Bottom Line: Short, punchy sketch comedy about the weird and often wacky world of sex. This one is definitely NSFW unless your boss is really, really open-minded.

Titsburg is a web comedy about boobies, and boning and all of the mixed up mis-adventures that happen in between. (it’s also a really good excuse to wear costumes, act like an idiot, and talk about poon.)

The show was created by Chioke Nassor and Tavon Bolourchi, and somewhere along the way they roped Kris into their shenanigans. For more information about each of us, just click on the pictures below to go to our personal (me-ow!) websites. And for more geeky questions about how the show gets made you can watch our behind the scenes video below!

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Creators: Chioke Nassor, Tavon Bolourchi
Website: Titsburg (RSS)

YouTube: Watch Them On YouTube
Tumblr: Read About Them On Tumblr
Vote For It: Titsburg

Ratings

Style 3.5

The episodes come in a little short, especially when the concepts behind them have so much potential. If only they extended them to be a minute or two longer, this would be an absolute must-see. (Pacing 3)

Storytelling 4

Polish 4

If the title didn’t give it away, Titsburg is absolutely NSFW. It’s funny though, really funny and might be worth getting into a little trouble to see. Actually scratch that, the fact is that depending on which episode you’re watching that “trouble” might be immediately getting fired and slapped with a sexual harassment suit. Viewer discretion is advised. (Watchability 3.5)

Novelty 4.5

Overall Rating: 3.75 out of 5 stars

Bottom Line: The Internet is filled with sketch comedy, some of it good, most of it pretty painful, but rarely do you see a show that hearkens back to the best of Flying Circus while still managing to stay relevant. Invention with Brian Forbes is a dry, acid-tongued sketch web series that will leave you laughing from minute one.

British chat-show host, Brian Forbes (Dave Beeler), is driven to distraction by his repeat guest, the eccentric inventor, Sir Reginald Bo-Hey No (Tom Konkle).

David Beeler – Brian Forbes
Tom Konkle – Sir Reginald Bo-Hey No

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Cast: David Beeler, Tom Konkle
Website: Invention With Brian Forbes

YouTube: Watch Them On YouTube
Twitter: Follow Them On Twitter
Facebook: Join Them On Facebook
Vote For It: Invention With Brian Forbes

Ratings

Style 3.5

Great writing, awkward pauses and strong acting ties Invention together making it a treat to watch. (Pacing 4.5)

Storytelling 3.5

Polish 3.5

Watchability 4

Novelty 4

Overall Rating: 3.83 out of 5 stars

Bottom Line: Psycho Babble is a sketch series about a group therapy session. If you are in the mood for neurotic comedy and wacky character archetypes this is your one stop shop.

The camera can be a little shaky and the sound could use some work, but once you get settled in you’ll find yourself watching episode after episode and looking forward to seeing how the characters develop.

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Cast: Rebecca Roy, MFT., Steve Brewster, Scott MacDonell, Kristin Cummins, Deidre Miller-Cohen, Charles Horn, Jim Staahl, Chris Valenti, Kasey Wilson
Website: Psycho Babble

Ratings

Style 3

Pacing 4

Storytelling 4

The video and sound quality could use a bit of work, but overall the show is strong. (Polish 3)

Watchability 4.5

Novelty 3.5

Overall Rating: 3.66 out of 5 stars

Bottom Line: Boy is this a fun show to watch. This wins the award for shortest series that still manages to keep your attention. Even if you aren’t married (and maybe especially if you aren’t) you’ll find something to laugh at here.

Real Life With Married People is a series of very short web videos about a couch, and the two people who sit on it a lot.

The two people are married to each other, and if you happen to be married, in a relationship, or at least familiar with the general concepts, you just might find their exploits hilarious mildly amusing depressingly relatable.

People who enjoy describing things by comparing things to other things describe Real Life With Married People as “Mad About You meets Beavis and Butthead.” Not literally, of course, though such a crossover would be hilarious to watch for the obvious tension between co-stars Helen Hunt and Butthead, who are now divorced.

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Cast: Celia Finkelstein, Destin Berthelot
YouTube Channel: Real Life With Married People
Website: Real Life With Married People
Support the Show: Play Some Shuffle Tennis

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Facebook Page Real Life With Married People

Ratings

No sets, no scenes no problems. Each episode is shot with the married couple sitting on or around the couch. Normally, this might get stale after a while but in this case it adds to the overall understated nature of the humor. We’re left feeling that their life is the same, humdrum back and forth day in and day out punctuated by the clever little scenes that we see every episode. (Style 3.5)

Pacing 5

Storytelling 3.5

Polish 4

Some of these come in at under 1 minute but it’s so tightly scripted that I never felt short changed. The actors really own their parts. This show is also incredibly easy to watch, and you’ll find yourself burning through the snappy episodes in no time. (Watchability 5)

Novelty 3.5

Overall Rating: 4.08 out of 5 stars

Bottom Line: It’s quirky, clever and about sperm. Saying more than that would just ruin the experience. Do yourself a favor and watch an episode or two.

I always wanted to voice an animated show and use all the crazy voices in my head, so I created “It’s a Sperm’s World.”

Armed with Adobe After Effects and a boat load of Lynda.com training videos, I proceeded to learn how to animate (professional animators: your joke here) my show.

Originally, I tried to voice both Gary and Skippy. I got out my microphone and my multiple personalities and started recording. I listened back and low and behold… it was terrible. Something was missing. More than just my sanity.

I had always had great comedic rapport with my good friend, Shane Blades, and thought he would be an excellent addition to the show. With nothing better to do, he said, “Yes.” The rest is history.

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Cast: Jeff Lapensee, Shane Blades
YouTube Channel: It’s A Sperm’s World
Website: It’s A Sperm’s World
Support the Show: Make A Donation

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Facebook Page It’s A Sperm’s World

Ratings

Style 4

Pacing 4

Storytelling 3.5

Polish 3.5

Watchability 4

It’s a show about…well, ok, before I start, when was the last time you saw an animated sitcom about a sperm named Skippy? Every other part of this show is so overshadowed by its concept that it’s not really worth talking about. It is funny. It is easy to watch episode to episode but the most important part by far is that it is about sperm. Give it a shot, if only because then you’ll be able to say you’ve seen everything the Internet has to offer. (Novelty 5)

Overall Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

Bottom Line: Brent’s ability to develop original character sketches is profound, whether you are looking for a laugh or something deeper he has something for you. Also, the profound amount of work he puts into these sketches should be an inspiration to independent filmmakers everywhere.

Put simply, this is the concept: create fifty unique characters in fifty weeks. Each week, I upload a video of said character. That’s pretty much it. It is intentionally being left extremely open-ended, so there are very few rules (I’m not a big fan of rules). That’s half of the project. The other half is I’ll be blogging about my process (how I create each character, how I’m managing with this project, etc), to shed some light into an actor’s process (which most people don’t know a whole lot about, I think). A video may consist of a monologue, an improv, a scene with one or more people (written or improvised), an interview, a music video, whatever. In the creation of characters, again, I’m leaving it wide open (I may even try an impression or two). There are only three major rules:

1. I am never allowed to half-ass it.
2. I have to fully commit to my choices.
3. I have to do it every week.

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Cast: Brent Rose
YouTube Channel: 50 in 50
Website: 50in50
Support the Show: Donate To The Show On Kickstarters

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Facebook Page 50in50

Ratings

Style 3

There is a mixed bag of comic and dramatic characters here. The upside is that you’re never bored, you can tell that Brent has significant range and he wants to show that off to you. The downside is that some of the characters drag a little. When I say things like “drag” I usually mean that they are boring, but in this case I simply mean that if you view 4 or 5 videos in a row each one will be dancing to the beat of its own drum. If you are used to a more consistent pacing, this might throw you off. (Pacing 4)

Storytelling 4

Polish 3.5

Each sketch comes in at under ten minutes and each one moves at a pretty fast clip. If anything, you’ll wish that he had more time to expand on some of the funnier characters but that’s only until you fall in love with the next one. (Watchability 4.5)

50 characters, 50 weeks and all of them incredibly different. This is a ride and hands over fist better than most of the YouTube experiments you’ll see floating around the Intertubes. (Novelty 4.5)

Overall Rating: 3.91 out of 5 stars

Bottom Line: Betty Bowers is a biting satire of religion and politics if that sort of thing gets you all hot under the collar, stay far far away but if you get a kick out of satire this is a wonderful entertaining entry into the genre.

Greetings, my fellow computer-owning Christians — and even all you unsaved techno-trash out there who will read any blog in order to avoid doing your little job. My name is Mrs. Betty Bowers and — as you already know — I’m America’s Best Christian. While some might regard such a seemingly lofty title somewhat onerous to live up to, both piety and superiority are completely effortless to me, which is, no doubt, why I was conferred such an honor in the first place.

As an American Christian, I have devoted my life to hectoring my Invisible Savior with requests for lots of cool stuff. It’s a time-consuming hobby I call “prayer.” I lob assertive hints into passing cloud formations for better promotions, bigger cars, smaller hips, higher game scores and more luxurious luxury goods. This is all necessary because my Savior is infuriatingly forgetful and will otherwise squander attention on the much more easily satisfied so-called “needy.” When not asking for things from Jesus, I tirelessly devoted myself to wringing every last dollar out of His name that is humanly possible without risking my tax-free status, appearing without undergarments on YouTube or becoming a Catholic.

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Cast: Deven Green
YouTube Channel: Betty Bowers
Website: Betty Bowers
Support the Show: Buy Betty’s Books

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Facebook Group: Betty Bowers

Ratings

Clever use of green screen puts this a cut above most talking head shows in the genre. (Style 4)

Pacing 4

Especially when dealing with such a controversial topic, you could spend a lot of time simply ranting but Betty Bowers is really well written. Even if you hate her message, you have to respect the delivery. Well, no you don’t but it’s definitely more well produced than your average “Religion is eeevvvviiilll” style tirade. (Storytelling 3.5)

Polish 3

Some people will hate this show. Some people will find it downright insulting. These people should not watch it because all it will do is ruin their days. Like most things we label with the “controversial” tag, viewer discretion is advised. (Watchability 3.5)

Novelty 3.5

Overall Rating: 3.58 out of 5 stars

Bottom Line: I don’t review Tube-famous entertainers very often. Mostly because I don’t find their stuff particularly entertaining, but NigaHiga is a notable exception. He mixes music videos, movie spoofs and original sketches in a way that keeps his channel fresh and his wit is over the top without being cloying. I only wish that other YouTube creators would take a few notes from his playbook.

Ryan Higa and Sean Fujiyoshi are Japanese-American comedians from Hilo, Hawaii. They are known for their YouTube comedy videos, which have been viewed over 230 million times. Their YouTube channel nigahiga is currently the most subscribed of all time.

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Creators: Ryan Higa and Sean Fujiyoshi
YouTube Channel: NigaHiga
Website: Ryan and Sean’s Movie
Support the Show: Buy The Ryan and Sean’s Not So Excellent Adventure DVD

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MySpace Page: NigaHiga

Ratings

Style 4.5

The real reason I like this show so much is that they consistently maintain the “joke ratio.” They aren’t beating you over the head with so much funny that it becomes cloying but they also don’t drag things out so long you lose track of the plot. (Pacing 4)

Storytelling 4

Polish 4

Watchability 5

NigaHiga has a good mix of rants, “music videos,” and parodies to put it a cut above your average YouTube series. Add to that their feature length stuff and you can see why they are YouTube’s most subscribed channel (Novelty 4)

Overall Rating: 4.25 out of 5 stars

Bottom Line: Jed and Mona pull off something that is nearly impossible in Internet land, they combine sex and comedy without either being too lurid or too prudish. Add to that Mona’s acting chops and Jed’s writing talent and what you end up with is a funny, sexy romp through sketch comedy.

On the strength of such international hits as “The Miracle Beer Diet”, Liv Films– founded by writer/director Jed Gillen and actress/editor Mona Gillen in the summer of 2007– has rapidly become one of the most popular producers of short, scripted entertainment in the world. Recognized for their unique brand of sexy– often politically-incorrect– comedy, Liv Films videos attract approximately 100,000 online viewers each day. With the release of their Brushing Teeth in Undies DVD in 2008, Liv Films has staked its claim as one of the very first Internet sensations to successfully transition to the mainstream.

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Cast: Jed Gillen, Mona Gillen
YouTube Channel: Liv Films
Website: Liv Films
Support the Show: Buy Their Uncensored DVD

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Twitter Feed: Jed’s Feed

Twitter Feed: Mona’s Feed

Ratings

Style 4

Pacing 4

For a sketch show that comes in at under 4 minutes in length the writing is stellar. It’s fun to watch and once you start watching you want to see more. Jed and Mona know how to play their characters and once you get sucked into their world you won’t want to leave. (Storytelling 4.5)

Solid cuts, convincing acting and appropriately ironic use of effects make this a really well put together show for the low to no budget sketch genre. (Polish 4)

The only thing that would make this better is if they came out with videos more than once a month. (Watchability 5)

Novelty 4

Overall Rating: 4.25 out of 5 stars

Bottom Line: Although I would have loved if the film makers had spent more time with each of the people highlighted in these videos, it doesn’t take away from the fact that this is a clever, fun and strangely sentimental web project. I only wish others would take time to understand culture in such a creative way.

Five months later, this site is still about the same thing: Old Jews Telling Jokes.

The good news is we’ve got some new old Jews. Many of this season’s participants responded to our first round and contacted us. We know better than to deny an old Jew with a burning desire to joke.

I wrote before that these jokes shed a light on a culture, but they also reveal much about their tellers. Like playing the piano, telling a joke requires craft, artistry and style. Does the teller have the patience for the set-up? Can he or she remember the details that make the characters familiar? Will he or she commit to the voices and the accents and keep them consistent? Is there that innate sense of timing?

See for yourself. We weren’t disappointed. All the tellers bring their own individual talents and at least sixty years of life experience to the material.

If the first season of Old Jews Telling Jokes was “friends and family” then let us present the next concentric ring, one degree-click out on the map of Jewish geography.

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Creators: Sam Hoffman, Antonio Rossi
Blip.tv Channel: Old Jews Telling Jokes
Website: Old Jews Telling Jokes
Support the Show: Buy The Season One DVD

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iTunes Feed: Old Jews Telling Jokes

Ratings

It’s standup with one joke per show, if they added too much flair to it it would have lost its underlying humanity. (Style 3)

Sometimes it feels almost too short. Each episode comes in at under 2 minutes and a lot of times I was left wanting to hear more from the joke tellers. (Pacing 3.5)

Storytelling 4.5

The video is great but the sound can get really low in places. (Polish 3)

You can make it through the entire series in just about an hour, and you’ll enjoy just about every minute of it. (Watchability 4)

As high concepts go this has the right mix of anthropology and humor. I only wish they had given us a look into the lives of some of the people telling the jokes, that would have been interesting viewing indeed. Maybe on the DVD. (Novelty 4)

Overall Rating: 3.66 out of 5 stars

Bottom Line: While I could probably live without so much auto-tuner in my life, Barely Political does a job I would usually reserve for Comedy Central’s faux-news programs and that is to make current events interesting again.

Barely Political is the leading political satire site on the web. Here’s some history: Barely Political launched in June 2007 with the debut video “I’ve Got a Crush on Obama” featuring Obama Girl. That quickly made us one of the most talked about and blogged about political satire sites online. Since launching, Barely Political videos have been seen over 150 million times worldwide, and featured on shows including Saturday Night Live, The Tonight Show and The Colbert Report. President Barack Obama called Barely Political videos an “example of the fertile imagination of the Internet,” and he’s really important.

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Cast: Amber Lee Ettinger, Ben Relles, Rusty Ward, Mark Douglas, Tom Small, Michael Stevens, Jake Chudnow, Mike Gregory
Blip.tv Channel: Barely Political
Website: Barely Political
Support the Show: Advertise With Barely Political

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iTunes Feed: Barely Political

Ratings

They make watching clips from C-SPAN 2 fun again. (Style 4.5)

Pacing 3

It has as much storytelling as single purpose, pop culture inspired music videos and political tinged sketches can have. (Storytelling 3.5)

Polish 3.5

It’s one of those series that can start to get grating if you watch too many in a row. It’s the auto-tuner. Luckily, new episodes don’t come out too often. (Watchability 3)

In the world of political parody you’re working in a pretty saturated playing field, the fact that they manage to keep it entertaining video after video is saying something. (Novelty 4)

Overall Rating: 3.58 out of 5 stars