Important Internet Comedy?

Girlfriend is putting together a proposal for a public television web thing about the future (and high points) of internet comedy; not necessarily the best, just the most influential and important.

My suggestions were:
- Will Ferrell for Funny or Die
- Any of the college humor guys
- Zefrank
- Fred via Youtube
- Andy Samberg
- Eugene Mirman
- Joel Veitch
- I can has cheezburger guys (http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2008/04/behind-the-me-3.html)
- the guy from it's jerrytime (http://www.itsjerrytime.com/)
- Ask a Ninja: http://www.askaninja.com/
- Rich Lowtax Kyanka of Something Awful: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Something_Awful
- Drew Curtis of FARK
- Somebody from the Onion, duh.
- Seth McFarlane/Trey and Matt from South Park .

Other ideas?

wow... when you look at it on a list like that, internet comedy kind of sucks

joe six pack of ilx

srsly though

Yeah, well. That's why I'm asking.
Mirman's pretty funny and I like Zefrank well enough.

Homestar Runner

clark and michael?

- pruane2forever
- dude who syncs up the bears to pop and indie rock songs

The late ModernHumorist.com

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rab_and_Ryan

^^^only guys to get a BBC comedy series based off the back of an internet comedy show. Also actually legit funny, and not just "internet funny".

Never Not Funny: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Never_Not_Funny

lord custos

✧✧✧@K✧✧.E✧✧

haha. what?!

WE KNOW WAD YOU MEAN ANDROO

pruane2forever OTM

realultimatepower and that mullets one were pretty influential, right? and that Maddox/best page in the universe guy?

*flees*

-- Ned Raggett (ne...), February 26th, 2003.

Help help! *flees into the night*

-- Ned Raggett (ne...), April 6th, 2005.

*flees in terror*

-- Ned Raggett (ne...), August 24th, 2004.

ARGH. *flees*

-- Ned Raggett (ne...), April 22nd, 2005.

Like a whole other century. *flees*

-- Ned Raggett (ne...), March 22nd, 2005.

Why, you say this as if I should know the place. Hey, what's with that baseball bat? *flees*

-- Ned Raggett (ne...), November 15th, 2004.

Fellatio interruptus. *flees*

-- Ned Raggett (ne...), March 31st, 2005.

All is clear. *flees*

-- Ned Raggett (ne...), February 4th, 2005.

I don't know what to do. Do you know what to do?

*flees mullygrubber's wrath*

-- Ned Raggett (ne...), February 11th, 2004.

*flees in terror from the CUTENESS!*

-- Ned Raggett (ne...), March 1st, 2003.

Wrong game. *flees*

-- Ned Raggett (ne...), May 26th, 2005.

The pressure... it's too much! *flees*

RETURN, I COMMAND YOU.

-- Ned Raggett (ne...), April 22nd, 2002.

But Dr. C is not smug! He is a Chelsea fan. Oh wait. *flees again*

-- Ned Raggett (ne...), April 6th, 2005.

I look good with sunglasses. *flees Dan's wrath*

-- Ned Raggett (ne...), June 7th, 2003.

That last one in DB's list is kinda cheesy. *flees*

-- Ned Raggett (ne...), May 10th, 2004.

That's the best defense for The Phantom Menace I've yet read! *flees*

-- Ned Raggett (ne...), May 2nd, 2005.

*blink* So baths aren't an abstract concept? *flees*

-- Ned Raggett (ne...), January 17th, 2003.

Faith and begorrah. *flees the wrath of Ronan*

-- Ned Raggett (ne...), February 4th, 2003.

Culture shock? The world is California, isn't it? *flees*

-- Ned Raggett (ne...), June 13th, 2005.

I'm so out of it these days. Oh wait. *flees teeth pain*

-- Ned Raggett (ne...), November 29th, 2004.

Hold on a sec, are Buffy fans nerds or not? *flees to lunch*

-- Ned Raggett (ne...), August 18th, 2004.

The tapas place in Seattle? Now there's this photo I still have...*flees Kate's wrath*

-- Ned Raggett (ne...), April 23rd, 2004.

You must excuse me. That sounds like the ramblings of a madman, possibly even someone Polish. *flees*

-- Ned Raggett (ne...), May 6th, 2005.

beetroot hataz! you're out of the band!

:-( I have been beeten down. *flees to avoid the Pun Patrol*

-- Ned Raggett (ne...), July 20th, 2003.

At last! New goth people! Now you must all like the Smashing Pumpkins. *flees with unholy cackle*

-- Ned Raggett (ne...), April 22nd, 2002.

Yeah, that lead singer guy in the Manics, he's EVERYWHERE. *flees Jim's wrath*

-- Ned Raggett (ne...), May 2nd, 2002.

Bronski Beat may not be nice per se but they're still good. *flees Nicole's wrath*

-- Ned Raggett (ne...), October 1st, 2002.

*flees*

-- Ned Raggett (ne...), May 1st, 2004.

Gee, I wonder who will do the sound installation at this projected gallery. Oh right, a Julian Casablancas solo demo, that'll do.

*flees*

-- Ned Raggett (ne...), February 5th, 2004.

*snaps out of daze induced by 70 degree weather and generally clear skies* What? *flees flung brickbats*

-- Ned Raggett (ne...), January 22nd, 2005.

Anyway, the true scenario here is 'Dan Perry as Kojak,' being the bald sex god he is. He solves crimes while licking lollipops in church choirs. Uh, yeah. *flees*

-- Ned Raggett (ne...), March 24th, 2005.

But I already like the Comsat Angels! *flees*

-- Ned Raggett (ne...), May 3rd, 2005.

Major mishaps, like the groom getting caught in a broom closet with the best man, probably should not be hidden from her.

So did they eventually come out of the closet?

*flees*

-- Ned Raggett (ne...), January 28th, 2003.

Oops, found out. *flees*

(*actually in real life right now must flee for a dental appointment, see everyone in a couple of hours*)

-- Ned Raggett (ne...), April 4th, 2003.

New Apple Lust Objects

You guys actually try to watch computer expos live on the internet? I'm dating one of you and yet still amazed any of you get laid, ever.

Does this say more about us or more about you? *flees*

-- Ned Raggett (ne...), January 11th, 2005.

People, this is REALLY all you need to know:

Mr Lucas told the Celebration III convention the live action TV series would be similar to Raiders of the Lost Ark spin-off The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles.

*flees into the night screaming*

-- Ned Raggett (ne...), April 26th, 2005.

Lolcats founder girl is fit.

http://blog.wired.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2008/04/24/roflcon_jmm_0108_2.jpg

http://blog.wired.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2008/04/24/roflcon_jmm_0108_2.jpg

try parker and matt stone's "spirit of christmas" was the very first viral internet video

except maybe the dancing baby, can't remember which came first now actually

c3f.com aka "most fucked up person alive tells all: the autobiography of being pissed off" aka "the washington pissed" aka "the new times york"

this was big in 1997 or so - http://c3f.com/

lesson for internet media fans: his book and site never went anywhere despite being consistently funnier than the onion for over a year

1 that guy who kisses you
2 mullet site

3 black people love us

You definitely need to include Brad Neely. Definitely.

Oh, and in terms of influential, Sick Animations guy is kinda important, I think.

batmanpfd

And how about Strongbad and Happy Tree Friends? Isn't that stuff considered pretty important?

old man murray

i think this is the real peak of internet comedy.

someone from bwe.tv
Someone from ebaumsworld (especially if you need a villain)
someone from ifilm (their viral videos section was pretty awesome until Youtube rendered it obsolete)

4 gi joe psas

I found these guys Barats and Bereta funny(site is not safe for work): http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/963348/

Also the classic "Weebl and Bob" which has been going for some years now.

ytmnd

i think pruane2forever is funny but uh is he 'important'?

internet comedy rockism

Videogaiden completely went to hell in the final season. They seemed to just lose their minds.

- dude who syncs up the bears to pop and indie rock songs

― poetry unit (J0rdan S.), Thursday, October 2, 2008 3:40 PM (5 hours ago) Bookmark

^^

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Internet_memes

it's probably necessary to distinguish between internet spawned humor and humor that just happens to be on the internet.

excelsior threads

Interview Mr T about the "Mr T Ate My Ballz" page.

Videogaiden completely went to hell in the final season. They seemed to just lose their minds.

― Nhex, Friday, 3 October 2008 01:55 (10 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Nah, the phrase "it's an FPS" still makes me crack up even now.

i find zero punctuation to be pretty consistently funny

The only internet comedy that ever honeslty made me lol until I cried was Charlie Brooker's original TVGohome site. And that didn't happen all that often. It should still be on the list though.

those Fat Pie dudes

4chan?

get hold of the 2girls1cup girls

looking through this thread, internet comedy might actually be even worse than normal comedy. never, ever funny.

hodgman / mcsweeney's

Channel 101 (Yacht Rock, etc)
That singing hamster thing.
That Turkish ping-pong player.
Rick Rolling.

the guy who made the "yatta" video, from like 2001
i don't remember seeing a "fake translation" flash vid before that

those Fat Pie dudes

^^^ this. Funny as fuck. Saying that, I haven't checked the site for about a year.

And how about Strongbad

Yeah, definitely. I mentioned Homestar Runner upthread.

Dr Horrible is internet humor, yeah? Because THAT.

Peanut butter jelly time!

red vs blue hasn't been mentioned, not that i ever found it funny. guess penny arcade could be up there too.

http://1man1jar.com/

(WARNING: DO NOT WATCH)

(but if you do start watching, don't stop, because something, er, happens)

He's remarkably calm.

I don't think the normal panic reflexes would help :-/

is that actually funny or just gross

Just gross

i've been seeing that everywhere since last night. strange how quickly things become phenomenons. why would someone upload a video like that?

weird that the two big net videos i've been hearing about non-stop for the past 24 hours is this, and the Prop 8 musical on funny or die.

It's more "haha, thank g_d that's not me" laughing than "haha, funny", but then so was 2girls1cup: watching people watch it was the funniest part

strange how quickly things become phenomenons.

Once something like this gets on one of the small number of WTF clearinghouses like 4chan or somethingawful (and it will end up there, guaranteed), internet meme status is only hours away.

What charmingly unpretentious cinematography!

needs more cartoon sound effects, really.

Once something like this gets on one of the small number of WTF clearinghouses like 4chan or somethingawful (and it will end up there, guaranteed), internet meme status is only hours away.

http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3025243

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