As we wrote about a couple weeks ago, Someecards, makers of hilarious online greeting cards, are delving into doing video cards. The first batch are now online. And yes, they’re quite good.
The cards feature the same solid color backgrounds that are distinct on Someecards, but rather than black and white drawings, they have actors acting out short video skits. The first ones feature comedians Michael Ian Black and Michael Showalter, who are promoting their new Comedy Central show, Michael & Michael.
Yes, these are ads. But as we wrote previously, these are the best kind of ads cause they’re actually funny, and something I would watch.
Plus they have a lot of swearing.
Watch below. I really want to embed them all but they auto-play (I’ll embed the one with no swearing until the end but be warned, possibly NSFW). Watch the rest of them here.
Amazing, as expected.
Brilliant monetization. I saw these earlier in the week and was pretty blown away with the business sense that the someecards folks are exhibiting.
Garbage
The idea is good but I didn’t think that the video was funny. May be they have other funnier videos.
awesome! now they just have to let users submit their own videos, and we have user generated ads.. all over again.
Greatly and awesomely hilarious. The auto play got me before i could even read the whole thing. Oh well
absolute garbage. maybe if people worried a little less about “monetization” less of this crap would be polluting the internet.
Thank God! These are awesome.
-b
ZOMG WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER PEW PEW PEW!
Not sure how I feel about these videos…seems like a platform for some potentially lame sponsored promotion. However, their cards are brilliant…my favorite e-card site, hand down.
There are only three?
Very creative – novel
However, they need to slow down the slideshow on the homepage!
And, change their name, someecards? — sounds like a virus
There are e-cards that have nothing to do with malware or phishing?
NOT funny..
what’s wrong with you?
But what does this have to do with Twitter?
Umm… The video you embedded *does*, in fact, have swearing in it.
Ummm is it supposed to be funny?
Perhaps it’s an acquired taste.
With the economy the way it is, this would be a great start up bussiness.
http://www.yout...h?v=NW9BOVL6bQM
i have to agree with the above, not very impressive, at least this video in particular.
not funny, at all.
This is really as in very funny. I saw them before i think for mother’s day! They were also very funny. Great talents!
Very funny! However, I can see their humor getting old fast. Best of luck to them.
Fail – Not funny at all
I love someecards, but these were not funny in the least to me, and I can’t figure out why some people would think they are. Maybe the next batch…
Some of the Bastille Day (non-video) cards today are excellent, however. MG, am I missing something?