Summer’s coming. That means if you’re looking for something new to watch on TV, your best bet is looking online.
Amazon Studios recently released pilots 14 comedies and kids’ series featuring top stars like John Goodman, Jeffrey Tambor, and Bebe Neuwirth. Over the past few weeks, I took the to evaluate their lineup of adult comedies.
Half of the adult comedies appear to be clear winners. Viewers of the Zombieland TV series may miss the cast of the original movie, but they’ll enjoy 29 minutes of commercial-free, zombie-inspired humor. In the first episode, characters Columbus, Tallahassee, Wichita, and Little Rock head west seeking to grow their numbers. With navigating tips from On-star, they struggle to build a family as each person they meet meets their own untimely demise.
Online video is one of the most effective content marketing tools. The challenge is doing it well.
A poet, a storyteller and an author walk into a bar. The bartender takes a critical look at the trio. “We don’t serve your kind in here,” he says. The three wordsmiths share puzzling glances. Next, they turn away from the bartender and whisper among themselves. After several tense seconds, the poet walk up to the bartender and gives him a determined stare.
Designers and video editors used to ‘need’ Mac computers to get the job done. Now, they’re getting the job done equally well on both platforms.