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1. Television is a drug.

1 year ago

The inspiration of this video comes from Todd Alcott's poem, Television. I own no rights to his reading of the poem and intend only to share my own personal interpretation. bfultonmedia.com

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Jimmy Sloan 1 year ago

Look at me!
milo 1 year ago

great job!
mpared 1 year ago

love love love it posted at the curious brain
Ray Roman 1 year ago

Well done!
George Goncalves 1 year ago

I agree
eboye 1 year ago

So true! I stop watching TV years ago, and started using internet as only source of information. And now I cannot believe how people are hypnotized by the TV when I visit them. Even in common conversation, they are not watching to you in the eyes, but instead, they are watching TV. That`s awful.

BTW GREAT Video
Tilano Roser 1 year ago

this is damned right! Television is like illusion, poeple think they are acting and talking with/to people, but instead they are hypnotised to be sitting on the sofa the whole day. And when they get out, just for consuming all the stuff from the ads..
Franck Deron 1 year ago

I would argue that the internet is way more addicting. ;)
eboye 1 year ago

Yes but there is some sort of interactivity during consuming internet, but there is none during watching TV ... that`s the difference ;)
Nikio 1 year ago

I have the same experience. I quit watching TV 10 years ago...
Stephan Talneau 10 months ago

I left tv 5 years ago also, but i feel now the same with Internet :) I would agree about the internet being an addiction, especially than the allpowerfullGoogle and other are so led by mass money revenue... they need us to keep watching their ads...
We should blame the businessmen behind it, not the content nor the user I think.
pijome 1 year ago

nice !
Mathieu Foucher 1 year ago

brillant idea
Matthew Brown (Matty Brown) 1 year ago

Sounds like television is a drug addict, hehe.
Marcelo Reis 1 year ago

WOW! It's really fantastic idea!! Great video!!

I live almost two years without a television at home. =B
Rocafort8 1 year ago

hilarious !
Erik Hölperl 1 year ago

Internet can be as addictiv as Tv. Do not forget that.
Sweet Video..
Gabo 1 year ago

Im looking
logan black 1 year ago

This is nice.Yes,television is maniac.
Martijn Doornenbal 1 year ago

great video, and so true!
Diego N. Garcia Gangl 1 year ago

LOOK AT ME! This is awesome :D
George Goncalves 1 year ago

Oh my gosh, so true!
Dsim Valentin 1 year ago

That was amazing !
Brotherhood BMX 1 year ago

nice job!
Markus Kukla 1 year ago

Just great!! Congrats!!!
Greivin Jimenez 1 year ago

Well that was great. I'll go and watch my Telenovela now. XD
Jordi Torres 1 year ago

Brilliant
David Chrobuck 1 year ago

This is really phenomenal! A great interpretation of T.V.!
JoshHerant 1 year ago

That was so clever! love'd it!
S Black 1 year ago

haha, so great!
EINZELGÄNGER 1 year ago

Wow. Impressive... and the truth too.
Joel Warkentin 1 year ago

Jaw dropped.
Such a good job.
Well done.
Amos Mulder 1 year ago

very nice!
High Wire 1 year ago

Excellent work Beth, let's have more!
keith synnott 1 year ago

Very good
Pau Torrano 1 year ago

Brutal!
It's part of human being, at first it was TV, today is internet, but we need something to live instead of our own life!

Great job! Congratulations!
Alex Henery 1 year ago

great job, i'm no longer addicted to TV. Just the internet
✖ 1 year ago

no no no!!! dont look at this comment!!
mynameisjakob 1 year ago

impressive! thats exactly what it is! maybe im a bit weird.. but my television is screaming at me as well.. and these other voices in my head.. haha! again great job!
eduardo melendez 1 year ago

great work!!! i do not have tv
Thomas Kilgour 1 year ago

Whoa! I'm exhausted..
Christoph Sullivan 1 year ago

That's amazing! I love the fast pace.
bart zmuda 1 year ago

Reallllly gooood:)
JO KAMI 1 year ago

geNuis
Morris 1 year ago

awesome. sounds like Robert Downy Jr. a bit~
C. M. 1 year ago

lovely commentary. awesome job.
Thelma Heloysa Silva 1 year ago

Awesome!!
Todd Pitts 1 year ago

Wow, that was intense! Brilliant and perfectly executed. Flawless, my friend.
thablackyoutube 1 year ago

Hilariously funny!!!
Sam Saleeby 1 year ago

two thumbs up. great idea.
Camilo Medina 1 year ago

nice
se'Ignacio 1 year ago

drugs!
nice!
Costa Boutsikaris 1 year ago

Hauntingly perfect!
"Television is by nature the dominator drug par excellence. Control of content, uniformity of content, repeatability of content make it inevitably a tool of coersion, brainwashing, and manipulation."
- Terence Mckenna
Yaser & Emad 1 year ago

couldn't look at anything but you ... cool Idea
Houston Jimenez 1 year ago

Blahaha! :p
Vanchy 1 year ago

Very nice concept Beth!
If you ever need soundtrack music, check my tunes at:
soundcloud.com/vanchy
Beth Fulton 1 year ago

Will do. Thanks!
DITTONGRAPH 1 year ago

good! exploration of Film Clutter 2...
Beth Fulton 1 year ago

ha, right on :)
Apollo 1 year ago

WOW! nice job!
Isabelle FOSSIER 1 year ago

I can't read these videos from my iPhone ...How could i do?
Thanks
Leigh Taylor 1 year ago

you need flash. I dont think the Iphone has any plugins that allow flash playback. Do some research on that maybe.
Laurens Neels 1 year ago

Now this is addictive!
Joris Cadée 1 year ago

Great vid.!
And so fawking true...
Trey Cook 1 year ago

I feel guilty now....sobering video.
Camilo Zamora 1 year ago

Genia!!
Jean Marc ROCFORT 1 year ago

Great idea !! :))

Added on "Best of the seen Videos" channel :))
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Beth Fulton 1 year ago

thanks!
Paula Carvalho 1 year ago

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juan manuel aburto z. 1 year ago

great work!!!..addictive!...
Evan Gallagher 1 year ago

i liked the subliminal stuff.... but ive done drugs... tv aint a drug
ErnstStarvoBlofeld 1 year ago

disagree with the title, drugs are good for you
Mike O'Neal 1 year ago

I love it! TV's had some caffeine, but it speaks the truth.
Daniel Ivanov 1 year ago

This is hypertextual taken to the next level. I dig it a lot and cannot wait for the day the tele will become obsolete.
Todd Alcott 1 year ago

Well how about that. I like this a lot better than the original version.
Beth Fulton 1 year ago

:)
Luis Soldevilla 1 year ago

love it!
nachoad 1 year ago

Really brillant!
Pemo Theodore 1 year ago

Brilliant I'll never look at tv again in the same way!
Christian Holse Salicath 1 year ago

That was just phenomenal! I loved the pacing and dynamic sense of it all. Really captivating!
Daniel Klein 1 year ago

I turn you off now! ^_^
Rene 1 year ago

Awesome vid!
Niels Otten 1 year ago

wow very nice!
THE LIGHT SURGEONS 1 year ago

great!!! love it..
Mario1551 1 year ago

loooolllll :D
that's really awesome :D
i loooove it,,,,very well done
logicalnot 1 year ago

I watched your movie at least 10 times in the last two weeks. It's great - love it. It's a pleasure.

However I was wondering why the background was mostly movies rolls and print and not actual TV footage?
Carlo Pico 1 year ago

I totally agree, its a great idea but I expect to see TV images of death, sex and action in that part.
Thanks
moyano 1 year ago

great! well done!
Miquel Roman 1 year ago

Awesome. I love it.
Diego Sato 1 year ago

haha Hypnotizing!
Insert Coin 1 year ago

Great!!!
Kaspars Staskevics 1 year ago

very nice video :) made me smile.

but on the other hand - i don't see big difference between internet and TV. both for someone may be bit addictive, both are here for me and both want to draw my attention. both are filled with advertising and both are invented to entertain. they have a lot in common.
TV offers you passive entertainment and internet offers you active entertainment. At the end of the day - both are equally valid for entertainment.

but again - very nice video.
Thanks.
Matthieu Grosselin 1 year ago

brilliant!
ETgalim 1 year ago

I like!
sergey_le 1 year ago

cool
joel gratcyk 1 year ago

Amazing job on the video. What program(s) did you use to put it together?
Beth Fulton 1 year ago

It was all made in After Effects.
BERNSTEIN 1 year ago

Digital poetry. Love it!
Paul Biesold 1 year ago

great! :)
Bremer Kid 1 year ago

cool!