Since moving the Muskets! franchise to Hollywood, I’ve discovered the truth in that old adage: it’s not what you know, it’s who you know. For example, I know Javier who runs the avocado booth at the weekly farmer’s market, and now I literally take baths in guacamole. It’s only a matter of time before I leverage that relationship into a film deal (I mean aside from that guy from the fetish website who came and filmed me in a bathtub of guacamole for four hours).
But that’s how it works out here; you’ve got to schmooze. So I decided, what better way to make friends of the other sketch troupes out there than to arbitrarily rank them from worst to best, in an article whose title implies that even the best aren’t nearly as good as my own troupe?
So enjoy losing the next several hours of your life (and possibly weeks, if you bookmark this page).
The Troupe: According to his “Bio” section, “Scott Gairdner is a Los Angeles-based sketch comedy group comprised of Scott Gairdner and Scott Gairdner.” I was first drawn in by his spot-on Michael McDonald impersonation, but quickly grew to love his sharp, caustic wit, ravenous devouring and regurgitation of pop culture, and judicious use of fake facial hair. Seriously, the kid looks like he’s fourteen.
The Sketches: In many ways, Scott is a comedian’s comedian. And by that I don’t mean to imply he has sexual relations with other comedians—although this could certainly be the case—but rather that his funny tends to come from incredible premises and textbook joke deployment. His are the kind of sketches that sound funny just in the video description:
Hey, don’t mess with the classics.
Crude TV Equivalent: If the better SNL writers were given a website and no budget whatsoever.
If You Only Watch One, Watch: I’m going to say “My Super Sweet Funeral,” for two reasons: it shows off what Gairdner can do with some animation work, and it features a dynamite performance from Perry Smith, Gairdner’s own private “that guy.”
Bonus Fun Fact: Scott also produced a series of comics in which he intervenes in Family Circus strips and helpfully tells the children to shut the fuck up.
The Troupe: Derrick is comprised of NYU grads who honed their skills at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, which is a description you could apply to a startling number of Internet sketch troupes. Skills honed, they proceeded to unleash their hardy, classicist brand of sketch onto the public. The Derricks remain faithful to their UCB roots, and more than any other troupe spawned by the school, their sketches and style stay true to that sensibility. Plus they’ve got Donald Glover, arguably one of the best physical comedians on the web.
The Sketches: The Upright Citizens’ Brigade philosophy is all about throwing one thing in reality out of whack, building upon that impossibility, and exploring from there. With few exceptions, Derrick Comedy sketches do just that with ruthless efficiency. There’s not a lot of meandering or free-flowing artsy crap here. Whether on the topic of bro rape, shitting yourself in class, or a jazz man who farts into his trombone, these gentlemen are here to present sketches in a conservative and professional fashion.
Crude TV Equivalent: As you could have probably predicted, Upright Citizens’ Brigade. But with, I don’t know, a pumpkin I guess.
If You Only Watch One, Watch: After all these years—almost two so far—this sketch remains the most convincing evidence I have that girls are not to be trusted.
Bonus Fun Fact: If you’re wondering why Derrick hasn’t released any new sketches in a while, it’s because they’ve got a full length movie opening at Sundance 2009, Dominic writes for MTV, Fuse, and the Onion News Network, Donald writes for 30 Rock, and DC just finished a novel.
I feel incredibly lazy right now.
The Troupe: Waverly Films is more a collective of filmmakers than a troupe, and they’ve worked on projects as diverse as music videos for The Rapture and Fatboy Slim and commercials for FedEx, McDonald’s and MTV. They’ve even had a failed Comedy Central pilot, something most sketch troupes would shit a kidney for.
The Sketches: Through a somewhat regular series called “Clip Of The Week,” Waverly has put out an astounding number of sketches that, despite being basically side projects, are chock full of filmic know-how and impressive effects. The sketches definitely give the impression of being created rapidly though; most of them are wacky, stream-of-consciousness clips that seem to have evolved out of whatever fun camera trick the guys wanted to play with that week. Then there are COTW’s like “most expensive clip ever,” that make your fanciest After Effect efforts look like a poorly animated bucket of dead carp.
Crude TV Equivalent: If the Channel 101 TV show, Acceptable.tv, had stuck around long enough to get funny.
If You Only Watch One, Watch: Sherlockbot, the sketch that won the Youtube Sketchies II competition, defeating our own entry and making all the Musketeers weep hot, bitter tears.
Bonus Fun Fact: Even though Comedy Central passed on the Waverly pilot, you can check out its various components over at Atom Films. Extra bonus: it’s hosted by Paul F. Tompkin’s, possibly my favorite “that guy” of all time. While you’re over there, be sure to also check out Waverly’s animated series, Stickman Exodus.
The Troupe: A trio of performer/writers and a filmmaker, the blokes at Good Neighbor somehow manage to inject homebrew friendliness into everything they do. Their site features colored pencil work reminiscent of your 8th grade notebook doodles, they call you “friends” at all times, and even their edgier sketches—like the one where a couple of WWII soldiers and a nazi get in a tickle fight on the battlefield—feel like putting on a warm fuzzy sweater of laughs.
The Sketches: If you grew up in the 80’s, Good Neighbor’s penchant for nostalgic humor and synth-driven soundtracks will make you feel right at home. And if you didn’t, they’ve got a sketch where a five-year-old girl plays a freshly impregnated Jamie Lynne Spears being harassed by paparazzi. Add in the fact that they actually care about their cinematography and several near-magical editing tricks, and you’re looking at a group of young filmmakers with skills that can pay the bills (not literally; they’re still miserably poor).
Crude TV Equivalent: If The State only had three guys in it, and their cameraman moved around.
If You Only Watch One, Watch: “Fate of the World” is the perfect appetite whetter: admirable production value, and accomplishes more funny with only three jokes than most of us do armed with an entire Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader.
Bonus Fun Fact: According to a few sporadic blog posts, Good Neighbor have been hard at work on a nominally “secret” project that is quite obviously a web series about a run down Hooters-style bar and grill called Knockers. If it’s anything like their commercial, it’s going to be awesome, and have plenty of parking.
The Troupe: BriTANick, the young pretty boys who have slowly but steadily encroached upon Muskets! territory with their fast-paced sketches and smug, bastardly faces, are…sorry, this sentence kind of got away from me. I meant to say that we’re proud to share the Cracked front page with such talented up-and-comers, even if I have it on good authority that Brian was once arrested on suspicion of paying a homeless guy to drink detergent while he masturbated in an alley. Him, not the homeless guy. That costs extra.
The Sketches: Your average BriTANick sketch features a complex premise, snappy dialogue, and some kind of middle school-ish ska shit at the end. But this is counter-balanced by the kind of awesome two-man chemistry you can usually only get from Abott and Costello or a really good gay porno. Also, if you click out of the page quick enough, you can usually avoid it.
Crude TV Equivalent: If Monty Python had written for Laurel and Hardy and then that got remade years later and updated for today’s streetwise youth.
If You Only Watch One, Watch: Well, if you’re a Cracked fan, you’ve probably seen it. But you know what? I don’t care. The concept of a herpes medication that causes random teleportation deserves a second viewing, dammit.
Bonus Fun Fact: Nick is/was also in the sketch troupe Brave Aunt Beth, which warrants checking out if only for having the indy-est website I’ve ever seen.
The Troupe: POYKPAC’s home site is an abrasive, blocky grid of neon dayglo, and that goes a long way towards acquainting you with their energy. The cast of five Brooklyn-ites produce hip, happy, daring, and often manic sketches that are, above all else, smart. Or maybe funny, then smart. Of everyone on this list, they seem the most like an actual “troupe,” which is to say an abusive, dysfunctional family that you imagine all live together in a gin-soaked circus tent. They also seem to be the most dedicated to producing what they want, how they want. The results are often hilarious, and occasionally bizarre beyond description.
The Sketches: Arguably, POYKPAC’s crown jewel is their Good Morning Internet! series, a morning talk show hosted by people who used to host a TV show and couldn’t be less happy to find themselves on the web. Now that that’s wrapped a glorious 15-episode run, we can hopefully look forward to more sketches like this doo-wop ode to the utility of the blowjob, or this mind-bending sketch about a self-fulfilling eulogy.
Crude TV Equivalent: If The Muppet Show had been live action, and also Rod Serling wrote big hunks of it.
If You Only Watch One, Watch: POYKPAC have several sketches adroitly lampooning the strange relationship between America’s vision of masculinity and attendant homophobia, but Gristlemania ‘87 features by far the most puns and screaming (which is saying more than you’d think).
Bonus Fun Fact: POYKPAC is the only sketch troupe on this list with women in the line-up. There’s two, and they’re both funny enough to make you shoot stuff you drank like four days ago out of your nose. I think the rest of us could learn something from that; namely, to suppress female comedians, lest they rise up and seize the reins of power from the blessed comedy patriarchy.
The Troupe: Fatal Farm strike me as the two weird kids who used to get together every day after school and tool around in one of their basements on something no one was allowed to see. Then they grew up, discovered the Internet, and put those things on public display. Turns out their habit of lavishing massive amounts of time and effort on a two-minute Internet clip makes for some awesome, if mind-fucking results.
The Sketches: Like any true artist, Fatal Farm explores themes more than they produce sketches. Their site is built around several massive sketch projects. There’s Infinite Solutions, the social experiment that convinced thousands of Youtube users they could recharge their dead batteries by taping them together. Then there’s the TV Themes, which are basically re-imaginings of your favorite old shows’ opening sequences, though by “re-imaginings” I actually mean acid-fueled descents into the twisted underbelly of your deepest fears. And, of course, Lasagna Cat. More on that below.
Crude TV Equivalent: Andy Kaufman lives.
If You Only Watch One, Watch: All of Lasagna Cat. It’s one of the more brilliant ends to which the Internet has been put. Plus, I’d like to think Jim Davis will see it one day and realize that his life’s work wasn’t totally without merit. Here’s one of my favorites.
Bonus Fun Fact: Hours and hours of additional fun can be had reading the confused, oblivious, and occasionally enraged comments under the Youtube versions of the Infinite Solutions vids.
The Troupe: Olde English are five guys from Brooklyn boasting probably the widest range of work on this list. One thing that stands out about them is their constant willingness to do tedious, time-consuming work for the sake of a joke. They’ve got stop-motion, computer animation, a plethora of song covers, even a continuous eleven minute shot of them flipping off the camera. Screw firefighters; that’s dedication.
The Sketches: Olde English are the most mature group on this list, both in terms of time spent making videos (in web-land, six years of doing anything is pretty impressive) and in terms of content. They’re a little older, not quite as interested in rebellious subversion, and much less obsessed with dick jokes than the rest of us. This leaves them free to explore such important topics such as what Michel Gondry’s house looks like (Hint: it’s made of dreams), what a date between mathematical concepts would involve, and what Pixar movies would look like if the entire staff of Pixar lost interest in computers. Luckily for us, that will never, ever happen.
Crude TV Equivalent: If the male cast of Friends did a sketch spin-off. In a good way.
If You Only Watch One, Watch: With a backlog a hundred and fifty deep, it’s hard to pick a sketch that encapsulates the troupe. A sampling would give you a better idea of their incredible range, but since that would be patently unfair to the other troupes on this list, I’m just going to go with the one about the machine that turns food into poop.
Bonus Fun Fact: If you dig Olde English and live in New York or own some kind of rapid transport, you can see them perform live at the UCB theatre once a month. In fact, a large percentage of these troupes also do live shows (some, like Good Neighbor, even tour). It’s definitely worth looking into at their various sites, especially if you’ve got a date coming up and very little money.
If you watched all the videos linked in this list so far, you will have successfully wasted roughly six and a half hours of work time (don’t bother checking; I did the math). But what of the next hour and a half, you ask? And what of tomorrow? And are you sure that you don’t want to use this opportunity to suck up to any more people in the industry?
Damn straight. Here are the troupes that would have made the list if only their bribes had been slightly more substantial.
Tremendosaur
The Imponderables
Turkey Neck
Joey and David
Picnicface
Pete and Brian
Awkward Pictures
Quiet Library
Dutch West
Elephant Larry
Barats and Bereta
Evan and Gareth
Comments are below. Enjoy the debate, friends. If you’re trying to think of something terrible to call me and can’t seem to find the words, may I suggest–
When not cementing his standing in the sketch comedy community, Michael serves as head writer and does other stuff for Those Aren’t Muskets!
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September 20th, 2009 at 8:06 pm
You should put on the guys from five-second films. They are pretty funny.
September 18th, 2009 at 4:59 pm
WHERE THE FUCK IS MAGIC HUGS!
September 11th, 2009 at 4:22 pm
Loading Ready Run should be on the short list at the bottom. Their stuff is great and they run the greatest charity event of the year in Desert Bus
August 24th, 2009 at 12:18 am
Кто не умеет пользоваться счастьем, когда оно приходит, не должен жаловаться, когда оно проходит. - М. Сервантес
August 23rd, 2009 at 8:36 pm
This list is wrong because Good Neighbor isn’t number 1
July 10th, 2009 at 10:24 am
5secondfilms and Barats and Bereta should have been on the list but the other ones already on the list are equally as funny
May 23rd, 2009 at 9:19 pm
Oh the mystery team is gonna be an actual movie!! I was looking at the trailer and thought to myself, “I would actually go see this” see that’s what I was thinkin’ to myself. Any then I relaized it’s an actual movie..
March 4th, 2009 at 12:52 pm
Poykpac’s the best and Barats and Bereta should’ve been included. But otherwise this is a great list.
February 8th, 2009 at 3:33 pm
dude where the fuck is JUST KIDDING FILMS?!?!?!?!
January 31st, 2009 at 7:14 am
I have favourited this article, enabling me to waste many many hours on the variuos sites linked here. Dear Dairy: And it was the best day ever!
January 21st, 2009 at 10:14 pm
Swaim, I was intoduced to Cracked a little while ago and, because I have a crush on TAM, I refused to read this article until today. But I just spent the last hour watching Olde English sketches. I feel conflicted. Please advise.
January 18th, 2009 at 3:34 pm
What the hell, where is Picnicface on this list? they are a lot funnier than most of the troups shown here.
January 13th, 2009 at 4:48 pm
the total exclusion of “Summer of Tears” makes me sad.
January 7th, 2009 at 5:19 pm
p.s. i saw that “niggerfaggot” sketch a long time ago. still sucks.
January 7th, 2009 at 5:16 pm
PICNICFACE. srsly.
January 2nd, 2009 at 12:22 pm
I’m embarrassed to admit (although.. I am anyway) that, as an archaic Gen X-er, I was at first unable to tell if this was facetious or not. I now need to go lie down.
January 1st, 2009 at 5:37 am
Where on the list is online sketch troupe Dave and Tom??!?!?
http://www.youtube.com/daveandtom
December 30th, 2008 at 9:19 pm
http://www.thewoodcreekfaction.com
sorry. here is the corrected link.
December 30th, 2008 at 8:42 pm
The Woodcreek Faction should totally be on here. “Hitler Trick Bike” alone qualifies us. Even Nalts said so.
http://www.thewoodcreefaction.com
December 29th, 2008 at 9:32 pm
Oh and Picnicface and Derrik Comedy are linked to CH
December 29th, 2008 at 9:30 pm
Jake and Amir and CHTV For The Epic Wolf
December 28th, 2008 at 3:36 am
Seriously? No Picnicface?
December 24th, 2008 at 6:45 pm
How about picnicface? Yeah..get on top of that.
December 24th, 2008 at 1:31 am
Fatal Farm? Oh hell no. Those boys are in need of an Iron Sheik-style humbling.
Or maybe the electric chair.
December 23rd, 2008 at 3:15 pm
dear sedddah,
While the whites kids are an hilarious sketch comedy troupe. they are not an online comedy troupe, which is what this entire article is about. You are obviously an idiot who either knows nothing of the whitest kids u’know or can’t fucking read.
Love,
a smarter individual
December 22nd, 2008 at 8:14 pm
Man, Whitest Kids U Know ought to be on this list. They’re hilarious. I love both their raps (Hitler/Dino). They get top billing for me.
Also, to echo Tristan, goddammit Swaim! I’ll be watching these forever.
December 22nd, 2008 at 4:31 pm
I’d say Jon Lajoie should be on the list but I’m not giving a fuck
December 21st, 2008 at 2:03 am
Godamnit swaim. I hate you. This is definitely going to take up the next few weeks of my life. Good thing you didn’t mention ThesePeople.
December 19th, 2008 at 6:33 pm
Well if you have to promote yourself you probably don’t belong in the top 8… oh what the hell, kites, man! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5v94hbmxkU
December 19th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
what about runawaybox? — Elevator? Man in the box? c’mon that crew is funny.
December 18th, 2008 at 4:50 pm
No TeamTigerAwesome? Invisible Engine? AV Club?
I mean, really now…
December 18th, 2008 at 4:07 pm
Great list. Only thing I disagree with is your choice of video to show for Olde English.
Definetely not their best. Not even close.
I’d recommend some of their older vidoes, such as A Field (http://www.oldeenglish.org/podcast/a-field-2), or Gym Class (http://www.oldeenglish.org/podcast/gym-class). and yes, that was made before the xbox 360 commercial.
but hey, that’s just me.
December 17th, 2008 at 3:14 pm
don’t forget SHARKwiNG!
sharkwingtheatre.com
December 17th, 2008 at 11:51 am
Derrick Comedy is by far the best.
December 17th, 2008 at 6:40 am
Glad to see Barats and Bereta got mention. I thoroughly enjoy their work.
December 17th, 2008 at 5:04 am
I do miss him, he was a good man! I remembered we have a nice conversation on a celebrity and millionaire dating site called ___R i c h R o m a n c e s. C O M___@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ But now…What a shame!
December 17th, 2008 at 5:03 am
He looks so familiar. I saw his profile on the celebrities and millionaires dating site ____W e a l t h y B e a u t y . c o m ____@@@ last week. It’s said he is interested in dating hotties on that site!
December 17th, 2008 at 3:54 am
I dont care for BritTANick.. I find the one guy’s poorly and obviously plucked eyebrows distracting.
December 17th, 2008 at 2:31 am
http://www.jakeandamir.com
December 17th, 2008 at 2:22 am
britanick only got #4? oh well, if i wrote this they would be #1
December 17th, 2008 at 1:04 am
I read through this thinking,”I hope Olde English is on here somewhere…” And there it is, #1.
December 17th, 2008 at 12:46 am
For my money it’s stegnco.com all the way.
They do documentary comedy, which is both unique and captivating.
Also, I am one of them.
December 16th, 2008 at 9:23 pm
Even though it isn’t a sketch group, Improv Everywhere is worth a look. They’ve been going since about 2004 i think, and they basically perform stunts in public, to get a reaction from people. They do things like the No Pants! subway ride in NYC.
You can find them here: http://www.improveverywhere.com
December 16th, 2008 at 9:07 pm
those were hillarious
December 16th, 2008 at 7:24 pm
So my troupe Tits And Maggots can’t be there?
December 16th, 2008 at 6:26 pm
[...] (via this) [...]
December 16th, 2008 at 5:45 pm
[...] For more videos, visit http://www.oldeenglish.org. Or check out where Olde English ranks on Michael Swaim’s list of The 8 Greatest Sketch Comedy Groups on the Web. [...]
December 16th, 2008 at 5:13 pm
*Sweet Wolly Ass Islamic Master thats S.W.A.I.M beeitches
December 16th, 2008 at 5:04 pm
*Sweet Wolly Islamic Ass Master
December 16th, 2008 at 5:00 pm
S.W.A.I.M stands for Sweet Wolly Ass Master
December 16th, 2008 at 4:49 pm
argggghhhhhhhhhhh!!!!
December 16th, 2008 at 4:42 pm
Nigger…faggot?
December 16th, 2008 at 4:40 pm
teabag? why are you even here? whats your problem are you just really bored? stop posting useless comments that have nothing to say about the thread were posting on …..FAIL!!!!!!!
December 16th, 2008 at 4:37 pm
Man in the Box is far better than all of these. I do like Derrick though.
December 16th, 2008 at 4:33 pm
sry i dont respond to immature little…… you get my point teabag
December 16th, 2008 at 4:17 pm
the halifax explosion was horrendous and its a small person that would even joke about that. think about that before you post more comments
December 16th, 2008 at 4:12 pm
what im trying to say is that i have never seen someone from halifax that hasnt had a teabag in thier mouth, drop the topic plz
December 16th, 2008 at 4:08 pm
what?
December 16th, 2008 at 4:06 pm
halifax is the a#$h(%^ of canada
December 16th, 2008 at 4:00 pm
halifax does not suck balls!
December 16th, 2008 at 3:56 pm
halifax sucks balls (if this gets posted im awesome:) , (im from halifax) I live in halifax and we all suck the dzzzz nutz here, and im gay… the halifax explosion sucked…. my nutzzz
December 16th, 2008 at 3:44 pm
Here’s a new group that looks like they could be awesome with better cameras. They only have four videos up, but they were all posted at once.
Sharkwing?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rUx64Fwg-g&feature=related
December 16th, 2008 at 3:01 pm
You niggerfaggot
December 16th, 2008 at 3:00 pm
I saw Picnicface and The Imponderables in Toronto about a month ago, they were bloody fantastic.
But I’d have to say Derrick is the best on that list.
December 16th, 2008 at 2:48 pm
Thanks. Now I have something to do for winter break!
December 16th, 2008 at 12:28 pm
No blame society really?
I mean chad vader deserves something….. am I alone…..
December 16th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
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December 16th, 2008 at 11:28 am
Derrick is the best, by far.
December 16th, 2008 at 11:20 am
Chris, the song is “Far, Far Away” by Five Iron Frenzy which was a Christian Ska band based out of Denver Colorado.
Some of the member now play in the far, far superior Brave Saint Saturn.
December 16th, 2008 at 9:56 am
Or, indeed, Derrick Comedy if I had taken the time to scroll up and check.
December 16th, 2008 at 9:55 am
I watched them all and it wasted a mere hour or two of work time!
Gotta say Derek Comedy was my fave! All 3 of them.
December 16th, 2008 at 9:38 am
I’ve never been so thankful that I stayed in college and decided to finish my master’s degree.
December 16th, 2008 at 8:57 am
Well, I guess American comedy is different to English comedy, NONE of those were even remotely funny, just seemed to be a collection of brain-dead clips by writers who should go back to their dayjobs.
December 16th, 2008 at 3:12 am
Swaim, you old Niggerfaggot, you! i can’t believe you left greg & lou off of this list. that’s absurd!
their videos are stellar - smart, believable and easily the best acting out of all of these groups.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_6Qm5J7M9o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iW3qySmhAVw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_XnN41cg8c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkZTlB0Civw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGiQmlpX6UM
December 16th, 2008 at 2:43 am
I didn’t hate this one, so I will say one good thing about the article: it wasn’t by that guy Brockway…because even though this is essentially a list of funny things other people did, I’m sure he would have found a way to make it unfunny.
December 16th, 2008 at 2:17 am
Is anyone else having problems with the videos? They only play about 2 seconds at a time for me.
December 16th, 2008 at 2:11 am
BritTANick? Seriously? They shouldn’t even be classed as comedians because they clearly have no understanding of comedy whatsoever. At times, they’re almost amusing, but even that’s rare.
TrueNuff, on the other hand, are consistantly hilarious and should be on this list. http://www.truenuff.com/
December 16th, 2008 at 1:55 am
two more nominations for honorable mention
the whitest kids you know - http://www.whitestkids.com/main/
team team - http://www.teamteam.net/videos.html
December 16th, 2008 at 1:43 am
How could Greg & Lou not make the list? I’ve seen them live at the UCB in new york and they’re amazing.
http://www.youtube.com/gregandlou
i’d take them over all these guys except for derrick.
December 16th, 2008 at 12:35 am
I hope you’re happy, Swaim. If Duck Tales were still in syndication, I’d never be able to watch it the same way again. May Disney have mercy on your soul (and we both know full well they’re incapable of that).
December 16th, 2008 at 12:14 am
fatal farm was my favorite. watch the alf tv intro its great
December 16th, 2008 at 12:13 am
@ amanda,
Really?……
December 16th, 2008 at 12:12 am
I second that Derrick Comedy statement!
December 15th, 2008 at 11:51 pm
Derrick Comedy is #1 sorry.
December 15th, 2008 at 11:51 pm
There’s a college group of girls called the Babymakers that do sketches on YouTube. They’re pretty funny. You know, for girls. Their sketch “Fairies” is great.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9xzoPyGhbY
December 15th, 2008 at 11:46 pm
no The Night by Morphine plays after alot of the HBNs not Britanick videos
December 15th, 2008 at 11:22 pm
it is wrong for a man have a rich woman or a woman have a wealthy man?It is an absolutely extramarital relationship. but more and more services come out on Internet focusing on this kind of relationship.
such as___S e a r c h i n g M i l l i o n a i r e. C O M___@@@
it’s the biggest dating site for wealthy and successful people.
lolAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
December 15th, 2008 at 11:21 pm
such as___S e a r c h i n g M i l l i o n a i r e. C O M___@@@
it’s the biggest dating site for wealthy and successful people.
lolAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
December 15th, 2008 at 11:20 pm
Hey Swaim, why is there a picture of Donny Osmond at the top of the page?
@ chris the song is by Morphine and it’s called the night.
December 15th, 2008 at 10:36 pm
Whats the song after all the britanick videos? I’ve wondered that for a long time now.
December 15th, 2008 at 10:12 pm
You are afraid of funny ladies, and that makes me sad, Swaim. How are we gonna make babies now?
December 15th, 2008 at 9:32 pm
most people will agree with me that Derrick Comedy is the best of this bunch
although I do like BritAndNick…
…..that’s not hip-hop!
December 15th, 2008 at 9:20 pm
Funny stuff, thanks, Swaim. And Kingmonkey’s right about Mediocre Films’ Retarded Policeman
December 15th, 2008 at 9:03 pm
Nobody else is going to say it, so I will.
Loading Ready Run for the win.
http://www.loadingreadyrun.com
December 15th, 2008 at 8:59 pm
My name is Brian! I like to Skateboard!
December 15th, 2008 at 8:17 pm
Swaim, you’re such a nigger-faggot.
December 15th, 2008 at 8:06 pm
Good list, Swaimie. The vids were hilarious!
December 15th, 2008 at 7:42 pm
Hey, I like this list. It’s not perfect, because that’s impossible. It had some good groups that I’ve never seen before.
December 15th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
http://www.Secretpants.com
December 15th, 2008 at 4:44 pm
FND Films. They are young guys, but still really funny.
http://www.youtube.com/user/fronk2107?ob=4
December 15th, 2008 at 4:43 pm
Jake and Amir, anyone?
December 15th, 2008 at 4:36 pm
I’m not reading this, as it is inaccurate. man in the box is far superior to any of these chodes.
December 15th, 2008 at 4:28 pm
Dude, I went to high school with Kyle Mooney of Good Neighbor. He’s a really friendly guy. I’m glad to see he’s clawed his way to the top of the ladder of fame in the form of being #5 on this list. Nice work, Kyle.
December 15th, 2008 at 4:26 pm
God Swaim, you are such a Logorrhea!
December 15th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
Awesome! Waverly Films had Gemberling - even if briefly. (Fat Guy, Stuck in Internet, well worth checking out)
December 15th, 2008 at 3:54 pm
I LOVE Derrick Comedy. But i’m really mad that STRANGESKETCHACT wasn’t even Mentioned! StrangeSketchAct is frickin’ HILARIOUS. It’s a fact!!! haha. Yeah. Check them out. They’re better than ALL the sketchcomedytroupes mentioned.
December 15th, 2008 at 3:22 pm
So I hear my kid in his crib, up from his nap, calling for me. And I’m letting him sit there in a diaper full of shit while I finish a video about a machine that turns food into poop.
Bad Mommy.
December 15th, 2008 at 3:20 pm
Yeah i can see how that scott guy does seem to write very mathmatical comedy in terms of structure etc. And some of it is really good, one problem however, he has really shit delivery.
He should start writing for someone who is actually funny.
December 15th, 2008 at 2:39 pm
I know nothing about unfamous comedy troupes who aren’t on cracked.com regularly. I do, however, rank Picnicface’s Powerthirst advert on YouTube as quite possibly my favourite thing ever, and I did click through Jon Lajoie’s films on YouTube once. So, from the bottom of my coal mine of ignorance…HOW DARE YOU SNUB THEM?
The best film I watched while reading this article was the Fate of the World one.
December 15th, 2008 at 2:36 pm
man I am glad he mention Derrick Comedy, I’m a huge fan… I’ll check out the others to see if I like them too
December 15th, 2008 at 2:30 pm
I myself am a giant fan of ChadMattandRob… “Good Roomates” is hysterically unbeatable, but the inventive “Chad hates aliens” is fucking genius.
December 15th, 2008 at 1:48 pm
No greg & lou? they’re awesome!
http://www.youtube.com/gregandlou
December 15th, 2008 at 1:45 pm
You Niggerfaggot! Oh yeah I’m glad Olde English is number one. They are the guys I watch the most because of cracked showcasing their sketch about our President Elect Arab Bomb Attack.
December 15th, 2008 at 1:41 pm
I have a final in 12 minutes…now I’m going to have to take the test really quick to come back and watch more. Do you think I can use Michael Swaim stole my soul as an excuse?
December 15th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
Here’s to Derrick! Everyone else is niggerfaggots. But funny niggerfaggots nonetheless. Thanks for the list Swaim.
December 15th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
I have a final tomorrow, you dick.
December 15th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
Swaim, I’m only 2 in and I can’t stop laughing. I want to comment on everything, but I’ll hold myself back. It may take me days to read this, there’s so much here.
Say the word and I’m leaving Mr. greengoddess for you (you like kids, right?).
December 15th, 2008 at 12:56 pm
As many have pointed out, I didn’t include the WHitest Kids (or Lonely Island for that matter), because I felt having successfully gotten a show on TV kind of disqualified them. For all you Picnicface fans, I have no excuse. I love them, or I wouldn’t have mentioned them. But I had to stop writing at some point.
December 15th, 2008 at 12:41 pm
I kept hoping for Pinicface to appear on the list. Well, at least you mentioned it on the last short list.
December 15th, 2008 at 12:36 pm
Barats and Bereta should have been in the top five.
December 15th, 2008 at 12:32 pm
Not sure if they qualify, and they probably reach a specific audience…that being said, this group does mostly musical renditions in a Weird Al sort of way, but mostly to hip hop (most of them are white though, so it’s not gangsta…it’s comedy), they do things like “Shawshank in a minute”, retelling the movie “Shawshank Redemption” in a minute or two of hip hop, same with Godfather, they write for Robot Chicken, they’ve got plays and musicals out…I don’t know, they’re cool.
http://www.famouslastnerds.com
December 15th, 2008 at 12:09 pm
I’m disappointed that Picnicface didn’t make the list. Here’s the youtube clip of my favourite sketch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oz88kJSdT6Y
December 15th, 2008 at 11:57 am
honorable mention for idiot box, and their now famous “Fear of Girls”
December 15th, 2008 at 11:48 am
I am extremely sad that Stella did not make an appearance.
December 15th, 2008 at 11:42 am
I agree that Whitest Kids u know is badass…to the max
December 15th, 2008 at 11:20 am
Definitely think Barats and Beretta deserve on the list!
December 15th, 2008 at 10:58 am
1) Hooray for Picnicface!
2) @ C - HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! I didn’t notice it before, but it’s true.
3) Anything with poop is funny.
That is all.
December 15th, 2008 at 10:42 am
Derrick is by far my fave. Been Watching them for several years now. Got me through many a boring day at work…
December 15th, 2008 at 10:34 am
NO PICNICFACE???!!!!!!! DAMN YOU TO HELL, SWAAAAAAAIM!!!!!!!!1111eleven
December 15th, 2008 at 10:31 am
I find your lack of Picnicface disturbing.
December 15th, 2008 at 10:31 am
The last of Net_Work in the list and subsequent bribes lists completely justifies this list.
December 15th, 2008 at 10:30 am
the guy in the food into poop video looks EXACTLY like stephen harper
December 15th, 2008 at 10:15 am
i know this has nothing to do with the articel but did you guys see the shoe throwing incident from baghdad,iraq?
some iraqi journalist threw two of his shoes one after another towards president bush during a live news conference, man
now that was funny.
i think this rates as the most humiliating experience for any US president
what an idiot.
as for Swaim, how did he know the average cracked reader has a fetish about guacamole
December 15th, 2008 at 9:15 am
Although I love WKUK, let’s review the title to Swaim’s article…specifically the “internet” part of it. WKUK have a tv show.
Great list Swaim, I will be checking back to this article often to piss more hours of my life away.
December 15th, 2008 at 9:02 am
The Whitest Kids U Know’s sketch Leg Peeing is, I think, my sketch comedy group video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWQoK506xkQ
it’s hysterical.
December 15th, 2008 at 8:51 am
i’ve recently checked out “brief meetings” they’re pretty good too, especially for a group that is just starting out.
December 15th, 2008 at 8:45 am
Wow Swaim, thanks a lot.
December 15th, 2008 at 8:38 am
Thanks, douche. You made me waste a ton of time.
December 15th, 2008 at 8:36 am
Fatal Farm is amazing and should be #1 I think.
December 15th, 2008 at 8:35 am
Have you guys seen “The Whitest Kids You Know?” They are very good.
December 15th, 2008 at 8:28 am
You forgot Jon Lajoie, that guy is awesome.
December 15th, 2008 at 8:27 am
Yay, Picnicface!
One other group I’d mention, Michael, is Mediocre Films. They have one ongoing YouTube series called Retardid Policeman starring a man with Downs’ Syndrome. The guy is fucking hilarious. Ever since I saw the sketch about Ass Burger syndrome, I haven’t been able to go to a fast food place!