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While Annie the Musical may have been written in 1976, and achieved great critical and commercial success since, few are aware of it's seldom-mentioned sequel. We now present the official trailer to that sequel: Little Annie Ophan Maker.

This video was written and produced by the Laff Co. improv comedy troupe in Oxford, MS. Check out their show's the first Thursday of every month at the Powerhouse theatre in Oxford, or online at www.myspace.com/laffco

Though technically I had this up on YouTube already, I added in a Laff Co slate and some pop chops. Enjoy!

LINK: YouTube Quicktime

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Welcome to Movie Mondays! Starting today I'm going to be posting a new video in the feed every Monday until I run out of new stuff (unlikely), or get too lazy to post it (very likely).

Sure, we all know men and women are different. Men like monster trucks, women like, I don't know - crying and ponies or something. Occasionally, however, these differences can cause conflict - especially in the workplace. This short film examines men and women's roles in the workplace and just might save you from a sexual assault lawsuit.

This week's video was produced as a final project for my women's studies class. Tricked into thinking I would be banging my hot classmates, I decided to go out in style - by producing this masochistic film about a woman's role in the workplace. All I got when I showed it in class were stunned looks - totally awesome.

LINK: YouTube Quicktime

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Most people don't know this, but our resident experts on theatre, improvisation, and cinema are also world renowned masters of Dream Theory.

Today Ricard and Dounstoun share with you some things from the deepest levels of your psyche, and their own. You have been warned.

AND NOW ALL MY OUTLETS ARE BLOWN!

LINK: YouTube Quicktime

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Ricard and Dounstoun aren't just world renowned improv comedy experts - they're also critically-acclaimed film critics.

Today they give you their thoughts on this summer's hottest movies, and thanks to their new webisode format, the sky is the limit.

From a technical standpoint, this is our first video to ever sport full-body green screen, using our brand new state of the art studio. So feel free to shower my private message inbox with praise.

Also...

COFFIN NOW.

LINK: YouTube Quicktime

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Are you a Dad looking for a new hobby? Well Jamie and Benjamin are here to help!

On this week's Discovering with Dads, the guys tell us about their newfound fascination with Germany.

While video may just appear to be shot in my living room, be sure, it was actually shot on a multi-million dollar soundstage replica of my living room.

Also, you dance REAL GOOD.

LINK:  Quicktime   YouTube

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Oxford Public Broadcasting is proud to present to you Ricard and Dounstoun, two of the most celebrated performers in north Mississippi community theatre.

On this week's show, Ricard and Dounstoun will be sharing their thoughts on improvisation, and how you too can make a story all of your own.

Ricard and Dounstoun will be back soon, stay tuned in here to BigHotSho.com for future episodes.

LINK: Quicktime YouTube

DISCUSS: Thread

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Are you still wasting drips from your countertop grill? Shame on you!

This film originally premiered at the 2009 Oxford Film Festival, and has since won hundreds of awards.  Some have called it the 2001: A Space Odyssey of the modern times.  The internet times.

LINK:   YouTube   Quicktime

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BEAT.  STICK.  These two words have been separated forever by the forces of time.  Their combination could bring a new utopia to humanity, or reign down the terror of armageddon.  THE END IS NIGH.

This second ever Foursouth film was made in the fall of 2003, and has a special place in my heart.  Filmed in one night, and shown a few days later to our eager calculus class, Beatstick is exactly the kind of movie I like to make.  Simple to shoot, fun to act in, and makes me laugh in the end.

Man, high school was awesome.

LINK:   YouTube   Quicktime

I’ve been contracted to make a wide variety of videos for Freeverse Software for a wide variety of games.  Yet, I knew when I was hired to make a trailer for their newest game, Hores of Orcs, I was facing a unique challenge.

How does one make an exciting trailer for a game that is visually rather uninteresting?

Well after pondering the issue for about a week, picking up a few tubs of green paint from Wal-Mart, and making a complete ass of myself, I think I found the answer.  The version seen here is a “Director’s Cut”, that is, it’s a little more intense than the one on Freeverse’s website.

But hey, if you don’t occasionally go over the edge, you’ll never know where the edge is...

LINK:   YouTube   Quicktime

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Ah, the one that, in a way, started it all.  It’s the fall of 2003, and William and I are up to our eyeballs in Calculus II homework.  Our class is ruled by an iron fist - a tyrant by the name of Bobby Jerrall.  A name that strikes fear into the hearts of even the most dedicated students.

While this video was our first filmmaking effort and is quite simple, it’s still funny and entertaining, and we had fun showing it off to our class.

More of these antique Foursouth videos to come...

LINK:   YouTube   Quicktime

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