Dan Meth’s Meth Minute 39 debut is nothing like the rest of his relentlessly original series. The first video, Internet People, is a laundry list of very great Internet video meme and is by far Meth’s most popular, with millions of views. The show’s producer, Fred Siebert, even told NTV that he’s gotten an offer to turn the video into a TV show.
However, it is elsewhere in the series that Dan Meth’s creative juices start to flow. He juggles a whole cast of characters that he rotates through. Riffing on everything from Gem and the Holograms to 8-Bit Mike Tyson spans the hipster youth culture. The animations change styles each time, bouncing from stop-motion watermelons to drunken experimental sharpie drawings to fighting hands.
Dan Meth studied illustration in college and joined Fred Seibert at Frederator Studios in 2006. Meth Minute makes its home on Channel Frederator, itself part of Next New Networks.
NewTeeVee’s latest project, launched in June 2008, is NewTeeVee Station, an editorially-driven guide to quality online video. Want to find something good to watch? Want to get the lowdown on something all the kids are talking about, like “Soulja Boy” or combining Mentos and Diet Coke? Want to meet the rising stars of the new age of television before they get huge? NewTeeVee Station is your cheat sheet, cataloging the world of web video with an engaging voice and a critical eye. It’s also a community site, giving you increased power to express what you like, what you don’t, and what else you want to watch.
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