Nibblebox.com "Muffin Films" by Amy Winfrey takes varying
perspectives on muffins. One episode features a little girl being
eaten by baked goods.
By Barbara McGuire
Daily Bruin Senior Staff
If you are hungry for digital entertainment on the Web, feast on
nibblebox.com to fill your stomach, as well as your time.
Nibblebox.com is an entertainment Web site that is dedicated to
providing current college students and recent graduates with an
arena to air their creative talents. The site features eight weekly
shows, solely created students. The site also offers links to live
college radio and NBX radio, nibblebox’s own entourage of
what it considers to be the best in college radio.
Though the shows are only available for broadband users to
access, the site is still useful for dial-up users to get access to
a wide variety of college radio stations ranging from the
University of Utah to Northwestern University.
Amazingly enough, nibblebox even provides viewers with the
chance to listen to the radio station from England’s London
School of Economics, Pulse.
Just for kicks, additional information is provided about this
U.K. school, which appears to have been written by the British
students. A few comical tips are provided. According to the author,
these are essential for Americans to maximize their listening
experience.
The first of these tips makes reference to the spelling
discrepancy between the American “color” and the
British “colour,” while others point out other cultural
differences. Nos. 5 and 6 are exceptionally sarcastic:
“5. If you’d only just called it American Football
like the rest of us, you’d never have had to invent the word
“˜soccer.’
“6. If you think your petrol (gasoline) is expensive, we
pay $6 a gallon.”
Nibblebox.com provides web viewers with eight different shows to
snack on, all of which are new this season. These shows are both
animated and filmed, providing something for everyone to enjoy.
“Muffin Films” is a cartoon created by Amy Winfrey,
who hails from UCLA, and provides a look at muffins in a way few
viewers have ever seen. Content ranges from alien muffins that are
invading the earth, to a little girl who is being eaten by her own
yummy baked goods.
“Dot Comic” by Jared Stern of Brown University, has
an “America’s Funniest Home Videos” appeal to it,
and features the comedy of students from across the country.
Apparently Stern traveled from college to college filming various
students in an attempt to discover the funniest college student in
America.
Other shows with crazy titles such as “100% Ground
Beef,” “Sorority Crime Fighters” and
“Spatula City” promise just as much bizarre and fun
entertainment, while at the same time appearing nothing alike.
“Virtual Bob,” for instance, isn’t even a
show, but more a barbie dress-up video game, where viewers are
allowed to control Bob’s actions by clicking on any part of
his body or on anything in his apartment. “Physical
Comedy” is promised, as opposed to the virtuality of messing
with Bob’s movements.
Nibblebox.com features more than just access to college-created
shows and radio stations. There are numerous affiliate channels
which come complete with their own entertainment programming and
content.
Founded by Doug Liman (“Swingers,”
“Go”), Dave Bartis and Liz Hamburg, nibblebox.com
aspires to be more than just a tool which provides links to radio
stations.
The site’s founders are more concerned with the underlying
ideals of their creation: providing student affiliates with
equipment and industry experts to help them on their way.
Mentors of the past have all heralded from the entertainment
industry and nibblebox guarantees to have many more such as
“Clueless” director Amy Heckerling, and actor Minnie
Driver.
These mentors assist students whose content is chosen to be
featured on the site, just to ensure the resulting program is
unique and funny.
Additionally, the site would not be complete without its share
of promotional contest opportunities. Site-goers currently have the
chance to win a trip to Europe and to have lunch with Matt Damon
and Doug Liman while they are on the set of “The Bourne
Identity,” which is currently in production.
The founders of Nibblebox are not just about sitting behind a
desk and updating the site. On Oct. 2, they will be launching their
first bus tour which will travel to 30 different campuses across
the nation. The tour will have music by live DJs who are Nibblebox
radio affiliates, prizes, various interactive entertainment, and
even offer the opportunity for some fame.
Nibblebox.com is more than just a Web site. For those just
interested in some entertainment, the site has more than plenty to
offer; however, for those interested in creating the entertainment,
the nibblebox experience can actually lend a helping hand in the
process.