Crap Shots – Additional Comedy
May 21st, 2010

Posted by Graham

For those of you who are already in on this complete secret (unless you read Twitter, or—y’know—the forums) this won’t be a surprise, but for everyone else this is new and surprising!

I am pleased to present: Crap Shots.

A twitter follower described Crap Shots to me as an after-dinner mint to LRR’s meal, and I feel that’s apt.

Crap Shots are little videos, usually <1 minute in length, that we throw together whenever an idea hits us, and isn’t really an idea that works for a whole video. Most of them involve myself and Alex (who oversees, edits and produces the series), but the only requirements for involvement are being nearby, so expect to see… everyone, really.

Right now they just have their own YouTube channel, but maybe we’ll start posting them here. They update Monday, Wednesday and Friday, so we’re not sure how that would work yet.

Here’s one that’s already pretty popular:

Please subscribe to the channel, and we hope you enjoy them!

Inside the Moon, May 21
May 21st, 2010

Posted by Tim

Inside the Moon was broadcast at 1 PM PST (8 PM GMT) today, from http://ustream.tv/channel/inside-the-moon. You can watch the recording via the embed below.

If you have any questions for the Q&A portion of the show, leave them in a comment on this blog post!

On today’s show, we covered the upcoming Runners Operation (and give you a chance to be involved!), played your favourite audience-participation games, and discussed community news.

Note: You’ll have to skip ahead to about 9 minutes in before the show starts in this recording. Sorry!

Rejected ENN – May 19, 2010
May 19th, 2010

Posted by Graham

With this week’s ENN we made a couple changes to how we write/shoot the episodes. We’re hoping it will add a bit more character and punch to the series, which we feel the newsdesk stories need (we’ll talk about this more in the forthcoming LRRcast).

Now, will these changes work? That remains to be seen, though we like how this week’s episode turned out. We’ll still need a couple weeks to get into the groove though.

Until then, check out a story that got cut!

(We like this one too—it was cut for time and the feeling that it wasn’t as strong as the others, as are the usual reasons for stories getting the axe)

On-Set Pictures from Past Videos
May 18th, 2010

Posted by Graham

A couple of these videos may be a month or so old, but hey! We like showing you pictures, and you like seeing them, so it’s win-win!

This was a really fun shoot, and I wish we’d taken more snaps. Thanks again to Mr. Tubbs Ice Cream Parlor for the great location.

Really, it’s all about Matt in a luchadore mask. A real one, that James brought home from Mexico! (Yes, we know it’s Rey Mysterio.)

  • And, best for last, a heaping helping of photos from behind the scenes of Redundancy.

This should give you a better idea of what the “set” that is my living room looks like. We’ve also used it in Frozen Assets and Reduce Your Footprint.

The Gay Chicken
May 17th, 2010

Posted by Matt

You’ve asked for them. You’ve pleaded for them. You’ve practically begged for them. So here they are: Bill and Morgan, starring in a new episode of commodoreHUSTLE.

The Gay Chicken

As is usually the case with commodoreHUSTLE, this episode is based largely on real events. Morgan is truly the king of ‘flapping’, and Bill is, without question, the king of remaining unflapped. Even the tactic used to obtain ultimate victory in this video was word-for-word taken from the events as they actually unfolded.

You’ve likely noticed by now that Bill and Morgan have scaled back their involvement in videos somewhat, but Hustle just wouldn’t be Hustle without them – so fear not, though they may not show up as often as they once did, they’re not going away forever.

Finally, since Graham apparently doesn’t respect his work as an actor sufficiently to grant him a place among the credits, I’ll be the bigger man and give credit where it is due. The cat in this video is named Khavren, and he belongs to Kathleen. He is one of the precious few cats on this earth that I don’t dislike, so let’s all congratulate him on his stellar performance, and his being generally tolerable.

Rock on kitty.

(Oh, it occurs to me that Kathleen’s other cat, Annika, made his debut on tehz intarwebs today, too. He’s on this website, being extrememly bewildered.)