Big Announcement: There Will Be a Big Announcement!
Hey, all you movers and shakers.
So, remember a few weeks ago when I said a Big Announcement was coming? Well, it looks like I spoke too soon and unfortunately we won’t be at liberty to make our Big Announcement until mid-January, around the 17th. It’s a bummer I know, but even though I can’t tell you what the Big Announcement is, there are certain things I can tell you:
- The Big Announcement involves new videos.
- There will be no new videos posted on the site before the Big Announcement.
- In addition to the Big Announcement, we may have several smaller announcements.
- What can you do to pass the time between now and the Big Announcement? I’ve come up with some healthy suggestions:
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- Watch more TV. Some of our sharper fans have noticed that MDX, a new energy drink from Mountain Dew, has incorporated One Picture Every Day into some of their new commercials, or to quote a comment from one of our friends on MySpace, “I JUST SAW BEN”S PICTURE EVERY DAY ON A COMMERCIAL FOR SOME SORT OF SODA - THE PUNCH LINE WAS HOW MANY SLICES OF PIZZA WERE SHOWN - it was on BET around 2:00pm JUST NOW!! HOLY CRAP I dropped the remote and stared in disbelief. I was like “I KNOW HIM!!??!!” AMAZING. CONGRATULATIONS”.
- Move to Georgia. Olde English’s Gorilla Warfare: The Play opens this weekend at Alan C. Pope High School in Marietta, Georgia. The performances are Friday, December 15 and Saturday, December 16 at 7:00 pm. Tickets are five dollars and you can make reservations by calling Nicole at 770-596-3533. Also, Georgia’s just generally a good place to be in these dreary winter months. Also, I hear it’s chock-full of southern belles. Southern belles!
- Watch even more TV. If you don’t watch The Office on NBC, I can’t recommend it enough, and that’s not just because it stars Jesse’s brother BJ Novak. There’s an hour long Christmas episode tomorrow night. Check it out!
- Speculate wildly about our Big Announcement, so you’ll be disappointed when we make it. Here are some things our Big Announcement is NOT about:
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- A movie.
- A TV show.
- Something for you to buy.
- Any of the following people:
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- Amy Poehler.
- Comedian Sean Conroy.
- Nicole Kidman.
- The pope.
- Someone joining Olde English.
- Someone leaving Olde English.
- Go for a bike ride.
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- Madonna
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- Read a book.
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- A book.
- I confused myself.
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- That woman who kind of looks like Nicole Kidman who is also like best friends with Nicole Kidman and sometimes I get her confused with Nicole Kidman.
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December 13th, 2006 at 9:10 pm
AWW you sold your souls to mountain dew, i saw it when i was watching fuse
its ok it just means youve made it, remember the kids who were there from the get go:
Arthur got a new haircut got me hooked for life
you could only go up from there and you have
thanks for entertaining me for countless hours and to many more to come
December 13th, 2006 at 9:13 pm
I dont know if I can keep from killing myself all the way until January, but I’ll try
December 13th, 2006 at 9:14 pm
also, could you perhaps make this announcment on the 23 of Januar? thats my birthday
December 13th, 2006 at 9:17 pm
are you crazy!? sSop tempting them!
December 13th, 2006 at 9:55 pm
it figures. my schedule is now full for the 15th and 16th and there is no way i can gt to marietta to see a show (it’s opening weekend for my show. >_
December 13th, 2006 at 10:26 pm
I shall confine my speculations to the board…and I really hope I’m correct.
December 13th, 2006 at 10:34 pm
*tear* I have to say, although I’m anxious to find out what the Big Announcement is, this lengthy wait for new content online is making me sad. Oh well … *waits for Big Announcement*
December 13th, 2006 at 11:35 pm
me too, except since i have that time machine, i don’t want to give too much away. i might throw everyone off by making “guesses” as to “what it could possibly be”
December 14th, 2006 at 4:02 am
I just hope the big anouncment has nothing to do with ANOTHER live show I won’t be able to make because I live too damn far. Unless Olde English is going on tour- then you can come to Minnesota! Bong.
December 14th, 2006 at 2:06 pm
A Minnesota show would be amazing! Do iT!
December 14th, 2006 at 5:55 pm
Craig — another live show is, indeed, another thing that the Big Announcement has nothing to do with.
December 14th, 2006 at 6:31 pm
what?!?
i was hoping for a sketch for christmas/ my b day
but i guess not.
December 14th, 2006 at 6:33 pm
btw
i laugh outloud…literally
whenever i read these posts
December 14th, 2006 at 7:03 pm
Naomi Watts?
December 15th, 2006 at 12:11 am
you guys know deadlines don’t actually matter to us. we have come to expect that things will take longer than expected, and you tend to make up for it ten-fold (this summer, a video every day? say what? amazing.)
cast of gorilla warfare-break some legs!
December 15th, 2006 at 6:56 am
this post should include Kevin’s amazing video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5EhFL1B5YY
December 15th, 2006 at 11:34 am
the big announcement is actually going to be me jumping over every member of olde english on my sweet stunt bike.
sorry i ruined it.
December 15th, 2006 at 11:47 pm
On a scale of 1-10….how big is this announcment? One: being not all that big but still big enough to be mentioned before hand, and ten: being an immensly ginormous announcment.
December 16th, 2006 at 3:36 pm
I knew it was his brother! Ah, I knew it.
December 16th, 2006 at 9:44 pm
So. I’m looking for that one sketch with that scene from munich in it. Wanna help me out?
sorry about how its completely unrelated.
congrats.
Tyler.
December 17th, 2006 at 12:23 am
must be about Julia Stiles, otherwise they would have listed her in the “NOT about” catagory. did you see her in that movie O? i loved that movie.
December 17th, 2006 at 7:16 pm
I see you guys are performing at the san fran sketch fest. very nice
December 17th, 2006 at 8:25 pm
higgs, its “prank boyz”. if you have any questions, feel free to stop by the message board.
December 18th, 2006 at 12:03 pm
Here’s an announcment: The animated Blind Date sketch which is pretty old is now a featured video on YouTube. Weird.
December 18th, 2006 at 12:30 pm
Animated Blind Date sketch? Should we know that one?
December 18th, 2006 at 12:30 pm
Damnit I’m retarted. I was thinking first date.
December 19th, 2006 at 12:34 am
Woah, Woah, Woah. Olde English was just on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. When they were showing clips from YouTube they used Olde English’s site. Look closely during the “Time Person of the Year” segment from Dec. 18th.
December 19th, 2006 at 3:03 am
Please answer this Olde English members: Do you receive royalties for every time an energy drink or a political comedian use a video of yours on television, or does your creative commons license keep kicking you in the ass every night while you sleep?
December 19th, 2006 at 1:55 pm
Royalties are something that are negotiated as part of a contract, and are never part of contracts for commercials. Rather, we licensed that video to the soft drink company for a limited amount of time (2 months, i believe), and then if they’d like to continue using that commercial after that time period they have to negotiate a new contract with us.
When our videos are shown on TV in other forms (the Good Morning America showing, for example), the TV show has to get our approval or license the video from us. GMA didn’t pay us, and if we’d demanded to be paid, they simply wouldn’t have used our clip. Munchies, on the other hand, which was the Fuse TV show that used our videos, had to license our videos from us (again, for a limited amount of time and with noted degrees of exclusivity).
December 19th, 2006 at 6:37 pm
Advertisers have been stealing your ideas for a while - finally, you are given JUSTICE! (they did pay you, right?)
December 20th, 2006 at 3:00 pm
Yep!
December 21st, 2006 at 7:57 pm
I am glad you are getting the greenbacks for yo nicknaks.
December 23rd, 2006 at 5:11 pm
moolah. yuhuh.
December 28th, 2006 at 5:18 pm
its ok, i always confuse Naomi Watts for Nicole Kidman too.