Friday Funny

OK, so this past week was Father's Day, and it's been stupid hot down here in Cajun country.

I know. What do these two have in common? Stay with me.

Both of these scenarios got me thinking of a piece we did five years ago. Our message series was called "The US Male." Get it? Anyway, the original idea was that all of our senior staff would come out dressed as postal workers and do a little stupid dance. Well, everyone backed out, and my pastor says, "Hey man, you're funny...you do it."

So I did it. Except I did it on video. It was, like, 167 degrees that day (evidenced by the huge amount of sweat seen in some of the shots).

A couple of funny things about this shoot, apart from the heat:

1. I had a guy was sitting in the middle of the road in his truck, playing this song over and over for me to dance to. I'm sure the neighbors were wondering what the H-E-double-hockey-sticks was going on! I literally had a piece of paper and a golf pencil in my pocket. As I would do one dance, we'd stop tape, I'd pull out the paper and pencil, and cross it off, then move on to the next dance. Efficiency, you know...

2. We saw an actual postal worker out there. Now, I know the USPS is a little weird about their stuff, and I was worried we'd (I'd) get in trouble, but he just looked at me, smiled and gave me the "what's up?" chin lift. All good in the hood.

Anyway, here's the vid. I've lost weight since then. Hope you enjoy it!

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Now, there's some relevant church media for you...

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OK, this video has nothing to do with the relevant use of media in church, but I wanted to post it anyway.  Special thanks goes out to my good friend, fellow musician and dog lover, Scottie V., for sending this to me.  Hilarious. I needed a good laugh this morning.

Have a great weekend everyone. Please keep your leg from stealing your bones!

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The things we do for love...

This week's Friday Funny features none other than yours truly, otherwise known as "Beau" from The Bayou Belles and Their Beau, otherwise known as my wife's blog.

Anyway, go here to see the thing I have done because I love my wife.

Come back here to leave your comment for me, but vote on her blog.

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You provide the caption...

Happy Valentine's Day

OK, so the Friday Funny has been usurped by a Valentine's Day post. Yes, there is still one more "Annual Church Business Meeting" spot to be shown, so if you're interested to see it, go here.

Anyway, here's a piece we created for a February series our youth did last year. the series was called "Lovers." After it was done, we decided to create a Valentine's Day spot with it.

Major props go out to three people:  Adam H., for his brilliant editing/compositing/animation skills (After Effects & Final Cut Pro), Chris D. for his colorizing (by hand, BTW, on a WACOM tablet, and I LOVE what he did with it), and he girl who actually did the hand-drawn illustrations (I don't even know her name. She was the girlfriend of the younger brother of our old TV audio guy).

What did I do?

I scanned the pictures, and helped cut the time down. Oh the glamourous life...

Hope you like it...

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Here is the third installment of our Annual Church Business Meeting spots. This time, it features our editor, Adam. This one is my personal favorite.

Also, for those of you who have inquired about the availability of the pieces for sale:  I'm in the process of encoding an uploading, and I hope to have them on our site, as well as the resellers' sites within the next week or so.

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OK, here's the 2nd installment of the Annual Church Business Meeting campaign. This one features my good friend, Lee, as a...well, you'll just have to watch to find out.

By the way, it was determined that the audience had a hard time seeing the text for the first spot, so we just did plain text over black for this one and the others. The final versions for sale will all be like this one, unless we come up with a better solution.

You can view the first video here.

Have a great weekend, everyone!

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OK, so earlier this week I said I had some really funny spots to post. Well, here's the first one.

A little explanation first...As you know, Crossroads Creative produces videos to sell on its and other sites. Crossroads Church is the main benefactor of our work. So, we're coming up on our Annual Church Business Meeting. We did a piece for it a couple of years ago, but it has grown a little long in the tooth, so it was time for a new one. You can view the first one here.

This time, however, we decided to do a whole campaign. We did four spots in all, and I'll post the rest on the next three subsequent Fridays. Gotta keep you coming back for more, eh?

Anyway, here's the first installment. The third board member is being portrayed by yours truly. Hope you enjoy it!

Oh, yeah, and if you're wondering...it'll be on our site (as well as the resellers') soon.

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This one is perhaps, more painful than funny. You supply the caption.

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This pic truly needs no comments, but if you want to share one, feel free.

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OK, so if you've ever had a conversation with me, you probably know that I just got an iPhone, and you're wondering why I haven't posted about it yet. Well, the reason is that I've been too busy playing with my iPhone to post about it yet.

So, for now, a Friday Funny pic will have to do. Here it is:

You write the caption. I'll provide the first one:  brings new meaning to the term "going postal."

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Allright, here's this week's installment of the Friday Funny...

You write the caption.

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Yesterday was great, getting to hear everyone's goals about 2009. What was amazing is that so many of the support pastors and other department heads had the same goals as the lead pastor. It's really neat to see a great team all on the same page. I'm very blessed to work at such a great place.

Here's this week's installment of the Friday Funny:

You provide the caption...

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OK, so I have slacked off on posting, but I'm back with this installment of the Friday Funny.  You supply the caption.

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OK, I was going to post about Watermark and my new friend Ryan Howell, but I found two incredible gems that I feel compelled to share with you. Words can't possibly describe what you're about to see, but you can take a shot at it if you wish...

First up, Jesus is my friend...

glumbert - Jesus Is My Friend

Jesus is my best friend, so you won't catch me singing this. Ever.

OK, here's the next one...

I'm speechless. What say you?

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I found this picture yesterday on a friend's facebook page.  You write the caption...

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Okay, instead of the usual pic, I've posted a video of my youngest daughter. She and her mother were waiting in the car for my oldest daughter, and my wife wanted to capture some video of her singing while listening to some Aly & AJ on her sister's iPod Shuffle. What happened, however, was COMPLETELY unplanned!

It seems that she got a little mixed up between "cappuccino" and "Frappuccino!"

Any comments?

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Here's the next installment of the Friday Funny. You provide the caption...

I'm still waiting on all the blooper snoopers out there to tell me what's wrong with the "Ben and George" piece. C'mon, guys, you can find them, just look (and listen) carefully.

Ben and George...and a Blooper

Here's another piece that we have for sale on the reseller sites. Let me know what you think!

This piece takes the place of my Friday Funny, except, this time, the joke is on me. I'll give bonus points to the first person who can spot the BIG TIME blooper in this piece (actually, there are two). I'll be fixing it in the coming weeks, before launching it on Crossroads Creative.