WHAT TYPES OF "FUNNY" MEDIA CIRCULATE ONLINE?
IMAGES, QUIZZES, EMAIL FORWARDS, HOAXES, VIDEOS.
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TWO SECRET TIPS for Contagious Media Showdown competitors:
ONE: A good, simple url is key!
TWO: Government photos are public. You can use them without copyright concerns.
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WHAT IS FUNNY ONLINE?
MODIFICATIONS are funny:
Images: Fat kid image mods
Music: NWA explicit content only
EARNESTY is funny:
Patriotism: America We Stand as One
Hatriotism: Fuck the South
PHYSICAL MISTAKES are funny:
Homevideo: Treadmill
Network Television Blunder: Grapestompin: so funny it's illegal!
Kelsey Grammar: OOPS! Get about 12 people to stand around me. Quick! And lots of flash photgraphy, thanks, friends.
ANIMALS are funny:
Not quite pet-of-the-week behavior: Pinky the Cat
Special skillz: Skateboarding Bulldog
Silly photoshop: (by Michelle Collins)
HIGHLIGHTING SOCIAL DYNAMICS is funny:
"I'm not racist!" : BPLU
"Let me get your number" : Rejectionline (free technology, new use)
BUREAUCRACY is funny and hard to spell:
Nike email forward
INTENTIONALLY FUNNY, CRAFTED PROJECTS are funny:
Animated short: House of Cosbys
HOAXES are funny, especially when coupled with animals (see above):
Dog Island
TRAGEDY is funny:
Schiavo blog
SWK: Star Wars Kid. Pretty crazy how big it got.
UNFUNNY THINGS are funny (comedy is subjective):
You see how it's a chin?
Save Toby
VISUAL COMPARISONS are funny:
Bush or Chimp
GUESSING GAMES are (conceptual and) funny:
All Look Same
Programmer or Serial Killer?
FAMOUS PEOPLE are funny:
Intensely personal beat poetry about agents, etc:
Rosie O'Donnell Blog
"Glamorous" design haven:
Hallewood.
Aaand on the planet next to that:
Melanie G!
Religious zealot:
Kirk Cameron
Tender, private moments...
Pat O'Brien--CONFIDENCE = SEXY!
Revealing early footage:
Drunk Bush at wedding--seems like a good guy!
Cut to commercial! Cut away! Cut away!:
Ashlee Booed by Stadium
Celebrities are just like us:
Anna Nicole, presenter under the influence
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