We are all aware of YouTube's extreme usefulness when you want your blog post to have a song playing in the background, say, or embed a clip of an extreme biker dude. GZMoohoo uses it often to quite excellent effect. However, did you know there is a whole world of YouTube performers doing comedy, advice, and even what we might call TV-like shows? I only recently discovered this phenomenon (perhaps I'm late to the game) and was lucky to stumble upon some really great finds early on. Here now are a few of my favorites:
The Lizzie Bennet Diaries - A modern adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, told in video blog style. Here is episode 1 of 100:
It's so funny and spot-on to the spirit of the books. I may have spent far too much time starting at my computer screen when I discovered this show last year. My mom and I are now endeavoring to watch it together - it's pretty easy to do, since most of the episodes are no more than 3-4 minutes long.
Crash Course - Fun, educational videos tackling all sorts of general knowledge subjects. I particularly liked the US History set of videos.
From their YouTube bio: Eight awesome courses in one awesome channel: John Green teaches you World History and Hank Green teaches you Psychology. Check out the playlists for past courses in World History, Biology, Literature, Ecology, Chemistry, and US History.
Here's a highlight:
There are all sorts of other fun channels out there - I've got a few good comedy recommendations if anyone is interested, and one news channel that's not taking itself too seriously. And then of course, there is Between Two Ferns. Enjoy!
I have no neat segue, so here now a photo of cats being adorable, a time-honored internet tradition.
The Lizzie Bennet Diaries - A modern adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, told in video blog style. Here is episode 1 of 100:
It's so funny and spot-on to the spirit of the books. I may have spent far too much time starting at my computer screen when I discovered this show last year. My mom and I are now endeavoring to watch it together - it's pretty easy to do, since most of the episodes are no more than 3-4 minutes long.
Crash Course - Fun, educational videos tackling all sorts of general knowledge subjects. I particularly liked the US History set of videos.
From their YouTube bio: Eight awesome courses in one awesome channel: John Green teaches you World History and Hank Green teaches you Psychology. Check out the playlists for past courses in World History, Biology, Literature, Ecology, Chemistry, and US History.
Here's a highlight:
There are all sorts of other fun channels out there - I've got a few good comedy recommendations if anyone is interested, and one news channel that's not taking itself too seriously. And then of course, there is Between Two Ferns. Enjoy!
I have no neat segue, so here now a photo of cats being adorable, a time-honored internet tradition.
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| I thought the photo of an open window and green grass might cheer people up. |
Comments
Cat photos are mandatory.
Funny and interesting links in this post. The POTUS and Zach was a bit weird.