October 2010
5 posts
March 2010
3 posts
Listen to What Hugh Masekela Has to Say
If you assumed, like I did, that a 25 minute radio interview broken up into three parts of Hugh Masekela with the Minister Robert Muhamad would garner at least 200 views … well, you’d be wrong. This is Hugh Masekela, people! He was featured in MONTEREY POP! He deserves your respect!
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Jesus = Doughnut Hole
Jesus ditty meets college kids playing dress up? I don’t know.
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Twisted Terror
Haven’t heard of the Twisted Terror DVD series? Probably because you never saw these commercials. Nobody has. DR. GIGGLES is a movie I absolutely have to see.
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December 2009
1 post
And We're Back. . . Again
The UnderViewed is back in action.
To get things re-started, let’s check out what’s happening at the Plaistow Town Hall. I keep expecting Leslie Knope to appear somewhere.
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October 2009
5 posts
Boom Goes the Water Bottle
Dry ice + water = nifty little explosion. Not much else to it.
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Baby Bear Film Critic
This bear does not give a favorable review to Where the Wild Things Are.
The bigger question is: why do these people own a baby bear? And the more important question than that: where can I get one?
Side note: that is one enormous cat. It’s unfortunate we don’t get to see it fight the bear. That would have been epic.
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The Greatest Love of All. . .
Is that between a young Asian woman and an older man in a home-made tank top, jean shorts, and handlebar mustache. A classic love story. Wow.
You can just feel the chemistry for this couple: they just look perfect and absolutely right for each other and will “cheerish” each other FOREVER.
A lot of love went into making this video. You can tell by the amount of star wipes—actual...
NOT a Substitute for Medical Advice
But if you have lice, watch this video. Or if you’re a fan of jowls. Informative either way.
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Mario Bros. Vs. Anthony Keidis
With a little OKGO, Star Wars, Lion King, nuclear annihilation, carousel music and Jimmy Kimmel Live nut-kicking thrown in. Makes even less sense after you watch it.
And remember: Joints are not what they used to be.
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September 2009
10 posts
Mr. Wrong's Got it Going On
You must watch this music video.
How this hasn’t blown up yet, I don’t know. It’s got everything you need: funny lyrics, dancing girls, a twist ending. It’s a home run.
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Fruit Salad: Yummy Yummy
What happens when you take a recipe for fruit salad, an anime Sims style video game, and what sounds like a Wiggles knock off?
This electric video.
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Greatest Non-Sequitur Music Video of All Time
And I don’t think there’s any remotely close 2nd for that title.
My favorite moments: the club girl falling off the stage; the dancing grandma; the monkey getting spooked by its reflection; and especially the guy peeing on the frozen lake. Kanye wouldn’t interrupt if this won.
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L'Shana Tovah, my Fellow Tribe Members!
In honor of the dawning of Year 5770, here’s a couple Underviewed Rosh Hashanah related videos:
When you find your Shofar, a black and white world will turn color.
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And the best part about the holiday is the apples dipped in honey.
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Wowie Wee Kazowie!
The Santa Rosa Charter School is having an art show! Wowiez! Look at all the amazing things they’ve got on display! Stick around for the pig stop motion animation at the 2 minute mark. And the mesmerizing Hot Dog Man right after that. And the enthusiastic parrot.
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Advance Your Career with Millipore
Everything about this video — the company name, the range of accents, the generic-looking footage of people working — makes me think Millipore is a fake corporation that’s going to play an important role in the next James Bond film.
But hey, they’re hiring. Plenty of openings for henchmen and cronies.
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The Ho Chi Minh City Motor Speedway
No, this isn’t the start of a Vietnamese 10K BMX Race for the Cure, it’s just your standard minute-long green light.
Favorite part: check out the guy in the white shirt playing a successful game of real-life Frogger. Successful in that he didn’t kill himself. Kept his cool like Obama.
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Zombie Lobster?
A lobster that looks cooked but isn’t. Could this be the start of an invasion of uncooked crustaceans?
Side note: I’ve never seen a lobster that looks so much like a comic book character before; he would definitely play Hellboy in the oceanic adaptation.
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Cookies n' Creme: An Emo Love Story
Like the classic silent pictures of yore, this budding filmmaker takes us on a remarkable journey of love and loss, violence and reconciliation, using no words, just pop punk songs.
He really loves that Hershey’s bar. I was hoping he would delve into the reasons for stomping on it, but I guess I’ll have to wait for a Film Studies major to write a dissertation on it. Or the DVD...
. . . And We're Back!
After a couple week hiatus due to family, Peace Corps and Macedonia-related reasons, The UnderViewed is back to find you the smallest needles in the YouTube needle-stack.
Here’s a Russian Mel Brooks-Ed McMahon hybrid discussing politics. Quite professional for being so nonsensical. Between the accent and the editing and the glasses, I can’t really follow what he’s saying, so...
August 2009
36 posts
Learn the Horse Stance
The Horse Stance is a valuable and intimdating Karate pose. The Foot Fist Way must have been inspired by this guy, right?
Remember kids: God Bless, Be Safe, Stay Humble.
He won’t let us embed the video, so here’s the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxnqR6WsMjI
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Follow the Bouncing Ball
A decent little video. High schoolers trying to impress the ladies with their mad editing skills. Because high school girls love video editors.
Actually, editors are the bassists of the filmmaking process—they’re a lot more important than the general public may realize. But at the moment, these guys are more Cone McCaslin than John Entwistle.
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Diminish Your Pain with Tea
He’s not quite a Billy Mays, but he sure has the power of his convictions behind him. You could say he’s a Machine of Pain Relief. He’s got a library of books, and has read them all.
Don’t miss any of his upcoming videos!
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The Most Spectacular Christmas Spectacular. Ever.
When you’re away from your family during the holidays, it can get very lonely. What better way to overcome the gripping depression than by making a video for your relatives? That’s what this Jacob Frye fellow did. With comedic results.
Favorite part: Beaker enjoys being read to, especially when its Where the Wild Things Are.
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IT COULD BE THEM!!! . . .
… but it probably won’t be. Actually, scratch that. It DEFINITELY won’t be. Not with that wimpy serve. Appreciate the message though.
Side note: I love the international use of “Sport” singular, instead of “sports” plural. Either way, it’s no doubt “the road to the future”.
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The Next Seinfeld
This guy’s a natural; destined for comedy greatness. You can just feel the genius sweating out of his pores.
Perhaps he’ll even surpass Milton Berle in the reputation department.
The only thing he actually has in common with Seinfeld is that he stole the music from the show; which, sadly, was the most entertaining aspect of the routine.
A C- for effort though.
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Pelo, Pico y Pata
That is some dramatic Creed music for such an uneventful camping expedition.
It does look like a good time, I was just hoping someone would fall into the river. That would certainly increase viewership.
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Citizen Journalism at its Finest
Whose car is that? THAT is a legitimate question.
This woman is just doing her duty as a neighbor and citizen to figure out what kind of crazy person would drive that car, with all that stuff in it. That is a LOT of crap. It’s just too bad she didn’t get him or her on camera. Oh well, just another wannabe Blair Witch Project.
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Let's Start a Mexican-Chinese War
I don’t quite understand what they’re saying here, but it sure sounds like this Spanish speaking filmmaker is saying some baaaad things about Chinese people. That is so not cool.
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The Best Way to Learn How to Massage a Cat. . .
… is to watch how cats massage each other.
Who would know better than a cat what cats actually enjoy? Just knead the cat’s back with your claws spread out a bit.
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Kalle Wearing Only a Bandana
Our first double-dip of a post presents Kalle, looking great in nothing but a bandana. Fits her well, even if she’s trying desperately to get it off.
Side note: unsurprisingly, it is quite difficult to find puppy clips with less than 100,000 views. But we persevere and succeed.
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And playing with her water bowl. That’s one adorable, happy mutt.
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When the Camel Breaks
What a lovely looking family enjoying a nice little camel ride in Giza, Egypt.
More importantly, though, is the soundtrack; that’s actually a pretty good cover of Led Zeppelin’s “When the Levee Breaks” by Yat Kha. Kind of Tom Waitsian with a dijeridoo and a northern-African sound.
Side note: this video was obviously taken before the Decepticons arrived and destroyed the...
Steel This Door
Get yourself a steel door and within mere minutes you’ll be able to go from inside your house to outside, or from outside your house to inside. Just turn the key between 7 and 137 times to get it unlocked then pull with all your might, and if you’re strong enough you’ll be able to walk on through. It’s that simple!
Looks like the opening burglary may have been performed...
British Unicyclers Convention
When you hear this Beastie Boys song do you ever think, “I could really go for some unicycling videos from the UK right about now”? If so, these punk rockin’ one-wheeled wonders have got the video for you.
It would be much more entertaining if they were dressed like actual clowns and not skaaaaaaterrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrs.
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Crazy Mini Speed Boat
I know what I want for my birthday: this rad remote control speed boat. Of course, if you are going to get it for me, please be sure to also get me a lake. It won’t be as much fun in my bath tub.
Let’s see a squirrel try to water ski behind this.
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Lots of "Enthusiasm"(!) for the NYCYJP
New York City’s Young Jewish Professionals love three things:
1. Curb Your Enthusiasm
2. Copywright infringement
3. Passover
And they’ve managed to combine all their loves into one fancy invitation to join them for Passover Seder. My guess is, it didn’t do so much to help.
Good Yontif.
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Four Corners of Chipmunk Song Torture
I was loving this song, and the foursquare video of the guy singing it, until they had to go and ruin it by showing 5 seconds of a random hot girl holding a camera.
Fast forwarding a song so it sounds like the Chipmunks are singing it is an easy and proven way to make any video you post popular and respected.
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Fun with Scientologists
And Final Cut Pro.
If it weren’t for the title Gobbledygook, I’d really have no idea if this was for or against Scientology. Not the reaction you want if you’re making a satire or trying to take down a powerful, if controversial, religion.
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THE ANNALS OF ADVENTURE: THE BIG RACE
My review:
The set-up really got me excited, a lot of action and suspense through out, but what a let-down in the end. I get all invested in the story, this big race pitting friend against friend, only for there to be a twist. I won’t spoil it for you, but it may blow your minds.
And on the “lacking believability scale, there’s no way the...
Mushrooms are Universal
Standing around, laughing at the clouds, doing nothing… Um, Yea. These guys are most definitely on Mushrooms. I’d recognize those symptoms anywhere.
They love them in South America like they love them here.
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Creepy Floating Burping Head Man
Not sure what would motivate someone to make and post a video of a head burping for a minute and a half, but we may never know. It’s probably for the better.
Question: what is he trying to say with his burps? Leave your thoughts in the comments section.
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Horse + Rider = Love
There’s nothing more powerful and video-worthy than a demonstration of love between a horse and his or her rider. Especially when set to some sort of “The Chipmunks Sing R&B” song.
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Glow in the Dark Freestylin' Rapper
Never thought I’d see someone’s rapping evoke thoughts of the scary deep sea scene in FINDING NEMO. Just keep swimming.
Those are some awesome glasses though.
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Wicked Party, Dudes!
Everybody’s getting laid tonight! Woo hoo! Shots! Red Sox! Dave Matthews Band!
What else could you ask for or expect from what looks to be a frat party in New England? The only thing that would make it more cliche is someone looking into the camera and shouting, “No-mah!”
Every one of the 50 or so guys in the house seems confident he’s scoring at that party … and...
One Intimidating Pterodactyl
This guy nails the mannerisms and sounds of the prehistoric dinosaur perfectly. Just hand him his Webby right now.
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The Old Man and the Clown Bicycle
What better way to start your day than to watch a clip of an 80 year old man riding a clown bicycle?
Side note: I hope I look half as good as this guy when I turn 80. He’s a stud on that thing.
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