YouTube Reviews ... what to watch

Saturday, December 16, 2006

From YouTube.com user: chriscanary

Poor Betty Butterfield, my new favorite YouTube character, is, sniff sniff, at it again. As always, she's going on about her tragic tragic circumstances. As she whimpers on about her "problems" you can't help but laugh out loud because she is so sincere about these nonsensical issues.

She whines, "I don't never have no money in my purse. Sometimes I can't scrape together enough money for cigarettes." What will she do? How will she survive?

The writing and acting in these short and simple videos is not only superb -- you'll want to return to the video again to replay it several times, if only in your head, to get every nuance -- but everything she says is so trivial that you can't help but enjoy a nice belly laugh at the overwhelming sorrow she puts into her soulful blubbering.

And be sure to wait for the closing shot as she drinks from her tall tumbler of iced tea -- or more likely it's Long Island Iced Tea. The faces she makes as her entire head convulses in slow-motion are priceless. Poor tragic Betty.

Labels: aitkins, Betty Butterfield, chriscanary, church, poor, tragic

Written by Steve Aitkins. on 12/16/2006 09:14:00 PM

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nyc subway etiquette

From YouTube.com user: theresident

The Resident hits the subway. Her mission is to teach subway etiquette to those who do not know the unwritten rules. She interviews various people on the subway trains about the rules of the train.

The sound on this video is very clear.

Labels: access, cable, dumb, entertainment, funny, kim, kim stevens, Lori Harfenist, NYC, stupid, subway, system, theresident

Written by kim. on 12/16/2006 08:58:00 PM

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It’s Your Thing

From YouTube.com user: aconover

Ben is confronted by his buddies. He is lacking a “thing.” Together they brainstorm with him to find his “thing.” After trying many different “things” they come to a conclusion; Ben’s “thing” is found when he goes back to doing what he was doing when they confronted him, before the search.

The editing in this video is fabulous. The sound is of excellent quality. The dialogue is very humorous.

Labels: aconover, ben, comedy, glove, kim, kim stevens, Olde English, thing

Written by kim. on 12/16/2006 08:53:00 PM

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Town Carnival

From YouTube.com user: sweetteafilms

Tavin helped set up the snow cone machine at the 77th Annual Tyson Chicken Carnival, but somebody left the lids loose and there was syrup everywhere.

That wasn't the high point of the carnival, though. The high point was the ole boy who painted a picture on the tailgate of Rusty Tidwell's pickup. You'd have thought you were looking at a photograph. Yessir. Tavin was real impressed. Shook that ole boy's hand and got him a snow cone.

This is another wry trailer trash video by SweetTeaFilms. The acting is great; Tavin's respect for the patriot who painted Rusty's tailgate is heartfelt and sincere. You can tell he's deeply touched by the thought of a crocodile shooting an M16 at a 12 point buck with a Catfish leaping overhead. Tavin's sincere naivete set next to the improbability of it all is funny, and well, sort of sweet.

Labels: blue collar, comedy, penny watkins, sweetteafilms, Tavin, trailer park

Written by Penny Watkins. on 12/16/2006 08:43:00 PM

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Stupid Food Names

From YouTube.com user: theresident

The Resident is curious about food names. She wonders if other people have noticed all of the “silly” food names out there. She quizzes several people in Times Square to see if they know which food names belong to which restaurants. She also polls people to see why they think that restaurants come up with silly names for food.

There was a lot of effort and thought that went into editing this video. The sound is of excellent quality.

Labels: access, cable, dumb, entertainment, kim, kim stevens, Lori Harfenist, NYC, stupid, theresident, times square

Written by kim. on 12/16/2006 08:32:00 PM

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Lawnmowing Business

From YouTube.com user: sweetteafilms

Tavin isn't a hero. Not yet, anyway. But he is a patriot and a businessman who is ready to go to war on some yards.

No, it's not easy building a lawnmowing empire, and it's causing him a lot of stress, and some conflict with his brother. But Tavin thinks his lawn mowing business is his life's calling and he is willing to do whatever it takes.

Tavin's "Lawnmowing Business" is Southern-fried sit-down comedy brought to us by SweetTeaFilms. Tavin's monologues are always great entertainment.

Beware, the sound quality on this one is poor. It's difficult to hear, even with the volume turned all the way up.

Labels: comedy, lawn mower, penny watkins, sweetteafilms, Tavin

Written by Penny Watkins. on 12/16/2006 01:05:00 PM

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