One
of my favorite things about Dragon*Con is Dragon*Con Television, or
DC*TV.
If
you’re a practitioner of dorkery, there’s no better source of
comedy than the in-house channel produced by Dragon*Con every year.
DC*TV features a huge variety of parodies, sketch comedy, and
observational humor taken from all of the things genre fans love.
It’s like Saturday Night Live except that it runs for four days
straight and is actually funny.
Where
do you have to go to see all of this? How much are tickets? Or do I
have to subscribe to some vile service that’s going to sell my
e-mail address to Klingon agents that will spam my inbox until
(Klingon apocalypse).
IT
IS ALL FREE IN YOUR ROOM!
Well,
there or in the panel rooms. In between panels you can catch plenty
of DC*TV hilarity on the screens that flank most stages.
There
has been an awful lot of brilliant stuff broadcast over the years,
but today I want to point out some of my favorites from the DC*TVYouTube channel, in no particular order. Keep an eye out for not
only these shorts, but also brand-new ones from the brilliant teams
behind what I show you today.
On
A Blimp
This
parody of The Lonely Island's “I’m On A Boat” is what made me
decide I was just going to have to settle down and accept Steampunk.
The whole concept was off-putting to me initially because it seemed
like some of those folks took themselves just a bit too seriously. As
this hilarious video shows, that is clearly not the case.
Sci-Fi
Janitors: Steampunk
Bob
and Carl probably explain it best.
Fang
Friends
Jonathan
Coulton always has a few nuggets of dorky joy for us, but this is my
favorite. I would totally watch this show if it actually happened.
Happy
Red Matter Ball
This
is an early and very simple piece, but it makes me laugh every time.
I think because it is so similar in tone to early 90’s SNL. But
really, when is slow death by unknown radiation from outer space ever
not
funny?
Dalek
Exterminators
Such
an obvious and basic premise, but still hilarious. The idea of a
Dalek specializing in pest control… just imagine one of the giant
pepperpots in your home laying traps and shooting ant spray behind
the fridge with its little weapon stalk; then telling you how long it
will be before you see results. “I
will return to follow up in twenty to thirty Earth days”.
The long shot of that single Dalek rolling up the sidewalk for a
house call is awesome.
Soylent
Green Baby Food
Soylent
Green
humor always gets me. My favorite sign I’ve ever seen at a
wrestling event was “Soylent Green is People!”. So incongruous
with its surroundings.
FeltLife
I’m
not sure how funny this one actually is. Or how fake it is, quite
frankly. I mean, I’m pretty sure there are some puppet fuckers out
there. The best thing about this one is really the characterizations
of the puppets. They aren’t being sensual or sexy at all. They’re
being total, Muppet-style spazzes.
ShatWOW!
The
look on Garret Wang's face as he strokes the ShatWOW cloth is...
haunting. Just imagine it on a 98" screen. Or a t-shirt.
Somebody get me a ShatWOW! t-shirt.
The
Avengers PSA
I love Cap's smug self-righteousness in this. Also, it predated the movie by a bunch of months. It'll still be fresh this year.
PSA
Guy: Hygiene
Likely
the most important DC*TV video of them all.
-Phantom
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