This rap that I wrote, composed, and performed, gave the BBtv crew their first inkling of my insanity…

An early attempt to promote the podcast. You can find these stills in the ‘Mep Art’ section of the website.

This video was our Holy Grail of Offensiveness. Borne out of a hatred for the never ending John Mellancamp Chevy campaign playing on endless loops during the World Series, we decided to present our own portrayal of Chevy Patriotism. And our version happened to include things like American genocide, racism, torture, and suppression of truth.

So, ready a nearby eye gouging implement, and enjoy!

The premise for this is that the viewer is watching deleted scenes from the best-selling self-help DVD, The Secret. Yes, that is me in my underwear playing Gollum. Fun. Co-created with Payam Karamooz.

One of the most potentially offensive things I’ve ever created. Also a very hard hitting critique of the award winning and mind-numbingly stupid self help series. The other actor in the piece is one of my closest friends, comedian Payam Karamooz.

To date, the most successful Mep promotional YouTube video. Spawned out of an irresistible desire to pay tribute to this man in a way that the national media never would. Storey put his heart and soul into this video, I added some video clips for effect. This video was completed between 2:00 -9:00 AM, the morning after Vonnegut passed. Possibly the best thing we’ll ever do.

A few months later, we received a very nice letter from Lily Vonnegut (Kurt’s daughter) saying that she and the family really enjoyed and appreciated the piece. That pretty much validated my entire existence, right there.

A musical jaunt making fun of my least favorite Yankee of all time, Carl Pavano. This thing actually got picked up by SportsIllustrated.com as their “Video of the Day.”

Another montage submission. I’d designed this one to counter the criticism that our other montage videos were too long and drawn out. And this tightly-packed, well-woven one didn’t do nearly as well as its slower paced cousins. Shows you what criticism is good for. 🙂

This was the video that started it all. We had never done such a thing before, but Greg, Storey and I decided that this crazy event had to be memorialized somehow. And probably not by ranting about it on our podcast. Thus, a genre was born; the Mep Video Montage (TM). Given that we had no recording equipment, the montage had to consist of found stills from the internet, with some Photoshopping alterations.

This video made its internet rounds, being referenced in the Boston Globe, and showing up on the front page of BoingBoing.

What is this? Russ with hair? And early footage of Klaus Pierre?!? This video must be ancient.