Deeply beloved by some and unjustly ignored by others, Community is about to go on indefinite hiatus. While NBC maintains that the show will be back eventually, and it did indeed receive a full-season order, it’s also true that major TV networks aren’t in the habit of keeping these kinds of promises. So, just in case the end truly is near, the show’s cast and the folks at College Humor got together to make a “Save Greendale” video. Watch Jeff, Britta, Abed, Dean Pelton, and the rest make a dubious — but very funny — case for Greendale Community College’s continued existence after the jump, and hear about Pierce’s unpleasant encounter with Ted Danson as a bonus. Read More »
Tomorrow, as we have been told many, many times, “it all ends.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows, Part 2 marks the end of the lucrative, decade-long Harry Potter film franchise, which has yielded eight films, over two billion dollars in box-office revenues (so far) and more parodies and spoofs than you can shake a wand at. To mark the conclusion of the series, we gathered just a few of our favorite Potter parodies. Check them out after the jump, and add your own in the comments.
The online Oscars are approaching, and you, the common Internet user, have a say as to who takes home the Webby.
There are literally hundreds of nominees in dozens of categories; vote for the Onion or Fail Blog in the Humor Site category, YouTube Symphony Orchestra or Twilight Remixed in Video Mashups, and Dropbox or Tumblr in Web Services and Apps. Equally as exciting: you’re almost certain to discover sites and services new to you that are about to make your life way better.
OK. Let me preface this by saying that I love most of Judd Apatow’s movies. So maybe I’m a bit biased about the video that awaits you after the jump. The idea is cute: Streeter Seidell and Sarah Schneider from that College Humor/MTV thing we’ve never watched have written a song called “In an Apatow World.” It’s all about how the schlubby dudes in the Frat Pack movies would never be able to bag the chicks that they land in reel life in real life. Har har. Read More »
Books: Google pays authors $60 bucks per scanned in book. Dance/Opera: Olympic gymnast Shawn Johnson joins DWTS. Design: Gehry’s expensive new modeling software keeps building costs down. Film:Dark Knight‘s Christopher Nolan will do his own sci-fi project. Music: Justice design a Coke bottle, so sez Kanye. Television: It’s not just George and Izzie leaving ABC. Theatre: Sam Shepard pleads guilty to a DUI charge. Web: Can a Web site become a comedy show?
In the current economy, magazines are shutting down, newspapers are going digital and Web sites are turning into TV shows — or at least so it would seem with the just released news that Collegehumor.com will be getting its own behind-the-scenes series on MTV. Also launching are spin-offs of Run’s House and Rob & Big, a news show from Matt Stone and Trey Parker, a Donald Trump reality show that seeks to reform party girls and “a show from Nick Lachey about performing arts students in Cincinnati.” Oy.
