Ways to Hide a Body

Dr Frankenjam · Postby **Dr Frankenjam** » 23 Apr 2007, 00:51

I'm sure there are zombies in the bible. That's where most ideals of demons and hellspawn originate anyway. Hence the name 'Hellspawn'.

Btw, anyone been following up on that left 4 dead game?
O.M.G. It's gonna pwn.

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Lord Chrusher · Postby **Lord Chrusher** » 23 Apr 2007, 07:42

Homo mortuus is Latin for dead man. It is used in the Bible for just that.

Graham · Postby **Graham** » 23 Apr 2007, 08:35

Yeah, we were just trying to come up with a scientific name for Zombie, and Homo Mortuus fit the bill.

Mouse · Postby **Mouse** » 23 Apr 2007, 10:17

Huzzah for Latin!

Berthold · Postby **Berthold** » 23 Apr 2007, 13:11

Aand thank you Paul for giving me the scare of the day. Bravo.

Also: Taxidermy for the winningtons, that looked scary as sh*t, too.

I see you all returning to your form. Especially Graham, and whoever fell over in the Homo Mortuus range...

Corax · Postby **Corax** » 23 Apr 2007, 16:44

wow simply awesome, i like how morgan does the little "doing the button code for the fatality" dance lol

Graham · Postby **Graham** » 23 Apr 2007, 16:51

A lot of people saying that we're back in good form this week...

We were doing poorly and no one told us?

Melendwyr · Postby **Melendwyr** » 23 Apr 2007, 16:55

Graham wrote:A lot of people saying that we're back in good form this week...

We were doing poorly and no one told us?

Bwa? There was quite a bit of discussion about production values last time.

Sadly, it has a real effect on affect. The best writing and acting can't compete with audio trouble.

JesterJ. · Postby **JesterJ.** » 23 Apr 2007, 20:44

Alright, so now I can use the word Homo Mortuus without sounding like a dumbass, and I can back it up with "It's Latin" as opposed to "..This Graham guy made it up..."

Score!

Berthold · Postby **Berthold** » 24 Apr 2007, 00:59

Melendwyr wrote:Sadly, it has a real effect on affect. The best writing and acting can't compete with audio trouble.

Actually, I didn't mind the audio so much.

LRR lives from absurd situation comedy, good acting is merely the icing on the cake. Most of the time you just need to deliver your stuff with a straight face (which I know isn't easy either).

The most recent scripts were either based on fairly obvious situations, leaving little room for surprises, lacked the polish we have become used to as long-time LRR followers and/or were not executed as well as they could be.

Knowing what you are capable of, I considered it a short dip in performance, but nothing to worry abuot. The videos in March were awesome!

LRR for the winningtons!

Lord Chrusher · Postby **Lord Chrusher** » 24 Apr 2007, 01:09

Since there are LRR videos better than the average then there must be some which are below average. The Deal was not what it could been but Installation Anxiety was pretty funny.

Melendwyr · Postby **Melendwyr** » 24 Apr 2007, 04:23

Lord Chrusher wrote:Since there are LRR videos better than the average then there must be some which are below average

Nonsense! All LRR videos are above average.

That's just how very awesome they are.

JesterJ. · Postby **JesterJ.** » 24 Apr 2007, 19:25

Lord Chrusher wrote:Since there are LRR videos better than the average then there must be some which are below average. The Deal was not what it could been but Installation Anxiety was pretty funny.

I actually quite liked The Deal more than Installation Anxiety. That doesn't make your point any less valid, however

Daniel · Postby **Daniel** » 25 Apr 2007, 13:16

The videos lately have had very funny concepts, and ingeniously executed, the only thing that has hampered them is when they run on too long. Like 2 minutes would have been fine for the fun little idea of Down with the Sickness, (see the epics acceptable.tv does with 2 1/2 minutes) so 4 was stretching it. But this one had like 8 ideas in 3 minutes! Hence the greatness. Ok that math doesn't make sense all the time, but don't underestimate how fast your viewers, our attention spans stunted by youtube, are to pick up on a concept and to want to move onto the next one. I definitely won't feel cheated if you go under 3 minutes, if they have all the same goodness (which is possible! if you cut mercilessly)

Favourite gag: taxidermy. Yes, he was a fierce one! Let me tell you the story...

blackdragontaz · Postby **blackdragontaz** » 25 Apr 2007, 14:29

O___o I would flip out if LRR was on acceptable.tv. They beat out any video I've seen on that show.

browncoat · Postby **browncoat** » 25 Apr 2007, 15:25

I actually think that this video was the weakest of the last few weeks, though I still liked it.

Corax · Postby **Corax** » 01 May 2007, 19:30

i just realised, Ways to hide a body and Ways to releive a hangover both involve Morgan cutting up Paul with a meat cleaver lol

Graham · Postby **Graham** » 01 May 2007, 19:42

Acceptable.tv is only open to the US, but (despite appearance of Eyewitness Accounts' running time) we are making an effort now to keep more funny in less time. Or more accurately, in the least time necessary.

robothero · Postby **robothero** » 02 May 2007, 12:39

I want to be clear that I don't think you are ripping them off, but the premise is similar to The 4 D's of Body Dumping by The Late Train.

As for doing things in the least time necessary, I've been running videos in a local Gong Show. Keeping a fast pace is often the only way to make it through the video without getting gonged off the stage, so that's had a huge impact on my editing.

You've done the live shows, so you should have some sense of an audience, but how often do you play your videos in front of a live audience?

Graham · Postby **Graham** » 02 May 2007, 14:30

I don't think it's all that similar beyond the concept. Some of the jokes are, I guess. We were thinking of donating it to Goodwill too actually!

However, for only four jokes, their video moves SO SLOWLY. I was seriously bored before "disposal" was even getting started.

Like "Delivery" needed to be no more than:

Code: Select all

TITLE: DELIVERY
SHOT OF DOOR OPENING TO SHOW DELIVERY GUY WITH BODY IN BACKGROUND 
END

Daniel · Postby **Daniel** » 04 May 2007, 13:54

Yes!! Exactly! And with that mindset you vault past 99% of the roughly 200,000 assholes out there right this minute shooting each other and posting it on the web. (and also Judd Apatow, who apparently didn't realize that adding 18 minutes of improvised flab to the 40 year old virgin made it *less* funny, not more) Nothing can stop you now. I've just got my fingers crossed you're thinking big this summer - while at the same time thinking small.

Daniel

PhilK36 · Postby **PhilK36** » 18 Aug 2008, 15:57

are there any other ways you can think of?.....

a friend of mine needs to dispose of a body

Evil Jim · Postby **Evil Jim** » 21 Aug 2008, 18:02

PhilK36 wrote:are there any other ways you can think of?.....

a friend of mine needs to dispose of a body

There are 14 in the video. If that isn't enough ideas your friend has bigger problems than just a body to dispose of.

Lyinginbedmon · Postby **Lyinginbedmon** » 22 Jan 2009, 11:09

I just flipped back to watch this video and found this unintentionally hilarious.

Ways to Hide a Body

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