web fest 2010

Every year I ask the students in my comedy workshop to send me links to the web content they find interesting, amusing, different. There's so much good stuff out there, mixed in with an even huger dose of crapola. With that in mind, and a reminder, comedy is subjective, our annual line up:

• Robert Taylor sends in the Ugly Betty tie in.
• Felipe Domiano goes international with: Não Faz Sentido, Larica Total and Greatest Freak Out Ever
• Alex Ankrom is in a Star Wars mood with Chad Vader and  The Vader Sessions.
• Catalina Aguilar Mastreta offers The Website is Down, Young American Bodies and The Michael Cera School of Acting.
• Ubi Okebie wonders what Avatar will be like in 5 years.
• Sadie Dean likes Yacht Rock.
• Leah Cameron is a fan of Delusional Downtown Divas, has visited Portlandia and wants Tim and Eric to sit on you.
• Anthony Weiss is Between Two Ferns. (Every episode of this is genius)
• Kelly Rothberger has experienced a Bitter Lawyer. (And who hasn't?)
• Ryan Serry knows all about The Roommating Show.
• Eric Zacharias is also a fan of Ferns and Drunk History.
• Maxwell Towsen was first to respond with a little something we can all relate to.

Here are my current faves that aren't between two ferns:

• An oldie, but a goodie. Poodle Workout.
• The Central Florida Zoo.
• Funnier in concept than execution Ikea Heights.
• Not at all funny but whatevs -- Charlie White's a genius.
• But of course black drag performance artists inform the cultural landscape. 
• And when it comes to arty and gay I can't leave out Prettythingsss.

lives of silent desperation

I had this idea for an assignment after reading that 90% of all office workers despise their jobs. Not just dislike but DESPISE. That is a deeply held emotion. No wonder there are so many stress related illnesses in this country.  So here's the assignment. Using the avatars at xtranormal.com the writers (in teams of 2) had 2 hours to come up with an office scenario, drawing on personal experience, that got at the heart of being in a place that makes you miserable. I didn't want jokes, I wanted emotion. I wanted it to convey that "death by a thousand cuts" that is the grinding day to day for so many people. Here are the results.

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