Podcast: Online Parodies

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Each podcast journeys into the world wide web, exploring various aspects of what makes people successful on the internet. We’ll cover almost anything. We’ve learned all about StuffedRobots, explored Twitter, learned about SpyFu, and had a lot of fun along the way.

In This Podcast

• Josh Cole
• Brad Schwarzenbach
• Andrew Davis
• Scott Loring
• James Cosco

This week on The Tipping Point: Parodies

Spoofs have never been more popular. What makes parodies work and not work online? We take a closer look.

Zeitgeist

Brad wonders what WWARD? What would Andy Rooney do on the internet.

Feature Story

Andrew Davis considers the Man vs. Wild parody, The Naturist.

5 Questions

Scott interviews Mike Volpe from Hubspot about their parody videos.

Our Take

Jim Cosco interviews Jack Douglass, creator of the popular Snuggie parody video, the WTF Blanket.

Read From The Web

Some interesting readings from the Uncyclopedia.

The Journey

Josh Cole finds the mythical content marketing paradise of parodies.

Music

• GrangeGorman — Small Town
• Subliminal — The Heat wave
• el-B — August (Reggae Rework)
• William Berry — Short Fuses Burn Long Bridges
• Angles11 — The Delta Kite Experiment
• Karma Cowboy — Hoody Sweater

Editing Mastery

Jim Theodore edited this podcast, and it sounds great!

About the author

Josh Cole - Josh Cole was born to create content -- from his pioneering works in anarchoustic and hobophonic sounds & web content to writing across a wide variety of media. Joining the team in Spring 2009, he has been instrumental in crafting and producing oodles of content for Breville, Putnam Investments, and Tippingpoint Labs. He rides a near mint 1964 Raleigh Colt to work. He still remembers which accessories go with each G.I. Joe action figure. He writes with the kung-fu action grip. Josh is in charge of content for a variety of clients. His favorite Tippingpoint Labs value is: "There is a content solution to every business challenge."