Copy. Content. Comedy.
My first, and so far best-known, online comedy short received praise from NBC, the Bay Area Guardian, NEW YORK Magazine, 7x7 Magazine, and a variety of other media outlets, including, curiously, GigaOm. Coffee Snobs, as it turns out, can take a joke.
I wrote this Ken Burns-style mockumentary, produced it, and composed & played guitar on the two songs featured in the film.
A comedy short for Killing My Lobster that explores the question, "What if Major Tom worked for NASA?" I co-wrote this piece with Miriam Wild-Smith, co-designed with Gregory Wild-Smith, and animated, edited, and recorded the VO myself. As seen in iO9, Laughing Squid, and a variety of other sci-fi & geek blogs.
A half-million views and counting! Starring Calum Grant and written and directed by me, this video has fun at the expense of a sci-fi classic. Because if you can't take the piss out of a hysterical Charlton Heston, what can you take it out of?
I'm particularly proud of the color matching Jon Burton did between old & new footage, and of the final shocking moment. And of its 500,000+ views. Enjoy!
An ad parody written & directed by me for the Killing My Lobster show KILLING MY LOBSTER LEARNS A LESSON, this ad treats art schools with the same respect that technical school ads have for their subjects--which is to say, very little. And yes, I have plenty of talented friends who graduated from art schools, and they all love this video.
In addition to writing the piece and co-producing it with the ever-able-and-talented Jon Burton (who also edited), I make a cameo as the Advertising instructor.
A promotional spot I wrote and directed for 15-year-old SF sketch comedy group (and nonprofit theater company) Killing My Lobster, for their 2012 fundraising drive. After all, balls cost money.
Some of you may know Ally Johnson from 105.5 FM's Kevin Klein Live, where she was one of SF's most popular morning drive-time DJs. Before that, she was the star of Playboy Radio's The Real Ally Show. And BEFORE that, I wrote a pair of comedy videos that helped her get there.
Both vids are written for a risqué Playboy audience and ably directed & produced by my partner from The Coffee Wars, filmmaker Rand Courtney.
This video got Playboy's attention and helped Ally Johnson launch her own show on Playboy Radio. The full story's here, but the short version is that Ally is an exceptional performer who discovered a far less exceptional namesake that was getting more YouTube views, by virtue of being in Playboy. The first video made fun of that — and led to the Playboy Radio show.
Once Ally and Rand had the Playboy podcast up and running, we made this promo for it. Definitely risqué but perfect for a Playboy podcast audience.
This bit of gorgeous oddness comes from two partnerships. First, the one I helped midwife between a San Francisco comedy company and a 100-year-old Jewish Community organization, resulting in a series of sold-out live Purim-themed comedy events.
The second partnership was struck when I brought my rough storyboard, script, and character designs for LUCHA LIBRE PURIM to The Bardi Twins, a husband-and-wife comedy-writing team, one of whom is also a crazily adept digital animator/AfterEffects whiz. We pressed talented voiceover man Jon Wolanske into service and the legend of “La Charo Mysteriosa” yet lingers on.
Not for the squeamish! But not particularly graphic, either. Honest.
Created for a Christmas sketch comedy show. I concepted the idea, engineered the audio, and even animated the piece, Terry-Gilliam-style. Days after its release, it was rated "Video of the week" on G4TV's ATTACK OF THE SHOW.
Written & made for the sketch show KILLING MY LOBSTER LEARNS A LESSON, This series of vids asks the question, "What if 'The More You Know' videos were invented in WWII Germany?" Answer: a great excuse to make fun of Nazis. OK that doesn't quite track but the videos are worth the watch.
