Watch the Best Viral Video Mashup of the Best Viral Videos of 2012
Year-end mashups are a dime a megadeath, and there are only so many days left in the year to watch them. That's why it's important to know which ones are worth wasting your time on.
It's Fish Wrapper, Not Weed Wrapper
In your maudlin Monday media column: Magazines fail at drug-smuggling, sad layoffs at Videogum and Boston Magazine, newspaper reporters in Canada may strike(!), the NYT pokes the WaPo, and an update on the Milwaukee journalist-cop affair scandal.
Afternoon Victory: A Winning Lottery Ticket
You ever have those ridiculous daydreams about winning the lottery, and what you would do with the money the moment you got it? A lot of people I've talked to do. Which is why they'll enjoy this, possibly the funniest thing I've seen all week.
"Now videogum.com is a man.com."
Congratulations to Videogum for their very first Cease & Desist letter! It's from BET. Editor Gabe Delahaye promises never to watch College Hill again, in penance. [Videogum]
Backlash Against Hypothetical Tina Fey Backlash Well Underway
Tina Fey is a smart woman even dumb men like. But that kind of success comes with a price. Or rather, a point: the saturation point. Doree Shafrir, once of Gawker and now of the New York Observer, asked this morning: "Just curious ... ... when the Tina Fey backlash is gonna start. Because, you know, it's inevitable.…
'Project Runway':There Will Be Tears
By now, we've all heard the news that Project Runway is headed to Lifetime. In advance of the 2009 launch, Intrepid Defamer Videographer™ Molly McAleer has crafted a touching look at the subtle ways in which the show will change when it leaves its current home on the Bravo Network. Here's a hint: keep a box of tissues…
Somebody, Anybody, Everybody Scream!
· First there was Ninja Warrior. Then came Unbeatable Banzuke. Now, we are holding our collective breath in hopes that the G4 Network brings Screaming Japanese Man to these fine shores. Until then, this will have to do. [YouTube]
· Hey you guys, do you like popular culture? How about the internet? If you answered…
Videogum
Gabe Delahaye, who wrote the Unethicist for Gawker and brought some sort of funny to the Huffington Post's 23/6 humor site, has a new project: Videogum, part of the Stereogum combine. For his launch stunt, Delahaye woke up at 4.15am to insert a sign into the Today Show. Sure enough, there's a man with the demeanor of…
