David Spancer : Videologist » 3. The Ministry of Unknown Science

Ball Saxbury

spancer — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 02:50:13 +0000

The opening title sequence for, perhaps, the greatest action hero to roll into our lives. Originally appeared in the Ministry of Unknown Science Experiment #4, “The Semi-Erotic Adventures of Lopez, the Invisible Mexinaut” in Los Angeles, CA.

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The Ministry of Unknown Science – Pilot

spancer — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 02:30:29 +0000

MOUS is a hybrid Live/Video sketch comedy show. Ministry “experiments” were held at The Brewery Arts Complex in downtown Los Angeles, to sold-out crowds for five years. The Ministry of Unknown Science videos were in the top ten comedy podcasts on iTunes. I was the director and editor for almost all of the Ministry’s videos.

The success of the live MOUS shows got us a deal with Viacom cable network Spike TV. We wrote a single-camera 22-minute pilot incorporating many of my videos from our previous shows. New wraparound and special effects sequences were shot (directed by Chuck Cirino), and I edited the pilot to completion. Alas, Spike TV passed on the pilot because apparently they don’t know funny.

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Rabbi Hirschfeld

spancer — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 20:02:36 +0000

Oy, he’s such a prankster. This video originally appeared in MOUS Experiment #5: “The Ministry of Unknown Science is Bigger than God” in Los Angeles, CA.

Music by SongsToWearPantsTo.com

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Field Test

spancer — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 20:00:45 +0000

After the Ministers’ invisible lab assistant got angry, Professor T realized that his teabags were now dangerously suceptible to being kicked. So he sets out to use science to make them invincible. Did he succeed? There’s only one way to be sure…

Originally appeared in the Ministry of Unknown Science Experiment #4, “The Semi-Erotic Adventures of Lopez, the Invisible Mexinaut” in Los Angeles, CA.

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Falipornia Speak Therapy

spancer — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 07:01:40 +0000

Good talk now, ask me how.

This video originally appeared in the Ministry of Unknown Science Experiment #2: “God”

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Detective Elephant Man

spancer — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 06:17:04 +0000

Just because you’re horribly deformed doesn’t mean you’re not an idiot.

This video originally appeared in the Ministry of Unknown Science Experiment #2: “God”

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Gud: The Better God

spancer — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 05:57:06 +0000

A series of commercials for a new god that everyone can agree on at work!

Originally appearing in the live/video hybrid show “The Ministry of Unknown Science Experiment No. 2: God” in Los Angeles.

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Mane Man

spancer — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 01:31:42 +0000

A new frontier in hair replacement.

This video originally appeared in the Ministry of Unknown Science “Experiment No. 3: The Sun (or The Effects of Surprise Permanent Blindness on Crowds)”

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Kung-Fu F*#k You

spancer — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 11:03:50 +0000

Three martial artists unleash their “dancing finger style” in a bird-flipping battle royale.

Originally appeared in the Ministry of Unknown Science “Experiment No. 4: The Semi-Erotic Adventures of Lopez, the Invisible Mexinaut” in Los Angeles, CA.

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