DJ Steve Porter Remixes NBC’s Community Again Dan Koelsch, September 14, 2010 Last fall, DJ Steve Porter did a music video remix using clips from NBC’s Community. The Internet sensation (and ESPN SportsNation favorite) is back at it again, this time in what seems to be an official manner. Porter’s latest video is to promote the Season 1 DVD release of Community,…
Viral Video: Miley Cyrus Last Exorcism Dan Koelsch, September 11, 2010 The “Rated Awesome” video series is a collaboration between two YouTube phenomenons, Indy Mogul and Barely Political. In it, they parody popular movie or television ideas, usually as a mash-up trailer. In their latest video, they combine two very scary popular trends, the found-footage horror film The Last Exorcism, and…
As Should Be Expected, Ping Gets a “The Social Network” Parody Dan Koelsch, September 10, 2010 I guess we should have saw this coming. Last week Apple announced “Ping”, an iTunes-based social networking system designed around music. While there has been some criticism about whether the service is even necessary, there has been even more about how difficult it is to set up. The group Wooden…
Viral Marketing ESPN Brings Admiral Ackbar to Primetime Alex Gerage, September 9, 2010October 18, 2011 It’s probably not quite the same thrill as destroying the Death Star, but for one evening, everyone’s favorite squid-faced rebel hero, Admiral Ackbar, was the talk of the college football world. That is because ESPN aired a commercial documenting the now infamous campaign by University of Mississippi students to have…
New Video For “They’re Here” Still Shows Very Little Dan Koelsch, September 9, 2010 We still have just over a month until we understand what the film They’re Here is really all about. Sure, it’s pretty much certain that it’s about aliens and possibly an invasion (though the phrase “make contact” comes up), but we know nothing about the production itself, including who is…