Others JibJab

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1 others

1.1 big box mart
1.2 call news
1.3 shawshank in minute
1.4 creep out





others
big box mart

in 2005, jibjab released video big box mart . sung tune of oh, susannah , tells story of american factory worker buys quantities of cheap, imported crap local big box mart, parody of big-box stores, running large amounts of credit card debt. however, else buying cheap, imported crap big box mart, american factory goes out of business, leaving our hero out of work , mired in debt @ age of 53. along rest of coworkers, goes work @ industry left in town, big box mart, spends rest of life living paycheck paycheck, little hope of being able retire.


what call news

sung tune of battle hymn of republic , call news laments decline of journalism in cable tv era, particularly sensationalistic stories , fact great legends found replaced blondes big fake boobs! .


shawshank in minute

this sketch part (and winner) of 2006 online competition, great sketch experiment, held jibjab , first live action production. participants included comedy duo famous last nerds (jordan allen-dutton , erik weiner) , john landis director. both summarizes , parodies shawshank redemption, condensing plot length of 4 minutes , underlining rap music.


do creep out

jibjab produced video 2006 song creep out satirist weird al yankovic, parody of taylor hicks make proud. video depicts main character stalking barista in increasingly disturbing ways (as described in song), ending being beaten , arrested police. final scene reveals lead has been singing song in prison talent show.








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