12 Episodes of “Starlee & Arthur Review…” on Hulu

Wow! This is great. 12 episodes of “Starlee & Arthur Review” are now up on Hulu.com, an internet site that features programs like The Daily Show and Arrested Development. In these shorts Starlee Kine and I review all sorts of things like movies, movie stars, old greek sayings, abandoned islands and TV shows about abandoned islands — a little something for everyone. Check them out here.

Chicago Public Radio’s Sound Opinions + Post-it Note Stories

Sound Opinions is a public radio program in which Chicago Sun Times music critic Jim DeRogatis and Chicago Tribune music critic Greg Kot discuss all things rock and roll. Recently they asked me to animate a record review they did of the new Fiery Furnaces record “I’m Going Away.” Sound Opinions can be heard on various public radio stations across the country or via podcast. Hit them up on itunes or visit them at soundopinons.org. Thanks to producer and old friend Todd Bachmann.

Starlee and Arthur Review Disaster Films

We are midway through the Hollywood Summer Blockbuster season and in this episode we flip the script on Disaster Films, laying down some new ground rules for the genre. If the video is running choppy click LO on the HI/LO button on the right side of the flash player.

Starlee and Arthur Review FUN!

Evidently Arthur is fun and Starlee isn’t. She doesn’t even like going to the beach! I know what you are saying, “everyone likes going to the beach, you guys are just arguing because arguing is what you guys always do.” Well, you are right and wrong we do always argue but Starlee really does hate the beach. FUN FACT: A certain “Jonathan” from a country called “Canada” is mentioned in this episode… the Jonathan in question is in fact Jonathan Goldstein. Go read is story now. If the video is running choppy click LO on the HI/LO button on the right side of the flash player.

I Still Love Jessica

I Still Love Jessica from Arthur Jones on Vimeo.

This video was made to promote the anthology “Things I Learned from the Women Who’ve Dumped Me,” edited by Ben Karlin (ex-DailyShow producer/writer). The audio is from a phone conversation between writer Rodney Rothman and his long lost teenage flame, Jessica. A longer transcript of the conversation appears in the book along side essays on the subject of being dumped by funny people like Patton Oswalt, David Wain and Stephen Colbert. Buy the book at womenwhodumpedme.com

Starlee and Arthur Review Last Words

Jim Morrison once sang “This is the end my friend, my only friend the end….” Remember that song? It was in “Apocalypse Now” during the part of the movie where Martin Sheen was in the hotel staring at the ceiling fan for like 15 minutes. Morrison was singing about dying which is something we are all going to do one day. No one knows what Jim Morrison’s last words were, they were probably something like “Blaaarrrrrgggg.” Other famous dead people left us with witty little things to ponder and in this episode Starlee and Arthur talk about some of those witty things. If the video is running choppy click LO on the HI/LO button on the right side of the flash player.

Starlee and Arthur Review LOST

Everyone loves LOST – your Mom, your Dad, your garbage man, your next door neighbor - everyone can’t stop talking about how intriguing and complicated it is. In this animation Starlee Kine and Arthur Jones discuss the TV series and try to figure out what the endless fuss is all about. If the video is running choppy click LO on the HI/LO button on the right side of the flash player.

Starlee and Arthur Review the Art of Sophie Calle

Sophie Calle’s elegant artwork is about human connection in a complicated world. Sometimes it’s also about secretly following people and taking their picture without them knowing it. In this animation Starlee Kine and Arthur Jones have very different interpretations of her work. If the video is running choppy click LO on the HI/LO button on the right side of the flash player.

Starlee and Arthur Review Guilty Pleasures

Everybody has at least one guilty pleasure most people have waaaayyyyyy more than one. In this episode, Starlee and Arthur discuss their guilty pleasures, focusing on terrible television, cleaning the scum off the top of Starlee’s fridge and the icky, yet endearing charm of Hugh Grant. If the video is running choppy click LO on the HI/LO button on the right side of the flash player.