Testing My Slowdown Hypothesis

by makebrianwatch on February 2, 2011

In my last post, after watching the Olsen Twins “Gimme Pizza” clip I wondered if any source material could be slowed down and become funny.  Here’s my test.  I’ll let the viewing public be the judge.

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Mr. Rogers Died For This?

by Brian on January 27, 2011

From @eblarden
Gimme Pizza Slow Mo

Let’s face it guys, by the end of that song the pizza was essentially inedible. Fried chicken, pasta, tacos, oreos, whipped cream, and eyeballs? That just isn’t going to taste good. Let’s not provide false hope to children. They need to know that if you just randomly open out your fridge onto an uncooked pizza it’s going to taste like hot garbage. Additionally, we need to let the children of the world know that they can’t freely attain eyeballs, and if somehow they have eyeballs at the ready the absolute last thing they should do with them is put them on a P-I-Z-Z-A.

I’ve actually seen this video before. Seeing it again makes me wonder – is any clip slowed down funny, or is it just the Olsen Twins. I’m going to try to run some experiments – I’ll get back to you.

From @Klondike
Mister Rogers defending PBS to the US Senate

Well, shit. I wanted to be cynical. I wanted to be funny. As the clip ran I started thinking about all of the clever ways I could send up Mr. Rogers speaking to the senate – defending the rights of sweaters, or imaginary trains – brilliant comedy like that. But something about this clip was just disarming. He really cares about children and fought to make a difference in kid’s lives. And knowing that I’ve got a copy of Mr. Rogers Neighborhood on DVD (it comes wrapped in a mini sweater) waiting for my soon to be born son, I hope he knows that his life’s work continues to make a difference.

Hurry up, let’s move on to some hopefully less redeeming YouTube garbage.

From @PokeBendy
DIR EN GREY – OBSCURE from ALBUM “VULGAR” (NSFW)
Message: My apologies… EVERYBODY ELSE: NOT WORTH WATCHING.

This is what Mr. Rogers fought for. A talentless Japanese metal band who thinks random quick shots of people puking, six armed people, creepy sex scenes, and geishas eating baby heads are totally rad. If only Mr. Rogers knew Japanese so he could sing to them about what they should do when they feel anger.

Also, there seemed to be naked breasts in that video. Can you do that on YouTube? Maybe only when the music totally shreds hard?

How much do you think a video like that costs? I’ll go out on a limb and say that abomination cost at least a million dollars. That’s 167 Billion yen I believe.

From @nikkif610
The Oregon Trail – Official Trailer

Here’s my question about the Oregon Trail. What was educational about it? I remember it being more video game than education. But we all played it. I think I’d actually play it at a friends house outside of school. That’s how cool I was.

The scary thing about this video – this is totally what an Oregon Trail movie would be like. And now that I’ve seen the fake trailer, it doesn’t seem all that far fetched that there could be a real Oregon Trail movie.

I leave you with a disturbing fact. I complain all the time that I’m too busy, but I had already seen 50% of the videos. What does that mean? I’ve clearly got more time than I need.

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Back From The Dead

January 25, 2011

I’m back.
No promises, no strings attached, no real plan, but for the moment I’m back. Let’s have some fun.
So, what kind of garbage are you going to force me to watch this time?

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Video Games Can Be Both Awesome and Horrible

April 4, 2010

From @MaileShoul
Funniest thing you ever seen! /drunk i convenience store!!!!!

I’ve already got a distaste for YouTube videos labeled ‘FUNNIEST THING YOUVE EVAR SEEN!!!!!’ Rarely are they correct. This was funny, but not the single funniest thing I’ve ever seen.
It seemed kind of inappropriate to be drinking a beer as I watched this video… [...]

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A Secret Message

April 3, 2010

As I mentioned in my last post, I really wanted to make something using that James Earl Jones alphabet clip. I had a bunch of grandiose ideas, but they either didn’t work out or would have required an -insane- amount of effort. So this is what I ended up with. See if [...]

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Plastic Bags, Renegade Film School, and Late Night Video Next!

March 24, 2010

Let’s see what the tubes have in store for me this evening – I could use a pick me up.
From @littleayun
PLASTIC BAG | FULL EPISODE | FUTURESTATES | ITVS

If I was to take away one message from this video it would be DON’T EVER RECYCLE. Apparently if you do recycle you are murdering talking [...]

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The One Where I Watch Some Slam Dunks and Try To Make A Phone Call

March 21, 2010

I collected links a bit longer this time around and that increased the excitement and anticipation on my end. Time to find out how that actually translates to content.
From @gregdesantis
Trey Starks Dunk of the Year

March Madness baby! Can you feel it?! It’s the dunk of the year baby!!!
Um, yeah. [...]

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Midnight Snack

March 19, 2010

As promised in my last post, I attempted to make a 5 Second Film. I went back and forth on if I should actually post it or not. Turns out making a successful 5 Second Film is hard and can’t be done easily by yourself in a dark kitchen mainly filmed inside a [...]

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Don’t Ask Why (Or the One Where I Watch 10 Minutes of Jeff Dunham)

March 16, 2010

Here goes. I tried selecting at random tonight to see how that works…
From @pffenzel
Puscifer The Mission with Milla Jovovich in Ultraviolet

@pffenzel has already established himself as a regular contributor to Make Brian Watch This and all of his contributions thus far have been musical oddities. Statement on the perfect consumable unit of YouTube [...]

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Lessons Learned From First Post

March 15, 2010

1.) Most, if not all of the people in these videos are real people (Timbaland being the exception). The person who suggested the video may know them and as a result the author may see my comments. Or in the case of this last post, videos may serve to reunite old high school friends.
2.) [...]

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