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Actually, as far as I know, the world isn’t going to end on Monday, June 4, but that’s the day when the promo video for our upcoming YOMYOMF Network on YouTube drops. And as you can see from this exclusive image from that promo, the world does seem like it’s about to end, at least in our video:
The three fine-looking gents you see above are top YouTubers and three of our channel partners, Chester See and Ryan Higa:
And KevJumba:
It’s time for a sneak peek of another one of the shows that will premiere on our upcoming YOMYOMF Network, which will launch on YouTube the week of June 10. One of our partners, Kevin Wu a.k.a. internet sensation KevJumba, will be starring in his own show entitled KevJumba Takes All.
In each episode, Kevin competes against a celebrity in different challenges with the loser having to do something embarrassing as punishment. This time around, Kevin’s challenger was Glee star Harry Shum Jr. Now, in addition to being a fine actor, Harry is also an amazing dancer. Kevin and his creative team–consisting of veteran TV director Henry Chan, writer Nihar Patel and my fellow Offender Anson Ho–wanted to create a challenge that would utilize Harry’s dancing ability, but without stacking the odds completely in his favor, otherwise, it wouldn’t be fair since Kevin would obviously get his ass kicked, licked and handed back to him on a platter.
Following that logic, there was only one obvious challenge that Kevin and Harry could go head-to-head against each other…pole dancing.
If you’re not already following us on Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr, you’re missing out on a lot of extras you won’t find here on our blog including updates on various Offender-related projects (like the most recent updates about our upcoming YOMYOMF Network on YouTube) and silly, fun things like “Add Your Own Caption.” This is where we post an image we find online or that our readers forward to us and ask you to write an appropriate caption to accompany that image. And we’ll feature some of the captions here.
And the featured caption for this week comes from reader Shannon Wong (making his second appearance here):
"Canine Centipede" Act 1 Scene 1... Action!
So check out our Facebook page for future editions of “Add Your Own Caption”, write your own caption and/or “like” the ones you think are worthy and we may share them here.
Fringe star Lance Reddick (the very definition of bad ass) announced during this week’s TV upfronts event in New York that he would be starring in The 117, a futuristic sci-fi series for our upcoming YOMYOMF Network on YouTube. You may be asking (or not)–what exactly is The 117? Read on for your first look at this project (including some fantastic set photos by Robb Rosenfeld).
When we first started talking about the content that we would create for our YouTube channel, my fellow Offender Justin Lin was adamant that we should push ourselves as artists and try to do things that were ambitious, original and challenging. Our mantra became—let’s take risks and not be afraid of failure. And if we did fail, let’s fail big and on our own terms.
And one of the challenges we decided to undertake was to see if we could create a visual effects-centric webseries that could rival any big-budget Hollywood production on our miniscule-by-comparison YouTube budget. And the right director to take on such a job was Bobby Glickert.
Before we get to today’s topic, I want to officially announce that our YOMYOMF Network on YouTube will be launching the week of June 10. Yup, it’s about to get real in just under a month so keep reading this blog for the latest news—there’s going to be a lot more updates/exclusives and you’ll hear it all here first.
I’ve previously written about how working on our upcoming YOMYOMF Network has allowed me to reach out to artists I’ve long admired (see examples here and here). But an additional perk of the job is that it has also allowed to me to meet new people who are creating interesting work. One of these individuals is Andrew Ti, the man behind the popular tumblr site Yo, Is This Racist?
Founded by Andrew back in November after a discussion about Yosemite Sam with a fellow co-worker, Yo, Is This Racist can be loosely described as an advice column where readers submit questions about whether or not something is racist and Andrew responds with his trademark honesty and biting humor. As in this example:
So we’re about halfway through the shoot of Internet Icon, our YouTube competition show premiering this summer, and we’re down to our top six finalists. By this weekend, we’ll be down to our final two and the winner will ultimately be decided by viewer votes when the show debuts later this summer on our upcoming YOMYOMF Network on YouTube.
(l to r): Internet Icon judge Christine Lakin, host Chester See, producer Andy Fickman & judge Ryan Higa.
I have to say the experience of being involved with this show hasn’t turned out how I expected. Everyone’s been working long hours and fighting fatigue to make a great show under the leadership of uber-producers Andy Fickman and Betsy Sullenger (Oops Doughnuts), Bobby Smith Jr. (Ashore Entertainment) and director D.J. Viola—that’s not the surprising part. But what has been unexpected is the level of talent of our contestants and the high quality of work they are consistently producing under very adverse conditions.
Here’s how the typical day plays out: the contestants are given a “challenge” for that day’s videos. I don’t want to give away what the specific challenges are, but it might go something like this—everyone is given a grocery bag full of food and they must make a video incorporating every item in that bag.
If you’re not already following us on Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr, you’re missing out on a lot of extras you won’t find here on our blog including updates on various Offender-related projects (like the most recent updates about our upcoming YOMYOMF Network on YouTube) and silly, fun things like “Add Your Own Caption.” This is where we post an image we find online or that our readers forward to us and ask you to write an appropriate caption to accompany that image. And we’ll feature some of the captions here.
And the featured caption for this week comes from reader Chef Wongie:
china knock off fools consumers.
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Normally, I don’t care for the paparazzi or tabloids, but they become harder to ignore when you receive numerous early morning tweets, emails and messages about them. In this case, it was regarding pics of actor Jessica Alba mixing it up in the ring with WWE wrestler John Morrison that appeared in the British tabloid rag Daily Mail:
What does this have to do with YOMYOMF? Well, if the presence of my fellow Offender Jerome in the foreground of the shot above doesn’t give it away, this was taken during a shoot for a promo we’re filming to launch our upcoming YOMYOMF Network on YouTube.
The promo is being co-directed by our own Justin Lin and the awesome Timothy Kendall who previously gave us this Interpretations gem starring honorary Offender Danny Pudi:
We’ve already blogged about Internet Icon, one of the new shows we’ll be presenting on our upcoming YOMYOMF Network on YouTube when we launch next month. Our network partner Ryan Higa will be judging the contest along with Family Guy’s Christine Lakin and a third surprise judge to be announced soon. Chester See (also one of our partners) will be hosting and director Andy Fickman (The Game Plan) is producing. This is your chance to submit your video for a chance to become not only the next YouTube sensation but win some cool prizes including $5,000, a Macbook Pro with Final Cut, a 1 year development deal with the YOMYOMF Network, a Sony Playstation Vita, a 14-day European vacation, industry meetings and more!
And because of popular demand, we are extending the deadline to Sunday, April 8, 11:59 PM PST so what are you waiting for? Submit your video now. Let Mr. Higa convince you himself:
If you’re not already following us on Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr, you’re missing out on a lot of extras you won’t find here on our blog including updates on various Offender-related projects (like the most recent updates about our upcoming YOMYOMF Network on YouTube) and silly, fun things like “Add Your Own Caption.” This is where we post an image we find online or that our readers forward to us and ask you to write an appropriate caption to accompany that image. And we’ll feature some of the captions here.
And the featured caption for this week comes from reader James Dante:
I can't quit you.
So check out our Facebook page for future editions of “Add Your Own Caption”, write your own caption and/or “like” the ones you think are worthy and we may share them here.
As we inch closer to the May launch of our YOMYOMF Network on YouTube, you’ll be hearing more about all the shows we’re developing. One of our new shows will be INTERNET ICON featuring our YOMYOMF partners/YouTube stars/bromancers Ryan Higa and Chester See:
Yup, if you’ve ever wanted to make YouTube videos and become the next internet sensation, this show is for you. Check out all the info below and get details on how to enter to be a part of the show here.
YOMYOMF Network, a launch partner of YouTube’s groundbreaking original channels initiative, has teamed with Andy Fickman’s Oops Doughnuts and Bobby Smith, Jr.’s Ashore Entertainment in search of the next “Internet Icon.” YouTube sensation, Ryan Higa, will judge along with Christine Lakin. Christine is best known for her role as “Al” in the series “Step by Step” and is currently in the VH-1 series “Stevie TV” and a regular voice on the highly successful “Family Guy” television series. Chester See, currently one of the most subscribed internet artists with over 350,000 songs sold on iTunes, will host the show. Contestants will compete in a series of challenges designed to highlight their creativity and filmmaking skills in an effort to become the next big internet star. Production begins late April and the show will air in mid-May with the audience voting on a winner prior to a finale in July.
If you’re not already following us on Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr, you’re missing out on a lot of extras you won’t find here on our blog including updates on various Offender-related projects (like the most recent updates about our upcoming YOMYOMF Network on YouTube) and silly, fun things like “Add Your Own Caption.” This is where we post an image we find online or that our readers forward to us and ask you to write an appropriate caption to accompany that image. And we’ll feature some of the captions here.
And the featured caption for this week comes from reader Marc Macalintal:
The North Korean space program has a set back.
So check out our Facebook page for future editions of “Add Your Own Caption”, write your own caption and/or “like” the ones you think are worthy and we may share them here.
