by Marc Hustvedt on November 25th, 2009
Dorm Life, the awkwardly absurd college life comedy web series released its first ever DVD today, Dorm Life: Semester One (Amazon.com Exclusive). The mockumentary series remains Hulu’s most watched web original, aside from last year’s Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog.
While its heartbreaking two-part season finale came out back in July, the Streamy-nominated web series from indie production house Attention Span Media continued to grow in popularity. The deftly original students of “5 South” span the spectrum of characters—the overly excited, fun-loving Steph (Jessie Gaskell), the self-conscious bully RA, Marshall (Brian C. Singleton), the frustrated, pretentious artist (Pancho Morris), average-guy Mike (Chris W. Smith).
The DVD is being put out by New Video, the same distributor that picked up The Guild Seasons 1 & 2 for DVD as well as Dr. Horrible. What to expect from the $19.95 DVD:
The jam-packed 118-minute DORM LIFE: Semester 1 DVD consists of 20 five-to-six-minute episodes that perfectly capture college milestones at their best. Viewers join the easy-going Mike, sorority girls Britt and Court, straight-laced Daniel and party boys Gopher and Shane along with shy Abby, eccentric Josh, overly enthusiastic Steph, and Marshall the overbearing RA, as they transform from complete strangers to best friends and uproariously exhibit their uncanny ability to thrive in close quarters.
READER GIVEAWAY: Want to win Danny B’s (Jordan Riggs) actual sweater vest from Dorm Life? C’mon you know you kind of actually do.
by Drew Baldwin on July 20th, 2009
I’m usually not one to get sentimental, but I think I cried five times during the Dorm Life: Season 2 Finale which premiered today on Hulu. The Streamy Award nominated web series, which we have also confirmed is also ranked as the most popular web series on Hulu, is a comedic mockumentary following the lives of several college students thrown together on the same dorm floor.
The two-part season finale, which takes place during the last days of school before summer, provides the perfect setting to resolve the rich character development which sets this series apart from the otherwise played-out Office-style format.
Full of mischief, adventures, rivalries and romance, Dorm Life offers and insider’s view of the rocky and often awkward road to adulthood. The ten students of “5 South” span the spectrum of characters—we have the overly excited, fun-loving Steph (Jessie Gaskell), the self-conscious bully RA Marshall (Brian C. Singleton), the frustrated, pretentious artist (Pancho Morris), average-guy Mike (Chris W. Smith)
by Pat Miller on February 27th, 2009
Winter Break seems so short during college; after all, it’s only a month.
Winter Break for Attention Span Media’s Dorm Life fans, however, has been going on for much, much longer. We last caught up with the Dorm Life crew (creators Jessie Gaskell, Jim Brandon, and Brian Singelton) in late October to discover exactly what went into the making of the most popular web series on Hulu.com and we haven’t heard much from them since. So we’re glad to announce that, finally, you can shed your internships, ditch your friends, promise to call your parents every day, and move back into Dorm Life Season 2.
As it turns out, the show has inked a deal with MySpace, so you’ll be able to catch all the Season 2 episodes on MySpace Video’s (fka MySpaceTV) Dorm Life page two days before they show up on any other video websites. The first episode is scheduled to debut this Saturday, February 28th. What’s more, they’ve landed a sponsorship with burger chain Carl’s Jr., so hopefully we can expect to see the series continue without any more 9-month breaks. Maybe they’ll work the sponsorship into an episode about the Freshman 15.
by Lindsay Stidham on October 25th, 2008
As one of the most watched web series of all time on Hulu, fans of Dorm Life will be happy to know the season is about to return. After a Christmas break before second semester, things are looking up for the forlorn, and love sick bunch. Tubefilter caught up with show creators Jessie Gaskell, Jim [...]
