You’ve already watched too many videos this day, right?
But, still, look: Here are five more.
Here, in fact, are five of our favorite videos of all time.
1. This first one's by comedy troupe Backpack Picnic, the legendary Austin-based quartet featured in this profile:
2. Also from Austin, here's that crew known as Old Murder House Theatre, who tour an intentionally goofy-ass live-action version of Robocop (among other classic homages) around the country and were covered in this article. But this video is, we suggest, an even better thing they're responsible for:
"An obsessed man ruins a queer dinner party." - synopsis by YouTube commenter, neocon70 Subscribe to Beef & Sage www.beefandsage.com facebook.com/beefandsage Twitter: @beefandsage
3. One of the things that some of that Murder House crew have in common is a stint at the Savannah College of Art and Design. This next piece was made by other SCAD students; it's a video that's freakish & unnerving & perfectly produced, leading us away from humor & into the macabre:
He'll help you draw, he'll help you erase; waste not want not...he's Pencil Face. Go to http://www.dandydwarves.com for more.
4. And now ... you want to talk about innovation in narrative presentation? Before you start talking, do yourself the favor of witnessing this creepy cautionary tale from Run Wrake:
A girl sees a rabbit running across a field. Thinking it would make an excellent muff, she pursues it with a knife. It escapes her, but her brother kills it. She slices it open, and out pops an animated idol that, when bothered by insects, turns them into feathers, bottles of ink, and jewels.
5. And so we end this five-spot presentation with a music video – by those Aussie sampling savants, The Avalanches: