by Marc Hustvedt on December 3rd, 2009
Neil Patrick Harris stars in a CBS-approved mashup video (above) of his best Barney Stinson lines from How I Met Your Mother with holiday classic Frosty the Snowman. “Frosty the Inappropriate Snowman” looks to boost interest in the network’s animated Frosty specials airing later this month. [THRfeed]
SciFinal loves sci-fi web series. The new site aims to be “one-stop shop for independent sci-fi online.” Shows like After Judgment, Zerk’s Log and Fury of Solace can all be found there, and plans for their own original series are underway. [SciFinal]
Retro-futuristic sci-fi soap opera (!) web series Space Hospital, from Second City alums Sigurd Ueland and Robert Poe, launched its second season today, promising “More Robots, More Nurses and a Whole Lot of Lovin’ [emailed release]
Another retrotastic web series Venus Spa, just ended its first season on YouTube, with a four-part finale they are calling the “Venus 4×4.” A second season is prepping for early 2010 shooting. [YouTube]
Tiger Woods heads to Google for help with his recent “transgressions” in a new gem of a screencast video. [Slate V]
Streamy Awards programs make great stocking stuffers and pretty decent bathroom reading. KoldCast TV has limited edition programs for sale from the 1st Annual show. [KoldCast.tv]
Autostraddle needs help naming their new web series starring Nat Garcia. Best options so far from their interns are ”
Veronica Belmont, the darling internet-famo host of TekZilla
by Jenni Powell on October 28th, 2009
IImagine if Eeyore, Oscar the Grouch, Scrooge McDuck, and Grumpy from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs were related. Throw in a dash of the Addam’s Family and you’d be at a good place to start understanding the concept behind The Gloomers. With the tagline “No matter how bad your day has been, The Gloomers day is always worse.”, the family greets you with slick flash-animation, a catchy theme song, and the promise that this won’t be all gloom and doom…there is a lot of laughs to be had as well.
Behind The Gloomers are some veteran broadcast TV vets. Charles Mechem, the former CEO of Taft Broadcasting, which owned animation studio Hanna Barbera from 1967 until 1990 serves as the outfit’s ‘Chairman.’ His son Dan serves as CEO and penning the series is senior writer Neal Barbera, son of the late Joe Barbera. Neal often wrote or co-wrote episodes for Yogi Bear and Scooby Doo. In fact, The Gloomers is the first series at the center of their new animation studio focusing on the Hanna Barbera style of animation.
The Gloomers also boasts a fantastically designed website that is ripe with interactivity possibilities. Upon signing up, you are immediately prompted to build your own “Gloom Room”, where you are encouraged to celebrate everything that makes you feel down, off-kilter, or just plain bummed out. It’s a place “where Gloom meets laughter”. The series is also trying to build up its community presence on Facebook.
