As if to say, the content creators in question are not serious about their work.
I watched the video *described in the article*. It was spot-on Hilarious regarding comments that I've seen on many a blog. The individuals who acted in the video, and the director, camera people, sound, lighting, and editing did a fantastic job. And it was funny as hell. Did they intend for it to be funny? Of course. Seriously funny. Did they intend to profit from their funny video, and the others they produce with equally high standards? Yes. Will they become popular for doing so? We can only hope. Because it means that this small troupe of actors and producers don't need to wade through the muck to join the rank and file at Saturday Night Live in order to be appreciated for their topical-humor-based sketch comedy. Should everyone try to emulate these professionals? That depends. Should we all try to be funny? Of course not. But, it doesn't hurt to at least try and keep your sense of humor. -Adam 'cafn8ed' Jochum --- In [email protected], "Bill Cammack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "Jay dedman" <jay.dedman@> wrote: > > > > I just read this blog post and came across this paragraph: > > http://newteevee.com/2007/09/21/college-humor-pwns-funny/ > > > > "And for a business, popularity is key, which is why CollegeHumorTV taps > > into the rich vein of pop culture to fuel its jokes. "Really clever, > > stand-alone sketches don't do that well on the Internet. They're not the > > kind of videos that go viral," said Gurewitch. "For us to stay a > > money-making business, we need to make sure videos have a lot of > > popularity."" > > > > For some reason it just hit me: > > the way to be popular is to make videos about what is happening > right now. > > So if people are talking about Facebook, make a funny video about > Facebook. > > This is what talking about, this is what is being searched for online. > > This is "popular culture". > > This is how to be popular. > > I'm a retard for not having really grasped this concept. > > > > Jay > > > Let's not confuse "popularity" with "ridicule". > > You're spot-on in defining a-video-that-is-popular, but that doesn't > make the content creator popular or even well liked. > > It's no feat at all to make hundreds of thousands of people that you > don't know and have never met go "That guy's a fucking asshole". > > I remember watching a viral video where this guy got on a rope swing > and intended to jump off over the water, but his foot got caught and > he got swung back upside-down and slammed into the rocks he had just > jumped off from like Wile E. Coyote. > > Was it funny as hell? Yes. > Did I watch it myriad times? Yes. > Did I laugh my ass off? Yes. Every time. :D > Is that a popular video? Yes. > Is that particuar guy popular? No. > Does anyone know his name? No. > Does he have a contract to do a weekly show where he buss his azzzz? No. > > Similarly, I dont think that talking about what people are talking > about right now makes YOU popular so much as it makes you CURRENT or > RELEVANT. The content creator's show may be seen as the source of > current information, but that doesn't make him or her "popular". > > I think actual popularity's based on what Steve Garfield talks about, > which is "subscribing to people". If people subscribe to you as a > person, whatever project you're working on is going to get attention. > It won't be the attention of the masses, unless, as you mention, what > you naturally like to do happens to fall in line with what the masses > are consuming at this point in time. It will, however, be a group of > much higher quality and personal value. Not exactly "the audience of > ten", but a group that gets *you* and gets what YOU'RE doing (or > trying to do), and is interested to see how it goes. > > However, yes... If you want to make "a popular video", make up a > catchy phrase, such as "DON'T TASE ME, BRO!!! :O", then head on down > to a location where you know the security carries tasers, start a > ruckus and don't comply with their orders to shut the fuck up, and > make sure someone's filming it and has a youtube account. > > -- > Bill > http://billcammack.com > > > -- > > http://jaydedman.com > > 917 371 6790 > > Twitter: http://tinyurl.com/2aodyc > > RSS: http://tinyurl.com/yqgdt9 > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > >
