Chad, Matt, and Rob

Just discovered Chad, Matt, and Rob. Check out their YouTube Channel. Their "Choose Your Own Adventure" Time Machine video is blowing up right now.

My Damn Channel

Wainy Days which is heading into it's third season of 10 episodes. It's described as "One man's absurdly hilarious quest for love in the big city." -Emphasis on absurd. You'll quickly decide whether this is your sort of humor after sampling the first episode. The cast includes a variety of funny people including Elizabeth Banks, Michael Ian Black, Jonah Hill, and Thomas Lennon.


The other gem is Horrible People which is a parody of a soap opera that takes place at a cocktail party. I think the acting is awesome.


WARNING: Both feature adult humor and profanity. And both can be found along with other comedy programs at www.mydamnchannel.com

Web Series: Foreign Bodies

I made it through about half of this series a couple of months ago from the producers of Prom Queen. It's kind of trashy but I enjoyed seeing Indian location shooting and girls in skimpy outfits. The series was made to promote Robin Cook's latest novel Foreign Body about medical tourism.

An Exotic Thriller:

A group of dangerous Indian beauties, brimming with hope and desire are brought to the sunny shores of Southern California and are promised the American dream. They are taken in by a group of young, cutthroat medical entrepreneurs who hope to train them and cultivate their nursing skills for their own mysterious ends. The women soon become seduced by the brash and ambitious charmer who lords over them, but for him, his lust for the one, mysterious, unattainable beauty threatens to unravel the very conspiracy he built.

But who is seducing whom and what exactly are the women really being trained to do? With freedoms in America they could never imagine, the girls discover they just might get what they want, no matter the consequences or the risks involved.

Take this trip into seduction, murder, and international intrigue. From the exotic streets of Delhi, India to the sun-soaked sands of Santa Monica, mystery, deceit, and romance are around every corner. Witness how this tale of illicit passion, murderous ambition, and the dark underbelly of medicine unfolds and how life will never be the same for everyone involved.

FIRST EPISODE:



Watch more at: www.foreignbody.tv

Web Series: Prom Queen

Another series I'd heard about but haven't checked yet is Prom Queen produced by Michael Eisner's web video studio, Vuguru. Apparently the series did well enough to warrant a second "Summer Heat" follow up.

It's senior year for the students of Edward Adams High and Prom season is beckoning, but so are mysterious and increasingly threatening messages that promise the Prom Queen will die. Over the course of the prom season the mystery will unfold until everything comes together on a truly unforgettable prom night.

FIRST EPISODE:

Removed the embed because it Auto-plays.
http://www.veoh.com/videos/v349384PFJgJGaT

Watch on: www.promqueen.tv
If you find yourself hooked on sexy teens, the episodes premiere on MySpace.

Web Series: Afterworld

Afterworld is made by the same producers of Gemini Division. I haven't had a chance to check this out but apparently this sci-fi web series has earned itself a bit of a cult following.

Russell Shoemaker, an advertising executive on a business trip, wakes up in a New York hotel room the morning after a worldwide, catastrophic phenomenon wipes out all signs of life. Or so Russell thinks.

After finding fellow survivors, he begins a harrowing 3000 mile journey across the US in hopes of finding his wife and daughter alive. Along the way, Shoemaker meets and comes to the aid of other survivors. In this post-apocalyptic world, Russell Shoemaker becomes a symbol of hope, a modern superhero in search of what matters most, whose arrival is often-times eagerly anticipated by remaining survivors. This is one man’s odyssey of self-reliance, innovation and optimism.

Part graphic novel, part cinematic narrative, part primetime drama, AFTERWORLD is a fully immersive, scripted thriller engaging worldwide audiences via mobile, on-line and broadcast platforms.

Watch it at: www.afterworld.tv
You can also view it at the Afterworld YouTube channel if the official site drives you nuts.

Web Series: Gemini Division

I'm plunging myself underground soon with some time to kill and I'll be checking out some web series that have come out in the last couple of years or are just about to start up.

Starting today, Rosario Dawson stars in "Gemini Division".

Gemini Division is about an NYC detective investigating the murder of her fiance. During the investigation she uncovers a global conspiracy involving the creation of simulated life forms that have assimilated with the unsuspecting public.

Gemini Division also combines the first true convergence between internet based entertainment and advertisers creating a "launch pad" designed with the dissemination of product information as it's creative process. Acura, Cisco Systems, Intel Corp, and Microsoft Corp. are among the first brands involved with the development of the program.

-wikipedia

Seems a bit 'meh' but we'll see.

www.geminidivision.com

Drunk History

Derek Waters presents Drunk History, people getting drunk and discussing history, reenacted by the likes of Michael Cera, Jack Black, Danny McBride, and more.
[Warning: NSFW, language. Also scenes of vomit.]
Vol. 1: George Alexander Hamilton

Vol. 2: Benjamin Franklin

Vol. 2.5: More Benjamin Franklin

Vol. 3: Oney Judge

Director: Jeremy Konner

Italian Spiderman

I caught this video on YouTube sometime ago and thought it was just some odd parody of Spiderman. I ran across it again today and found out there's a whole series of 10 episodes that follow. And they're pretty great (though the director admits you either love it or hate it). The trailer was shot on 16mm for a university project in Adelaide, Australia. It's popularity led the cast and crew to shoot an additional 37 minutes of material with financial assistance from the South Australian Film Corp. There's a whole backstory behind the Italian Spiderman film's origins involving an Italian orange grower company named Alrugo which also produced films. It's zany, you can try to make sense of it all via the links below.
Trailer:

Episode 1:

Episode 2:


Episode 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 [links open in new windows]

Director: Dario Russo
YouTube Channel
Official Site
Alrugo Blog

Food Party

This is bizarre. Think of Pee Wee's Playhouse as a cooking show. Except Pee Wee here is a Vietnamese girl named Thu Tran. Gotta support my peeps. Full episodes at Foodparty.tv.

A sample of the madness:

Part of the Christmas Special:


Created by Thu Tran
Directed by Zachariah Durr

Clark and Michael

CBS ran this web series while I was out of the country last year. I've been catching up on some of it. If you like the Office and that type of "cringe-humor", you may get a kick out of this. Featuring Michael Cera (Juno, Superbad, Arrested Development) and Clark Duke (Clark and Michael, heh), the series follows two best friends as they try to make it big in Hollywood pitching a television series.


Watch 10 episodes at www.clarkandmichael.com

Walker Stalker

WATCH NOW: www.shortsnonstop.com/video_view.php?videoId=1495


Walker Stalker is a recent winner of the Shorts Nonstop mobile festival. The film follows a woman as she is taunted and pursued through the streets. From what I understand, it's one in a series of horror shorts designed for mobile phones in England.

Director: Keith Claxton
Runtime: 2:20
Official Site: www.walkerstalker.com

The site has some interactive previews of the other videos in the series

The Googling

Just ran across this clever little web series called "The Googling" from a comedy film troupe called the Vacationeers featuring Todd Berger, Kevin Brennan, Jeff Grace and Blaise Miller.
Part I: Google Maps


Part II: Google Moon


Part III: Google My Maps


Part IV: Google SMS


Directed by: Todd Berger
YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/thevacationeers