Hells yeah! Lost is back people, and this black nerd couldn’t be happier! Here’s a play-by-play of the LOST season 4 premiere. It’s tough to write and watch at the same time, so sorry if it don’t make much sense much…
9:00 It’s on! It’s on! Set all phones to silent… oh wait, no one calls me.
9:02 Wait, is this Lost or The Dukes of Hazzard?
9:03 It’s Hurley? I could’ve sworn it would be Sawyer. And that makes 3 of the Oceanic 6. Cue the creepy logo…
The Boondocks has never been a show that shies away from controversial topics, just like South Park and, years before, All in the Family, and I have always appreciated that. I also have appreciated Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim for allowing them to do that.
This show has made fun of everything… black people, white people, the N word, overeating, Oprah, snitching, religion, MySpace, gold diggers, pimps, anime, Soul Plane…
You would think there would be no sacred topic at all for this show or the network. But that all changed this season.
And the topic that seems perfect for The Boondocks to make fun of is the one entity able to cause Cartoon Network to ban two episodes of the series from airing. That topic…
When I was in Austin, I was part of a documentary short called “art/work” directed by Avram Dodson. It showcased four artists - a burlesque dancer, an author, a musician, and yours truly, a stand-up comedian - who have to balance their passion of their art with their day jobs for income. The short was a South by Southwest Jury Prize Winner and has recently been added to a Journey of Short Film DVD compilation.
I found the short on YouTube and thought you’d like to watch it. You can also see the short on Avram’s imeem page. And yes, the short does show off my fabulous Smurf collection.
The Revver love just doesn’t stop. Not only did they recently make “Computer Club” the Revver Video of the Day, but now Black Nerd Comedy is listed as one of Revver’s Featured Creators! Just go to revver.com/featured_creators to see all the featured creators, myself included. And once again, a big thank you to the guys and gals at Revver for appreciating my work.
Every weekday, The Revver Blog chooses the “Video of the Day,” a personally selected video enjoyed by the Revver crew to highlight. And I’m proud to announce that “Computer Club” was the Revver Video of the Day for Friday, January 25. Here’s the quote from Revver:
“Today’s video is from Black Nerd Comedy. The moniker sums up the schtick pretty nicely, but it’s the perfectly convincing execution that takes this beyond ‘fun with stereotypes’ and lands it squarely in the same region of genius inhabited by Christopher Guest and Catherine O’Hara.”
Hopefully, Christopher Guest checks this out when he casts his next movie. Hint, hint.
Yesterday, I got the opportunity to go to the offices of Revver.com and meet all the fine folks up there. They had been featuring a couple of my videos recently, and once we discovered we were in the same area, it seemed inevitable that we had to come face to face.
So here we are, Revver, face to face. A couple of silver spoons. Hoping to find, we’re two of a kind… okay, I’ll stop singing now.
Thank you all so very very very very much! Yes, it’s official! “Buy Mii a Wii” has over 100,000 views on YouTube alone!
This is the first Black Nerd Comedy video with this honor. And those views don’t even count the thousands of views on Revver, MySpace, Metacafe, and the people who posted my video on CollegeHumor, GameTrailers, and elsewhere.
I can’t help but to thank you, my fans, friends, and supporters, for sending it through MySpace, Facebook, e-mails, and embeds. A huge thank you to all of the blogs and websites out there who posted it on their site for news and discussions.
Special thanks to Nintendo for making this wonderful video game system, the Wii, for without it, I’d have no song to sing. And T-Pain as well, for making the perfect song to use to parody the wonderful system.
And if, for some strange, weird, possibly alien abducted, reason you still haven’t seen this music video, or if you want to get the YouTube video up to 200,000 views (and why not?) here it is for you to enjoy! Thank you again.
While surfing through YouTube, I’m came across these two videos of this kid, Victor, who is being videotaped singing along to my “Buy Mii a Wii” song! So I had to share it with you. Thanks a lot, Victor. You made my day.
Last week, I was a special guest on Coin-Op TV Live, a live Internet series on theStream.tv that’s all about video games. The episode has now been placed in the site archives, so you can watch me talk about video games, Buy Mii a Wii, other black nerds, and Smurfs anytime you want! It was a fun show to be on. So click my grinning mug below and check out the episode.
Coin-Op TV Live - Andre of Black Nerd Comedy
Watch This Episode on www.theStream.tv
The Boondocks has never been a show that shies away from controversial topics, just like South Park and, years before, All in the Family, and I have always appreciated that. I also have appreciated Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim for allowing them to do that.
Thank you all so very very very very much! Yes, it’s official! “Buy Mii a Wii” has over 100,000 views on YouTube alone!
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