Archive for July, 2011
SmackTalk for 7/15
The Kool-Aid Man: yet one more man of color depicted as constantly breaking into homes. -Rob Kutner
New York Magazine’s Video Look Book
If you’re not familiar with New York Magazine’s Video Look Book, a web series in which fashionistas, passersby and neo-hipsters turn pretension into an art form, then these parodies from comedy duo Meg DeFrancesco and Scott Lawrie should pretty much…
Like It or Unfriend It: America’s Facebook Wall
It turns out that the good old US of A jumped on the Facebook bandwagon before it was even cool. Actually, before abolishing slavery and banning child labor were even cool. Here’s a look at America’s Facebook Wall through the ages.
Start-Up Guys
by shap on July 12, 2011. [Front,Smack,Web Shorts]
If you’ve ever had a social media guru/start-up entrepreneur pitch their services to you, then you know the drill. They razzle dazzle you with complex jargon and promises of groundbreaking cutting edgery until you don’t know which way is up. But if you listen really closely, you realize that for all their hip technobabble, the only thing they’re actually good at is dropping terms like “trend-specific twittersphere aggregationizing” and “cross-platform SEO paradigm shifting” with a straight face. This video basically nails it…
SmackTalk for 7/12
CASEY ANTHONY EDITION: “If I were dating Casey Anthony and she wanted to have a kid I’d say “How about we get a dog first and if you don’t kill it we can talk?””…”If I ever had a kid with Casey Anthony, I’d always say stuff like “Hey, Casey, be careful with that baby!” Because of what happened before.”…”Another thing is just, like, look, Casey- if you’re mad at your kid, just give her a time out or ground her maybe. What you did was extreme!” -Dave Hill
U.S. History According to Bachmann
It’s the 4th of July, so it’s time for an American history lesson! The fact is, Americans have been getting a slow, painful (and creatively “fact checked”) U.S. history lesson from Rep. Michele Bachmann for the past few months. Finally, just in time for the 4th, Jimmy Kimmel has gathered her entire sweeping historical epic into one presentation. So throw out those AP U.S. History text books, kids! This is the real deal!
Kiss Our American Ass
You may remember patriotic post-9/11 anthems such as “These Colors Don’t Run.” They reminded us what was great about America: kickin’ foreigner’s asses! Guess what? U.S.A. is still number WUUUUUN!!! Here’s comic Ted Alexandro with a new 4th of July…
Funny Girls on Film
The Funny Girls on Film Festival is this July 8-10, so don’t miss screenings and Q & A’s with some of the funniest women in town who write, act and direct top notch videos and movies, like these…
