Candorville on YouTube
According to Time Magazine, we are all the "Person of the Year," and much of the credit for that goes to YouTube. YouTube's begun to fulfill the promise of the Internet: Just a few short years ago, the national pastime of America's youth (myself included, I confess) was sitting in front of a flickering TV screen addicted to the mindless crap (and the occasional thoughtful crap) Hollywood flings at us. YouTube helped change all that. 
Today, more and more people under thirty are sitting in front of an unblinking LCD screen addicted to the mindless crap (and occasional gems) flung at them by their peers. The difference is - and I promise this is the end of an analogy inspired by an unpleasant trip to the zoo's Bonobo cage - now anyone with a video camera, Final Cut and an Internet connection can fling their poop right back.
Case in point: According to Time, YouTube's turning point came when someone posted SNL's "Lazy Sunday" sketch online earlier this year. Visits to the site jumped by over 80% and kept on rising. Time suggests that you check it out on YouTube, but good luck finding it. If it's still there, it's buried somewhere amidst page upon page of "Lazy Sunday" parodies uploaded by random people.
But I think this is another case of the Media not putting two and two together. Around the time YouTube blew up, another video was posted to the site. It was much funnier, far more relevant, and even a bit inspiring. It was groundbreaking. Yet again, the mainstream media drops the ball. Here is what, I believe, actually led to YouTube's success:
In case you're wondering, this was apparently based on a strip from late 2005:
...and since nothing escapes C-Dog's notice (it only took him a year):
C-Dog, "Other Guy" and I all want our royalties, YouTube.
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9 comments:
Too funny.
Hmmm... Not exactly who I'd imagine to play Lemont & C-Dog, but still it's pretty cool.
That's cool. I hope more people do that!
So did someone tip you off to the vid, or were you doing some vanity searching (not that there's anything wrong with that)? -- Joe
I think it must be really flattering to have someone do something like this. I love how you responded to it in your own medium, too. Thanks for the great cartoons!
Other. Guy. W.O.W.
It takes a special kind of selectivity....
But dude! You're on YouTube!
I was wondering what was going on, here. Yeah, I'd want my royalties, too. But think of the exposure!! It's kind of an interesting situation. Increase readership, increase the syndication, increase the profits. It all comes full circle, back to money, doesn't it?
(Observation, not an actual question!)
This whole thing is just plain goofy. Yeh, I'd like to know, too. Were you tipped off? Curiosity makes me ask. :)
Trouble is, how do you give 10% of an A in film school? :-p
At least they got some great advertising too.
Nobody tipped me off, I came across it due to boredom. About a year ago, I'd just turned in a week of strips and wanted to unwind by watching some old cartoons on YouTube. I was searching for Thundarr the Barbarian, but wasn't having any luck. Wasn't sure what else to search for, so I typed in "Candorville" just for the hell of it, and was surprised to find this.
I got a kick out of it. It was a good piece of editing, too, for a class project. They probably used a single camera, but managed to make it look like a three-camera scene.
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