Spring Break
Procrastination deviations
Jason Wallace
Issue date: 9/23/08 Section: Opinion
While the Opinion section of The East Carolinian is your procrastination destination, advancements in Internet humor are also worth a glance. Internet humor has two branches: the quick jabs and the developed stories. My picks explore these branches of Internet funnies with You're The Man Now Dog, Derrick Comedy, The Professor Brothers and The Onion.
If you're looking to quench your thirst for one-liners similar to the comedy of Mitch Hedberg, then You're The Man Now Dog, at ytmnd.com, offers a blend of viral images with a twist. The site runs on a community of artists' submissions. The basic premise of a submission consists of a looping image, either still or animated, with a looping audio. The site reflects an up-to-date popular culture. The style of the submissions may be abstract to new viewers, but there are thousands of submissions to choose from.
Though the strange minds at work at ytmnd.com are quick, they don't work nearly as fast as The Professor Brothers by Brad Neely at superdelux.com. The genius of The Professor Brothers is in the insane plots and the subtle animation transitions. The content ranges from barely sensible diary entries of the character Baby Cakes to the Professors' rap about JFK. Neely's style of animated comedy can leave an attentive viewer rolling for days in hilarious images and unforgettable quotes.
For those of you who like more developed humorous stories, like those of Dane Cook, then Derrick Comedy and The Onion are two outstanding, skit-based productions. Unlike the previous two, Derrick Comedy is a live action production hosted on YouTube. All of the posts are skits and are usually either mock news reports or cleverly written situations. The actors perform in skits about memory loss or reports about Kentucky's finest lemonade made with sulfur.
The Onion, another live action production, is a very professional fake news syndicate. Unlike The Daily Show or The Colbert Report, The Onion comments on current events by making its own news. The cast of convincing reporters takes the viewer into vulgar and unreported parallels of popular news headlines. The production quality of The Onion is what sells it. The big studio feel along with top-notch camera work and varying personalities certainly gives this Web site the feel of a typical CBS newscast.
Procrastination is inevitable. If you plan on killing time watching videos on the Internet, broaden your horizons and add these to your bookmarked pages.
This writer can be contacted at opinion@theeastcarolinian.com.
If you're looking to quench your thirst for one-liners similar to the comedy of Mitch Hedberg, then You're The Man Now Dog, at ytmnd.com, offers a blend of viral images with a twist. The site runs on a community of artists' submissions. The basic premise of a submission consists of a looping image, either still or animated, with a looping audio. The site reflects an up-to-date popular culture. The style of the submissions may be abstract to new viewers, but there are thousands of submissions to choose from.
Though the strange minds at work at ytmnd.com are quick, they don't work nearly as fast as The Professor Brothers by Brad Neely at superdelux.com. The genius of The Professor Brothers is in the insane plots and the subtle animation transitions. The content ranges from barely sensible diary entries of the character Baby Cakes to the Professors' rap about JFK. Neely's style of animated comedy can leave an attentive viewer rolling for days in hilarious images and unforgettable quotes.
For those of you who like more developed humorous stories, like those of Dane Cook, then Derrick Comedy and The Onion are two outstanding, skit-based productions. Unlike the previous two, Derrick Comedy is a live action production hosted on YouTube. All of the posts are skits and are usually either mock news reports or cleverly written situations. The actors perform in skits about memory loss or reports about Kentucky's finest lemonade made with sulfur.
The Onion, another live action production, is a very professional fake news syndicate. Unlike The Daily Show or The Colbert Report, The Onion comments on current events by making its own news. The cast of convincing reporters takes the viewer into vulgar and unreported parallels of popular news headlines. The production quality of The Onion is what sells it. The big studio feel along with top-notch camera work and varying personalities certainly gives this Web site the feel of a typical CBS newscast.
Procrastination is inevitable. If you plan on killing time watching videos on the Internet, broaden your horizons and add these to your bookmarked pages.
This writer can be contacted at opinion@theeastcarolinian.com.
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