Comedy

The super-spy version of our 44th president is cool, calm, and in charge.

2/8 Life, a spoof of the much-discussed quarterlife, is so smart and funny that it could easily render the target of its satire obsolete.

Three seniors struggle to make it big in the acting world.

NBC’s popular sitcom can’t get enough of online memes.

The classic joke set-up is the basis for a crass holiday special.

A 13-year-old girl dishes about boys, her family, and suffering from a fictional genetic disorder in this daily vlog series.

Actors are crazy, but the ones who sign up for acting classes from Mr. Belding are the craziest.

A well-condensed five-minute talk show experiment, hosted by 18-year TV writing veteran Bob Kushell.

Your one-stop shopping destination for bad Santa videos.

The shorts that made Awkward Pictures the 2007 YouTube Sketchies winners.

Sports-centered mockumentary about the fake heirs to a real sports trading card dynasty. Stars Jason and Randy Sklar and Brian Huskey; also features an exponential number of celeb athlete cameos.

Two college friends have created a whole brand with their college-humor-style pranks and short, zippy videos. The duo got lots of visibility when some of their videos were featured on the front page of YouTube and have since then leveraged their success into an oldteevee deal.

Poking smart fun at the political landscape and its players, this goes way beyond Obama Girl.

A behind-the-scenes satire of the porn world.

The genius creator’s crude animations belie a brilliantly irreverent point of view.

Some hardcore product placement happens at a modern-day advertising agency.

Braxton Price stars creator Aaron Nauta as a young robo-Republican hired by the fictional National Federation of Young Republicans to host a web show-within-the-show.

The story of a screenwriter with a gun to his head, remembering the path that lead him through a strange satiric Hollywood to an untimely end.

A satirical riff on the reality TV hunt for true man-love.

From Deca Studios comes this dude’s guide to everything dude. Video games, gadgets, porn — it’s all covered here.

The heirs to a carpet store empire discover that their business is vulnerable to take-over… by David Spade.

Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane transfers his trademark cutaway jokes to Internet distribution.

Darth Vader’s younger brother works at a Wisconsin grocery store. You’d think with the Dark Side on his side, he could do better.

An American girl on the loose in London gets into improvised comedy hijinks.

Directed by peripatetic funny man Rob Corddy, and written by Corddry and Wainy Days producer Jonathan Stern, and much more than derivative online Hollywood fare.

An online-only mockumentary about two young, hapless TV producers.

A collection of “zany” (their word, not ours) pick-up videos that the College Humor crew shoots around its offices, which have since been adapted as an MTV series.

A quirky and surreal comedy set entirely within the white-walled abyss of Dan Humford’s comatose mind.

The co-creator of Channel 101 brings his distinctive, web-friendly flair to the upcoming NBC comedy.

The anglophilic comedy duo David Beeler and Tom Konkle double your pleasure (and laughs) via literate Python-esque sketches and series.

An SNL digital short aggressively memed on the Internets, this mock murder gunplay vid spoofs a ubiquitous dramatic trope and co-stars Shia LaBeouf.

A monster viral hit for Saturday Night Live, Andy Samberg and Justin Timberlake performed this awesome spoof of early 90s R&B ballads to show guys what to get their girlfriends for X-mas.

A compelling tale of the temping life.

How good are your pick-up skills? Because this guy’s moves are probably better.

Doug “Doog” Bresler has won numerous awards for his animated shorts and has worked with some big stars online, like Ask a Ninja, and offline, like “Weird” Al Yankovic.

Freshman dorms lead to strange bedfellows.

In a Kitchener, Ontario basement, a team of five or six put together a show about web startup employees with puppets that wouldn’t feel out of place in the Adult Swim lineup. Offbeat and a little randy, dotBoom has an undeniable Office Space or The In Crowd appeal. The key, of course, is [...]

Joss Whedon’s bold and hilarious web series musical experiment.

If you’re looking for a factually accurate retelling of the 1804 Alexander Hamilton-Aaron Burr duel, there’s a milk commercial you should check out. But if you’re looking for dudes in wigs, then Drunk History, Vol. 1’s got you covered.

Two guys and their love lives, hanging around Brooklyn and getting into hijinks with their friends — a fresh voice shines with a familiar premise.

Patrick Duffy and a crab puppet make for a strange yet funny duo.

IKEA sponsors Illeana Douglas’s re-imagining of her post-Hollywood career as a store co-worker.

The long-running elevator-set comedy has a star-studded guest cast and millions of views.

A fake reality show made by a real couple about a fake couple who have trouble facing reality on their way to the altar.

Behind the scenes at the fictional Lowry Theater Company.

Videos capturing the epic fails that naturally occur in our chaotic world and the adorable cats who make it better.

A psychedelic, semi-regular comedy cooking show, full of recipes that are mostly impossible to try at home.

A satire of the diversity of dumb to be found in America.

Self-described as “the ultimate mash-up of sketch comedy,” the show grafts a far-reaching, culture-jamming aesthetic onto well-worn subjects for YouTube parody.

The viral campaign for Judd Apatow’s new film certainly has people in it.

Gabe Delahaye and Max Silvestri created this infomercial spoof to show you how you can use the Internet to fulfill all your dreams. Bing-bong, email.

Galacticast’s freeform approach to mocking everything geeky has translated into three seasons of borderline-fair-use sci-fi commentary and comedy.

Girl comedy folk music that tells the truth in the funniest way possible.

Comedian Owen Benjamin is the only straight man in a town that’s, well, gay. The show just moves from one stereotype to the next, never delivering anything insightful (or funny).

Clips of the great comedian’s greatest rants.

A personal trainer gets a little too personal in the new comedy series from 60Frames.

The first-ever animated adaption of David Rees’ popular anti-war comic strip.

A daily Aussie vid series recently syndicated to Bebo, Girl Friday follows the workaday travails of a hard-partying twentysomething constantly in conflict with her office mates and supervisors.

James of Cinemassacre presents foul-mouthed commentary on the good, bad, and bizarre highlights from Godzilla, the world’s most epic monster movie franchise.

Professional role playing gamers kick it old-school in this comedy series.

A play on wacky Japanese TV, wherein perky host Kiko (played by Kim Evey, who produces The Guild) “bewilders and abuses her guests.”

Not every political candidate can surround themselves with the best and the brightest.

A new comedy series on Crackle starring the famous LA-based improv troupe of the same name.

A one-woman comedy show, production company and YouTube channel that, by May 2007, had made Christine Gambito one of the first creators tapped for YouTube’s revenue-sharing program.

Sex. Drugs. Puppets. Drama.

Possibly the world’s first vlogging vampire.

A workplace comedy skewering Washington D.C. idealism.

Hot Hot Los Angeles is a spoof on Hollywood culture featuring good-looking guys and hot women doing deals and stabbing each other in the back. It’s trying to be a clever take on the steamy nighttime soaps, but it just falls flat and seems like it was created principally as a vehicle for the main [...]

With what he thought was the complete creative freedom of the online video world, animator Justin Roiland came up with what is still today one of the most bizarre premises for a web series: A man builds a cloning machine so that he can surround himself wi

Great premise — uneven execution.

James Gunn’s tale of a man and his half-man/half-chimpanzee son.

A comedic soap opera shot secretly at the Burbank home furnishings store.

A single girl copes with singledom with the help of some imaginary… friends isn’t the right word.

Enterprising British students condensed recent Hollywood films to their roots.

Starring thirty-something Playmate/sitcom star Jenny McCarthy, King of Queens‘ Leah Remini, and E!’s Chelsea Handler, the series’ 7-minute-ish vids recreates toddler-centric vignettes from stories submitted by real world moms.

Incognegro follows a light-skinned black man (The Colbert Report’s Jordan Carlos) on his journey to become “blacker.” The first episode has him seeking dog-buying advice in Harlem. Though it’s typical man-on-the-street stuff, Carlos is smart, pretty funny, and quick enough to keep up with the loopy answers thrown his way.

A film-industry spoof of the Mac vs. PC Apple campaign that ultimately acts a rallying cry, encouraging independent media producers to take advantage of the WGA strike to figure out new ways to work outside the system.

Following the success of the first Internet Party, Cracked.com came back with this bit about the Internet holding an intervention for displaced MySpace.

A dark comedy about what happens when you have one-off sex with your (invisible) friend, wake up to find her (still invisible but) dead, and have to hide her (invisible) body.

The heartthrob satirizes his own image, with the help of Funny or Die.

Your favorite Judd Apatow players in the first spoof trailer to be adapted into a feature film.

Logo’s web and TV series, featuring two Very Good Looking Boys.

The two friends have a long legacy of comedy hijinks online.

A Canadian comedian creates viral vocal gold.

Liam Kyle Sullivan’s unabashedly singleminded alter-ego, Kelly, is still bringing the fun two years after her debut.

The erstwhile assistant of Jeremy Piven’s super-agent turns to the web for the exposure he deserves.

Canadian sketch comedy team Loading Ready Run have found a niche in video game comedy and commentary.

Struggling to survive thanks to this recession? Chris has some tips for you!

It’s the battle of the century and the sports satire of the year.

Taking advantage of the Get a Mac ads template, Youtube user ItsJustSomeRandomGuy (real name Michael Agrusso) uses the incredibly goofy medium of talking action figures to poke fun at summer’s biggest blockbusters — from Iron Man to the Punisher to Hulk to Hellboy to the Fantastic Four.

An adorably aggressive kitten and his rapping owner find fame.

Dan Meth burst onto out with the viral hit Internet People, but the rest of his weekly animated series has revolved around a variety of recurring characters including a pair of hipster, music snob buds to an 8-bit Mike Tyson. The first original series on Channel Frederator, the show offers a weekly dose of the [...]

The adventures of a low-rent motion-capture studio are hilarious in web and TV formats alike.

The Ugly Betty web series takes its cue from the comedy soap drama, but without any of the soap or drama elements.

Monty Python’s new YouTube channel curates the best clips, and has apparently led to an almost 10,000% increase in sales on Amazon.com.

Online originals from the Jim Henson Studios.

Three dudes resort to crude methods to figure out which one of them is secretly a robot.

A single woman gets the support she needs from fans, not friends.

A weekly series following the adventures of two guys named Michael who produce funny online videos for a company called (insert drumroll) Black20.

An unemployed buddy comedy in which a pink-slipped professional accompanies his hustler roommate in a series of for-hire adventures.

Two old high school buddies run into each other — but turns out that they aren’t exactly buddies anymore.

Former MTV VJ Pauly Shore (“The Weasel”) wants you to know that he’s really into the news, and he’ll track it down wherever it’s happening.

Writer/director James Gunn brings the web his vision of porn comedy.

Creators describe Psycho Bob as “the video equivalent of a Sunday comic strip,” and while Charlie Brown never picked up hitchhikers with the intention of dismembering them, the comparison is not without merit.

A caustic look at couplehood.

Josh Schwartz’s drama/comedy/live music hybrid series is catnip for the adolescent music fan.

A group of girls (often in bikinis) decide to move in together and put their lives on the Internet in this faux reality show.

Two slices of deadpan comedy plus a thin spread of horror makes for a tasty meal.

The former governor and vice-presidential candidate remains an iconic figure.

An inspired vlog-style tale of the mundanity of office life, from the front lines.

Hideous New York rents drive a dysfunctional couple to move in together. It goes about as well as you’d think.

A big-boobed, PG-13 soft core series slightly evocative of lonelygirl15 in its just-off-screen promise of titillation. Recently optioned as a pilot for Comedy Central.

When a small-town couple’s sex tape gets leaked, the pair find themselves newly-dubbed… you know.

The act of co-habitation has a hold on the online video world.

The whimsical and the macabre meet at this delightfully disturbing indie portal for shorts, animation, and web series.

Equal parts animated Christmas special and horror genre lampoon, with an occasional nod to Star Wars, Wizard of Oz and other iconic flicks as well. A parody, wrapped in a spoof, inside a satire.

Ten episodes of awkward conversation about the search for love, brought to you by Strike.TV.

A new spin on nature programs, sold by Andrew Struthers’ dry narration.

Heidi Klum fights the supervillain Faux Pas in this fashion-themed superhero comedy.

There are certainly no shortage of Hills spoofs on YouTube, and many of them are a lot weirder, a lot scrappier — and thus a lot more interesting.

From the comedy troup Handsome Donkey comes this sit-com about a group of guys washing windows and the hi-jinx they get in. The web series originated on ABC.com.

Married with Children star David Faustino pokes fun at himself and Hollywood in a web series that pushes every envelope except the one with an award in it.

Meet Billy Mires – designated (if fictional) driver for John McCain’s Straight Talk Express.

The new content hub launches with an impressive lineup of talent.

A mostly-improvised look at one Los Angeles apartment complex and its strange denziens.

Two very different web series find new life in the genre.

Will Lil’ O’Reilly’s viral fans follow his itty-bitty fascist footsteps back to OldTeeVee and prop up the brilliant show that spawned him?

Longtime comedy makers make comedy for all sorts.

While a bit dated in terms of current video culture (fifteen minutes an episode? Seriously?), The ‘Burg represented huge strides for the web in terms of writing and acting — not to mention making fun of hipsters.

The producers of The ‘Burg work their magic again — this time, with Michael Eisner’s money and mockumentary coverage of one band rocking until they run out of gas.

A sci-fi comedy about the folks stuck down in the engine room.

The first web series from writer David Berenbaum and Ben Weber, a TV actor perhaps best known for his commercial turn as a Geico cavemen.

A Channel 101-esque cop spoof gets a major upgrade thanks to interactive storytelling.

No-holds-barred sketch comedy from Benny and Rafi Fine.

Sci-fi softcore porn with a clever spin on the kind of schlocky, sleazy, not-quite-intentional comedy reminiscent of late-night TV.

A wacky animated family that always has it worse than other families.

A quirky, character-driven comedy about an online guild of MMORPG-ers who wind up meeting in meat space.

A mystery man seeks vengeance in a most child-like manner- literally.

It’s the web sensation that kick-started Funny or Die. Will Ferrell faces the verbal wrath of his surly, drunk, three year old landlord Pearl.

A video game parody that commits fully to its “real dude in a video game world” premise.

SNL’s first foray into web series production is funny… in spurts.

Web comedy pioneers Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone, and Akiva Schaffer’s influence extends beyond Saturday Night Live.

A once-weekly series about an alternative comedian’s quest to date San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom.

Mortified mines the notebooks and dioramas of our youth for hilarious bits of embarrassing humor. The live shows are a cult favorite around the country, as people from all walks of life read journals, poetry or play songs written in their past.

Hayden Black’s Ghost Hunters parody lacks refinement and funny.

A postapocalyptic misfit buddy comedy. No, really.

Of all the shows in Crackle.com’s The C-Spot, The Roadents is the best. It’s an animated bit about two guinea pigs driving a Winnebago. The animation is top-notch and the voice acting is excellent. The jokes are a little stale, but the delivery more than makes up for it.

A Los Angeles schlub gets the Jim Morrison-esque guru he never actually wanted.

Some YouTube heavy-hitters team up to make some sketch comedy.

A Los Angeles sketch comedy group mines dark comedy gold out of Google’s Web 2.0 functionality.

The Writers Room “stars” comedian Kevin Pollak as the rude host of a late-night talk show who berates his writing staff, but so far Pollak only appears via speakerphone (it probably cost too much to have him in person). It feels like it’s trying to be a mix between The Larry Sanders Show via The [...]

ThunderAnt’s hipster celeb credentials are impeccable, while the actual videos are both unassuming and highly conceptual.

Two dudes from the future explore our present.

The Arrested Development alum lends his comedic talents around.

Highly irregular sketch comedy, produced regularly.

Celebrities on Twitter get the dramatic readings they deserve.

Two brothers decided to forgo all textual communication for a year and instead post video blogs to YouTube. The result was a Ze Frank-esque blog with songs, strange antics, nerdy jokes and lots of viewers.

Crime drama parody – complete with good cop/bad cop conflict - in which gratuitous appliance usage and loose spigots are a cold, hard fact of life.

Inspirations for the show include the hipsters of The Burg and the relationship hijinx of the boys on Entourage. Though the characters have a little more difficulty navigating relationships than Vincent Chase and friends, that’s by design.

Lisa Kudrow plays the first — and worst — web-based therapist.

This improbably insane slice of celebrity self-indulgence made it to YouTube, where it has since, predictably, become fodder for a number of takeoffs and parodies.

The slacker undead rise again on Crackle.

Donnie Hoyle guides you through despair as his marriage and work falls apart through informative Photoshop tutorials. Divorce (and clone stamping) was never this funny.

The indie comic has thus far found his biggest success online.

The personal reflections of a spaceship captain on a grand mission.

What isn’t there to like about a foul-mouthed Brit who has a axe to grind with the video game industry? Starting off with nothing more than some Photoshopped stills and a sharp wit, the show’s creator Ben “Yahtzee” Croshaw has parlayed his show into a viral superhit with a lucrative home on The Escapist, a [...]