Internet comedy

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/comedy/article5547549.ece

Is the internet taking over from the Edinburgh Fringe as a way of spotting comedy talent? Man, I hope so...

Ben Caudell, Zeppotron: "It's so much easier to look at clips rather than read scripts."

Sarah Farrell, Paramount: "The internet is the home of sex, cheap laughs and offers a great way to waste your day. So is the Fringe, but at least the internet doesn't involve a five-hour journey from London."

A very contentious issue.
The internet is obviously becoming a place to showcase your capabilities. I would regard it as a shop window - if you like what you see, you dig deeper.
I think Edinburgh will remain the proving ground. That's where you're really in the spotlight [and under the microscope].

Most success I've had with TV companies etc has come from showing them my stuff on the internet first. If you've got a few funnies on the web it simply makes people look twice at your written work. Shouldn't be like that but it is.

Quote: Lee Henman @ January 22 2009, 1:49 PM GMT

Most success I've had with TV companies etc has come from showing them my stuff on the internet first. If you've got a few funnies on the web it simply makes people look twice at your written work. Shouldn't be like that but it is.

View original

I suppose it cuts out them having to imagine a writers stuff working, if bits are already on the net then they can SEE it working. Takes out the effort!

Quote: Matthew Stott @ January 22 2009, 1:50 PM GMT

I suppose it cuts out them having to imagine a writers stuff working, if bits are already on the net then they can SEE it working. Takes out the effort!

View original

exactly that.

Yeah, if it wasn't for my stuff on the net I'd be even less successful than I am now...

Also sites like YouTube and FunnyOrDie allow the public to rate them so half their job is done anyway.

Quote: James Harris @ January 22 2009, 6:45 PM GMT

Yeah, if it wasn't for my stuff on the net I'd be even less successful than I am now...

View original

Impossible!

Quote: ContainsNuts @ January 22 2009, 7:15 PM GMT

Also sites like YouTube and FunnyOrDie allow the public to rate them so half their job is done anyway.

View original

If Funnyordie doesn't get more viewers soon it'll be dying itself I reckon. They need to get some advertising.

Also, they need a sketch like "The Landlord" to increase it's popularity.

Quote: Lee Henman @ January 22 2009, 10:01 PM GMT

If Funnyordie doesn't get more viewers soon it'll be dying itself I reckon. They need to get some advertising.

View original

I'd forgotten about Funny or Die. Just checked out our videos on there:

King Lear
has had 1357 views on YouTube
14 views on Funny or Die

What Scotland Has Made
has had 3360 views on YouTube
39 views on Funny or Die

Lucky Stars
has had 9232 views on YouTube
25 views on Funny or Die

Mods and Rockers
has had 1478 views on YouTube
30 views on Funny or Die

I think Die is the option they're going for.

The American Funny Or Die does well though, doesn't it? The Brit one needs to get proactive, I'm sure most people don't even know it's there.

There's so much godawful comedy out on the internet though. I can't be bothered trawling through it. It's too easy for someone to think they're funny and film something.

Quote: Ben @ January 23 2009, 10:37 AM GMT

It's too easy for someone to think they're funny and film something.

View original

Like us!

Quote: Ben @ January 23 2009, 10:37 AM GMT

There's so much godawful comedy out on the internet though. I can't be bothered trawling through it. It's too easy for someone to think they're funny and film something.

View original

Don't be so hard on yourself

Hey! I didn't say EVERYTHING is awful! Just most of it.