This has nearly all the elements of a perfect viral video execution. Near-nudity and violence. Yay.
Whiplash the Cowboy Monkey is a regular feature (it seems) at rodeos around the US. Is this exploitative? Well, yes. Is it totally made by the canned-hoofbeat sound fx? Heck yes! "After four years as the marketing mascot for Cheyenne, Wyoming–based quick-service chain Taco John’s, Whiplash the Cowboy Monkey is saddling up and riding off into the sunset." http://www.qsrmagazine.com/article...
Made by my friend James Gilbey for a Discovery sales conference. Yes - it's an hommage to Tim Hamilton's 2001 underground hit, "The Truth in Advertising."
Green Works is a plant-based cleaner from Clorox. This is a record of an excellent guerrilla event that really supports the whole "integration triangle" idea I'm working on. Pulling together one film maker, one graffiti artist (Moose) and one really dirty tunnel, Green Works created a real-world event, and a supporting blog. [via Annie Mole]
This film was made as part of Bilgil's diploma in Graphic Design, and uses nothing more than simple icons. Beautiful to watch, and makes a compelling story of what might otherwise be dreary repetition of facts.
Wow. T-Mobile-sponsored flash mob w/ Oprah and the Black Eyed Peas for the launch of the new Oprah season. Can anyone remember the first one of these? (via Fabergé Lucus-Box)
A response to the D&AD Student Awards on behalf of HP, created by two recent graduates of Kingston University.
A programmer from San Jose spent a week modifying his 25-year-old washing machine to send a message to Twitter when his laundry is ready. Rose, 35, admits his less-than-reliable memory has been to blame for the mildewed clothes that have piled up after he's left a load sitting in his machine too
You wouldn't think that US politics could get funnier. But it does! Via (Marc Andreesen)
I never saw any of the Carl Sagan "Cosmos" TV series -- but I believe it's now available as a DVD box-set. I really must go out and buy that.
Proving once again that even the YouTube video meme pool is prone to the lazy nostalgia/remember the 2000s format... but still makes satisfying viewing. Ah well.
This is comedy genius. Well -- perhaps post-modern comedy genius. The Hitler Downfall Parody meme becomes self-aware and self-referential. Do watch to the end... (more dawsonbros stuff)
See New Teevee for more. Patrick Duffy used to be in Dallas. I don't really remember Dallas. (via Will Meyerhofer)
Google runs entertainment events for staff. Filming this and putting it online got plenty of additional coverage. I'd want to work there, I think -- if only for the drinks fridge. But yet more proof (were any needed) that beatboxing is still great web video fodder. [via Nathan Williams]