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Rob Anderson

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Friday, July 20, 2007 05:49 PM

You've Been At This for EIGHT YEARS?! So Much For the Honing Quality of Experience....

Here's the opposite, Scott-O (all can be found on YouTube):

1. Doomed Planet

2. Waverly Films (especially "Puppet Rapist")

3. Lisa Donovan (aka Lisa Nova)

4. Travis Betz (aka "The Receptionist")

5. David Coyne (aka "DCLugi")

6. PivotMsterDX ("Stick Figures On Crack")

7. Jack Danyells ("The Dictionary of Jack" - a bit uneven, I admit)

8. Sherry Sirof (aka Zilchnerd)

9. Mark Day (aka Mark Day Comedy)

10. Richard Stokes (writer/director, "God Inc.")

11. Ian Sklarsky (aka "Directorian")

12. Urgelt (real name unknown)

13. Pipistrello (real name unknown)

14. Brooke Allison (aka "Brookers")

15. Judson Laiply, (Mr. "Evolution of Dance")

16. BaratsAndBereta (real names unknown)

17. James Provan (aka "GiR2007")

18. Conrad Black (aka "Church of Blow")

19. Kim ??? (aka "CubeFarm")

20. DerrickComedy (troupe)

21. "Mr. Deity" (Brian Keith Dalton, writer-director)

22. Brandon Hardesty (aka "ArtieTSMITW")

23. "iChannel" (creators unknown)

24. Roy Zimmerman (singer-commentator)

25. Pat Condell (humorist-commentator)

Well there ya' go Scott-O. Every single one of these people/groups reularly produce work that is INFINITELY betters than your's, Sean/Tony's and - God forbid - Red State Update. When I watch folks like the above get ignored in favor of no-talent hacks, it makes my blood-boil. But lately things have changed, to wit:

1. Lisa Donovan was hired onto the cast of "MadTV", and is currently featured in episodes.

2. David Coyne got a deal with a site that pays him for his amazing content, called SuperExpress or somesuch.

3. "God, Inc." was purchased by The Sci-Fi Channel.

4. "Mr. Deity" has been purchased by a pay-per-view website that will be bankrolling its next ten episodes.

5. Travis Betz got a development deal with Comedy Central.

6. BeratsAndBereta have been in negotiations with NBC for a new show.

So you see, GENUINE talent and hard work gets rewarded. Shit gets flung up on sites like Video Dog. So....I guess in a weird way I now feel that it would be best if NONE of the above get "featured" here. It could be the death of their nascent careers. Thanks, Scott-O, for helping me see the light. In the meantime, enjoy your ghetto, this video equivalent of Tin Pan Alley.

And I'm proud to say that, yes, MY pussy DOES glow in the dark!

Saturday, July 21, 2007 02:17 PM
Original article: When Barry passes Hank

What A Load Of Bunk

People here keep referring to Hank Aaron's "title." It's not a title, it's a number: 756. When Aaron reached that number it meant that he had set a new record for home runs in a single season. It was inevitable that someone else would, eventually, come along and break that record. That person is going to be Barry Bonds. So old Hank isn't going to show up, huh? In my personal opinion he is using Bond's alleged steroid use and the outrage surrounding it as cover for his own bitterness over seeing a record he set - and probably thought we would never see broken - getting broken in his lifetime. He is a bitter old man, and while he may have held up admirably against the vile racism and threats in the 70s, lets not forget that Jackie Robinson turned into a bitter and angry old man because of his horrific experiences. This is not to blame either of them; they are human after all, and sometimes we expect too much of our heroes.

As to Bonds "cheating", which has not been proved despite years of random testing, I say "So what?" If steroids were a magic potion that turned average or even above-average ballplayers into super heroes then there would be at least a half-dozen other players chasing Aaron's record right now, and so it would indeed be meaningless. But there are not a half-dozen, there is one: Barry Bonds. Steroids did not improve Bonds's amazing hand-eye coordination; they did not improve his stance; they did not improve the accuracy of his swing; they did not improve his uncanny ability to gauge when and where a ball pitched to him at 100+ MPH would arrive at the plate. If Barry Bonds did take steroids, then all it did was improve his power. But power is NOTHING without all the rest. That means that when Barry Bonds breaks and then re-sets the home run record it will truly and rightfully be due to his natural skills, not to drugs.

And if you people can't get over that then it's YOUR problem, not Barry's.

Sunday, July 22, 2007 03:33 AM

I Failed To Mention This Before...

...but this cartoon sucks cock as well.

You know, this is getting to be like shooting fish in a barrel. It's anarchic fun for a bit, but then it gets boring. Here's to those Salon Staffers that Joan is going to serve up, like tender and succulant slices of pork roast, for my long knives!

Sunday, July 22, 2007 03:35 AM
Original article: Tony Cartoons: Tough love

Oh FUCK IT!

Mr. Braindamage, please throw yourself under a bus at the earliest opportunity. Spare us all from your assholery.

Monday, July 23, 2007 12:59 AM
Original article: Opus

Then I Suppose, Garry, That You Despise Chris Rock

Who infamously (in my opinion, anyway) said on an early HBO special: "I love black people, but I hate niggers." Making the exact same "point" as your aborted friends. Well...?

Monday, July 23, 2007 12:10 PM

Expect the Goofballery to Be Front-and-Center, And For Precisely the Reason You Stated

This is CNN's chance to make the on-line video community look like a bunch of freaks...not that there aren't plenty of freaks on the internet, but that's not the sum of it. Not even close.

And kudos, FINALLY, to Salon for putting something up other than the shit we've had to endure for the past several weeks.

Monday, July 23, 2007 05:58 PM

Don't Tax Them...

...EAT them.

Tuesday, July 24, 2007 01:44 PM

Don't Hold Your Breath, SilasDoGood

Because you might pass out. Do you know what's next on the Video Dog agenda? "Staff-generated content." Somehow, on the evidence at hand, I don't think "the staff" is capable of generating anything more amusing than cats attacking their own reflections in mirrors - and that might be a stretch.

But deletions or no, I and others will continue to savage the shit flung up here. It's just too much fun.

And to the person defending Joan Walsh: She's the Managing Editor, Editor-in-Chief, whatever. The buck stops with her; she's responsible. So calling for her head is entirely appropriate.

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