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| URL | http://www.brunching.com/ |
| Commercial? | No |
| Type of site | Humor site |
| Owner | Lore Sjöberg |
| Created by | Lore Sjöberg and Dave Neilsen |
| Launched | June 1997 |
| Current status | Defunct |
The Brunching Shuttlecocks is a humor web site that ran from June 1997 to March 2003. Uniform Resource Locator is an URI which also specifies where the identified resource is available and the protocol for retrieving it Lore Christian Fitzgerald Sjöberg (born June 27, 1970) is a noted Internet Humorist, co-founder of the Brunching Shuttlecocks humor Lore Christian Fitzgerald Sjöberg (born June 27, 1970) is a noted Internet Humorist, co-founder of the Brunching Shuttlecocks humor Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar March 2003: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September Its main contributors were Lore Sjöberg and Dave Neilsen and it ran under the motto "Pure and Simple as a Hammer to the Forebrain. Lore Christian Fitzgerald Sjöberg (born June 27, 1970) is a noted Internet Humorist, co-founder of the Brunching Shuttlecocks humor "
In interviews, Lore has stated that he was tired of hearing his friends talk about their 401K plans when he didn't have one, and suggested they talk about creating a comedy website instead. As it happened, only Dave Neilsen could make the time commitment to do so. [1]
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Content
Recurring features were:
- The Ratings: Sjöberg would choose a random topic, such as "Superfriends" or "breakfast cereals", and would then apply letter grades to items from that category with an explanatory paragraph. Super Friends is an American Animated television series about a team of Superheroes which ran from 1973 to 1986 on ABC as part A breakfast cereal (often simply called cereal is a packaged food product made from Cereal intended to be consumed as part of a Breakfast. Only one F was ever given during the run of the series. The recipient was Scrappy-Doo in the topic, "Scooby-Doo Characters. Scrappy-Doo is a fictional Great Dane puppy created by Hanna-Barbera Productions in 1979 as the nephew of Hanna-Barbera cartoon Scooby-Doo is a long-running American animated series produced for Saturday morning television in several different versions from 1969 to the "
- The Self-Made Critic: Movie reviews by the anonymous Self-Made Critic (later revealed as Neilsen). Films were graded on a scale of 0 to 5 Babylons, and each featured a (usually belittling) comment from the anonymous Editor as a post-script. Babylon 5 is an American science fiction television series created produced and largely written by J
- This or That: Tests of the reader's ability to differentiate dissimilar things with similar names, such as "Christian Metal Band or Star Trek: The Next Generation Episode?", "Beanie Baby or G.I. Joe?", and "Porn Star or My Little Pony?" Some of these were used as on-air radio quizzes by morning DJs, usually without citing the source. Christian rock (occasionally abbreviated CR) is a form of Rock music played by bands whose members are Christians and who often focus the lyrics on Star Trek The Next Generation ( STTNG or TNG) is an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning science fiction television program created by Gene Roddenberry A Beanie Baby is a stuffed animal made by Ty Inc Ty was founded by Ty Warner who promoted the line in specialty stores and gift shops GI Joe is a line of military-themed articulated "action figures" produced by the Toy company Hasbro. Pornography or porn is the explicit depiction of Sexual subject matter with the sole intention of sexually exciting the viewer My Little Pony is a line of colorful Toy ponies marketed primarily to young girls and produced by the toy manufacturer Hasbro.
- Lore Brand Comics: Three-panel comic strips by Sjöberg, usually consisting of a short monologue by his cartoon avatar. Lore Brand Comics is a Webcomic by Lore Sjöberg. It traditionally features three panels of an exaggerated Cartoon version of Lore pontificating about
- Thoughts From: Dave's thoughts conceived during activities such as shopping or driving to work, with each accompanied by a cartoon mugshot of Dave drawn by Lore.
- Bandwidth Theater: Flash cartoons by Lore.
- The Complete and Utter Idiot's Guide: Dave provided instructions to an idiot on how to perform the simplest of tasks, such as cooking a TV Dinner, in the most literal and painstakingly detailed manner possible.
- Ed's World: Short stories on how Ed, the only smart man in the world, outwitted the imbecile citizens of Earth.
- Good or Bad?: A list of dissimilar items in a cgi web form that allowed readers to rate them as good or bad. Votes were tabulated, and items appeared above or below the "Line of Truth" based on whether more readers voted "good" or "bad".
- Web toys, such as Tina the Troubled Teen, a cartoon of a goth girl which could be copied to any webpage, showing a new caustic comment every day; or the Oral Sex Donation System; or a page allowing Roshambo challenges through e-mail. The goth subculture is a contemporary Subculture found in many countries Oral sex refers to sexual activities involving the use of the Mouth, and may include use of the Tongue, Teeth, and Throat, in order
The Geek Hierarchy deserves special note, as it has been widely passed around, and imitations created for other fields. [2] [3] [4] It is a chart of various groups in fandom, with arrows between groups indicating who looks down on whom. Fandom (from the noun fan and the affix -dom, as in kingdom, dukedom, etc The topmost group is "Published Science Fiction Authors" and various flavors of furries are at the bottom.
Brunching in print
In 2002, The Book of Ratings : Opinions, Grades, and Assessments of Everything Worth Thinking About was released by Three Rivers Press, an imprint of Random House (ISBN 0-609-80852-4). Random House Inc is the world's largest English-language general trade book publisher The book consists of material from the website plus new material, and was illustrated by Steve Notley, creator of Bob the Angry Flower. Bob the Angry Flower is a black-and-white Comic strip that tells the exploits of an easily angered anthropomorphic Flower named Bob and his interactions
Impact
During its heyday, it was one of the most popular humor sites on the web, and as of February 2006 was still the top Google hit for the words "brunching" and "shuttlecocks". It was among the first sites to be given a "Slashbox" on Slashdot. Slashdot, often abbreviated as /, is a technology-related news Website owned by SourceForge Inc
Mentions and praise in print media:
- Washington Post
- Newsweek Oct. The Washington Post is the largest and most circulated Newspaper in Washington D Newsweek is an American weekly Newsmagazine published in New York City. 27, 1997, p. 12; Dec. 14, 1998, p. 18
- Entertainment Weekly Dec. Entertainment Weekly (sometimes abbreviated as EW) is a Magazine published by Time Inc 1, 2000, p. 107; May 24, 2002, p. 98
- POV Magazine, November 1999, voted one of the 100 best websites
- Jane (magazine) October 2000, p. Jane was an American Magazine created to appeal to the women who grew up reading Sassy Magazine, both of which were founded by 104
- The Guardian
Brunching was named as one of the top ten humor sites by Yahoo! Internet Life. The Guardian (until 1959 The Manchester Guardian) is a British Newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. Yahoo! Internet Life was a monthly Magazine published by Ziff-Davis, which licensed the name from Yahoo!, a well known search engine [5]
Lore's The Bjork Song was played on the Dr. Demento show on May 20, 2001. Dr Demento is the Stage name of Barret Eugene Hansen (born April 2, 1941) a Radio Disc jockey specializing in Novelty
Post-Brunching. com
Since the site stopped updating, many of its features of the site have found homes in new web sites:
External links
- The Brunching Shuttlecocks
- The Unofficial Official Unofficial Brunching Shuttlecocks Ultimate Bulletin Board
- Interview with Lore
References
- ^ Interview with Lore. Lore Brand Comics is a Webcomic by Lore Sjöberg. It traditionally features three panels of an exaggerated Cartoon version of Lore pontificating about Retrieved on 2006-12-28. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1065 - Westminster Abbey is Consecrated. 1308 - The reign of Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of
- ^ Java Programmers are the Erotic Furries of Programming. Retrieved on 2006-12-28. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1065 - Westminster Abbey is Consecrated. 1308 - The reign of Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of
- ^ Japan Hierarchy. Retrieved on 2006-12-28. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1065 - Westminster Abbey is Consecrated. 1308 - The reign of Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of
- ^ The Harry Potter Fandom Hierarchy. Retrieved on 2006-12-28. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1065 - Westminster Abbey is Consecrated. 1308 - The reign of Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of
- ^ Purchase Ad Impressions. Retrieved on 2006-12-28. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1065 - Westminster Abbey is Consecrated. 1308 - The reign of Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of
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