Newgrounds and Flash Animation
During our Teen Advisory Council meetings, I usually incorportate some type of activity that will tie in a new aspect of technology. This past meeting we tried 5x to podcast using Audioblogger; the reason for multiple attempts being that we had to delete all posts with cursing. In order to anticipate these activities, I have the computer ready to go 15 min before we talk business.
As you might expect, during this prelude, the teens cruise the internet showing off their latest finds. Luckily, my group is an older crowd, so we haven’t had any problems with offending anyone with humorous content. This past meeting they were LOL over 2 clips in particular, which you can find on the Newgrounds website. I thought I’d share these with everyone, since we’re always striving to know what’s hot in contemporary teen pop culture.
The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny
Rated Teen. A gory sing-along featuring superheroes fighting to the death with no regard for good vs. evil. Warning: You might find yourself humming the tune throughout your work day.
Rules For The Masses
Rated Teen. Foamy runs A-Kon convention particpants through some rules to observe while the gal (don’t know her name) offers some comic relief in the background. Not familiar with Foamy? There are lots of clips available on Newgrounds featuring this hilarious bizarre creature.


Rules for the Masses does not appear to be at that link anymore. However the first one, Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny is very funny. I have been laughing at that for the last few weeks and some of the teens who work as pages at my library love it. I would also reccomend checking out Narnia rap battle at www.narniarapbattle.com it is also quite funny.
Josh-
I enjoy this rendention of Lazy Sunday. It takes place in the context of a news station.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=_Hz.....y%20sunday
I’d like to see some teens do a their own version of Lazy Sunday involving the Library
Stephanie
I really liked that one quite a bit, although I do Lazy Monday is a bit smoother. I just love everybody is making their own version of this rap. I had considered doing one with a friend based at our library, but I dont have a video camera so it probably wont happen.
That was a fun meeting