What started out as a way for two friends to communicate during college is now a successful multimillion-dollar company. This is an Internet success story that we're so used to hearing by now, but it never ceases to inspire. Two friends from Baltimore, Josh Abramson and Ricky Van Veen, created CollegeHumor as a way to stay in touch when they went to different schools out of state. Now the site boasts over four million unique visitors per month, and features submitted and original content that appeals to the college-aged demographic.
Staff members contribute articles in addition to writing, directing and acting in original video content. The success of these videos lead to a deal with MTV to produce the CollegeHumor Show, which is an extended version of the Hardly Working series. Throughout the episodes, unrelated Internet content is also featured mixed in with storylines. Below are two of the videos that were shown in the pilot episode:
How successful the CollegeHumor Show is has yet to be seen; the second episode is tonight. Although, after reviewing comments on the website, fans really enjoyed last week's premier. Maybe you should judge for yourself; the CollegeHumor Show airs Sunday nights on MTV at 9:30/8:30c.
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