In my ongoing search for “cool things” I have encountered Channel 101 http://www.channel101.com/ This is a site where people have posted shorts and ideas for television shows. It seems that it has been around for quite awhile (guess I’m out of the subculture loop here). I recently pilaged some of the stuff after Andy Samberg, a new cast member on SNL, was on Conan talking about how he did a project called “the ‘bu”. It sounded right up my “anything goes” sense of humor alley. A quick look at all the stuff on the site leads me to believe that it isn’t all great but much like Channel Frederator I find inspiration in how the web has become a way for people to get their stuff seen and heard. Hopefully this will lead to a greater amount of talent and a higher proportion of “coolness” out there. So check the site out for what it’s worth, you might find a special gem OR you know there is the irony of bad crap angle.
Thanks for the mention. It’s our hope too to help bring original and exciting content to the world… Keep the feedback coming; it all works together.
Channel Frederator
http://www.channelfredrator.com
For sure man, I’m grabbing episode 15 right now.
Interestingly, it was Channel 101 and Channel 102 that inspired us to create Channel Frederator. At first we were going to do a cartoon version of their sites, but we decided to leap forward into portable devices instead.
Soon, we’ll probably be doing our version of their live events.
Nice (inadvertant) observation on our concurrent approaches.
By the way, you can find our blog posts at http://newtoons.frederator.com/channel_frederator
Oh for sure, thanks for the link. I caught the similarity of intent right quick as soon as I heard about Channel 101. I think this stuff you guys are doing is super cool. I’ll have to get into gear and get some projects off the ground myself so I can contribute to this revolution.