“I learned a lot about old time music while taking my grandfather, Gerry, to the drugstore.”
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It sounds terrible, but you have to watch it….amazing twist!
This video was made by my UCB Sketch Writing teacher Nick Wiger…a hilarious comedian, and also part of the sketch group “A Kiss From Daddy.”
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Brilliant comedian Joe Pera (a buddy of mine from Ithaca College) made this video. Just watch it. It’s one of the best things I’ve ever seen.
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My LA buddies Chris Vallebuona and a gaggle of my other L.A.-residing Ithaca College friends have created a comedy series about a group of twenty-somethings living in North Hollywood. Called “NoHo”, it’s a dark comedy following a group of friends’ misadventures in the San Fernando Valley’s most illustrious neighborhood.
There have been three episodes so far… a pilot (with an unrelated plot), and then episodes two and three which begin the serial portion and are full of twists, turns, deception, deceit and cliffhangers. Check them out! And if you like them, subscribe to the NoHo Facebook Page to be notified of future episodes.
Episode 1:
NoHo – Episode 1 from Christopher Vallebuona on Vimeo.
Episode 2, “Dating”:
NoHo – Episode 2 – “Dating” from Christopher Vallebuona on Vimeo.
Episode 3, “Trash Day”:
NoHo – Episode 3 – “Trash Day” from Christopher Vallebuona on Vimeo.
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With comedy legend Joe Pera.
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A guy I met through Rental Car Rally a few months ago named Cesar Kuriyama is doing an interesting project — he’s taking one second of video of his life every day for one year, documenting his experience and point of view in micro-moments. He has gotten a bit of attention already, because he got into the audition rounds to give a TED Talk on the project. This video here is the trailer that got him selected by the TED Talks committee.
Cesar says he’s planning to launch a website where others join him in recording their own one-second-a-day videos. (Seems like something that would be right up a few Pie Heaven readers’ alley.)
Also…I happen to be in one of the shots in this promo video. I’m the guy dressed as a scientist standing next to the bicycle-riding robot — who is another Pie Heaven contributor, Tim Reese. It’s a quick glimpse of a 2am desert bicycle joust from Rental Car Rally: LA to Tahoe this past February.
Anyway, I wish Cesar luck with the project, and I look forward to seeing the finished 365 second video!
TED 2012 Full Spectrum Audition – One Second Everyday from Cesar Kuriyama on Vimeo.
PS: Since we’re on the subject of Rental Car Rally, here’s a video that Cesar put together with footage from the LA to Tahoe rally. There’s another rally coming up at the end of June, LA to Vegas, and I encourage all of you in the SoCal area to sign up. It’s a blast.
Rental Car Rally from Rental Car Rally on Vimeo.
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I made this video on a whim last saturday, looking to shoot some puppet stuff in the park. Enjoy.
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A hilarious real-life take on Super Mario Brothers….this reveals what we all suspected, that Mario is really on a mushroom fueled trip which is why all this weird shit keeps going on like talking turtles and magic pipes! It was directed by Joe Nicolosi, an Ithaca College graduate and a few friends of mine were involved, including Steve Quinlan (the guy who plays Koopa) and Justin Talbott, who composed the original music. Funny stuff!
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The latest edition of the internet’s best (and presumably only) stop-motion superhero talk show.
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“When technology blurs the line between reality and digital illusion, it is impossible to tell the difference between our world and The System. Get connected.”
This is a new video from my good friends and favorite LA sketch comedy group, The Birthday Boys. It’s part of a Funny Or Die competition, so if you like it, please click through to the Funny or Die website and vote it “FUNNY!” Help our boys win this thing!
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An old buddy from Ithaca College, Joe Pera, recently graduated and is looking for a job. This is his video cover letter. Somebody hire him, plz!
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Good Fortune, a documentary by my good friend Jeremy Levine and his partner, Landon Van Soest, both alumni of my alma mater Ithaca College, aired last night on POV on PBS. It is a sad and brilliant piece, and from today until October 12, 2010, the film is available to watch for free, in full, on the PBS website. I truly encourage you to watch Jeremy and Landon’s film. Below is the synopsis. The trailer follows.
Good Fortune is a provocative exploration of how massive international efforts to alleviate poverty in Africa may be undermining the very communities they aim to benefit. In Kenyas rural countryside, Jackson’s farm is being flooded by an American investor who hopes to alleviate poverty by creating a multimillion-dollar rice farm. Across the country in Nairobi, Silva’s home and business in Africa’s largest shantytown are being demolished as part of a U.N. slum-upgrading project. The gripping stories of two Kenyans battling to save their homes from large-scale development present a unique opportunity see foreign aid through eyes of the people it is intended to help.
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It’s America’s birthday today!!! Happy Birthday, America!!!! You should celebrate by watching this new brilliant American: The Centurion Power Hour by our buddy Brian Saa. (It’s also posted at our more alcoholic sister site, Power Hour HQ.)
Also:
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My buddy Matt Murphy was a TV/film student, and for a class product, he got paired with a group of no-talent assclowns whose incompetency made this project turn out like…well…most student films. So after the film wrapped, Matt got DRUNK, and also REALLY ANGRY – and BITTER — and recorded this commentary track for “Montana Young and the Search for the Monte Cristo” . There’s just something about raging drunk lunatics yelling at a screen that gets me every time!
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“This award-winning documentary illuminates the unlikely pioneers that shaped the way we see pools.” This is a spot-on parody of Dogtown and Z-Boys, the doc about the beginnings of skateboarding. The Birthday Boys are the masters of genre conventions, and did an amazing job with this one!
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