I'm trying something new with the delivery of comedy videos with the launch of CrapStick Doodle, a sort of webcomic / cartoon / blog / podcast set to still images / Video series on crack. This is supposed to be very loosely based on my life and opinions. Basically, I start by writing and recording an audio comedy bit and put together some images found on Google, or ones that are ridiculously poorly drawn by me. Here is the first episode:
This is all very early and experimental, and at this time even I don't really have any concrete idea for the format, art style, or characters. I'm basically just throwing a bunch of shit at the wall and seeing what sticks. It could have potential to be something worthwhile and funny, or it might be the biggest waste of time of my life. As it stands right now I could really go either way.
The first episode addresses my longstanding issue with the backyard game of Cornhole sharing a name with a common euphemism for anal prison rape. As for the title of the series, my girlfriend actually came up with the name CrapStick Doodle. After making this video, I asked her to come up with a name for the series. She said she had no idea because she hadn't seen the video and had no idea what it was even about. I said, "So what? Come up with something anyway, dammit!" and she jokingly responded with "Crapstick Doodle." Since the quality of the drawing is worse than that of a third grader, I actually found the name oddly appropriate and stuck with it.
Anyway, I don't have any delusions that this first video is even decent, but I'm okay with that, because my first live-action comedy sketch was a piece of shit too, but it showed potential for better things. So I hope you're at least mildly amused and see potential for the format evolving into something watchable.
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