El Gaffney

Inbox of Immaturity is Back…Kinda

Sure, it’s nice to have a handful of time-wasting links in one place; however, I started to find that by the time I posted them the links were old news. Therefore, I think I’m going to resurrect the Inbox of Immaturity on Twitter.

But given it’s a snowy Friday morning, I figured I’d give you a couple cozy videos. Plus, I wanted to ask (in an accusatory way): How have none of my “friends” told me that these exist? Natalie and Rashida. Come on. Sure, there’s funnier stuff on the site but seriously. My favorite of the three:

As for one of the best series of videos on FoD, Zach G. is back with his third installment of “Between Two Ferns.” This time with John Hamm. So you know, it gets a little inappropriate at times but the “Websites” part is classic.

Tags: actors, comedians, funnyordie, ioi, zachgalifianakis

That’s So Raven!

Two Sunday nights ago I skipped the Oscars and hit up Will Ferrell’s FunnyOrDie Comedy Tour: Presented by ‘Semi Pro’. Though Will would be “presenting” I assumed his role would be limited, and I went for the three comedians. I’ve always been a fan of Zach Galifianakis (who is responsible for the post title) and Demetri Martin (who my friends and I spied at Grey Dog’s one afternoon making little charts and drawings on a notepad). And though I was unfamiliar with Nick Swardson before going and whose particular type of humor is not my favorite (more Dane Cook-esque), I couldn’t help but get into his tales of drunkeness with the crowd. I was pleasantly surprised by Will Ferrell’s presence, especially when interviewed Tom Brokaw (or T-Bo as he called him once) as Ron Burgundy.

Amy from the tour blogged her insider experience on FOD here. The New York Times blogged its take here, which includes a smart perspective on how the promotion of the tour underwriter, ‘Semi Pro’ was more subtle than limited. NYTimes concludes:

…this audience demonstrated how well Mr. Ferrell knows his fans, and how a Web site can drive an entire comic enterprise. Except for a quick opening clip, the stage show included nothing about the movie; with all the online hype, it didn’t have to.

I have to agree…and if you’re new to this blog or it hasn’t been apparent from recent IOI posts, I’m hooked on FunnyOrDie. Yet the point of this post was less to recap the event (that was just the hook) than to test out my new flip video. I bought it earlier that Sunday and have since found it ridiculously easy to take videos and download them to my computer—it runs on two AA batteries and has a USB arm that flips out (hence the name) and connects directly to your computer. Now I wanted to see how easy it is to upload my first-ever thirty-seconds of video (my walk to the show) to YouTube in order to embed here…and here we go:

Not hard at all though the .AVI file took a few minutes to upload to YouTube and then lowers in quality vs. viewing in Quicktime on my laptop. Any tips/suggestions from owners on process or use? Oh yeah, that and I hate my voice…but I knew that already. Unfortunately as I’m spending more time videotaping/being videotaped, videoconferencing for work, on Yahoo Live!, Seesmic, and who knows what else in the future, so I guess I’ll get used to it.

Tags: comedy, funnyordie

Inbox of Immaturity: I’m F*cking Ben Affleck

The IOI has come early because it looks like while I passed on some old and busted last Friday, I have in my possession the new hotness. As anticipated, here is the video response to Sarah Silverman’s hit “I’m F*cking Matt Damon.” What you could not have anticipated was the star power Jimmy and Ben could assemble for this ridiculousness. Robin Williams made me want to run home and do a Mrs. Doubtfire + Birdcage back-to-back viewing tonight. It’s time to start taking sides.

Tags: celebrities, funnyordie, ioi

Inbox of Immaturity

As promised, Funny or Die brings you this short work-week’s break. I remember the joy I found in finding DailyTube – I thought I’d just scan the filtered videos and post my favorites if ever I lacked immaturity for a week. However, due to forgetfulness coupled with my desire to keep this as authentic as possible, I left that site alone until today when I thought about how I almost claimed it to be my YouTube killer (or more like a new friend that I started to spend more time with and not call YouTube over for pizza rolls and NHL ‘95 on Sega Genesis anymore). Well, now I am cautious of making a ridiculous claim about Funny or Die but do want to say there are some real gems on the site. I encourage you to check out “The Green Team”, for example, which like the video below was passed on to me by a co-worker.
I had a few resolutions but none of them will impact my immaturity level and ability to bring it to you on (for the most part) a weekly basis. More on resolutions in my next post.

EXTRA: Beer Pong Tournament announcement in Vegas.

Tags: funnyordie, ioi