Nice, no wrinkles.

Jason Toon wrote:

Funny! Don't drink, but enjoyed watching the video. Great name!

Is it just me, or does this stop about halfway through?

Need to use something other than the built-in camera microphone, and it's not too painful .. well, at least not until the "no need to get personal" changeover. There's no real segue, and with the lack of monkey gestures that appear to follow the dialog, the imagination is stretched a bit too far trying to envision an actual conversation between the two.
It might be possible to save the second half of the skit if it's excised, turned into its own "episode" ... and then swiftly dragged into the Recycle Bin. Saving other files in this manner is up to you.

So can I get some wine for all my overdue monkey prizes?

Just as I buy useless electronics to see future woot-off items, I am definitely going to purchase some Monkey Prize Wine just to see more woot videos.

I don't know how you guys came up with you're business model, but it's genius. I would go as far as saying... of all the business models I've ever seen... yours is certainly one of them.

dontwantaname wrote:I just got some wine, but it didn't change my woot count! That's not fair!

I'm pretty sure it will, eventually. It's either a caching issue, or the count doesn't go up 'til we fully charge your card. I'll doublecheck tomorrow.

Heh, that was somewhat entertaining, though the star definitely did not get enough camera time, that Woot guy kept steeling it all...

Solonari wrote:Need to use something other than the built-in camera microphone, and it's not too painful .. well, at least not until the "no need to get personal" changeover. There's no real segue, and with the lack of monkey gestures that appear to follow the dialog, the imagination is stretched a bit too far trying to envision an actual conversation between the two.
It might be possible to save the second half of the skit if it's excised, turned into its own "episode" ... and then swiftly dragged into the Recycle Bin. Saving other files in this manner is up to you.

They have a freakin' monkey in a bar. It's an actual monkey in an actual bar. Like, they are all there at the same time. I know this for a fact.
I work at the bar...kinda...
I bet your dog (or cat or gerbil) can't drink wine on command.

ahahahahaaaaahhaahahahaha...oh excuse me...I almost fell out of my chair...oh wait I'm not in a chair...I am in my bed...noooo wait I am in my chair...oh that's good. Pretty entertaining lil skit...should have had the monkey throw the wine in the face of interviewer and interviewer does the ol 'I'm blind' skit and all would have been funnier...need more videos....mmmmm

Great job! Had me laughing at 6:15 on a Monday morning getting ready for work.
That's tough to do!!

Genius. Never mind the naysayers -- this is the podcast and the blog squished together into a multimedia elementary school art class Mother's Day take-home project. "Mom! See what I made for you?" "Why yes, dear. It's a documentary, right?"

The dialog was great. BTW: Was that Jason playing the part of the "satisfied consumer" on the bathroom floor?

mnementh wrote:So can I get some wine for all my overdue monkey prizes?

I'm wondering the same, even though my Monkey Prize was only awarded two weeks ago. Haha.

Vid was clever. Some of the human testimonials were great: "It's like paint thinner... but really good paint thinner." All in all, just the kind of video I would expect from Woot.

Where do I get that Woot hat?

Hahaha, I loved the video!

i lost interest about 1/3 of the video in.

If you want to see a big fat monkey (me) playing records go to http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/ohexpress

yikes!

Yeah, it started out great, but then it kind of lost momentum. Maybe it just needed to be shorter... or about something more interesting than wine. Next ΒOC, just shoot some video of the guys in the warehouse loading up the boxes. I'd watch that. :-)

Is there audio associated with this movie? Because all I get is empty air.

BTW, it doesn't work really well without sound.

Amazingly awesome video, but why did woot use the losing wootcast opening line. People obviously don't like it, it should have been the old, really annoying intro.

Please read/learn about J cuts and L cuts. Horrible editing.

jamietoon wrote:They have a freakin' monkey in a bar. It's an actual monkey in an actual bar. Like, they are all there at the same time. I know this for a fact.
I work at the bar...kinda...
I bet your dog (or cat or gerbil) can't drink wine on command.

Oh, I'm not bashing the monkey and I completely agree that they had some great resources for the video. I'm just saying that with great resources come great resp... wait, no, sorry ... I'm just saying that the first part was good, but that it should have been clamped off before flying onto the tangent "getting personal" bit. A graphic artist friend of mine sums up this kind of situation as "less is more" ...

They wanted comments and feedback. They got constructive criticism from someone who thinks they did a pretty good job. Stop being so touchy.

Oh, and you're right. My cats would never drink wine on command. They prefer cognac and a good Havana.

It's actually the second time i've heard of someone crapping their pants on a train. Other than that, fabulous job, it had a comedy central side skit feel.

Where can i get a woot hat like dr hurcules had... infact... do you guys merchandise with your label?? i would buy a beanie in a heartbeat!

btw nice video...

smallfrystaff wrote:Where can i get a woot hat like dr hurcules had... infact... do you guys merchandise with your label?? i would buy a beanie in a heartbeat!

btw nice video...

oh my!, I wanted to post the EXACT same thing, that hat was so glorious, "I want 3"

Toynbert wrote:

oh my!, I wanted to post the EXACT same thing, that hat was so glorious, "I want 3"

do you think if we do a chant (like the Bandolier of Carrots chant) they will sell them to us :-D

anyways... woot! its simple... order custom beanies and hats... and vwalla merchandizing... and even more happy customers :-D

The Monkey Prize Wine video: Amusing, Earthy, fruity up front with a vulgar finish. Hints of banana, leather, and excrement (either simian or human. or both). Final score: 6/10.

Incidentally - isn't a chimp properly called an "ape", rather than a "monkey"?

Solonari wrote: some stuff

Sorry, I wasn't being touchy, I was just still recovering from my half drunken *lol*s.
Didn't mean to come off as defensive.
...monkey...

I was just happy to learn that I'm not the only one who's crapped his pants on the train before.

smallfrystaff wrote:do you think if we do a chant (like the Bandolier of Carrots chant) they will sell them to us :-D

anyways... woot! its simple... order custom beanies and hats... and vwalla merchandizing... and even more happy customers :-D

yeah, i liked the hat... i'd probably buy one...

way back in the day, there were woot t-shirts, back when woot was purple... i think there was even a sort of "wet t-shirt contest" wearing the woot shirts...

better watch what you wish for...the next bag'ocrapo may just be nothing but woot hats and woot pens and woot tiolet paper....

1person wrote:better watch what you wish for...the next bag'ocrapo may just be nothing but woot hats and woot pens and woot tiolet paper....

my butt is worthy of woot toilet paper thank you very much... although i would very much like to have woot the flamethrower (great for the kids)

some behind-the-scenes shots for your perusal.

Excellent addition to the blog! Love seeing some of those old StL haunts too.

That video was hilarious! I loved it. Great editing too. It's gotta be a little tough to play straight man to a chimp but you pulled it off fantastically! The "Awkward length" was absoulutely GENIOUS!
I guess you could reasonably say that I enjoyed the video. I really liked the snipped together interviews. How exactly would she know what "really good" paint thinner tasted like?
Keep them coming.

What's wrong with wootware in BOCs? if I ever got a chance at a Bandolier of Carrots I'd get a really big kick out of a woot hat.

I'm famous!