So this is the kind of thing Awl Business Manager David Cho thinks might help to expand our demographic. Also this.
Anyone who knows the lad well might suggest that David Cho's ideal readership is David Cho, but perhaps I'm being a little too dismissive. Without attempting to prejudice you one way or the other, I'd like to very sincerely ask you to let us know if this is the kind of shit you want us cluttering up the website with. I promise not to take it personally either way, even if you inexplicably decide that perhaps Cho has a point in terms of growing an audience and appealing to a wider group of advertiser-friendly readers. But, again, it's completely up to you! I look forward to your responses.
Oh, dear god, no. NO.
I'm sure this Cho kid is really a great guy, but wait for his testicles to descend before you go to him for more suggestions.
Wait, so did Balk wear shorts today or what?
Young man, that is social commentary! With symbolism and such.
(1) the shorts = conformity
(2) balls = his soul
(3) heat = society
Or maybe he really likes talking about his 'sac, I dunno. Either way, no effing Pacman videos.
Also, the trailer was a joke.
I need to know what commenter Rod Townsend has to say about this first.
This is perfect, if you like dumb annoying shit.
I had a pleasant heehaw at the PacMan.
If you're saying that y'all would be doing stunts like that and posting them, you may be onto something.
OMG, everytime I look at Choire I secretly imagine him as Q*bert. Also, he once muttered "Alright, Mario Brothers" at me under his breath, presumably because I am Italian and hate turtles. So you might be on to something here.
Tsk tsk. I expect more of Choire. "Donkey Kong" would be a much better video game-related moniker for you.
Wait...I thought he wanted you to go after the Tween demographic? But this is terrible. FAIL!
I come for the genuis. I can find this other crap anywhere.
Adjectives describing the people who love this site the very most will never include the suffix "-friendly," I don't think.
That PacMan video is intensely irritating, eff why eye. But, like, so is American Idol and it's playing in my living room as I'm typing so...who am I to judge. But impersonating BoingBoing or a film-centric site seems unlikely to help define/create your niche.
My brow is clearly much lower than the rest of y'all's. Then again, I didn't even watch the second one.
You'll need a new slogan.
"Fuck populism, we've got you guys."
You people, LoLz
I think I'd rather cook and eat Julia Child than watch that movie
Ah, the tweens, with their love of batty old broads and fatty French food, and with their interest in charming boomer anxieties that somewhere, someone with a blog is getting a movie deal and complaining about her neck/fat face...what?
There is no HuffPo demo here.
Re: the Packman thingum: replace the erstwhile kooqui french with some Brazilians and I might stick around.
Snark aside, if you want to reach the younguns, get Tim Hwang to bring em in.
I'm reminded of my parents telling me to eat my vegetables and thinking "fuck off." Now I'm 24, an overweight smoker, and someone who can't climb more than two flights of stairs without hallucinating.
Anyway - I'd rather see it here than somewhere else, so, yeah: Team Cho.
Both are irritating, and both will dilute the brand. You have special shit; hawk it.
Quand meme, pour moi c'etait tellement drole.
Ça va de soi.
Shit by me, of course.
I was hoping for something more insider/outsider-y. Please post a 73-minute long video of Moe Tkacik giggling nervously, smoking hash, and fondling her pet iguana.
it's right under your nose: BEARS! (set to Girl Talk of course)
Yeah, no. I want Packman videos I go to Boingboing, I want Nora Ephron trailers I go to Dr. Kevorkian. I go to The Awl for Gordon Brown videos.
I'm fine with it if Choire is Pinky, Cho handles the joystick, and Balk is Julia Child.
More of just the bit of that video where the guy whacks that kid with his golf club, but, like, the spirit of that act re-imagined for every other medium.
Cho if you so much as touch a hair on The Awl's head I will hunt you down and beat you with your Vuitton handbag. BACK. OFF.
Most videos blocked by the firewall here at work, except for flash. So I vote for better video embedding technology. ("better" meaning accessible by ME).
Let's face it. You guys have to kill time till the next break-dancer tags some kid in the subway.
I like the pac-man crap ok.
I like the site in general though, not surprisingly you guys are doing a good job.
You know what the internets want, trust those instincts!
i already have stupid friends to email me stupid videos. what i don't have is friends who are emailing me genius like the gossip girl recap (best thing i have ever read in the entire history of ever) and poetic AP descriptions of collapsed buildings. it's these kinds of articles that have made the awl one of the first things i check in google reader. including more videos will just get you bumped down to boingboing territory.
You know something, Nora Ephron, Julia Childs wasn't just some ditzy tall lady who went to school and became a chef -- she was actually a secret agent. Would it be too much to ask for a scene where she strangles someone with piano wire?
What the fuck? You're kidding right?
I don't need some boring old video game references that are pretend absurd. Stick with the awesome commentary and make the background a different color.
And stop trying to appeal to kids, who have no money and have already lost the patience/attention span to go to actual websites. You're doing fine for getting educated people in their late 20's and 30's who make money and devour blogs.
First of all, it bothers me that the Pac-Man had arms, but otherwise, what's the big deal? You got some French JACKASS thing and Pac-Homme gets wacked with a golf club. Everybody wins.
Victoire épique.
I want a video of Choire giving his cat a pill. This shit? Not so much.
I want a video of Choire giving Balk a pill. Or de-pilling the sweaters.