Loving the Bench

People are always talking about how awesome web videos are - how the next big thing is going to be this little site called YouTube. As someone who likes to stay ahead of the trends, I went and checked out this user-generated video site and a few like it and I was less then impressed. I have certain criteria for content and I guess I’d say that the thing that urks me the most is amateurism. Poorly produced, planned, lit, and just silly videos don’t do it for me. However, every now and then I stumble upon some independent content producers that are really great. I’m going to start linking to them. And the first one is…

JakeandAmir.com

Jake. from Amir on Vimeo.

These guys are hysterical. They work at ConnectedVentures (the guys behind CollegeHumor). Apparently I once watched a Lakers game with Amir at some party. I spent maybe 5 hrs a few nights ago watching all their videos. I highly recommend. Enjoy.