Dylan's Couch

check out hipsterama.com!

2008-11-28T08:06:00.000-08:00

hey - it's been too long since i last wrote on this blog. sorry about that. i guess school is very distracting this year. plus the play i was just in, which by the way was Rumors by Neil Simon. i played ernie. i'll try to get some photos from the show up soon. you will not recognize me. not only is my hair short, but it's parted on the side, gelled down, and i'm wearing glasses. hilarious...

anyway, i wanted to tell you all about my mom's new blog. it's called hipsterama, and you will love it. check it out here.

ttyl,
dylan

How I spent August 2nd - My Volunteer Day Project

2008-08-08T04:31:00.000-07:00

in case you haven't heard, here's what happened:

see you next week!

dylan

Alex's Lemonade Stand - my personal Volunteer Day project!

2008-07-17T10:41:00.000-07:00

i will be posting a video soon with the details of where my stand will be set up and what hours it will be open, but i wanted to let everyone know that for Volunteer Day on august 2 i am going to host an Alex's Lemonade Stand to help raise money to fight childhood cancers. if you don't know about alex or what Alex's Lemonade Stand is all about, click the logo above and it will take you to the website.

ttyl!
dylan

oreos and milk. 'nuf said.

2008-06-20T18:14:00.000-07:00

hey guys

so i made this vid about oreos and milk for the Oreo Moments contest. its episode 21 of Dylan's Couch, but since it was made for the contest it doesn't have the theme song or a blooper, since the contest had a limit of 3 minutes. it was fun to make that vid, especially since i messed up a few times and had to do the part where i eat the cookie over and over! mmmmm... oroes and milk are the greatest. on the comments to that video a lot of people said that they LOVED oreos with milk, but some people said they've never had oreos and milk together! WHAT?!? so sad! at least now they can try it and find out what they've been missing!

so its a contest, right... so if you go over to this page:

http://www.youtube.com/oreo

please VOTE for my vid. all ya gotta do is click the little "thumbs up" by my video. i think you can vote once a day until the contest ends. 8)

so yea - i gotta go eat some oreos

ttyl
dylan

Volunteer Day Playlist!!!

2008-06-07T05:16:00.000-07:00

thanx to tryingtohelpmyself, majjiic1, stacyviacomsucks, and x33aslanx33 for your videos.

i know the rest of you are saying - how can i get into this playlist??? easy! send me your vids in support of Volunteer Day. you know you wanna...

ttyl
dylan

YouTube Volunteer Day

2008-05-30T05:59:00.000-07:00

you: what is this "volunteer day" that you speak of???

me:

Rabbit Bites Interview

2008-05-25T03:37:00.000-07:00

hey guys!

i just did an interview with Buns and Chou Chou of Rabbit Bites! Buns and Chou Chou are these awesome rabbits who have their own interview web show. the new york times calls the show "twisted and sublime." (that's a pretty cool thing to be called by the new york times, don't you think?) anyway, i'm not sure when the interview will be up (rabbits may be quick editors - who knows?) but you can check out the show on their website here and on youtube here.

buns and chou chou - you rock! 8)

ttyl
dylan

Link to a Video of the Streaming Media East panel

2008-05-23T05:59:00.000-07:00

hey - in case you have an extra 50 minutes of time to kill and you're interested in what kids are watching and downloading online - here's a link to a vid of the panel i participated in at the Streaming Media East conference that i talked about in my last post.

8) dylan

Streaming Media East Conference

2008-05-22T09:14:00.000-07:00

hey guys

on tuesday May 20th i was a panelist at the streaming media east conference in new york city. i was part of a panel of people in high school and college who were there to talk about how they use online media - video and music - and what young people are interested in. it was very cool. the moderator was peter cervieri who has a company you can check out at scribemedia.org. although a lot of us on the panel had different opinions on things like internet advertising and what we like to watch online, there were a few things we all agreed on:

we all own an "isomething" (an iPod, iPhone, etc)
we all use a mac instead of a PC (that one kinda surprised me)
and we all said we watch more media online than on tv.

so yeah - it was super fun and i got to have lunch with some really cool people - kipkay from metacafe, ben relles (creator of the "obama girl" videos), paul kontonis from foryourimagination.com , and nalts !

so how about you? do you agree with our panel? do you watch more media online than on tv? do you think it's shocking that all the young people on the panel use a mac? feel free to post your comments!

ttyl
dylan

baseball

2008-04-30T11:36:00.000-07:00

hey there

so in my email newsletter that i sent out, i mentioned that i was busy with baseball, and a few people wrote back asking about that. yep. i play baseball. i started when i was really little (yay t-ball!) and right now i play JV at school. my position is 2nd base and my uniform number is 2. (coincidence??? hmmmm... ) so now when you're all annoyed because i haven't put a new episode up for a long time, you can think to yourself "he's probably at a baseball game!" and you might be right! 8)

ttyl
dylan

big blue button = mailing list

2008-04-29T10:55:00.000-07:00

hey guys

some of you already know that i started doing an email newsletter thing. so that's why there's a big blue button (bbb) off to the right of the page. if you want to get an email newsletter about what's new with the Dylan's Couch show, when new episodes are coming up, contests (like the ipod contest) etc, hit the bbb and enter your email. i promise i won't sell your info. you'll just get cool emails from me. 8)

ttyl
dylan

wanna win an ipod shuffle?

2008-04-28T09:05:00.000-07:00

hey, if you haven't noticed, i just put a new survey on www.DylansCouch.com. the original one was full (you're only allowed something like 5000 responses with the free Survey Monkey account...) so i decided to put up a new one. so just click on the link at the top of the page. If you fill out the survey and provide your email address or YouTube username, you could win an ipod shuffle! i'm gonna pick one person at random from all the survey responses. So go respond, ok?

ttyl
dylan

really - that was my FIRST lesson!

2008-04-22T06:33:00.000-07:00

hey guys

i was reading thru the comments on my drivin' video last night and a ton of people seemed to think that wasn't really my first time driving. So to set the record straight:

1.) that was the first time my parents took me to a parking lot and let me drive out in the open. my mom has let me back the car out of the driveway a few times before. (and if you've learned on a manual, you know it's a little easier to learn the clutch in reverse than in 1st gear.)
2.) at times when it looked like i was driving really fast the vid was playing in fast motion. i drove really slowly in reality.
3.) i did stall one time. it was edited out because it was kinda boring.. i just restarted the engine and started back up again!

so that's the facts!

ttyl
dylan

drivin'!

2008-04-21T12:56:00.000-07:00

hey guys!

yes, i had my first driving lesson over the weekend. and yes, i am too young to drive. see, both my parents drive stick shifts, so my mom said i could start learning early because she thinks it's gunna take me a lot longer to learn compared to kids who learn on automatics. so she let me have my first lesson even though i had just turned 15. sweeeeeet. but i didn't really go on the street, we stayed in the parking lot the whole time. still, it was awesome! maybe next time i'll be able to shift into 3rd gear LOL (i was lucky they let me shift into 2nd - my dad wanted me to stay in 1st the whole time!) so yeah, that was real, but no, i'm NOT old enough to get a license. or even a permit. not for another year, but by that time i should be able to drive better than my mom! (i'm pretty sure i do already...)

ttyl
dylan

Dylan's Couch named official Webby Award Honorees!!! In both Viral and Comedy Series categories!

2008-04-09T09:00:00.000-07:00

i'm in a rush (i'm at school) but i wanted to let you know that dylan's couch has been selected as an Honoree for the Webby Awards in two categories! please look here for the viral category, and here for the comedy series category. (wow - the other honorees in the comedy series category include 30 Rock, the Onion TV, and the New York Times!)

And thanks to Nalts for including it in his blog - willvideoforfood.com - here.

more later!!!
dylan

About the Laff Shack and Project Direct

2007-11-10T09:16:00.001-08:00

hey guys!

have you seen cinemafreaks Project Direct submission? its the vid called The Comeback and it was made for the project direct contest on youtube. heres info about the contest:

so The Comeback is cinemafreaks short film submission! it is NOT a dylan's couch episode or even about me, although i'm in it. i play a kid named sean who is the son of an alcoholic comedian. here it is:

one more thing -

the laff shack isnt real - its all just part of the story. if u came here looking for info, sorry! that message at the end was just to make the story in The Comeback all the more real!
hope u liked the film!!! 8)

ttyl
dylan

what happened to iTunes???

2007-08-17T08:07:00.000-07:00

hey!

a lot of people have asked me what happened to my iTunes feed. all the episodes are on there up to #12, but i never put the others on.

well, i'm tryin!!! recently i started making my vid files bigger so they would look better. also, iTunes asked for a bigger file so that the vids would look good on Apple TV. (ooooohhh!!!) so now i'm having a little bit of "technical difficulty" uploading the bigger files to iTunes - but i will succeed!!! hang in there!!!

ttyl
dylan

Wow! 12000! Thanx!!!!!!

2007-06-18T16:14:00.000-07:00

today the cinemafreaks channel reached 12000 subs and u know why???

because u guys are so AWESOME!!!!!!!!! i am really lucky to be a part of this.

THANX to all 12000 of u!!!!!

ttyl
dylan

YouTube Sketchies Entry!

2007-05-31T07:06:00.000-07:00

what???? a video from dylan where he's not sitting on (or talking about) his couch! say it isn't so!!!!!!

yes. it finally happened. i got up and moved around and even talked to other people in a video for the youtube sketchies contest -- its uploading rite now! -- so as soon as it's up i will paste it here.

it couldn't have happened without the help of my new band The Sledge Experience (formerly known as Scarlet Conclusion.) thanx blake, aj and sledge (also known as nalts.)

seriously tho, if u r not familiar with youtube user "nalts"
(http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=nalts)
u MUST check out his stuff. he is hilarious! this vid would not have come together without him!!!!!

oh and yea - it is a contest... so... when the time comes... VOTE!!!!!

ttyl
dylan

charlie's couch???

2007-04-30T03:11:00.000-07:00

hi -

a lot of people ask me what i think about people who copy my show. well, check out this vid to get an idea of how i handle copyright infringers...

nalts - u will be hearing from my lawyer!

check out www.youtube.com/profile?user=nalts for more craziness!

more info about mybowlad.com!

2007-04-12T03:48:00.000-07:00

hey here's another vid about mybowlad.com that u need to check out! 8)
please watch it, rate it and comment!
cya!
dylan

hey you can be in the superbowl ad 2!

2007-04-11T03:51:00.000-07:00

if u thought it sounded cool that i was going to be in a superbowl ad, guess what? u could be in it 2! i know ur thinking that's crazy talk, but all the info u need is right here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmoETeorAfI

go to that link and make a response vid to enter the mybowlad.com contest, and u might be going to hollywood with me!

and don't forget to check out www.mybowlad.com

cya
dylan

thanx everyone! 8)

2007-04-07T07:10:00.000-07:00

hey i just wanted to let u guys know that u guys r the best fans ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i am so thankful for all of the people that watch my show. i get tons of emails and i try to answer as many as possible but sometimes i might miss a few. sorry! but i do think u guys r the best and i love all the comments and messages i receive on this blog, on youtube, on myspace.com/dylanscouch, and at dylanscouch@gmail.com!!!!!!!!!!!!!
u guys rock!
ttyl 8)
dylan

i'm gunna be in a Super Bowl ad!

2007-04-06T11:29:00.000-07:00

hey everyone! i just wanted to let u know that i am gunna be in a Super Bowl commercial! if u or anyone u know has a company that would like to get their company's name in the ad, go to mybowlad.com! ok i'll talk to u guys later! 8)
dylan

check out podcastsalad!

2007-04-05T17:23:00.000-07:00

hi!

if u wanna check out a cool video podcast about cool video podcasts 8) u should check out: www.podcastsalad.com

they featured me on their most recent episode, and there's a lot of other cool stuff on there. one of the other podcasts they talked about was called macmost and i thought it looked pretty cool, since i work on a mac. macmost gives tips about getting the most out of your... um, mac. another cool podcast they featured shows vintage cartoons! so, yeah, they were all good - a guy named josh on a caffeine rush, a funny guy talking about what's not funny, and, well, me. podcastsalad also has a mega-directory of podcasts. so yeah, check them out.

ttyl,
dylan

i was on the radio!

2007-03-27T19:44:00.000-07:00

hi

i wanna thank billy moses at wjpm in los angeles for having me on his radio show today. it was cool to talk to you billy! (i guess i should've put this post up BEFORE i did the interview... duh!)

anyway, one of billy's questions for me was what my favorite YouTube vid is, and i had to really think because there are a lot of good ones (like that Whatever song, My Hands are Bananas, any music vid on the MCR channel...) but if i had to pick one it would be the Ask A Ninja episode about the number 3. i love that vid. i watch it all the time and it's still hilarious! (hilarious... hilarious.)

cya,
dylan

stuff about school

2007-03-21T19:41:00.000-07:00

hi,

sorry - i've been kinda busy and i haven't posted for a couple of days. it's the end of the marking period at school, so the teachers are piling the work on!

my classes are:
algebra
science
spanish
english
reading
social studies
art
music
computers
gym

my favorite class is probably social studies, because i really like history (except for when i have to do a project with Derek - lol.)
anyway, thanx for checking out my blog and for watching dylan's couch! 8)

ttyl,
dylan

Behind the scenes of episode ten...

2007-03-15T07:05:00.000-07:00

hi!

as u know, there's a new episode - episode ten - the pet psychic. here's some random info about that episode:

i really did take my dog to a pet psychic! i don't really believe in that kinda thing but i did it because i thought it would be funny. she really was set up at a pet food store and i really did think she was gonna tell us to buy a lot of stuff for the dog.

most of the character of Luna LeBlanc is based on the real pet psychic i met. she really did close her eyes and giggle about the "message" she was getting from my dog.

one thing the real pet psychic told me that didn't get into the episode is that my dog thinks that he and i look alike. so now u know what my dog looks like - he looks like me!

episode ten was shot on two different days. we started one night but we couldn't finish. part of the reason we had to stop was that i had been poked in the eye by a tree branch that i couldn't see and it was getting really teary and red. if u look at the shots in the beginning of the episode u might be able to see that my left eye is red.

the blooper happened because i had the doggy treat in my hand and i was just trying to see what it smelled like. that wasn't suppose to be in there. but it gave us the idea to have me sniffing it and have the ending line come in like i got caught smelling the doggy treat. (the same thing happened when i was sniffing the sparkler in episode eight - that was not planned!) so u can hear the person working the camera telling me to hold the treat a certain way so u can tell what it is, and that's the part u see at the beginning of the blooper, but the thing with my voice cracking was a complete accident!

ttyl,
dylan

2007-03-12T10:50:00.000-07:00

hi this is dylan and this is my new blog.

i'm gonna try to post info here about my show "Dylan's Couch," about my life, my friends, my family - anything that's goin on that u might find interesting! 8)

for this first one, i thought i would cover some questions that a lot of people ask me.

1.) how did u come up with the idea for Dylan's Couch?
i was a big fan of YouTube last summer (2006), and i have a friend who is a filmmaker and she was really into YT, too, so we were talking about what would make a good project. i was always telling stories about me and my friends, and i kinda wanted to do a show about that, and she said that she could help me make it as professional as possible. so that's how it started. my life provides most of the ideas, and we write it together and we edit it together. so that's how it happens.

2.) are the stories true or made up?
they are made up, but they are all based on something that really happened, either to me or to someone i know.

3.) is "the manual" real, and if it is, how can i find it?
yes, it's real! i really did find it on the web and think it was hilarious! wikipedia has taken it down but it's still in their archive. u can see it here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=High_school_subcultures&oldid=72903469

4.) why do u always say "hilarious... hilarious... hilarious..."?
i actually say "it was hilarious" all the time. it's kinda my personal saying. 8)

5.) why do u repeat words a lot, like "naked... naked... naked!"
it actually started out that we had three versions of that line on tape, and we were comparing them to see which was the best, so we put them all together and instead of choosing one we kept them all! now we do that all the time because it's kinda something unique and it fits certain parts of the stories.

so that's my first entry! hope you liked it! 8)
dylan