Hey Indy Mogul blog audience, I heard from a little bird that you don't like being bored. What I heard was that you were all like "Aww man I'm so bored. I wish I weren't bored!" Prepare to be un-bored-ifide, because it's time for another Cheetos Boredom Buster! The goal of the Cheetos Boredom Buster is to break up your work day, and offer you an opportunity to mess around for awhile -- before you go back to crunching numbers, or testing rollercoasters, or whatever lame way you collect a paycheck.

Last week I promised that I'd spend some time introducing you to (or reminding you of) some different web videos I enjoy. Maybe you've seen these videos before. You are checking out Indy Mogul, so I assume you're pretty tuned in to what's cool and what ain't. I wanted to write a whole blog about Waverly Films, because I adore all their videos, but then I realized every video they've made has about 100,000 views. It's not my job, to tell you things you already know. (But if you don't know Waverly Films, consider your boredom busted times ten and CLICK HERE).

So, to provide this service, I dug deeper into the videos I enjoy and came up with one dude who epitomizes the kind of funny free silly energy that's important to a Cheetos Boredom Buster:

The Works of Wade Randolph

The guy has been making videos for a few years, including the ComedyCentral.com original series Awesome Friends and the Channel 101 series Murder Town. Simple animations and weird videos shot in his apartment are the staples of his style. Often, his videos are shot, edited, and acted all by himself. He's made a lot of stuff, so here are a few highlights from the Wade Randolph catalog:


The Noticer is a fake promo for the SuperStation, about a guy who's stand-out skill is being really good at noticing things. If you like this, you might like the full five-minute show, in which The Noticer solves an entire crime from the comfort of his apartment. Showing off his ability to parody the awkward melodrama of your typical crime-solving basic cable show, The Noticer has always stood out to me as one of Wade's best videos.


In Future Book, Wade Randolph and comedian Eric Acosta play a couple jocks who are confronted by a book that can tell their future. Wade and Eric Acosta make a great team and have made a bunch of short TV shows together -- you can see them all at his YouTube page.


Halloween Song is a clip from Wade's Channel 101 show, Murder Town. This clip shows off a couple important parts of Wade's charm: silly songs and simple animations. In Murder Town, Wade shot an entire show in his apartment by himself, using animation to create the other characters. It's pretty fun, but the stand out element was always the songs. If you like this tune, check out his Sandwich Rap or his Julia Stiles song.


And the last Wade Randolph video I want to show off is this one: FWD: OMG!! THIS RLY WORKS!!!1 -- When Wade gets a Myspace Chain Letter his life quickly unravels.

I guess one of the reasons I like Wade's stuff is that a lot of it is shot in his apartment for no money. It's pretty inspiring to know I could do the same thing, just using the wigs and space around me. It's about goofing around with friends and making videos for fun. Hopefully you enjoyed this stuff and it busted up your boredom. If not, you know, there's always a whole bunch of online quizes you can take!

Cheers!