Some web series have complex setups, but others are little more than five coworkers trading silly jokes back and forth. That's the best one-line description I can muster for Business Work, a clever web series replete with subtle gags. Like many other web series creators, Business Work "Writer/Director/Boss" John Purcell is a performer at the Ucb Theatre in New York; an article he wrote served as inspiration for this popular video about Starbucks baristas. Here, he brings a sketch comedy sensibility to his web series, where episodes rarely last more than 90 seconds. In the most popular episodes, one of the office employees literally sticks his foot in his mouth while awkwardly asking a coworker on a date. The best part of Business Work are the small, easy-to-miss jokes that fill each episode. This is the kind of web series where an employee rushes into his coworker's office, tells...
- 10/31/2014
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
It never fails. You go to Starbucks. You order your tall red eye with a shot of sugar-free cinnamon dolce. They ask your name so they can write it on the cup. You tell them it's Rachel. You get your order at the counter. You read the name on the cup and it says: "Ruachell." What?! How did they even manage to go from what you said to that spelling monstrosity?! Well John Purcell and the folks at Paul Gale Comedy have made a video explaining why Starbucks baristas almost always misspell your name. And it's just what we feared: "I am f--king with you. It is the best part of my job, and I will never stop." Yes, this video is a parody and not an...
- 9/10/2014
- E! Online
Bankwest has built a new poster site in Perth in which a giant winged donation tin is wedged between two billboards to encourage motorists to donate to the Royal Flying Doctor Service.
Operations manager at oOh! Media John Purcell said: “Bankwest wanted to create an eye-catching image that not only reminded everyone of what they did, but got the message across about donating their support. What better way than featuring a giant donation winged tin in between the corner of the two billboards to grab the attention of the thousands of people passing the site every day”.
Credits:
Campaign: Royal Flying Doctor Donation Tin
Creative Agency: Host – Sydney
Media Agency: Ikon – Sydney
Client: Bankwest...
Operations manager at oOh! Media John Purcell said: “Bankwest wanted to create an eye-catching image that not only reminded everyone of what they did, but got the message across about donating their support. What better way than featuring a giant donation winged tin in between the corner of the two billboards to grab the attention of the thousands of people passing the site every day”.
Credits:
Campaign: Royal Flying Doctor Donation Tin
Creative Agency: Host – Sydney
Media Agency: Ikon – Sydney
Client: Bankwest...
- 7/24/2012
- by Robin Hicks
- Encore Magazine
It has been the basis for at least five novels, most famously Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped. But the newly revealed story of James Annesley is more incredible than any of the tales it inspired
As yarns go, it pretty much has it all. There's a street waif who's actually an aristocrat, heir to half a dozen titles and estates in England, Ireland and Wales. A dastardly uncle who'll stop at nothing to usurp him. A kidnapping most foul, and a decade of toil as an indentured servant in 18th-century America. Then, against impossible odds, a dashing return, and a quest for justice through the courts that held all society spellbound.
The extraordinary story of James Annesley has inspired at least five novels, including Sir Walter Scott's Guy Mannering and, most famously, Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped, one of the best-loved adventure books of all time. Yet the true story behind...
As yarns go, it pretty much has it all. There's a street waif who's actually an aristocrat, heir to half a dozen titles and estates in England, Ireland and Wales. A dastardly uncle who'll stop at nothing to usurp him. A kidnapping most foul, and a decade of toil as an indentured servant in 18th-century America. Then, against impossible odds, a dashing return, and a quest for justice through the courts that held all society spellbound.
The extraordinary story of James Annesley has inspired at least five novels, including Sir Walter Scott's Guy Mannering and, most famously, Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped, one of the best-loved adventure books of all time. Yet the true story behind...
- 2/18/2010
- by Jon Henley
- The Guardian - Film News
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