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GHOULS
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A comedy web series
created by Ben Ross & Kris Simonian

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Too Much Focus On Go-
ing Viral, Not Enough On
Building An Audience!
This weekend at the LA Web Fest,
seems every creator I talked to had only
one thing in mind: Going Viral! ‘We
want our series to go viral,’ one creator
said. ‘We’re creating viral videos to mar-
ket our series,’ said another. I stood or
sat there and listened, soaking it all in,
thinking boy or boy... ‘You are approach-
ing this so wrong.’
See, going viral isn’t something
anyone controls. Plus, structured web
series typically don’t go viral. What typi-
cally goes viral on Youtube? Dogs mak-
ing funny faces or chasing their own
tails. Babies dancing to a top 40 music
in front of a TV. Squirrels climbing a
tree. Silly things like that go viral... Not
a structured web series.
You have to be realistic and start
small, focusing on a small audience and
working hard to expand your base. Web
Series Network started with just me, an
idea, and 12+ hours on this brand ev-
eryday, since we launched 2 years ago.
I paid my dues, put in the ground work
and laid a solid foundation. Even now I
still approach WSN as if it were my first
day on the job, always thankful for this
opportunity, connecting with new and
existing members and looking for ways
to expand. I never think “going viral,” I
think community first, customer service,
and quality of content. I attend relevant
events catering to my niche...
Then
We Got
Help !
The Award-winning web series, now in its second season, brings
back your favorite couples for another round of “Group Therapy
WITHOUT the Therapist.” This relationship dramedy, in the
style of ‘The Office’ and ‘Modern Family’ tackles the issues today’s
couples face.
From creator/director Julie Ann Emery (Damages, Dexter, Hitch)
and executive producer Kevin Earley (Tale of Two Cities), the cast
of Broadway, television, and film vets return. Alan Campbell (Tony
nominee Sunset Blvd.), Kristen Shaw (Straw Dogs), Sean Mahon
(Higher Ground), Susan Ferrera (The Onion Online), Blake Ham-
mond (Sister Act), Nicholas Rodriguez (Sex and the City 2), Jessica
Rush (Jersey Boys), and Season 2 welcomes guest stars Sam McMur-
ray (Raising Arizona), Marsha Debonis (Letters to Juliet), Darren
LeGallo (Date Night) and others.
WINNER - BEST COMEDY SERIES (Indie Soap Awards) NOMI-
NATION - BEST COMEDY SERIES (Clicker TV) and OUT-
STANDING WEB SERIES (TV GUIDE, CA)
I was at the LA Web Fest three days,
connecting with the web series com- Watch the series online at: www.thenwegothelp.com
munity! Some creators came for three
hours, looked around and left... And
they are the same people online “seek-
ing sponsorships or wanting to go viral.”
I remember when WSN didn’t have any
activity, but I didn’t give up... I stayed
disciplined throughout. Now that we
have lots of activity, I still approach WSN
as if we didn’t, constantly grinding, test-
ing new things, and finding ways to im-
prove the brand. I’m not some absentee
owner or creator... I’m on there practi-
cally 24/7, watching webisodes, par-
ticipating in forum discussions, talking
to new and existing members, sharing
media, etc. To wrap this up, I told the
Video Viralists to place less focus on
attempting to make viral videos (which
they have no control over) and focus in-
stead on building and expanding upon a
small niche audience (which they have
total control over). Why waste time and
energy on what you have no control
over? Instead pour that time and energy
on what you have absolute control over.
- Rich Mbariket
See comments on this ar-
ticle on page 8 and 9 from
the no-holds-barred/vocal
WSN community!
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 TH
THE WOMEN
ARE WINNING!
Web Series Network had an idea to
bring women web series creators to-
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at webseriesnetwork.com

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WebSeriesNetwork.com: This is the
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LA WEB FEST: This is the world’s only

working site where creators and fans
alike can watch and embed their web
series for all to view. It’s like Youtube
and Facebook rolled into one, exclu-
sively for web shows. More than 1,500
members are on this site. More than
8,500 people are fans on Facebook.
More than 2,000 original webisodes and
videos to watch and you can embed
yours for others to view. This isn’t
just a site, it’s a brand. There’s always
something new on WSN and no day
is the same. Head on over to web-
seriesnetwork.com and check it out for
yourself. -Rich Mbariket
web series festival founded by Michael
Ajakwe, a great buddy of mine. This
three-day fest is in its second year and
happens annually on the last weekend
of March. Huge turnout from all over
the world, screenings, informative
panels, conversations, connections, and
more. All I can say is don’t miss the
third annual LA Web Fest in 2012. You
can keep informed at LaWebFest.com.
Also, I’ve included images from this
year’s festival for you to check out right
here on WEB SERIES magazine.
-Rich Mbariket
LONG OR SHORT WEBISODES?
TO TA
My preference is longer-form. I can’t
stand watching a three minute show,
then waiting a week to watch another
three minute webisode. For me, the
longer your webisodes, the better. Mini-
mum 10 minutes. This allows me to get
a feel for the characters and story line.
But the downside is that the longer, the
more expensive. Create what you can
afford. Create what your pocketbook
allows. But I prefer longer-form con-
tent. That’s just my preference. -Rich
Mbariket

Rich, let’s broaden this somewhat to include what exactly “building an audience” on the web means and how it’s done with a product like a web
Comments series. I’d take it a step further quite frankly, I believe there’s too much emphasis placed on building an audience and not enough on content. Just
From Pg 7 this week-end I went old school and watched a feature length mainstream box office film, “Limitless” ... while I enjoyed the ride (because that’s all
it is) it never stirred my intellect or my curiosity. Items I find on the web do. Now back to the web series, I find most producers of these short se-
ries are trying too hard to imitate what films like “Limitless” and what that whole mindset are doing. Appealing to a very broad base where there
Building community! is no politics, no philosophy, no intellectual stimulation whatsoever, simply a ride” with some good looking people and great snazzy photography.
Expanding your That audience is fleeting, hopping from one ride to another. Building an audience on the web is very different than television or film. YOU’VE
audience with great GOT TO HAVE CONTENT that potential viewers CAN NOT FIND ANYWHERE else. And when you do exactly that, initially potential view-
content and persis- ers are hesitant. Anything new, raw, unrefined, non-commercial, individual (non-corporate), is dangerous (or unsafe) ... like any artist working
tence! Thank you with any form, it take courage and fortitude to boldly go where no one goes before. So, building an audience for the sake of number hits? Well,
for the insight Rich! that’s work for those who need to be validated immediately in the fast times of our lives ... but slow and steady wins the race. - Double Espresso
- Selina Ray
I could not agree with your words more, Rich. Trying to figure out some formula to follow or ‘magic bullet’ that will make a series successful seems like a plague on
our space. Creators need to realize it takes work to build an audience. You need to know who your audience is, you need to think like they think and understand
what they want and how that might fit with your own creative vision. Once the content is there then you move on to the next phase...The work of grass roots com-
munity building and audience interaction. As Felicia Day said at SXSW you also have to remember that your audience are more than metric or number...They are
people. - Indie Intertube

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HE ISSUE
TAKE ISSUE WITH
BIGGEST PLATFORM: TV OR INTERNET?
C’mon! It’s the Internet. Don’t get me
wrong, I can’t live without my televi-
sion... Trust me, I’ve experimented
and it didn’t work. And I also can’t live
without my Internet... I’ve experiment-
ed going without as well and it didn’t
work. So if I had to choose one or the
other? All I can say is ‘give me both
or give me death.’ But the Web is by
far the biggest platform around, let’s
face it, Its truth! -Rich Mbariket
BEST WEB SERIES STRATEGIST:
The President and Publisher of this
magazine and author of this article. I
didn’t lie when I told you its an issue
to take issue with so if you disagree or
have an issue, please feel free to send
me your thoughts at: richmbariket@
gmail.com and I’ll write you back... I
promise :) Also, I’d like to know what
you think of our premiere issue. I’m
always about connecting with my base,
listening to your thoughts and feedback
so I can get better. For now, our site
webseriesmag.com will forward to
Web Series Network until we have a
better feel of how the public responds
to this mag. Read on and thanks for
reading! -Rich Mbariket

Comments
From Pg 7
I agree. That’s how I thought of
‘viral videos’. Cats playing pia-
nos and all that. It’s like a ‘cult
film’. You don’t set out to make
a cult film. It just becomes one.
I think if you ask the creators
of these viral videos how they
got their videos to go viral, they
couldn’t answer. It just hap-
pened. I have definitely shifted
recently to a more ‘marketing
mindset’. At least as much as a
‘filmmaking’ mindset, maybe
more now. I have a LOT to
learn about marketing and
promotion. - Christopher Dye
It is typical of the “fast food” instant gratification age we live in... They want it now. People have forgotten how to put the time in be-
cause they see a handful of viral videos get seen (weigh that against the millions upon millions that don’t go viral). I have seen a lot of
episode one web series come out with great enthusiasm and viewership and then the numbers dwindle - no passion left by the creator
to put the work in, the first episode did not take off to the highest number and so what? Did they stop promoting. We have discussed
the find and build your audience here on WSN and we will continue to have those conversations but at the end of the day, you have to
make good content to be sustainable. 1 million views of one video does not a star make... When you get your shot to pitch your show,
you better have something in your back pocket because that is going to be the next question that you get asked... So what else have you
done. - Stephanie @MingleMediatv
Good on you, Rich. I would add that the entire Web Video business is still very formative. As we create content, others are devising
ways of curating, distributing and otherwise making the experience easy and pleasurable for the audience. Advertisers are struggling
to find ways to exploit this medium. There are no set viewing habits re web video yet, but there will be. All this is going to change.
This space will look very different in two years. Personally, I like this medium for what it is, not as minor league TV. As it grows and
changes, it is very exciting to be a part of. - Tim Devitt
Love that you point this out. We recently lost (or are in process of losing) one cast member ‘because’ things have not gone viral. I plan
on using your insight in our next cast meeting. Not only do web series creators need to be aware of this, but their cast and support staff
as well! KUDOS!!! - Jason Vitteri-Lewis
Chime in... Search ‘too much focus on going viral, not enough on building an audience’ on
webseriesnetwork.com and post your comments

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 Q&A WITH
STEPHANIE PICHE FRANCE

Nine deserv-
ing web series

“What’s your chief in-

creators from
this year’s
LA Web Fest

spiration for making

are going to
France in
October to

the change?” showcase their

series at the
first European
web series
festival ‘The
STEPHANIE PICHE TAKES US INSIDE THE NEW Marseille Web
MINDLEMEDIATV.COM! Fest’ in Mar-
By Rich Mbariket seille, France.

Stephanie Piche
Mbariket: What’s your chief inspiration for making the change?
Piche: Opportunity. We are seeing a need for us to grow and offer
different services to the community and to bring in brands and
UNVEILS her newly revamped Internet show network at Mingle- According to Michael
revenue. Many of our shows are monetized but as we bring in more Ajakwe, founder and
Mediatv.com. Piche, who lives in Los Angeles, gives us the scoop via
shows, they need to learn how to monetize themselves both in executive director of LA
e-mail.
brand and reach. We can help creators focus on building and help Web Fest, a repre-
sentative from each
brands connect with audiences and creators where it makes sense.
Rich Mbariket: Explain the old Mingle Media TV. show will receive an all
Stephanie Piche: The old Mingle Media TV was based on an expense paid trip (per
Mbariket: How many shows do you have and how many hours of diem included) to Mar-
incubator project that I developed called MomTV, Live web TV and
content have you produced over the years? seille to showcase their
community for sharing photos, videos and blog posts which was series to an internation-
Piche: In the past two years I have executive produced over 3,500
very successful until my partner and I split due to business issues. I al audience. Producers
hours of long-form web content. Currently on our site we have Jean-Michel Albert and
had 8 days to recreate the community for women answering a call
30 LIVE web talk shows some that average 50K views per show Stephane RIZZO made
from over 75% of the content creators - “When will you have your
and some that have 1,500 views per show per week LIVE but then the selections this
OWN site up.” So I had to hustle. The hardest thing was coming up weekend at the 2nd
double and triple that on replay. We have 60 produced web series
with a name, the easiest was getting launched in 8 days with 7 awe- Annual Los Angeles
on our site right now and in the past year have produced over 800 Web Series Festival.
some LIVE web shows for the first week and then rolling out new
video interviews with filmmakers, actors, producers on our Red
shows following.
Carpet Report - including being one of two online media outlets to Here are the nine win-
ning shows picked:
be officially credentialed press for the Oscars.
Mbariket: Tell us about the new site.
Piche: The new Mingle Media TV has been a work in progress. As 1. Party Girl Plus One.
Mbariket: What was your first show? 2. The Big Dick Mike
we were originally a LIVE only web TV video show community
Piche: My first show on Mingle Media TV was Mamavation Show. 3. McCracken
with a Red Carpet Report ‘channel’ supporting web series, film Live!. 4. Asylum. 5.
founded by Leah Segedie, she came from MomTV to join me and
makers and causes, we saw a greater need and that was curating The Jim. 6. Gnome
is a dynamo. She has five national sponsors, a huge community, Syndrome. 7. L’ Altra.
produced web series. We started gradually by producing our first
has been named ‘mother of the year’ by Shape magazine and runs a 8. Big Country Blues. 9.
web series “In Bed With...” And then started adding produced web
fitness program using Web TV as a component of keeping her com- Travel Companions.
series with the RIP Files and others from creators we knew and
munity motivated and growing.
started growing our produced series channel. Marseille Web Fest will
run October 14-16,
2011. RM

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Mbariket: Who’s doing the marketing and social media push for all
the shows?
Piche: My background is sales and marketing and I own a firm
called Key Practices, Inc. At Key Practices, we have several people
working on projects for clients supporting them in technology
product launches to social media and marketing campaigns. I’m
fortunate to have resources from my marketing firm to help me
promote our shows but I am the architect of the push and strategy.
We are bringing in MMTVN only staff to take on more promotion-
al tasks as we move to our phase II growth plan.
Mbariket: How did you get into marketing and social media in the
first place?
Piche: I started in sales and marketing over 20 years ago. I’ve
worked for and with companies that have helped organizations
through technology advances be better, faster and more efficient
from multi-media to e-commerce, mobile to security. In 2001 after
9/11 a lot of things changed in the tech world and with start-ups. I
reinvented myself taking my sales and marketing skills and started
Key Practices. I have been an entrepreneur ever since successfully
supporting my family and helping take companies’ products to
market. As far as social media goes, you can’t be a tech geek like I
am without signing up for every hot new tech tool out there. I got
my first Twitter account in 2008 and was on Myspace when they
launched and joined Facebook in 2007. Dropped Myspace and
never looked back. In 2007 I started working with a client in the
“geolocal” space before it was “cool” and learned a lot about local
and how search was changing and sharpened my skills in SEO
(search engine optimization). That coupled with my marketing
background, understanding how search worked and adding in
Social Media tools, I was able to bring a whole new dimension to
my clients as we started working towards launching their products.
The key is to understand where the audience is and what they care
about - it’s known as WIIFM, “What’s in it for ME” and if you know
that, you know what tools and strategies to start building.
Mbariket: What do you love about the web space?
Piche: I am a pioneer and love the indie spirit. You can create and
reach out and meet people you might never have met before. You
can also make your own rules and help change the future especially
in entertainment which is what I am hoping to do.
Mbariket: What one advice do you have for new and veteran web
series creators?
Piche: Create a business plan and manage your success by working
the plan. If this is not a business but a creative outlet, then create
and don’t complain. If it is a business, research, review and report
and measure your success. WS
“Create a
business
plan and
manage
your suc-
cess by
working
the plan”
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 Q&A WITH
JAMIE BERKE

“I would like the public to

know that I am deaf and
have been since birth”
ADVOCATING FOR CLOSED CAPTIONED WEB SERIES
By Rich Mbariket

Jamie Berke
A long-time advocate of captioned programming talks with WEB
,

SERIES mag on advocating for closed captioned web series.

Berke talks about her cause, the meaning of closed captioning, its
benefits, options, where to get information, and much more.

Rich Mbariket: You are a strong and long-time advocate of caption

capable video players as well as producers having captions on their
web series. First, what would you like the public to know about you
and your cause?
Jamie Berke: I would like the public to know that I am deaf and
have been since birth. I have been a captioning advocate for de-
cades. Caption Action 2’s original mission was to get the 21st Cen-
tury Communications and Video Accessibility Act passed in Con-
gress. After that mission was accomplished by the deaf and blind
communities, Caption Action 2 (http://www.causes.com/captionac-
tion2) changed its mission because of a gap in the law. The Act only
requires captioning on television programming that is rebroadcast
on the Internet. It does not affect original television programming
for the Internet, hence web series are not impacted. Caption Action
2 has a monthly newsletter. When I learn about captioned web
series, I put the news out in the newsletter. A web series has to have
edited captions to be mentioned in the newsletter. The automatic
captioning in YouTube is not accurate enough to merit a web series
being mentioned. The captions have to be accurate.
Mbariket: Could you explain the meaning of closed captioning?
Berke: Closed captioning has been around since 1980 and the
technology continues to improve. It is called closed captioning for
a simple reason; on the Internet, the captions are visible only by
clicking a “cc” button on the video player. You can turn the captions
on and off. Another type of captioning is open captioning, which
is similar to foreign film subtitles. The captions are right there on
the screen, and you can not turn them on and off. The Internet
has plenty of free tools for adding open captions, but web series
producers would probably prefer closed captioning. There are other
laws regarding closed captioning. The first law is the >>

WEBSERIESMAG.COM | April-June 2011 (15)

 “There are
Television Decoder Circuitry Act of 1990. That law mandates all
televisions with screens 13 inches or larger to be capable of show-
ing closed captions. The 21st Century Communications and Video

28 million
Accessibility Act also requires caption decoder circuitry in devices
such as cell phones and tablet computers. The other law is the
Telecommunications Act of 1996. When closed captioning did not

deaf and
sufficiently increase on television, Congress had to step in to make
it mandatory. Now captioning is mandatory on regular television.

hard of hear-
Mbariket: What are benefits of closed captioning?
Berke: Glad you ask. One of the primary benefits is educational.
I am also the guide to deafness at About.com; here is an article I

ing people in
wrote on the benefits of captioning: http://deafness.about.com/od/
captioning/a/captionbenefits.htm.

the United
Mbariket: Captioning content is expensive. Beyond having technol-
ogy that enables it, what other options could you share?
Berke: Not really that expensive! It depends on which captioning

options you choose for web series video. I know of one web series
producer who is using a volunteer: the producer of Annoying Or-
ange. Volunteers are not the best option though because the nature
of volunteering means that if the volunteer leaves, there are no
captions. You can do it yourself. If you have the time on your hands,
you can download an automatic transcript generated by YouTube,
edit it for accuracy, and upload it back to YouTube. If you don’t have
the time on your hands, you can pay as little as $2 a minute for an
accurate timed text transcript to upload to YouTube to automati-
cally generate accurate captions. I know of one web series producer
who has selected this option and will begin captioning soon.
Mbariket: I’ve been following your tweets and you seem to focus on
the networks providing captions. I personally think we as a web series
community should focus on the producers taking responsibility to cap-
tion their own content. Do you agree or disagree?
Berke: I agree the producers should be the ones generating the
captions, because then the caption files can be applied to the vari-
ous platforms that web series appear on. I know that a typical web
series will appear on the series’ own website, on YouTube, and on
web series networks. The problem is that if the video player does
not support closed captioning and does not have a closed caption-
ing “CC” button or menu option, captions can only be on video
platforms that do - and that usually means YouTube.
States alone”
There is a list of YouTube Ready captioning vendors here: http://
youtubeready.dcmp.org/. All of the vendors listed there have been
certified as having quality captioning services.
An important thing for your readers to be aware of is the potential
size of the audience they can reach if they add captioning to their
web series. There are 28 million deaf and hard of hearing people in
the United States alone. English speaking deaf and hard of hearing
people in other countries increase the potential audience. Then add
in people learning English as a second language who use captioning
to help them learn. I’m aware that many web series producers are
paid by the cost per mille (CPM) from web series hosts. Providing
captioning could mean a higher CPM for web series producers.
Mbariket: How can someone get a hold of you to learn more?
Berke: Three ways, in order of preference: 1) Tweet me at @Deaf-
nessGuide 2) Email me on Facebook via Caption Action 2 3) Email
me at deafness.guide@about.com. WS

Mbariket: Where could we go to get information on closed captioning

and what else would you like to share with our readers?
Berke: General information can be found on the National Associa-
tion of the Deaf website: http://www.nad.org/issues/technology/
television-and-closed-captioning .

To advertise in WEB SERIES mag,

Please e-mail: richmbariket@gmail.com

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TALK FROM THE FANS
By Stephanie Piche
What series have you Very impressed with the quality of
watched and what are writing in Downsized. Big fan of Daryn
Strauss’s work. - Stephen Groak
some of your favorites?
I like “Gay Town” (and I’m not Gay),
watched all 20 (two seasons of 10), found
it on Crackle.com ... it’s hilarious inven-
tive and well written ... I also liked a
series about Al Qaeda (don’t remember
the title) I found on Crackle.com, a
comedy, but it has since disappeared. I’ve
tried to find other series to watch, many
are disappointing because unlike the two
I’ve mentioned what I’m looking for is
SOMETHING THAT CAN ONLY
be done on the web, too racy, politically
incorrect for corporate funded TV ...
most web series I’ve seen are too sterile
or banal, uninteresting and juvenile or are
aspiring to television like mind-sets. Cul-
turally we’ve been painted into a corner
believing if we write anything that has
any substance, merit or weight, no one
will watch it. So, there’s junk everywhere
... some of it’s good junk, though. - Dou-
ble Espresso
I try to watch as much as I can - usually
though I’m experiencing web content via
mobile when I’m traveling, bout the only
time I really get... Freddie Wong, awk-
ward embraces, legend of Neil, western
x, rice and noodles - those are a few
that leap out my memory at this time of
morning, that I have been regularly fol-
lowing. -Ryan McCalla
The Guild and The Bannen Way need no
intros... nor free press from me, but I do
love em. Sean Becker (director the guild)
and Jeff Lewis (Vork on The Guild) do a
comedy Anthology series called The Jeff
Lewis 5 minute Comedy Hour is a per-
sonal favorite. Awkward Embraces and
The Big Dick Mike Show are two discov-
eries via WSN meetups that I’ve become
fans of. Compulsions was another series
I stumbled upon (because I was getting
ready to work with one of the actors in
it) and really enjoyed. And not leave out
Non-Fiction stuff... I think Film Riot is
one of the best bits of Indie Filmmaker
“How To” content out there. Shows I’m
looking to get caught up on:
Western X, Hollywood Wasteland, Places
Please, Squatters, and a ton more I’m
forgetting I’m sure... -Avi Glijanski
Bunny Hug is my personal favorite so
far, but there’s only 3 episodes! For great
short bursts of comedy, elevator2space
never gets old. Other greats for me
would be ‘Bite Me’, ‘Dealreship’, and
anything by ‘Pete and Brian’. -Donnie
Moore
How It Should Have Ended, The
Freelands, Look Around You, Book of
Jer3miah (although I worked in marketing
on that one). And I used to love Home
Star Runner, which I think counts as a
pioneer in web based content. Mostly
since I’ve found this website, I’ve dis-
covered a lot of cool stuff I’m starting to
plow through. Western X is one. I never
really watched many until I started creat-
ing them. Maybe this goes back to the
“Viral Marketing” thread Rich started,
but the only time I really hear about new
web series is while I’m looking for it. Too
much focus and hope on things going
viral, and not enough real advertising...
-AfterTheBeast
Some of my personal favorites are: The
Guild, Very Mary-Kate, First Day, Hol-
lywood is like High school with Money, I
<3 Vampires, Solo, In The Moment, Man
Teen, Vampire Werewolf Zombie, The
LXD (League of Extraordinary Dancers),
Sassy Gay Friend, Gigabots, Gay Town,
My Date, Purple Man and many more
that I can’t even remember now. -Gan-
dhi Fernando
I watch Celeste Bright, love love love it.
Awkward Embraces at times, Lila, Long
Distance. I suppose to watch web series
that I can identify with, which isn’t nor-
mally the case when watching primetime.
Interesting. :) -Tamala Baldwin
Some of the series’ I’ve enjoyed include:
Titsburg, Blue Movies, Vampire Mob,
Today of All Days (this one’s a 3-episode
mini-series), Awol.tv (this series is sort of
an artsy car magazine in video form that
I enjoy as it’s gorgeously shot and edited).
And on more of the vlog side of web
video, I’m a big fan of both Epic Fu and
Ill Doctrine. -Druu@BiteMeTV
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