I've been a fan of College Humor for years now but I've never expected this to happen in a million years! It just goes to show you how popular the fan base of their original videos are, such as the famed original "Jake and Amir" and "Hardly Working" videos that the site is known for. The writing always stays fresh and original, with surprisingly great editing in part with the writing. These videos have become so popular that I've started to hear some of these videos quoted by everyday people as if it's a popular movie or TV show (or rather soon to be). The show was picked up by MTV, which could either take a turn for good or bad. Unfortunately, MTV is infamous for having very inadequate, but entertaining television shows that have a short life span. My guess is that College Humor will last one season, but will soon change to another channel to have more freedom from the censors with what they can write and show. A similar transition happened to the hilarious comedy troupe "Whitest Kids U Know" who had a variety of funny internet videos and were then shortly picked up by Fuse. They too had limits to what they could show and then soon switched to IFC where they had freedom to say and show what they wanted. Speaking of which, "Whitest Kids U Know: Season 3" will premiere this coming Tuesday, January 27 @ 10 pm Eastern on IFC and the "College Humor Show" will premiere February 8 @ 9:30 pm Eastern on MTV. I'll speak more of WKUK in my next blog but hope you tune in to both of those shows! Let me know what you guys think!
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