The Logical Conclusion of “Funny or Die”
by MICHAEL TUNISON / COMEDY / HBO / INNERNETTE
When Funny or Die hit the Intarwebz years ago, it was essentially College Humor-esque videos with access to celebrities. To this date, it’s mostly been exactly that, with a couple of very notable contributions to the canon of four-minute comedy videos. Drunk History, for example, has forced me to examine not only history and drunkenness, but how those two forces play off one another.
My only concern with the site getting an HBO show, and I suppose it’s a quibbling one, is that it will force those behind the site to leave all their best content for the show. Not that I blame them, but it dilutes the quality of one of the better comedy video sites on the Internet. But whatever - the trailer looks good and until “Eastbound and Down” debuts its second season (whenever that will be) the network needs a good comedy show. And I could see the concerns about the online quality waning by using talented by obscure comedians to great effect. Certainly there are no shortage of aspiring comedians who would kill for that exposure.
The fear, however, is that should the show fail, would the site be restored to its present form or would those involved see that it was parlayed into its big project and, having failed, shrug and focus on the next thing.
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Nonpopulist
— January 20‚ 2009 —
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