College Humor Got A TV Show!

For the past three months, Ms. Mary Burke has been working tirelessly on this: College Humor's MTV show!

Hey, is that a clip of Minesweeper in there...?

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

We Won an ECNY!

And not for some lame postcard like last time. That's right Stefan. YOU SUCK AT GRAPHIC DESIGN AND THAT'S WHY YOU WON AN AWARD TWO YEARS AGO.

Nope, we won "Best Short Film" for Minesweeper!

Thanks to Sam Reich, Jordan Hall, Jen Dunlap, Vincent Peone, Katie Akana, David Fishel, Kurt Seery, John Moustakas, Melanie Hamlett, and everybody else at College Humor, without whom the video wouldn't have been possible.

EL in ECNYs and Chicago!

Hey there, lovely Elephans. 2 quick things!

UNO

E.L. is pleased as punch to be nominated for 2 ECNY awards this year; we're up for Best Sketch Group and Best Short Comedic Film (for Minesweeper)! Technically, this makes us pleased as two punches.

We already have a crush on you, but we can guarantee an all-out *infatuation* if you cast your vote for us. To vote, click on this here link: http://ecnyawards.com/vote.php

Plus! High-fives to Alex and Chris, who are also nominated for Best Variety Show (Comic Book Club) and Best Comedy Bloggin' (Comedy Central Insider).

DOS

Elephant Larry is heading midwest for the Chicago Sketchfest this weekend! Here lie the details:

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EL @ CHCGO SKTCHFST
Friday 1/11 and Saturday 1/12
Both shows @ 9 PM - South Theater
Theater Building Chicago
1225 W. Belmont Ave.

Tickets: $12

Advance purchasin' suggested.

Buy Friday:
http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/07003F86BA80A862?artistid=852354&majorcatid=10002&minorcatid=32

Buy Saturday:
http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/07003F86BA89A8CB?artistid=852354&majorcatid=10002&minorcatid=32
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Thanks for voting, and Chicagoans - see ya real soon.

Take That, Naked Ladies

Kotaku, one of my favorite gaming blogs (yes, I read too many), has posted the list of their most read stories for 2007, and guess what?

Minesweeper is #1!

Beating out "Wii, Ladies, No Shirts" at #2!

Finally, I'm more popular than naked ladies. I MEAN WE ARE. Right, guys? RIGHT?

Check out the list here.

We're Big in China

Currently the #3 Comedy YouTube video of all time in Taiwan:



Also:

#34 - Most Discussed (All Time) - Comedy - Taiwan
#71 - Most Linked (All Time) - Comedy - Taiwan
#21 - Most Viewed (All Time) - Comedy - Taiwan
#7 - Top Favorites (All Time) - Comedy - Taiwan

I'm moving.

ECNY Awards!

We've been nominated for some ECNY Awards!

- Best Sketch Comedy Group
- Best Short Comedic Film (Minesweeper)

So head over to ECNYAwards.com, register, and vote your little hearts out!

[Also, your friend Chris has been nominated for Best Website for the CC Insider Blog, and your friend Alex for Best Variety Show for Comic Book Club, so if you see it in your hearts to vote for those while you're there, we'd be much obliged.]

Review of Minesweeper

From AppScout:

Two recent efforts attempt to apply this truth to the historical narrative of World War II. The first, Ken Burns and Lynn Novick's The War, is a bloated, self-indulgent ramble that applies a pithy, red-white-and-blue tint to what we now know as a world war. Burns and Novick would do well to take a lesson from director Sam Reich, whose own effort, Minesweeper: The Movie is a shocking, incisive study, and certainly one of history's noblest efforts to paint the grim horrors of war upon the screen.

Read the rest here.

Borscht Sweeper

I know exactly one reference about Russia.



If this was German, I could have said Mein Sweeper. Oh well.

Minesweeper: The Movie Redux

Okay, we're going to have new content very soon, but we're kicking off our return to weekly video postings (after a month break) with Minesweeper, now in other formats! Hooray for formats!

- Quicktime (22 MB)

- Get it on iTunes

- Watch it in Widescreen on College Humor

- Watch it on YouTube:

Behind the Special Effects

Hey, want to see a behind the scenes look at the special effects from Minesweeper, WHIT Radio, and Mementos? Sure you do!

Check out Ghostlight Productions (the amazing special effects house that did the work on those three, and more) newest reel, to get a glimpse at how we got our ad on cabs, Jeff to jump through a window, and blew up Stefan:

J'Approve

Lowbrow/Brilliant is going on my tombstone.

I'm of course referring to my Tombstone Pizza.

Two Things About Slatev.com

1) We're on it! (Thanks to Katie Sue for pointing that out on the MySpaces)

2) This was on it and I'm stealing it!

Minesweeper: The Movie

Thought we didn't have a new video this Monday? Well, we did. I mean, we do. Have one. I mean.

Check it out below, co-produced with College Humor:



If the video doesn't show up, go to this link. We'll have the non-flash format in a few weeks...