“I Sell Computers” by Canadian comedy troupe The Frantics. The group is said to have influenced Kids in the Hall. This video obviously draws inspiration from Devo.
Not that I don’t think anyone could have won Saturday nights drunken youtube free for all at the NYUFF’s Tube Time, but it does seem clear that “anyone” wouldn’t have included me. I have no instincts for estimating the taste of aggressive crowds, which is to say, I managed to make it to the 2nd round despite three or four needless recheers and the fact that Edith Zimmerman of the L Magazine proclaimed the above video boring, but was eliminated shortly thereafter when this breast examination video failed to please anyone. I thought it was hilarious?
I’m officially a bad blogger as I have no idea who won (help me out). I can however report that Ben Coonley is responsible for the best NYUFF Tube Time promo yet. That video below.
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Many years after this, Paul Chato ended up owning Electramedia, a new media production company (I did some programming for him)
And yes, I want to know who won too. (that promo is brilliant)
Many years after this, Paul Chato ended up owning Electramedia, a new media production company (I did some programming for him)
And yes, I want to know who won too. (that promo is brilliant)
you mean the web developers? It looks so corporate…
you mean the web developers? It looks so corporate…
That wasn’t my video–this is the one that I lost on: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Sv5woNs9WRE
That wasn’t my video–this is the one that I lost on: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Sv5woNs9WRE
yea, the breast examination was the one I lost on, but the shopping blooper isn’t bad, it just seemed like a lot of people had seen it.
yea, the breast examination was the one I lost on, but the shopping blooper isn’t bad, it just seemed like a lot of people had seen it.
Whoops, I misread. As soon as I see my name I think everything that follows is about me.
Also, my memory of the evening is a little cloudy.
Whoops, I misread. As soon as I see my name I think everything that follows is about me.
Also, my memory of the evening is a little cloudy.
ha! I’m sure most of the audience has a pretty cloudy memory of the event!
ha! I’m sure most of the audience has a pretty cloudy memory of the event!
How could Home Shopping Blooper lose???
Yes Chato is a web develoloper now. I worked off-site work for him in ’98. He had that habit I’ve noticed before in professional comedians, whenever I said something funny, he’d look surprised, seriously note that I was funny and then he’d laugh.
events like these always leave a funny taste in my mouth afterwards. not that they shouldnt happen. this kind of thing is just more effective in a smaller setting. last years tube time was like drunk yuppies meet the apollo amateur night. (as far as crowd response is concerned)
How could Home Shopping Blooper lose???
Yes Chato is a web develoloper now. I worked off-site work for him in ’98. He had that habit I’ve noticed before in professional comedians, whenever I said something funny, he’d look surprised, seriously note that I was funny and then he’d laugh.
events like these always leave a funny taste in my mouth afterwards. not that they shouldnt happen. this kind of thing is just more effective in a smaller setting. last years tube time was like drunk yuppies meet the apollo amateur night. (as far as crowd response is concerned)
L.M.: I couldn’t even hear the shopping blooper, so that might have been part of it — but people were yelling that it was old news (I hadn’t seen it though). That anecdote about comedians is hilarious – and similar to the only one I ever met. So obsessed with his own humor, and truly surprised whenever I had something to say that he found funny.
jmb: One of the contestants quite earnestly called someone one annoying him a faggot – I missed what provoked it. I don’t know if people were too drunk to care, but it didn’t sit that well with me.
L.M.: I couldn’t even hear the shopping blooper, so that might have been part of it — but people were yelling that it was old news (I hadn’t seen it though). That anecdote about comedians is hilarious – and similar to the only one I ever met. So obsessed with his own humor, and truly surprised whenever I had something to say that he found funny.
jmb: One of the contestants quite earnestly called someone one annoying him a faggot – I missed what provoked it. I don’t know if people were too drunk to care, but it didn’t sit that well with me.
Hey, I believe the winner was festival friend Dan Carbone, who beat out his brother (Chris Carbone) in the finals. JMB is spot on about the unsavory crowd mentality, but that’s no excuse for losing. Hate the players, not the game. I’m deeply ashamed of myself for failing to advance to the second round…for the third year in row. Sad.
In three years of Tube Time, I think this is my favorite video that anyone ever showed. I can’t remember who showed it. From year one (2006)…:
http://www.horseballs.com/user/video-intro-qt.html
– Ben C.
Hey, I believe the winner was festival friend Dan Carbone, who beat out his brother (Chris Carbone) in the finals. JMB is spot on about the unsavory crowd mentality, but that’s no excuse for losing. Hate the players, not the game. I’m deeply ashamed of myself for failing to advance to the second round…for the third year in row. Sad.
In three years of Tube Time, I think this is my favorite video that anyone ever showed. I can’t remember who showed it. From year one (2006)…:
http://www.horseballs.com/user/video-intro-qt.html
– Ben C.
Ben: Oh I freely admit I suck at this game, though I suppose I should show a little more shame for my poor performance. You set a fine example! BTW, horseballs is incredible. I also liked Why Must I Cry – though I don’t think it’d stand a chance this year since it’s really taken off as a meme.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mWW6kRITEY
Ben: Oh I freely admit I suck at this game, though I suppose I should show a little more shame for my poor performance. You set a fine example! BTW, horseballs is incredible. I also liked Why Must I Cry – though I don’t think it’d stand a chance this year since it’s really taken off as a meme.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mWW6kRITEY
Oh Paddy, you don’t suck at this game. You got to the second round, which means you were in the top 50%.
Oh Paddy, you don’t suck at this game. You got to the second round, which means you were in the top 50%.
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