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Thursday, March 11, 2010 (2 days ago)
I’d like to thank people who clicked on our video in the hope that today would mysteriously be the day YouTube lets nudity and porn on their site. We owe our success to these angry, would-be masturbators.
-Carlos Cabrera
It’s official! Our popular 2007 video “Foreplay?” has passed two million views on YouTube, and shows no signs of slowing down. In the video, Paul unsuccessfully tries to seduce Christina, but comes off as a huge, huge creep. Really, just huge. I bet a lot of people wonder what sort of date must have occurred just before this scene that enabled such a creepy guy to get into this woman’s apartment. Or maybe that’s just me.
Take a look at that big ol’ number of views for yourself on the YouTube “Foreplay?” page. You can also watch “Foreplay?” a few more times below, as it jets towards three million views!
Very important note: do not attempt to use any of the techniques demonstrated in this video unless you’re looking to become a sexual pariah.
Juggling is an essential part of any job–whether you work with balls, pins, swords, torches, chainsaws or babies. Let Iowa Training Films show you how it’s done.
Directed and edited by Iowa Training Films newcomer Ballard C. Boyd.
Practice, practice, practice–and make sure to check http://bttm.net next Monday for a brand new video!
In this week’s new video, we explore what the appropriate response is when a child asks, “Where do babies come from?” It’s not this. It’s definitely not this.
“The Sex Talk” was directed and edited by Ballard C. Boyd. It was written by Better Than The Machine and Will Nunziata for our seventh revue, It’s Not Me, It’s You.
Let us know if there are any uncomfortable things we can explain to a family member for you, as we are clearly professionals in this field!* Make sure to check bttm.net next Monday for a brand new video!
Happy Presidents’ Day from your friends Better Than The Machine!
In this week’s video, the topic is “Washington vs. Lincoln: which President was the best?” The debate is low in facts, rife with name calling, and has a strong focus on which President slept with whose mom. It is truly a worthy tribute to our country’s forefathers.
“Presidents’ Day Debate” was patriotically directed and edited by Ballard C. Boyd.
Make sure to check http://bttm.net next week for a brand new video!
Hello friends, lovers and our various undead fans,
Everybody wants some love on Valentine’s Day, even vampires. In our hot new video “Twilight First Date,” we take a hard look at the intriguing world of interspecies human/vampire dating. It sounds sexy, dangerous and exciting. But is it? You’ll have to judge for yourself.
This week, thanks to modern technology, I (Reid) get to say hello all the way from Colorado despite some recent connection problems at Better Than The Machine HQ. I don’t even need to use smoke signals anymore! It’s almost like living in the future. What a time to be alive!
Directed and edited by Ballard C. Boyd. Make sure to check back here on bttm.net next week for a brand-new video. Then, in a few short weeks, bigger, badder, Betterer Than The Machine videos will rock your socks!
I will be performing this Sunday, January 31 at the Parkside Lounge at 317 Houston St in a Variety Show for Haiti. The show starts at 4, and I will probably be going on around 6:30. Come show your support for this amazing cause! Christina
While we’re hard at work on some awesome new videos for February, let Paul and Matt distract–er… entertain you. Today, master crank caller Matt Gallo makes his craziest prank call…ever! Take a listen for yourself:
Check your caller ID to make sure that guy doesn’t getcha! Hah hah hah… yeah. “Prank Calls” was directed and edited by Ballard C. Boyd.
Watch in amazement as Christina puts 25 marshmallows in her mouth at one time just for your amusement in this week’s new video, “A Mouthful of Marshmallows!”
