Written by Jackson West
Posted Tuesday, January 30, 2007 at 1:52 PM PT

Five Vlogs You Need to See

While web shows like Rocketboom (and the Amanda Congdon show), ScobleShow, Ask a Ninja and lonelygirl15 pull down cable television numbers, and a million others on YouTube are busy making faces on camera for a few friends and family, there’s a whole world of great content somewhere in the middle. Jet Set, Geek Entertainment TV, Cranky PWA, French Maid TV, Can We Do That? and Almost There immediately come to mind as shows you should know if you don’t already. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg — after the jump, some of my favorites that I don’t hear come up in conversations nearly often enough.

Feed Me Bubbe: When I need good kosher food, there’s only three words I need to know: Feed me, Bubbe. This cooking show from Avrom Honigs ’s Chalutz Productions features a real, live grandmother making classic comfort food in her own kitchen. It’s also doing wonders to introduce a new generation to the glories of yiddish, the ur tongue of all good punchlines.

Freshtopia: Can you tell I love food shows? Freshtopia’s host Tanja Andrews introduces topics focused on good ingredients and healthy living in a stylish and engaging show. And it’s just one of a slew of great sites about sustainability and the environment like Treehugger TV and Sustainable Route.

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Human Dog Laboratories: Momentshowing’s Jay Dedman is a fan and tipped me to this. Professor Chris Weagel broadcasts this wonderfully weird show from the shores of St. Clair Shores, Michigan. Imagine an even more surreal version of Beakman’s World, except with more kitties.

Valdezatron Industries: Speaking of surreal, it doesn’t get much more trippy than some of the fantastically edited collages of eclectic video material than this. Yes, it probably infringes on more copyrights in a minute than your average hip-hop producer, but as an existential statement on the video-saturated culture we live in, I’d argue that it’s fair use. Also, I’d argue it’s hilarious.

Rabbit Bites: Buns and Chou Chou are an opinionated pair of vermin with a taste for online video. They’ve interviewed everyone from Revver’s Micki Krimmel to Ze Frank, and have a twitchy nose for news on the celebrity beat. Though the high-pitched rabbit voices take some getting used to.

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Comments (13)

Wow.
Feed Me Bubbe is brilliant, thanks for the heads-up, and thanks for mentioning freshtopia.net.
Cheers,

Oscar
Director, http://www.freshtopia.net

Oscar — 3:08 PM on January 30, 2007 Reply
Thanks for the kind words. The Maids are very happy. And by the way we do “pull down cable television numbers.”

Tim Street — 3:55 PM on January 30, 2007 Reply
These are some refreshing props to see on the NewTeeVee.
Valdez is my vid-mashup-hero. Be sure to check out his classic, “Big Screen Version.”

chuck — 4:52 PM on January 30, 2007 Reply
Thanks kids! We love ya.

Hugs,
Buns and Chou Chou

buns and chou chou — 6:41 PM on January 30, 2007 Reply
You guys are having all the fun! Jackson, don’t forget our unique business blog, GuruBBQ!

Thanks!

Lou

Lou Bortone — 9:13 PM on January 30, 2007 Reply
Big thanks for the shout for JETSET, Jackson. And for fans of Chris Weagel, American King (americanking.net) is a trippy experience to have. Check that one out.

Steve Woolf — 2:12 AM on January 31, 2007 Reply
Thanks for the GETV shout out, Jackson. We pull down “cable television numbers” similar to Sally Struthers’ “save the children” advertorials at 4am on the Weather Channel. I think we’re in good company.

Eddie Codel — 11:13 AM on January 31, 2007 Reply
http://swordfight.org/video/ is another one of my favorites. 5 years in the making.

oh, and check out Bekah at http://missbhavens.blogspot.com/.

jay dedman — 10:18 PM on January 31, 2007 Reply
If you like Bubbe, you might enjoy Millie’s Yiddish Class.

steve garfield — 10:34 PM on January 31, 2007 Reply
Bubbe’s great! Thanks!

My favorite vlog is http://www.ysabellabrave.com
I think she’s the next Marilyn Monroe. She’s beginning to gain a huge amount of subscribers on YouTube and personally answers as many of their posts as she can. She’s cool.

ExiMod — 3:23 AM on February 1, 2007 Reply
My favorite videoblog right now is Noddlescar Daily. 15 seconds of beautiful non-sequitors.

Schlomo Rabinowitz — 9:42 AM on February 1, 2007 Reply
I turn away for a minute, and suddenly I get better suggestions and tips than I could’ve asked for in the last three months.

For the first time, I’m officially thanking NewTeeVee readers (who, apparently, are a bunch of people I already know and love).

Jackson West — 12:47 AM on February 2, 2007 Reply
If you want to learn Yiddish over the internet, but with a real teacher, check http://eyiddish.org

Noam — 9:06 AM on June 29, 2008 Reply

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