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  1. This Week in Web Videos: ‘Hart Street Lemonade Stand’I want to call Hart Street Lemonade Stand (HSLS) the funniest thing since Stella, and that’s untrue. There’s been so much other funny stuff […]
    By Luke Kelly Clyne
  2. This Week in Web Videos: ‘Put a Ring on It’This one goes out to all ya’ll whose Facebook feeds are flooded with engagement announcements. It just don’t have to be that way. Love is a […]
    By Adam Frucci
  3. 5 Web Videos You Probably Haven’t Seen But Really ShouldHave we done round-ups before? You can bet your best baseball bat we have. Like here. Also right here. Did people like them? Maybe. They seemed […]
    By Luke Kelly Clyne
  4. This Week in Web Videos: Sandra Lemon-Strauss’s ‘Searching for Eileen […]If you’ve ever been to a place where the median household income is over $70,000 and Lexus SUVs dot the streets like a new money Seurat, you’ve […]
    By Luke Kelly Clyne
  5. Why You Need to Watch the Second Season of ‘Clench and Release’In four years of doing this column, we’ve only doubled up on a show profile two times. Once for The Actress and now, for Charla Lauriston’s […]
    By Luke Kelly Clyne
  6. This Week in Web Videos: ‘The Very Real Dangers of Doing Drugs’ Didn’t think you’d see a a D.A.R.E. sketch after 1999, did ya? Same. Also, same. Here’s the thing: I clicked this one, sent to me by the fine […]
    By Luke Kelly Clyne
  7. This Week in Web Videos: ‘Bounty Hunters’Betsy Kenney and Dara Katz are….bounty hunters. Actually, they’re not. They are talented writer/actors, though! Talented actor/writers who’ve […]
    By Luke Kelly Clyne
  8. This Week in Web Videos: ‘It’s Not OK, Cupid’ It’s rare that non-comedy platforms release “funny” content that’s actually funny but damn, Glamour Magazine’s done did it on their YouTube […]
    By Luke Kelly Clyne
  9. This Week in Web Videos: ‘Rockin’ Rangers’ There are many ways to make a great sketch. One of those ways is ensuring you’ve established stakes that are  introduced early on in the piece […]
    By Luke Kelly Clyne
  10. This Week in Web Videos: ‘Happy Town’ Happy Town could’ve been dead on arrival. Had creator/director/DP/editor/producer/Vitruvian film dude Jon Mayer not turned his passion papers […]
    By Luke Kelly Clyne
  11. This Week in Web Videos: Just Add Water I don’t want to count the number of times I or someone I’ve interviewed for this column has given the advice “Just do it” when speaking […]
    By Luke Kelly Clyne
  12. This Week in Web Videos: ‘Self Conscious Workout’“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” For some, it’s an adage to live by. For Self Conscious Workout creators Rachel Laforest and Greg Stees, it’s […]
    By Luke Kelly Clyne
  13. This Week in Web Videos: ‘Assassin Banana’ Casting celebrities does not a good project make, and thinking otherwise is a huge mistake. That’s my web video rhyme. Seriously, though. Too […]
    By Luke Kelly Clyne
  14. This Week in Web Videos: ‘The Truth About Meeting a Woman’Sorry PewDiePie, but I prefer Paul Gale. Against a tidal wave of pre-teens clamoring for daily web cam soliloquies, I prefer the YouTuber who […]
    By Luke Kelly Clyne
  15. This Week in Web Videos: ‘Dad Rap’ Sam Reece and Becky Chicoine are many things. They’re humans, they’re women, they’re writer/creator/actors, and…AND they’re really funny.  […]
    By Luke Kelly Clyne
  16. This Week in Web Videos: 5 Absurd One-Offs You Need to SeeIt’s no secret that I’m a lover of the absurd. Or maybe it is. Maybe it was, I should say. It shouldn’t be anymore since I just told you. […]
    By Luke Kelly Clyne
  17. This Week in Web Videos: ‘Business Time’As creatives, we’re encouraged to think outside the box, prompted with loosey goosey questions like “If you could make anything in the world, […]
    By Luke Kelly Clyne
  18. This Week in Web Videos: ‘The Return of Saturn’Happy 2015, everybody! Are you feeling reborn? Are you feeling resolute? Are you feeling insatiably horny? Good, me neither. Well, I’m kind of […]
    By Luke Kelly Clyne
  19. The Definitive ‘Best Web Series of 2014’ ListYou’re going to see a lot of lists over the next 2 weeks. “Best of This” and “Best of That.” Everything you’ve consumed or thought about […]
    By Luke Kelly Clyne
  20. This Week in Web Videos: ‘Neighbors’Do what you want all the time and, even when you’re not funny, chances are you’ll learn something about how to be funnier. That’s the gist of […]
    By Luke Kelly Clyne
  21. This Week in Web Videos: ‘SingleDumb’I’m self-centered, terrified of insects, and–I think–not the best kisser in the world. Those are three deeply personal things about me that I […]
    By Luke Kelly Clyne
  22. This Week In Web Videos: ‘Yellow Brick Hell’I love UCB. Oh man, do I love it. Training there has created so many opportunities for me and introduced me to so many wonderful people. […]
    By Luke Kelly Clyne
  23. This Week In Web Videos: ‘The Ferrero Rochers Camping Trip’ Sorry Werther’s Original, you’re no longer the go-to joke candy and it’s all thanks to Paul Briganti and his big camping tent full of Ferrero […]
    By Luke Kelly Clyne
  24. This Week In Web Videos: ‘Gary Saves the Graveyard’ The first time I spoke with UCB Creative Director Todd Bieber was three and a half years ago and I had no idea what I was talking about. I was […]
    By Luke Kelly Clyne
  25. This Week In Web Videos: ‘BedHead’Looking for immediate satisfaction? Don’t fucking make comedy. Sorry. That was a lot. What I really mean to say is: with very few exceptions, […]
    By Luke Kelly Clyne
  26. This Week In Web Videos: ‘10 Hours of Walking in NYC as a Jew’ Scott Rogowsky is no stranger to the e-pages of our fine site. Just look here and here if you don’t believe me. And today, this column […]
    By Luke Kelly Clyne
  27. This Week In Web Videos: ‘Todd Halloween’Originality is as crucial as it is difficult to achieve. That’s true of any pursuit, not just comedy. The thing is: if you’re unoriginal in […]
    By Luke Kelly Clyne
  28. This Week In Web Videos: ‘The Middle Ages’ I made my first comedy video just over three years ago. Watching it again just now, a few things are apparent. Thing one: The script holds up. […]
    By Luke Kelly Clyne
  29. This Week In Web Videos: ‘Roomsies’Writing lines down in Final Draft does not a screenwriter make. That kind of writing requires training, an understanding of story structure, an […]
    By Luke Kelly Clyne
  30. This Week In Web Videos: B1G Ten Trash Talk There’s like one month a year when I don’t feel like a total misfit: late July/early August. Hockey fans have forgotten all about the Cup, […]
    By Luke Kelly Clyne
  31. This Week In Web Videos: The Comedy of Jay Weingarten Jay Weingarten is a weirdo and weirdos can’t work normal jobs. Instead, they’ve got two choices: get hugely famous or end up on the very […]
    By Luke Kelly Clyne
  32. This Week In Web Videos: A Model Young Republican People who go to Harvard are very funny. Always. 100 percent of the time. Whether they mean to be (Lampoon) or not (pastels most of the […]
    By Luke Kelly Clyne
  33. This Week In Web Videos: Why Starbucks Spells Your Name Wrong Since yesterday afternoon, the Internet has been alight with Paul Gale. Every viral video round up you can find features the YouTube […]
    By Luke Kelly Clyne
  34. This Week In Web Videos: ‘Business Work’It’s a tale as old as time. Irish boy comes to America, chasing a dream of becoming a forensic pathologist. Boy realizes that being a forensic […]
    By Luke Kelly Clyne
  35. This Week In Web Videos: ‘Fruiting 101’ I’m not one of those people that thinks sex is inherently funny. In fact, I hate those people. Sex, comedically speaking, is easy. It gets a […]
    By Luke Kelly Clyne
  36. This Week In Web Videos: ‘Don’t Walk ’I’m not going to say Don’t Walk is the Boyhood of web series, because that would be pretty pretentious. What I will say, in the interest of […]
    By Luke Kelly Clyne
  37. This Week In Web Videos: Matt Evans Matt Evans faked me out. Co-creator of NickMom’s Other Mothered, Evans and his wife Christine Walters are UCB alums, talented New York City […]
    By Luke Kelly Clyne
  38. This Week In Web Videos: ‘Compliments’ Banter is such a polarizing comedic art. To appreciate the humor in unremarkable conversation is to know the nuances of human interaction, […]
    By Luke Kelly Clyne
  39. This Week In Web Videos: ‘The Amazing Gayl Pile’Casting ain’t easy, but it’s necessary: wise words spoken by…no one in particular, but felt deep down in the heart cockles of everyone who’s […]
    By Luke Kelly Clyne
  40. This Week In Web Videos: ‘K&A’ I’m supposed to write things that are at least marginally insightful about the world of web video. That’s part of the whole “column” deal, you […]
    By Luke Kelly Clyne
  41. This Week In Web Videos: ‘With Friends Like These’The digital age of entertainment is no longer “on the horizon” or “about to break” or whatever other stupid phrase any number of automaton […]
    By Luke Kelly Clyne
  42. This Week In Web Videos: ‘The Residuals ’Every morning, New York City’s streets are filled with millions of people, walking toward work and hoping beyond hope that their next step will […]
    By Luke Kelly Clyne
  43. This Week In Web Videos: ‘Are You Better Than Don Draper?’ Most good comedy is thought provoking at its core but few creators are better at walking the line between hilarity and appealingly erudite […]
    By Luke Kelly Clyne
  44. This Week In Web Videos: ‘Studio Heads’I realize I’m about to tread on some touchy territory but just hear me out. Maybe, just maybe, we’re all a little prejudiced when it comes to […]
    By Luke Kelly Clyne
  45. This Week In Web Videos: ‘Small, Medium, Tall’We’ve discussed the adage “write what you know” many times in this column and have provided well over 100 examples of creators following it […]
    By Luke Kelly Clyne
  46. The 5 Best New Web Videos/Series You Almost Definitely Haven’t SeenWe’re doing things a bit differently this week. Instead of profiling one web series or one really hilarious, merit-worthy sketch, we’re […]
    By Luke Kelly Clyne
  47. This Week In Web Videos: ‘Esther with Hot Chicks’Esther Povitsky doesn’t give a fuck, and that’s why I think she’ll be very famous. Let me explain. You see fame, at least as I see it, so often […]
    By Luke Kelly Clyne
  48. This Week In Web Videos: ‘Being a Better You’Creative feedback is paramount, especially in comedy. That’s because very few people have the comedic equivalent of perfect pitch – that […]
    By Luke Kelly Clyne
  49. This Week In Web Videos: ‘The Actress’, Season 3I told myself I’d never cover the same series twice, but when I made that promise, I hadn’t conceived of a couple like Ann Carr and Warren […]
    By Luke Kelly Clyne
  50. This Week In Web Videos: ‘Reporter Slapped in the Face for Upskirting’ Making a fake thing look real is one of the hardest things. And I’m not talking about “scripted” real, as in movies and TV, as in mediums that […]
    By Luke Kelly Clyne
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