Sesame Street Takes “On” Old Spice Guy Dan Koelsch, October 9, 2010 Between the Muppet viral videos and Sesame Street’s YouTube page, Jim Henson’s legacy continues to stay modern. Despite a controversial Katy Perry video, Sesame Street isn’t backing away from pop culture now, as Grover talks about the word “on” while imitating the Old Spice Guy commercials that have become their own meme. Watch the video after the break. This is one of the funniest clips I’ve ever seen of Sesame Street, and Grover’s last line and the look on his face are priceless. Viral Marketing Viral Videos Old SpiceSesame StreetThe MuppetsViral video
New Images Lead To Live Action Halo Series April 20, 2011Machinima.com has been expanding beyond simple machinima (a film style that uses virtual interactive environment assets for animated films) lately, and more on to fully animated shorts. The guys at How It Should Have Ended are already working with them to re-create video game endings, and now they’re going to… Read More
Real Steel: Train Your WRB Robot! August 1, 2011The World Robot Boxing website now has a new feature called “Learning The Ropes”, where you can train the robot that you built. The website is the viral marketing hub for Disney’s Real Steel, set in the near future where robots have taken over the sport of boxing. The WRB… Read More
Viral Video: Inception Trailer, 1950s Version October 5, 2010Youtube user krishnashenoi93 (via /Film) has made a really cool Inception trailer that is done in the style of the 1950s. I’ve seen a lot of parodies and remixes done to Inception, but this is one of the few really creative ones that is proficiently made. Check it after the… Read More
My wife commented that she wondered what Old Spice thought of this. I said, “Sesame Street does what Sesame Street wants to do. Everyone else just goes with it.”