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"Nearly one death a year is attributed to a funny-foam related hate crime"

movingtargets — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 17:55:32 +0000

Fear, intimidation, and propaganda are the time-tested tools of supremacist groups. Now there’s another, equally nefarious device of hate: funny foam, as Owen Benjamin discovers in Episode 3 of Gaytown:

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If we’d known what a problem silly string is in Gaytown, we would have asked Benjamin about it when we interviewed him last week.

The special arm of the law

movingtargets — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:29:49 +0000

Sometimes comedy should be about acrobatic wit, deft timing, and unexpected considerations of the quotidian. And sometimes it should be about dressing a retarded guy up in a police outfit.

Fake bigoted tv ad: comedy gold

movingtargets — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:58:54 +0000

For some reason, once it’s coming from someone old, fat, and loud enough, racism crosses the line from appalling to sort of funny. Especially in the context of a phony mattress ad. Targeted advertising has never been so, well, targeted:

The fat bigot is comic Eddie Pepitone. Gary’s Mattress is from the tolerant minds at the Independent Comedy Network.

The Independent Comedy Network is a new media comedy brand. We work with professional talent to develop and distribute original comedy series online and beyond.

ICN operates under the basic improvisational comedy principle of YES, AND. In improv terms this means that whatever is presented on stage by one actor is heard and accepted by a fellow actor (YES) and then built upon (AND). This concept is the primary building block for all great improvisational comedy.

Talkin' Gay

movingtargets — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:46:45 +0000

Above: Prefers the company of vaginas

Comic, actor, and writer Owen Benjamin is living in a world gone queer. That’s the premise of Benjamin’s new show on Crackle, Gaytown, where one average straight guy fights for acceptance in a small town full of intolerant and backwards gays. It’s like that weird Travolta movie White Man’s Burden where black people are bigoted and white people discriminated against. Except it’s fablarious (hilarious + fabulous)! Benjamin recently answered a few of our questions about Gaytown, the place, and Gaytown, the show.

Crackle: How did you get the idea for Gaytown—had you spent a lot of time in the Castro or West Hollywood recently?

Owen Benjamin: Living in Hollywood for sure was huge. Seeing rainbows on the police cars out here definitely was inspiring.

Crackle: You had a small part in I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, which was about two dudes who pretend to be gay for financial reasons. Did this movie have any bearing on your creation of Gaytown?

OB: No, that was just insanely fun. I’ve been thinking about doing Gaytown for years.

Crackle: How have your gay friends reacted to the show—are you afraid at all of offending them?

OB: No, gay people seem to like it the best. I didn’t use the gay stereotype very much and I think a lot of them will see it as an eye opener to the straight community for what a lot of them go through. Of course some will be offended, but there are always people [who are] offended [by] everything comedic.
I’m sure “why did the chicken cross the road” wasn’t very popular in the chicken community.

Above: Gaytown, Episode One

Crackle: What is the closest you’ve ever come to a real-life Gaytown?

OB: West Hollywood and Chelsea [in NYC]. But neither of those places are anything like Gaytown. A main joke of Gaytown is that it’s very conservative. The gay communities I know are very artistic and liberal and open. In Gaytown its as if you’re in the center of Alabama but everyone is gay.

Crackle: You’re a Punk’d alumnus; how would a Gay Punk’d go?

OB: Probably not very well, haha. [ed: We'd had in mind something along the lines of staged repossession of all of Perez Hilton's hair product. But whatever.]

Crackle: Legally speaking, what’s it like to be straight in Gaytown? Can you get married? Are there laws against vaginal sex?

OB: There’s an anti-straight ordinance that forces all men to wear fannypacks.

Crackle: IMDB says that you’re in the upcoming movie The House Bunny, the story of a down-on-her-luck Playboy Bunny who teaches life lessons to a group of clueless sorority girls. Did any of this wisdom make it to you?

OB: I played Hugh Hefner’s shirtless butler. I don’t think my character was capable of too much wisdom, haha.

Crackle: On a scale of 1 to 10 and with as much commentary as possible, rate how much displeasure the following activities would cause if performed in a public place in Gaytown, where 1 is no displeasure and 10 is maximum
displeasure:

- Holding a ‘Bette Midler Sucks’ sign
7 – Don’t fuck with Bette.

- Wearing clothes that don’t fit right
1 – It’s actually encouraged.

- Buying tickets to ‘10,000 B.C.’
[The movie] doesn’t exist in Gaytown. It’s RENT everyday all day.

- Selling NASCAR memorabilia
2 – NASCAR is actually HUGE in the gay community.

- Eating McDonald’s
9 – Unless you plan on getting a no carb lettuce wrap.

Tune into C-SPOT on Crackle for a brand-new episode of Gaytown tomorrow, March 26th.

Killing me softly

movingtargets — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:48:06 +0000

Law and Order fans, have you ever considered the fact that every murder in the history of your show may have been committed by the same insidious madman? No? Well, watch this excellent parody with an open mind:

Very SVU is from Rich Keith and the ACME Company of the ACME Comedy Theater.

"Turn your toe into a hoof again"

movingtargets — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:47:42 +0000

The female cameltoe is old news; the weight of public acknowledgment brought the condition to the attention of enough sufferers that you rarely see a fine specimen any more. Another problem, equally serious, has, ahem, filled the void:

Male cameltoe is from Kasper Hauser, a San Francisco comedy troupe who has dedicated themselves to parodying SkyMall, the popular publication on long-distance flights, with their SkyMaul product line.

To serve and protect

movingtargets — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 18:31:28 +0000

We usually witness Script Cops busting the bad guys – hacks, cliche artists, and talentless student filmmakers. But protecting good writers is just as much a part of a Script Cop’s duty as nailing crappy ones:

For more on honor, loyalty, and danger in the world of Script law enforcement, check out this interview with Executive Script Cop Scott Rice.

A great big cycle

movingtargets — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:01:21 +0000

When your boss asks you to do this, you need a raise or a lawyer.

Inappropriate Workplace is a web series on the Independent Comedy Network – it turns out removing bloody, umm, err, hem, haw, tampons (phew) is nothing compared to the rest of Duane’s tasks.

Dull saw; razor-sharp rabbits

movingtargets — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:24:59 +0000

Saw divides people (ba dum bum) into two camps: those who think it’s pointless and stupid, and the four guys who think its a compelling morality play and drive worldwide DVD sales high enough to (financially) justify the sequels. Let me get this out of the way: I’m not one of those four guys. Jennifer Shiman’s Bunnies, per usual, make quick parodic work of Saw:

Make sure to read the interview we did with Shiman for more on the Bunnies, and promise me in the comments section that you won’t pay to see Saw 5.

Season finale of our Lord

movingtargets — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:51:52 +0000

We told you the end was nigh (of the second season of Mr. Deity, that is) in our interview with the creator himself. Now the end is upon us, in the form of a not-ready-for-prime-time Jesus flubbing his lines:

Homeless people you'll want to sleep with

movingtargets — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:54:09 +0000

The newspaper-archiving, dirt-caked, schizophrenic bum is nothing new. But what if we’ve ignored another, far more tragic group of homeless? A heartbreaking and courageous expose from the bleeding hearts at National Banana. Someone call the Pulitzer committee.

Make sure to check out more tasteful, socially responsible entertainment from National Banana on Crackle.

The boy who cried anal probe

movingtargets — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:50:43 +0000

With friends like these, who needs murderous extraterrestrials? A great twist in this one, which manages to be probably the scariest funny video since, well, Ernest Scared Stupid.

Chad Hates Aliens is from Chad Matt and Rob, a self described “Dude from Pittsburgh, a guy from Oakland and nice young man from Chicago.”

Kill tiny, furry Bill

movingtargets — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:28:27 +0000

Kill Bill was long, violent, and about humans. Kill Bill: In 30 Seconds (and re-enacted by Bunnies) is short, violent, and about bunnies. Oh yeah, and chronological, to boot:

Make sure to read our exclusive interview with Bunnies creator Jennifer Shiman.

Lowest Common Denominator

movingtargets — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 18:37:24 +0000

A lot of people call politicians assholes, but it has never been this literal. There’s puerile, there’s vulgar, and then there’s this:

Read more about the buttheads behind this video, Cook County Social Club. Oh, and, y’know, pay attention to the little primary elections that are happening tomorrow in Ohio and Texas.

Buddy comedy felony

movingtargets — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:11:07 +0000

Combining Carrot Top and Carlos Mencia is surely a crime against taste, and to the Script Cops, it’s a crime that’ll put you in the lockup.

Watch the rest of Script Cops on Crackle, and check out the interview we did with Script Cops creator Scott Rice in this space.

Teensy jeans

movingtargets — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:25:04 +0000

How do Hannah Montana and the like fit into their itty bitty jeans? A look inside the process of wardrobe selection for teen stars:

Check out other videos from The Royal We in the playlist below the video. More about this bi-coastal comedy machine (from their website):

With razor sharp wit and cunning insight, THE ROYAL WE presents social issues of the day with a spin that is at once refreshingly light and hilariously honest. Critics have hailed THE ROYAL WE’s “brainy panache” and called them “the smartest and funniest comedy in New York right now.” THE ROYAL WE is classic American comedy reinvented for the present day. Their insightful, intelligent humor exposes truths about American society with hilarious results.

A hare in one

movingtargets — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:29:38 +0000

Bunnies on the golf course are typically an annoyance; cause for a mulligan. Except when they spring from the fingers of Jennifer Shiman, who here subjects the Bill Murray classic Caddyshack to the rabbit treatment.

If you haven’t seen it, read the interview we did with Shiman earlier this month.

Talk to your kids about obscure sexual practices

movingtargets — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 18:29:19 +0000

A public service announcement, from the concerned citizens at the Attack, in response to the PSA at 4Parents:

How did they get this 11-year-old girl to talk about a “Cleveland Steamer“? That’s f’d up. Anyways, here’s what we know about this two-man storm of inappropriateness:

The Attack! is from earth, and is the brainchild of Josh Covitt & Whit Hertford. They began in life as fetuses. After journeying far & wide,
they eventually joined forces in the land of Los Angeles. Upon joining forces, they assembled a gang of talented writers and filmmakers to
complete their army in preparation for an assault on the world. They can be seen performing at the fortress of the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre and also around the L.A. area as part of the improv squad known as The Universe. THE END.

A novel idea

movingtargets — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:47:23 +0000

What if Ian McEwan, Khaled Hosseini, Zadie Smith, and J M Coetzee borrowed a page from their Tinseltown counterparts and just, well, stopped writing novels? A terrifying idea, indeed:

Thought-provoking stuff from Oren Brimer, who previously brought us Haunt.

Pinkertons

movingtargets — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 22:03:12 +0000

The Hollywood writers’ strike is over. The media seems to be attributing the resolution to the hard work and strategic compromise of a gaggle of lawyers for both sides. It seems that they haven’t heard of the Script Cops:

Watch the rest of the Script Cops’ heroics on Crackle, and read an interview with Scott Rice, chief of the Script Cops, on this blog.

V-Day V-Card

movingtargets — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 01:56:20 +0000

For long-together couples, Valentine’s Day is a rare chance to celebrate the most wonderful thing in life: love. For everyone else, it’s a chance to get laid under the pretext of romance. Is there a way to dick without dishonesty on V-Day? Tyler Spindel has the answer:

Spindel just busted out of the Ivy League with a burning desire to do standup and sketch comedy, as well as, apparently, the hearing imparied. You can see the rest of his videos on Crackle.

Cartographer of DEATH

movingtargets — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 18:59:15 +0000

Street view on Google Maps is one of those rare innovations that makes you feel like you’re in a science fiction movie – like the future has arrived too fast. But how does it work? A sophisticated and harmless network of satellite imagery? Or something a little more…nefarious? Take a look:

Google Maps is from Los Angeles sketch foursome The Vacationeers, which includes three Second City veterans and a whimsical logo.

Single white female

movingtargets — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 12:59:00 +0000

We’ve all heard of the Social Safeway, the grocery store where successful young professionals go looking for love as they browse for Bok choy and free-range lamb. We’ve also all heard the maxim that no one you meet in a bar is worth dating. Finally, everyone knows that it’s fun to drink. Well, a wise woman has finally put these three truisms together:

Girl’s Night Out is from the comedy duo Diani & Devine, who killed it at San Francisco Sketch Fest.

More about this talented twosome:

Diani & Devine
They met, fell in love, and decided their careers were more important than any possible damage working together might have on their relationship. Gabriel Diani and Etta Devine have since become known for their intelligent and witty blend of stand-up and sketch comedy, recalling the classic ground-breaking comedians of the 50’s and 60’s such as Nichols and May, Bob Newhart, and Bill Cosby. They perform at comedy clubs and festivals all over the country and recently won the 2nd Annual International Sketch Comedy Competition.

Next on the list: kill a prostitute

movingtargets — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:35:26 +0000

Grand Theft Auto 4 is the most mouth-frothingly anticipated game of 2008, so it’s natural that motion capture studios would fall all over themselves to simulate the various dismemberments, drive-bys, and violent acts towards sex workers that comprise the game. Here is the story of one such studio, MoCap:

The guys behind MoCap are like your fat friend in high school who will do anything for a laugh, and we mean that in the most complimentary way possible. Watch the rest of their adventures in gaming on Crackle.

Fresh Montana Broccoli!

movingtargets — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:25:27 +0000

With the staggering prices at Whole Foods and Wild Oats the country over, one might be tempted to shop at one’s neighborhood supermarket, a friendly, unpretentious place like Pathway Foods. Then again, one gets what one pays for:

Pathway Foods won the supermarket-related sketch prize (no, really) at the San Francisco Sketch Fest (which was sponsored by 10 Items or Less, a TBS show about a grocery store). The sketch is from the NY-based and WI-trained freeloveforum.