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Video Friday - Short and Sweet
By Jeff Kreisler on 11/20/2009
Filed under: VideoYankees Infomercial - College Humor See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor. The Hotel - Atom Films The Hotel - Room ServiceAtom.com: Funny Videos | Spoofs | Hotel Extreme Degobah Tourism Video - Zilch Zone... MORE »
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Video Friday - Whatev
By Jeff Kreisler on 11/13/2009
Filed under: Video
Where The Dirty Hipsters Are - Secret Sauce Victim In Fatal Car Accident Tragically Not Glenn Beck Kneehigh Park - Chappelle Show Chappelle Show- Kneehigh Park - watch more funny videos... MORE »
Video Friday - Travel Delayed
By Jeff Kreisler on 11/07/2009
Filed under: Video
Ugh. (Unnamed Airline) sucks. Won't bore you with details of another wayward trip through hell, but there's no way a 90 minute flight from Milwaukee to NYC should including boarding, deplaning, bad information, a trip through Cincinnati, and b.o. that is not from this Earth. So, just like me, video Friday was delayed... until now. When I find solace in watching videos about airline travel. Yes, airplane jokes are as old as airplanes themselves, but just sit back, think of all the times you've been screwed, and enjoy. How To Irritate People - Monty Python Yesterday's Future Today - Funny... MORE »
Video Friday - Get A Job & Feel Good
By Jeff Kreisler on 10/30/2009
Filed under: Video
The Interview - Film Cow University of Westfield Online - SNL Grocery Store Musical - Improv Everywhere photo: familytreemagazine.com MORE »
Video Friday - Monty Python
By Jeff Kreisler on 10/23/2009
Filed under: Video
You thought I could go a week without mentioning Monty Python? Nope. They're all over IFC and, hey, it's my birthday, so I can do what I want. Enjoy a couple classics and an unappreciated gem. Ministry of Silly Walks Argument Clinic Bicycle Repairman photo: familytreemagazine.com... MORE »
Watch the Monty Python reunion in your jammies
By Jeff Kreisler on 10/13/2009
Filed under: On Stage, Video
A lot of folks have tried to get tickets to Thursday's Monty Python reunion at the Ziegfeld Theater. And... a lot of folks have failed, and a lot of folks have taken no solace in the fact that I'll report every detail I possibly can from the event. So, IFC has decide to bring the reunion to you. Live. As it happens. In your home. IFC.com, PythOnline.com, and UStream are coming together to broadcast this awesome event. From the press release: By visiting IFC.com or PythOnline.com Thursday, October 15 at approximately 9:00 PM EST, audiences across the U.S. can watch... MORE »
Video Friday - Peaceful Convergence
By Jeff Kreisler on 10/09/2009
Filed under: VideoObama wins the Nobel Peace Prize the day after I see "An Evening Without Monty Python"... Coincidence? I doubt it. Poll: Happy, Healthy Obamas Out Of Touch With Miserable Americans Death Panel Advisors - watch more funny videos... MORE »
Video Friday - The Fuuuuuuture
By Jeff Kreisler on 10/02/2009
Filed under: VideoSecond Phone Call - Elephant Larry Twitter Surprise Party from Pauly Shore See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor. MORE »
Video Friday - Tough Times
By Jeff Kreisler on 09/25/2009
Filed under: Videop.s. As predicted, Fox News only showed the part of the Michael Moore interview where he said "Hannity was right." Yay! (Check it). U.S. To Trade Gold Reserves For Cash Through Cash4Gold.com Protect Insurance Companies PSA from Will Ferrell See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.... MORE »
Video Friday - That Time Of Year
By Jeff Kreisler on 09/18/2009
Filed under: VideoFootball, Manliness, and the Anniversary of Lehman's collapse... NFL Players Mentor Troubled Detroit Lions From Crackle: Bacon CON ARTIST SUPPORT GROUP from Serious Lunch on Vimeo. MORE »
Video Friday - Back To School
By Jeff Kreisler on 09/11/2009
Filed under: VideoFacebook, Twitter Revolutionizing How Parents Stalk Their College-Aged Kids - The Onion The Freshman 15 - College Humor 1-900-BALL-TLK - 12 Angry Mascots (Okay, last one wasn't about school... hard to find... why not help me out and submit a good video in the IFC Sketch Comedy Challenge? Do it!)... MORE »
Video Friday: We've All Been There...
By Jeff Kreisler on 09/04/2009
Filed under: VideoHey! Don't forget, if you can do better than these videos - and I know you can - enter IFC's Sketch Comedy Challenge and win a trip to NYC with Monty Python and get your video broadcast on IFC! Also, tonight & tomorrow, Jon Dore at Comix in NYCTix here (code "IFCJD" for discount). Fat Kid Successfully Avoids Ridicule By... - The Onion Dangerous Condom Applicator - College Humor Gus Porter, American Legend - Funny or Die... MORE »
IFC Sketch Comedy Contest!!!
By Jeff Kreisler on 09/01/2009
Filed under: Up For Debate, Video
Okay, this is very cool. We here at IFC have just launched the Sketchember Sketch Comedy Contest. Sketch groups: Go here now & enter. You've got until September 20 to do so. Basically, we're looking for the best sketch comedy video out there. The winner gets broadcast on IFC and receives an all-expense paid trip to NYC to attend the premier of "Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)." There are other cool prizes, too. So, check it out, send in your video, and good luck. Hooray Sketchtember!! p.s. and don't forget about NYC! IFC star Jon Dore at... MORE »
Video Friday: Back to the USSA
By Jeff Kreisler on 08/28/2009
Filed under: VideoJust dreaming about what I've missed being over in Scotland. Back next week, with a few last Edinburgh reviews to post... Death Panel Advisors - Funny Or Die US Government Stages Fake Coup... - The Onion Half-Birthday Sex - College Humor... MORE »
Video Friday
By Jeff Kreisler on 08/21/2009
Filed under: VideoWatch for some big IFC sketch video news involving Monty Python... and you! Baseball Superstar Accused of Performance-Enhancing Genie Use - The Onion Perfect Games - Neil Mahoney Loser: Literal Video - Dust Films MORE »
Video Friday - The Scots Are Not Pirates
By Jeff Kreisler on 08/14/2009
Filed under: VideoI'm just saying, don't try a foreign accent for a crowd of drunks if all you can do is Blackbeard. (tons more Ed Fringe reviews coming soon). Court TV Acting Reel - Human Giant Windertech - Eric Drysdale n00b Boyfriend - College Humor... MORE »
Video Friday - They'll Never Take Our Freedom!
By Jeff Kreisler on 08/07/2009
Filed under: VideoI'm in Scotland. Have slept, oh, 5 hours since Wednesday. So watch these videos, please. The Most Mismatched Roommates Ever - Genius Camp (totally made sense to me) Deceptive Deception - College Humor (Ditto - I'm totally with ya) Obama Solves More Conflicts - Landline TV (Been there, done that)... MORE »
Video Friday - Summer Movies
By Jeff Kreisler on 07/31/2009
Filed under: The Big Screen, VideoI've missed a lot of good movies this season. Thought I'd catch up... Bruno Movie Quoting Task Force - Landline TV Hand-Drawn Block Letters - College Humor Up(set) - UCB MORE »
Video Friday - Nerd Paradise
By Jeff Kreisler on 07/24/2009
Filed under: VideoJust in time for ComiCon, let us celebrate all things nerd: Nerd Transformation - College Humor Moon Girl - Barely Digital Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny - (I'm not sure, but I like it) MORE »
Video Friday: Let the healing begin
By Jeff Kreisler on 07/17/2009
Filed under: VideoGoogling With Bing - College Humor Because, really, this much hubbubaloo over a new search engine? Prima Donna with David Cross - Funny or Die Because, really, all this hubbubaloo over the Virgin Mary? Ledge Fighters - Scott Gairdner Because, really, that's a lot of ledge. (Want more Scott Gairdner? Some of his videos, and other sketch favorites, at Caroline's on Broadway, NYC, Wed. July 22, 9:30pm).... MORE »
Video Friday - Is this the life of man?
By Jeff Kreisler on 07/10/2009
Filed under: VideoAdopt-A-Graduate - College Humor Living with First-Person Shooter Disease - LandlineTV The Coolest House in the Neighborhood - Those Aren't Muskets MORE »
Video Friday - Siss, Boom, Aww
By Jeff Kreisler on 07/03/2009
Filed under: VideoHappy Independence Day Bill Pullman Fans! 100% Illegal Fireworks - Roger Hamm - Funny or Die E True Hollywood: Founding Fathers - Up Top Productions/The Americans Fireworks Song - RhettandLink.com MORE »
Video Friday - With Respect
By Jeff Kreisler on 06/26/2009
Filed under: VideoRough week. Inspiring week. Tributes week. RIP. Ed Ed McMahon heckles Andy - Late Night with Conan O'Brien Farrah The L-Word Charlie's Angels Spoof Michael Eat it-Weird al Yankovic MORE »
Video Friday - Everybody Hates Sitcoms
By Jeff Kreisler on 06/19/2009
Filed under: VideoWhy all the sitcom bashing? Lots of good things have come out of sitcoms. Like... um... yeah. Well, seems to be a theme the last couple weeks. Here's 3. Turn and Smile - College Humor Jimmy's Failed Sitcoms - Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and, just so we know it's not 1980s bashing... Every Week on Entourage - College Humor (a double dip!)... MORE »
Video Killed The Friday Store
By Jeff Kreisler on 06/12/2009
Filed under: VideoGreat start to SketchfestNYC last night (yay Apple Sisters). Look for a break down of all the action Monday. In the interim, here's your weekend boost: "Skinny Genes" from HeMotions & men.style.com (thanks to theapiary for the tip). "Obama Drastically Scales Back Goals For America After Visiting Denny's" - The Onion "Bunny Burgers" - A classic from from Spy (thanks Dead-Frog).... MORE »
Tonight: The Whitest Food Party Wrong Door U Know
By Jeff Kreisler on 06/09/2009
Filed under: On The Tube, VideoBig BIG night for comedy, all right here on IFC and The Automat. Starts at 11 with our favorite refined and well-behaved "Whitest Kids U' Know." Then we get into the cool new stuff. 11:15 brings the premiere of the IFC original series "Food Party," which, just looks great. And I'm not just saying that because I like food and parties. I'm saying that because I like them both together. 11:30 gives us UK comedy import "Wrong Door" to your door, nee, screen. These sketches are short (brevity is the soul of etc. etc.) and really well produced. I think... MORE »
Video Friday - a skoosh early
By Jeff Kreisler on 06/04/2009
Filed under: Review-ish, VideoYou know what's fun about traveling all over the country? Me neither. I'll be in transit to Denver all day Friday, so, here, a bit early, are some funnies for your weekend. Z Rock - IFC (New season premier June 7!) Trek Yourself - Dan Meth Special Features: Trek Yourself Graped! - Whitest Kids U Know (10 pm Tuesdays) And, in honor of that thing which inspired the book that's got me on this wild comedy tour... The Money Song - Monty Python... MORE »
Web Video - When Is It Too Soon?
By Jeff Kreisler on 06/02/2009
Filed under: On Stage, Up For Debate, Video
(Apologies for posting lapse. Been traveling with the book [in LA tonight, M Bar at 7pm]. Will be back "normal" next week). There's a video making the rounds of "early" Sarah Silverman doing stand up comedy. First of all, it's not that early. She's on TV, for cripes sake, on A&E's "Evening at The Improv." Secondly, you want to see early stand up comedy? Take a trip around YouTube and click on names you don't know. I challenge you to make it through 3 whole performances. Having just gotten this vid, it reminded me of an ongoing discussion I've had... MORE »
Video Friday (no subheading needed)
By Jeff Kreisler on 05/29/2009
Filed under: VideoWatch 'em. Laugh 'em. Leave 'em. Obamatourage - LandlineTV Hot Sluts - Atom Hot Sluts, Ep 1Atom.com: Funny Videos | Atom Originals | Hot Sluts FDA Approves Depressant Drug for the Annoyingly Cheerful - The Onion FDA Approves Depressant Drug For The Annoyingly Cheerful... MORE »
A Nick Swardson Sketch Show... perhaps
By Jeff Kreisler on 05/28/2009
Filed under: Industry News, On The Tube, Video
Making waves on the interwebs is news that Nick Swardson's sketch show TV pilot got picked up for a six-episode run. Of course, the only current source for this information is Nick's own blog (which is short on details beyond the fact that "It's more in the vain of Mr. Show and Human Giant"), but since a thousand websites have picked up on it -- and used the blog, and the other websites using the blog, as sources -- I guess it's sorta a self-confirming fact. Mmmm, I'm gonna miss journalism. (Of course, I could do some research myself, but...... MORE »
Video Friday - Holiday Style
By Jeff Kreisler on 05/22/2009
Filed under: VideoWatch these, laugh, then get out there and enjoy the weather. Extra videos for an extra long weekend. Yay Summer! Free Torture Report - Shoot The Messenger Dow Jones - Funny Or Die Gallon of PCP - Whitest Kids U' Know Get Rich Cheating Infomercial - Get Rich Cheating Dorm Fire - Onion News Network Wade Blasingame - Saturday Night Live... MORE »
Video Friday - the non-broadcast edition
By Jeff Kreisler on 05/15/2009
Filed under: VideoIn the spirit of showcasing sketches that have not been on broadcast TV (see previous post), here are your Friday videos, all plucked from the interwebs. This isn't even 1/10th of 1/10th of 1% of the quality funny out there... but it's a start. What do you think's the best web-only sketch video out there? Elephant Larry - Minesweeper UCB Comedy - Butter Water Children's Hospital - Episode 1 Pilot Season - Episode 1... MORE »
Video Friday
By Jeff Kreisler on 05/08/2009
Filed under: VideoEach Friday I'll try to have some videos - classics, new groups, randoms - to help you reach the end of the week with a smile. To start, three videos from three different eras of sketch comedy. Do you have a favorite? What are the similarities? Differences? "Argument Clinic" - Monty Python "Booked On Phonics" - In Living Color "The P-P-P-Perfect Crime" - Robot Chicken div#main{overflow:visible;} An alright first week. Some bumps - my email's not working well, the blogroll and RSS feed aren't up yet, not enough links to me and my book - but we're getting there. Thanks... MORE »
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