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Buzz In: What TV Scenes Do You Like to Revisit Online?
TV critic Alan Sepinwall recently posted a fun pick-me-up: a list of his all-time favorite TV-related YouTube videos, including Natalie Portman's profanity-laced digital short for Saturday Night Live, David Caruso's one-liners-and-sunglasses fest from CSI: Miami, and the Robin Sparkles video from How I Met Your Mother — all of which would also make my personal list of clips that I've watched over and over again.
In fact, the ability to rehash favorite scenes is one of my favorite things about YouTube (and Hulu, and whatever other online video site you prefer). Some others that are on my frequently watched list: the Cleveland and Jefferson clips from 30 Rock, David Bowie's appearance on Extras, and the opening credits of My So-Called Life, which give me that tingle down my spine every time.
Buzz News Roundup, 12/28
- The Library of Congress has added Back to the Future, Dances With Wolves, and 23 other movies to the National Film Registry, UPI reports.
- The Police were the top-grossing live act of 2007, followed by Kenny Chesney, Variety reports.
- The Hollywood Reporter writes that David Letterman and the WGA have yet to reach a deal that would allow Letterman to come back on air with his writers.
- Who's happy about the writers' strike? The video game industry is pretty pumped, the Associated Press reports.
- According to the New York Daily News product placement is outselling ads on television. It looks like we can look forward to more blatant advertising on 30 Rock.
- In January iTunes will announce a video service enabling users to rent movies for 24 hours to the tune of $2 to $5 per film.
Lions for Lambs Online Competition Builds Buzz, Helps Others
In an effort to build buzz for the November 9 release of Lions for Lambs, starring Robert Redford, Meryl Streep and Tom Cruise, MGM is holding a YouTube/Google video competition. Through the competition, "individuals can produce a 90-second video discussing the social issue they’re most passionate about." People will then watch the videos and vote on their favorite submissions.
The New Pornographers Challenge(rs) You
Because of their latest album Challengers, The New Pornographers are issuing forth a challenge to their fans. There will be weekly assignments, such as the first one in which fans are called upon to "invent a funny dance" for the New Pornographers song of their choice, and the responses should be videotaped and submitted for consideration via YouTube.
So, what do you win for completing these challenges to the band's satisfaction?
TV Tonight: "Mad TV"
Will Lisa Donovan be the first superstar to come from YouTube? Lisa, aka LisaNova, makes her debut on Fox's "Mad TV" tonight. According to Fox, Lisa had auditioned for "Mad TV" before and been rejected, but her YouTube videos were the key to getting another tryout.
"Degrassi" Fans Say Goodbye to J.T.
The kids of "Degrassi: The Next Generation" have never had it easy, with a steady string of absent fathers, Internet stalkers, pregnancies, senseless shootings, drug overdoses, and the like. But the most recent episode went one step further by killing off lovable goofball J.T. Yorke, whom longtime fans will remember as the skinny kid who beat people up with his school mascot costume.
The Top 50 Music Videos of 2006
Just the other day, I was saying that YouTube is helping save the music video. But if you need more proof, check out this list of the 50 greatest music videos of 2006. You're not likely to find most of these on MTV, but you can find them all on YouTube.Music Video: Linerider
UPDATE: For some reason, the Linerider video has been removed from YouTube. I apologize to anyone who missed it!
If you've ever had extra time on your hands at work, or even if you have have friends or relatives who do, you have probably heard of Linerider.
Esquire's Chuck Klosterman Says YouTube Is Saving Guitar Rock
As you can probably tell, I'm a very big fan of YouTube, and I have often asserted that it's playing a huge role in the rebirth of music videos. So I was intrigued by Chuck Klosterman's assertion in his Esquire column this month—which, to my delight, also happens to be in the issue with George Clooney on the cover—that YouTube is also "fostering the rediscovery of rock virtuosity, particularly as it applies to the guitar."
He owes this in part to the fact that the web site is "slightly less popular than oxygen."
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Buzz-Worthy Video: Happy Birthday, Say Anything!
This week marks the 20th anniversary of the beloved film Say Anything. To commemorate the milestone (and its special DVD release), a hoard of guys dressed up as Lloyd Dobler swarmed various areas of New York City to re-create the famous scene set to Peter Gabriel's "Your Eyes." (You know the one — Lloyd wants to win back Diane, so he stands outside of her house with a boombox over his head.)
While these guys can't possibly compare to the original, lovable underdog Dobler (John Cusack), they still make for a pretty charming YouTube video.
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