Category: Minivideos

  • Best Marriage Proposals Videos on Youtube

    I spent a good 10-15  hours surfing through  1000+ videotaped wedding proposals on youtube.  Here are my favorites.  I am not including  professionally-shot wedding proposals or proposals that are fake or student films or things filmed at sports stadiums or Disneyland.  Here’s just some charming or funny videos that made my day.   I hope they…

  • Viral Video Film School Hilarity

    ok, here’s some utterly hilarious videos from current TV. The series called Virus Video Film School and narrated by the very clever Brett Erlich. All of these are 3 minute and safe for work  (but there is a lot of adult language). The dumbest how-to videos (my favorite is the dish washing video), a look…

  • Funny Thinks I’ve Stumbled Upon

    If you are looking for humor to be entertained by, I suggest joining stumbleupon, downloading the browser toolbar  and selecting a category relevant to you: (I use “adult humor”). Fun for hours! Robert Lanham’s Internet-Age Writing Syllabus and Course Overview . Fabulous. Atheist Sees Image of Big Bang in Piece of Toast Onion Video: Scientists…

  • Some musical Youtube vids to knock your ears off

    Blue Man Group performs Donna Summer’s classic song, I feel Love. (The singer Venus Hum  is excellent too!) . Here is Donna Summer’s original song  and here is an amazing techno version of the song (which I consider to be the definitive version).  Apparently there are a 100+ remixes of this song on youtube. Here…

  • Baby Movements

    I love this baby time-lapse video. It’s interesting how speed up gives insight about what people actually do with their time. I remember my utter amazement when watching Koyaanisqatsi how much time people spent at red lights. Another video highlight: Spot the Differences in the Photograph game on Youtube. (thanks, Bloggasm).

  • How to Make a Movie Ridiculing a Person (and avoid getting sued)

    Last weekend I watched Borat, a film with funny moments, but has way too much crude humor. One thing that crossed my mind: why didn’t anyone win their lawsuits about Sascha Cohen for invasion of privacy? Of course, the Borat people made these people sign release statements. (Here is a copy of the actual release…

  • Charlie Rose, meet Samuel Becket

    Comic experimental video, Charlie Rose by Samuel Becket. Starts off as a gag, but it really succeeds. Google. Google. Google. It occurs to me now. The reason why Charlie Rose invites so many business and media blowhards may simply to ensure that these tycoons contribute a lot to PBS. Be a contributor and then Charlie…

  • Selena Lives…and lives and lives (Rare Concert Footage)

    One nonobvious fact about me is that I am a gigantic fan of Selena, the Tejano singer born in Corpus Christi who was killed by her fan club manager at the early age.  News of the murder came to me just days after I learned after I would go to Albania for the Peace Corps.  …

  • Anti-Smoking Goes Disney

    Magical Amount by Sunny Side of the Truth. I’ve blogged about this Public Service Announcement  video production group before. Here’s some older videos. The most interesting thing about these PSAs is that they never appear in time slots I watch–so essentially I never hear about them except  through youtube. I have no  doubt that they…

  • A Child Dreams: Robert Miles’ Children

    On my share the music blog a few weeks ago, I blogged about the remarkable music video for Robert Miles’ 1994 song Children. (Watch the youtube video here Note: this link might die, and you’ll have to search through youtube again for it). It is a great song (one of the pioneering songs in the…

  • 15 Laterals…and Still Going

    I am not a football fan, and I am certainly not a fan of college football. Also, Trinity University (which I attended) has always had an amateurish football team. However, this football play in a Trinity University game has to be the most remarkable thing I’ve ever seen in a football game. Fellow Trinity grad…

  • two fun videos

    Ok, I’m not going to turn this blog into a list of my Youtube faves. But I enjoyed these two. The first is a wacky German practical joke involving mirrors (it takes a while, but it’s fun) . Here’s a 4 minute Steve Martin skit, the Great Flydini. I was a big fan of his.…

  • In the motherhood

    I’ve not been keeping up with the sitcoms/dramas on the web, but In the motherhood seems promising.

  • Michel Gondry videos: Let Forever Be

    This Michel Gondry music video of Chemical Brothers’ song “Let Forever Be” is surreal and as close to Busby Berkley as you’re going to get. My two fave parts: When she’s at the jewelry counter, sensing another dancing attack coming on, she looks up with a “Uh, oh — not again!!” expression. The other: her…

  • What’s for Dinner Video?

    Practical joke video for Ukrainian students.

  • Forget About the Boy! Youtube Favorites

    Sutton Foster performs an incredible number at the Tony Awards from her award performance in Thoroughly Modern Millie. This song like the other one below have a certain anachronistic charm to it; the 1920s were a remarkable decade! Megan sings a cover song, Say it’s Possible. What an incredible voice! And she sings this song…