Gregg Spiridellis of JibJab on The Great Sketch Experiment
JibJab has been making people laugh for the past seven years with quirky comedy shorts and clever political cartoons. During the last Presidential election, they made headlines with a cartoon duo of John Kerry and George Bush taking political shots at each other to the tune of This Land is Your Land. A trip to The Tonight Show and several great political comedies later, the founding brothers Gregg and Evan Spiridellis and their team of JibJabbers in Santa Monica concocted a plan to introduce unknown comedy writing talent to one of the funniest directors in Hollywood, John Landis. The Great Sketch Experiment puts John Landis directing 6 talented teams in 6 police themed shorts. Viewers get to vote on their favorite, with the winning short getting an endowment from JibJab to do a bigger project (as if working with John Landis isn’t enough). Here Chris speaks with Gregg Spiridellis about the history of JibJab, being funny on the Internet and gets the lowdown on the six short films that in The Great Sketch Experiment.
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8 Comments
Dave Schappell
October 20th, 2006
at 12:02am
I know I’m incredibly biases (being a marketing contractor/consultant for JibJab), but I really enjoyed the interview — keep it up.
And, for the public record, I most certainly HAVE shared blaugh with Gregg… I can’t have my net sharing reputation sullied like that!
Dave
JibJab Interview ~ Chris Pirillo
October 20th, 2006
at 10:10am
[...] Do you remember the first JibJab cartoon you ever saw? They’re crazy. [...]
annette
October 21st, 2006
at 5:58pm
I saw the three of them last night on Jay Leno. They showed one of the clips. IT was great.
My favorite jib jab video was “BoxMart” I loved it!!!!!!
Chris Pirillo Interviews Greg Spiridellis « VCMike’s Blog
October 22nd, 2006
at 9:35am
[...] Here is a really fun Chris Pirillo podcast with Greg Spiridellis on the history of JibJab, Goog-Tube, turning down a Hollywood movie deal and the promise of digital media. [...]
Brad Calso
November 4th, 2006
at 2:40pm
WGA – What a bad move by Microsoft…or was it you, Chris Pirillo, the brain of the focus group?
Gregg Spiridellis of JibJab on The Great Sketch Experiment ~ The Chris Pirillo Show
March 6th, 2007
at 11:41pm
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Mike
May 19th, 2007
at 1:59pm
If you like Jib Jab then I think you will like http://www.mushygushy.com
they are e-cards but with a jib jab feel and the website lets you use your own pictures.
Mike
May 19th, 2007
at 1:59pm
If you like Jib Jab then I think you will like http://www.mushygushy.com
they are e-cards but with a jib jab feel and the website lets you use your own pictures.