How to report the news

Comic Charlie Booker shows us how it's done.

Ooh. I just made a touchdown!

Prepping for this semester's classes, there has been a lot of discussion about documentary techniques (interviews vs. reenactments vs. process-oriented stuff), and it made me remember my favorite short re-enactment, Dock Ellis and the LSD No-No. No Mas and James Blagden created an animated piece inspired by Ellis's NPR interview where he told the story of how performance-inhibiting drugs helped him pitch a no hitter on June 12, 1970.

Neko Case: People Got A Lot of Nerve

I love this animated video that takes place in a magical girl-world where we all ride on animals. Plus I love Neko Case's music. Enjoy.

A love story in Google Searches

The best ads are short films, yes? This one doesn't even have any pictures.



via Lisa Hickey.

Learn about science!

Let me count the ways I love this video:

1) Fun song.
2) Interesting people - a variety of ages, body types, sexualities, personal styles.
3) It's about science!
4) It's simple and direct.
5) Carbon is a hot leather daddy!
6) Electricity is a jerk.

A sweet romantic comedy about shmushmortion

Obvious Child from Gillian Robespierre on Vimeo.

Found this via Pandagon, a pretty endearing little romance between a girl and the one-night-stand who knocked her up. Stars SNL's Jenny Slate and a bunch of other cute young New Yorkers.

I'm in love

with Shaun the Sheep.