2008
Is your favorite Tom Cruise movie Cocktail? Mine too! I like how he portrays a cocky, unconventional bartender (as opposed to a cocky, unconventional fighter pilot or cocky, unconventional race car driver). Well, Brian Flanagan fans, there’s a new web reality series called On the Rocks that vows to find America’s best bartender and give [...]
by Harmon Leon on November 10th, 2008
BBC America has this discomforting reality documentary (that sounds like I’m being redundant, but with all the Christopher Guest knock offs out there, you gotta be clear) called My Fake Baby. It centers on perfectly normal, perfectly healthy grown adults who buy these realistic-looking baby dolls for thousands of dollars modeled from submitted photos. They [...]
by Harmon Leon on November 7th, 2008
Me-effin’-ow!!! This web show’s tagline already had me chuckling: King of Queens writer Giuseppe Graziano presents The Tender Morsels. A rock band for cats…..Finally!
Considering the internet’s obsession with felines, you’d think this Spinal Tap-y, cat-centric, Alice Cooper-y glam rock band would’ve debuted sooner. Created by Jeffrey Brown, (who double duties as the Tender Morsels’ [...]
by Harmon Leon on November 6th, 2008
The brainiacs at You Tube partnered with PBS and came up with a Michael Moore-inspired idea for participatory entertainment / public government watchdog that actually has an effect with their November 4 project, Video Your Vote.
Considering America’s long-standing tradition of voter intimidation – and especially after the 2000 Florida elections debacle – citizen journalists, and [...]