See? We know how to make ourselves sound “old” and “out of touch.” First, you address people as “kids.” Then, you just add the word “the” in front of “MySpace,” and voila! You’re a Golden Girl on a mission.
Now, as we were saying, wouldn’t this just look pretty on your “the MySpace?”
We think so too. We’ve got a whole mess o’ Super Deluxe skins (actually, just three) over at our MySpace page, free for the taking. So, please, take them.
That’s what you “kids” do anyways. Take, take, take.
Like you give a crap, right?
Well, you should. Why? Because you’re a caring individual. And who wouldn’t want to take part in the glitz and glamour of the so-called “Oscars of the Internet.”
Here’s the deal: Super Deluxe is up for a few Webby Awards this year. More accurately, two of our videos have been nominated for a best “Comedy: Individual Short Or Episode” honor in the Online Film And Video section: [”(Layers)”] - Copy That by Sklars And Kroll and Bronx World Travelers - Press Conference by Ben Schwartz. Ben’s short was also nominated in the “Best Writing” field. Deservedly so. Just watch and see for yourself.
Now for the “interactive part”:
As nominees for Webby Awards, these two videos are also eligible to win a Webby People’s Voice Award. Which means you, the reader and viewer, can and should vote for them! Right HERE.
The polls are open now through May 1st. Winners will be announced on May 6th and honored at the awards in New York City on June 9th. Please, make us proud.
Just so you know that we know, we do know this is the message you’ve probably seen if you’ve tried to watch a Super Deluxe video on YouTube lately:
Believe you us, it sounds a lot more severe than the situation really is. Long story short, there have been some technical issues lately with our YouTube channel, but they’re getting resolved. No violations. No term thingies. No removals.
In the meantime, all we ask is that whatever you do, you not watch this filthy, filthy video.
What? You haven’t heard of Wack Magic yet? Apparently, you weren’t in Austin for SXSW this year. Because that’s the only place in the world where we’ve given it away so far.
We’re proud to announce that Wack Magic is our first-ever promotional DVD. And it’s quite the collectible treasure, if we do say so ourselves. Especially for fans of Brad Neely. Not only does it feature a healthy hoard of I Am Baby Cakes and Professor Brothers videos (as well as some other assorted Neely gems), it also comes with this two-sided mini-poster which Brad drew specifically for this project:
But that’s not all! Wack Magic also has a sampler platter of other Super Deluxe videos on it from geniuses like Devin Flynn, Dave Willis, Louis Katz, Dave Hill, The Post Show, Team Tiger Awesome and Nick Goossen. And they’re all viewable on a DVD machine.
Now for the contest part : we’ve got 10 copies of Wack Magic that we want to give away. Free. Gratis. Sans the filthy lucre. All you have to do to win one is show us your best and most creative “wack magic.” What does that mean? We’ll give you an example. Here’s something we did around the office here with the blog’s ombudsman and resident wizard, David Levin:
Got it? Now, once you make your wackical magical creation, here’s what you do: upload it to Super Deluxe, make sure to title and tag it WACK MAGIC CONTEST, and then paste the URL in a comment on this post. That way, we can’t miss it. When we get 10 good videos from you (or even 5 decent ones), we’ll post them all here on the blog, announce the winners and send you your free DVDs. Just like that.
Voila!
OE has done outdone themselves this time with their new video, Akon Calls T-Pain.
We’re officially premiering it today on the home page, but already, it’s been making the rounds on the Internets to plenty o’ rave reviews. Including T-Pain’s. That’s right. Somehow, we got the Auto-Tuned rapper to sit down and watch Akon Calls T-Pain. And guess what? He loved it.
We love it, too. So much so that we decided to call Olde English and ask them all sorts of unnecessary questions about it. OE’s David Segal happily obliged us.
So, where did the idea come from?
Just listening to these guys’ songs everywhere. There was a point I checked the Billboard charts, and they had, like, 7 out of 10 songs on it that were either theirs or featured them. And they sound pretty similar. And then I found out that T-Pain got signed to Akon’s label because he did an impression of Akon. He did a parody song that Akon heard, who must have been like, “I’ll also have this guy on my label and then I’ll be able to get twice the money from twice the amount of songs.” They’re just funny guys. The [vocal] effect thing is hilarious sounding. And they kind have become charactertures of themselves with all the news stories about Akon throwing people off stages and T-Pain in the videos with his wacky hats. I think people just love them as characters and we thought it would be fun to play with that. Originally, the joke was just going to be that it’s really hard to tell sometimes whether you’re listening to Akon or T-Pain.
You claim the video is based on “actual audio from cellphone conversations between” Akon and T-Pain. If that’s so, how did you obtain it?
We never came up with that part of the story as to how we could have possibly obtained the cell phone audio. I always think there’s something funny about claiming something is real that’s so clearly not. I think people always enjoy at least one moment of “Oh, you had me for a second,” as long as you can follow it up with something worthwhile.
Who in Olde English did the voices for this?
I did T-Pain. One of our good friends who works with us on our musical stuff, Jesse Novak, did Akon. He also did the Auto-Tuning for our voices and made the music for the “butternut reduction” part. He’s the brother of B.J. Novak from The Office. Another friend of ours, Richard Sodik, did the Snoop Dogg voice.
We can’t help but have noticed that T-Pain and Akon agree to meet at 1:15 but then T-Pain shows up at 1:47. Are you implying he’s on R.P.T.?
::pause::
What? No, certainly not. I would never, ever imply that. We just thought that T-Pain is the more fun-loving and relaxed version of Akon. Akon sounds like he’s mad about stuff sometimes. He throws fans off stages. He’s a tough guy. T-Pain is just loving life. And wherever he ends up is fine with him. At least according to the characterture of him in my mind.
How did you hook up with Puny? They did an amazing job with the design and animation.
They were really good to work with. Ben [Popik, Olde English founder] just went through a bunch of different animators and came across their stuff and loved their work. So, we got in touch with them. And they knew of our stuff and liked us. We’re actually working on another thing with them that hopefully will come out soon.
Will it be like this last video?
Don’t want to give anything away but it has to do with Jay-Z recording a new album.
Some are calling this the best Olde English video yet. Do you see a spin-off or a long-term project from this?
We’re open to hearing any offers people come with. I personally love the characters that Puny came up with in terms of the drawings. And I think Akon and T-Pain would be happy to have several more adventures. The problem is, you don’t want to do worse than you did the last time. So, you’d have to have them do some bigger adventures together. Have them solve crimes together…
Auto-tune something together.
Yeah.
Stills courtesy of Puny’s blog.
Hey, if he could talk John Malkovich into it, why not a former president? In a recent New York magazine interview, hunky actor Craig Bierko chatted about his new Super Deluxe show, Bathing With Bierko, and divulged a few other big names who are on his bathing wish list. He also had this to say about preparing for the Malkovich shoot:
Okay. Back to John. What did you do before the shoot? Drink?
I said that we’d start at 3 p.m., and he showed up at 2:45. I don’t think in the history of show business that’s ever happened. All he asked for was a cup of black coffee. Carrie [Fisher, his friend, whose house they shot it at] was out of town. We made a pot, and that was it. We were stoned out of our minds on the bean. We have about an hour’s worth of tape.
Check out the whole interview here.
There are lots of videos on Super Deluxe. Some don’t always get the proper attention they deserve. Thus, this feature.
If you don’t already know, Gabe & Jenny are just friends. Like, Plato-tonic style. Duh. They’re also a comedy duo with a weekly show in Brooklyn. And you may have seen Ms. Slate before on VH1’s Best Week Ever. But more to the point, their Super Deluxe series called Whats Doin With Gabe & Jenny is a quirky, overlooked classic (or at least, so says us). It’s like watching your two favorite Jewish grandparents inhabit the bodies of a couple of 20-something New Yorkers all rotoscoping their way through the American pop culture maelstrom.
Or something like that.
Bittersweet does not begin to express the salty yet sugary mixture of emotion we’re filled with today. Perhaps the word should be “assgold?” Or “deathlifey?”
Whatever it is, it is only a word and cannot possibly characterize the true sadness we feel about having to premiere the final installment of The Maria Bamford Show. Yes, it’s true. After 20 webisodes, Maria’s saga about having a nervous breakdown, moving back home with her parents in Duluth, Minnesota and having to fit her Hollywood anxieties into small town America has come to an end. See for yourself if you didn’t watch it on the home page. We can’t bear to again.
Just like that, she’s walked out of our lives. And we, Super Deluxe, are the poorer for that. But, as alluded to before, there is a “sweet” side to this bitterness. What is it the Christians say? They always seem to have an axiom fit for occasions like this. Ah, yes…
That’s right. While it seems God has slammed shut the proverbial door on Maria, he has gracefully blown open a window for her lil’ sidekick, Blossom! You know, the pet pug? Yes, the dog is getting its own show right here on Super Deluxe. We’re talking about a good, ol’ fashioned spinoff series complete with wacky neighbors and other “talking” animals. That’s about all we can divulge of the plot points at this time, but Maria’s people do want us to get the title out there. For the fans. So, here it is…
Well, we guess that’s it. The only thing left to say is, so long and good luck, Maria! Hello, Blossom!
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