Bad Internet
Bad Internet is a YouTube Red original sketch comedy web series. It was created by CollegeHumor and premiered on May 25, 2016.[1] It is produced by CollegeHumor's Los Angeles-based production studio Big Breakfast.[2] There are ten sketches in the series, but only the first--"Which of the Friends are You?"—can be viewed without a YouTube Red subscription.[3] The series was inspired by Charlie Brooker's technology-centered anthology TV show Black Mirror. Sam Reich, CollegeHumor's head of video, said that in creating the series, he wanted to do a project that was both ambitious and true to CollegeHumor's slacker humor heritage.[4] Reich also told Mashable that Bad Internet was "a series built for the Internet."[5]
Cast
Guests on the show will include YouTube celebrities including iJustine, Rosanna Pansino, and Smosh.[6]
Reception
Marissa Martinelli of Slate described the series as "very funny stuff", noting the clear parallels it contained to Black Mirror and Divergent.[7]
References
- ↑ White, Abbey (6 May 2016). "CollegeHumor Takes On the Internet in New YouTube Red Series, Bad Internet". Paste. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- ↑ Arthur, Kenneth (18 March 2016). "CollegeHumor Looks Beyond the Internet". Splitsider. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
- ↑ Votta, Rae (26 May 2016). "CollegeHumor's 'Bad Internet' is a dark, dystopian look at the future". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- ↑ Blevins, Joe (26 May 2016). "Watch College Humor's Bad Internet goof on the media-phobic Black Mirror". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- ↑ Hamedy, Saba (25 May 2016). "CollegeHumor's new YouTube Red series pokes fun at all things Internet". Mashable. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- ↑ Weiss, Geoff (5 May 2016). "YouTube Teases 'Red' Series From CollegeHumor, The Game Theorists, Joey Graceffa In Latest Trailer". Tubefilter. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
- ↑ Martinelli, Marissa (26 May 2016). "The New CollegeHumor Show Bad Internet Is Like Black Mirror for Millennials". Slate. Retrieved 29 October 2016.