If there is one thing I distaste about most blogs, is the rambling front page with endless entries. I like my websites to be concise, organized but interesting to the eye. That’s one of the biggest reasons I am using the Gridlock theme. It has that… magazine style of front end that appeals to me.
But, with my previous ‘Art of Wasting Time’ entry, I was became upset with myself for letting it get so long.
So, I have decided to continue along the the ‘Best of Online Video’ theme, and continue with what I consider to be some of the greatest clips I have found.
It took me some time to think back to previous clips that I had noticed and laughed considerably afterwards (or during, if it was particularly amusing). I have to give my ‘props’ to SNL… you’ll see why.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwK6ugW62is
I am also more of a ‘Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy‘ kind of guy.
Last summer, my two kids (Jared and Haley) and myself worked on a digital-short which they had written themselves. It was a pretty novel idea. It was spawned from the ‘Intro to Film and Video’ class that I took over a year ago here at the University of Iowa.
Yes. It’s a shameless plug. But, hey, it’s my kids. They are pretty stinkin’ smart… obviously they get it from me…. maybe. 🙂
Some of the funniest clips are those that should never have been leaked out to the general public. If you know what I mean, then you’ve seen the ‘Star Wars Kid’ clips. If not… where have you BEEN!
(Begin Short Break-Down): Some kid at school used their equipment to film himself doing light-saber stunts using some kind of long pole as his weapon. Someone else grabbed the footage and posted it online. It spurned a whole series of clips that placed him in odd situations, usually super-imposing him atop of ‘Neo’ of the Matrix or Uma Thurman in ‘Kill Bill’. This is my favorite clip… the Star Wars version. Here is more on it from Wired.com.
Lastly, there is “Barats And Bereta”, who pulled off THIS fantastic short… The MANtage. Albeit, I’m not a HUGE fan of much of their video library… however, this particular clip is pretty hysterical. 🙂
…Tastes Like Liberty! 🙂
