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Tractor Fight

Horse Slide

Thriller

-Matt

Every night as I’m getting ready for bed I gotta set the alarm clock. Sometimes this happens in the dark and in fumbling for the “alarm” button I’ll hit some other button and the radio comes on loud as hell and full of static since we don’t ever use the alarm clock for a radio and it’s not tuned in to any station. Seems like a typical scenario as I’ve encountered this with other alarm clocks in the past as well. No big deal really. I usually pound on the thing until it shuts up, locate the correct alarm button, and get her set.

Well the other night the same thing unfolded only this time the beginning of the first chorus to MC Hammer’s Hammertime came in clear as day. We both stood there shocked for a moment and the profoundness of the moment and then decided to let it play all the way through while we got our early 90’s groove on.

I’d like to also take this opportunity to post a pic that I snapped a while back of the space directly above Zach’s toilet.

In case you can’t tell immediately what’s happening here it’s an MC Hammer record, pinned to the wall, with an actual hammer smashed through it. If that’s not art I don’t know what is.

-Matt

I love good sketch comedy. Most people will instantly think of Saturday Night Live when the phrase sketch comedy comes up. Some might think of Mad TV or some of the more popular cable based programs such as Chappelle’s Show, Kids in the Hall, or the Upright Citizens Brigade. What alot of people might not know of is the insanely talented troupes and invdividuals that are out there on the internet. When you stop and think about it the internet is truly the best medium to date for sketch comedy and up-and-coming comedians in general. Anyone with a couple bucks can host their own comedy site. What’s much more popular is starting your own MySpace page or YouTube account and uploading your clips there. Needless to say there is some seriously funny sketch comedy out on the net.

Whitest Kids You Know

The Whitest Kids you know actually have their own show now on the cable channel Fuse. They have their own site which is hosted by Fuse and the majority of their stuff can be found on YouTube. Lots of funny sketches by these guys

YouTube search: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=whitest+kids+you+know&search_type=
Slow Jerk: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkgMbU-we1o
Homepage: http://www.whitestkids.com/

Picnicface

These guys broke onto the scene with a clip called Powerthirst. The clip went viral receiving a few million hits fairly quickly on YouTube and gave them some steam to build on. Their website is the best place to find all their clips and it would appear they’re also associated with collegehumor.com

PowerThirst: http://www.picnicface.com/videos.php?videoID=12
Obama ad: http://www.picnicface.com/videos.php?videoID=44
Lawyers: http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1798698
Homepage: http://www.picnicface.com/

Jon LaJoie

Funniest guy on YouTube. Also featured on funnyordie.com. Not really a sketch comedy troupe persay, as he’s the only one in any of the sketches, but he obviously works with a crew of individuals to get his stuff out there; him being the funny one. Check out his YouTube page and just watch ‘em all.

YouTube page: http://www.youtube.com/user/jonlajoie
EveryDay Normal Guy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PsnxDQvQpw
High as Fuck: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2spZ-NDfS4
Homepage: http://www.jonlajoie.com/

Derrick Comedy

A pretty funny troupe out of the New York area. I really like the clip linked below and it leads itself to all kinds of inside jokes amongst those who have seen it. There other stuff is hit and miss but definitely some good stuff in there.

Bro Rape: http://www.derrickcomedy.com/2007/08/20/bro-rape-an-investigative-report/
Homepage: http://www.derrickcomedy.com/

The Lonely Island

These guys are really only here for historical reference. You’ll probably recognize Andy Samburg from Saturday Night Live to which he is now employed, or possibly from the movie Hot Rod. The other 2 main guys from the group were hired on as writers for SNL and Akiva does alot of music video directing. They were indeed the funniest dudes on the net a few years ago and their old stuff is still worth checking out as anything new they do is now owned by NBC. They’ve been responsible for just about anything funny to come out of SNL in the past 2 years.

The ‘Bu: http://www.thelonelyisland.com/thebu.html
iTV Buzz Countdown: http://videos.thelonelyisland.com/tli/ITVBuzzEp02.mp4
Homepage: http://www.thelonelyisland.com/

SNL clips they’re responsible for:

All the digital shorts:
http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/index.shtml#cat=2260

Channel101.com

Channel101 is a site where folks in LA can submit a pilot video for a short series. The pilot’s are all played in a theatre in LA where the audience votes on their favorites. The top several pilots with the most audience votes get voted in and the creators are allowed to make another episode in the series. Subsequent episodes are aired at the monthly showing and if the series continues to receive votes the creators can continue to make more episodes to be featured on the website. There’s tons of funny on this site. The Lonely Island guys mentioned above, and their series The Bu’ which is also linked, was a long running show on Channel101. There’s a more recent one about AC Slater that’s hilarious as well. Check it out.

-Matt