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Webseries Pick of the Day - EASY ABBY

Okay I think we have featured a ton of gay themed webseries since the web is a great outlet to showcase series that may not be picked up by major networks or secure funding with a niche market. But that said, some of the series we have featured (The Outs, Eastsiders, Husbands) have had enormous success and could change the way we view content in the future.

So why not feature another one? This time it is a lesbian themed comedy that will cheer you up through the misfortune of main character Abby. Hey, the best comedy is always a tragedy to the main character - that is what makes us laugh.

From awkward moments of meeting the girl you had sex with in a port a potty, to overhearing your best friends having a fight over wanting an open relationship, or same port a potty girl showing up at the party you just arrived at - poor Abby is always on the backside of a joke. I am betting she will still sleep with port a potty girl Kelly by the end of episode two. Watch it here!

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Webseries Pick of the Day - HARDWIRED

Everyday, every hour - we depend on technology in one way or another. HardWired a new series from AOL aims to highlight new innovations in the tech market that are changing the way we interact with devices and change our every day routines for the better with the aid of new innovation.

This week they are heading to the headquarters of Lumoback. An app and physical belt that improves your posture by reminding you through vibration that you are slouching. It can alleviate back pain and ensure that a hunch will not develop permanently in old age.

The belt is accompanied by an app that shows from sensors on the belt if you are upright and that your spine is straight. This app works for sitting, running, and even lying down. Each week a new technology is featured - check it out and impress your friends with cool innovations.

http://on.aol.ca/show/HardWired-517741276/episode/517806432

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Webseries Pick of the Day - IN TRANSITION

I have heard some people say that Margaret Cho cannot tell a joke and that she relies on long drawn out stories about her Korean parents or about shitting herself, but I have to disagree. With her new webseries (created by her) Cho and her hilarious castmates give us a glimpse into the lives of women who are freshly out of the slammer - and still have the chola eyebrows to prove it.

Obviously the first scene introduces Tonya Kim - who is waiting for a bus back into town from outside her old prison home. We learn she has done a little drugs in her past and even has had a stroke because of it. Uh-oh - she is hearing voices. Can she integrate?

Well her first stop is the half way house for a cavity check from the transexual warden. In the house she meets her old friends - and they hatch a plan to get some money. This is a crass, raunchy pure comedy that you need to watch!

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Webseries Pick of the Day - LEARN GUITAR WITH DAVID BRENT

If there was ever a polarizing figure in comedy (wait a minute, most comedians are polarizing) it would be RIcky Gervais. He is crude, offensive, arrogant, full of himself and pretty damn ugly as well. However, he can still come up with some astute observations that make you laugh out loud. And he has his own youtube channel (I guess the American television studios just aren't calling).

In his exclusive webseries Gervais plays David Brent an incompetent Guitar teacher who swears he isn't mad (he has known mad people and they are no fun to be around). He really wants you to teach yourself,  "I'm saying don't be like me, be like you."

So grab your acoustic and learn from David Brent in these instructional videos. Did he just say anal lozenges? Keep watching for his original tune Life On The Road.

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Webseries Pick of the Day - KICKING DAN OUT

We have all lived with roommates who just didn't mesh with the way we lived and the inevitable break-up is sometimes harder than ending a sexual relationship. My first roommate would eat all of my cheese and sneak into my room and read my journal. So I crafted a fake one outlining my desperate cocaine habit and bondage addiction for which she tearfully confronted me to get some help. She absolutely hated me, but when I told her I was moving out she threatened to throw herself off the balcony.

Well Dan is one of those roommates, he tries to sleep with your girlfriend, he leaves dead cats sitting on the counter and calls disabled people fuck-ups. But is it Dan's fault? Is he trying his best and is just blind to his awful ways of treating people?

My Damn Channel always offers up some of the best comedy webseries and this one does not disappoint. "I've been kicked out of four places this year, four, and that's not even counting the time I got kicked out of Lady Foot Locker for eating a muffin."

My Damn Channel will not let me embed the video as usual, so just click on any of the screenshots to get to the episode.

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Webseries Pick of the Day - CATHERINE

Okay, this series is definitely starting off with a baited hook, it is so absurd that you just have to keep watching. I wonder if I am the only one to think the series will end with the plain, doe eyed Catherine massacring her entire office in a stabbing rampage.

Jenny Slate who I think of as Jean Ralphio's sister in Parks and Recreation has created this series and she directs as well. One of the top youtube comments is "I feel like they show this to people in jail who are learning english." - and that is what makes it so creepy, everything is remedial and ordinary, you are just waiting for SOMETHING, ANYTHING to happen.

This series will either go nowhere at all and that will be its statement, possibly on the absurdity of the dull life and the reality of what it is to live outside the world of manufactured entertainment - or on the other hand we may be reeled in to be completely shocked as the series wears on. I will keep watching just to find out. Watch here!

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Webseries Pick of the Day - FAILARMY

This is a personal favourite of mine, since I like seeing stupid people get injured. This series is like the America's Funniest Home Videos of the YouTube age - there is a lot more skateboard accidents and "Shit dude, are you okay" type situations.

Also why do overweight people like to be filmed jumping on trampolines and when did doing front flips off of dumpsters or on the beach become such a fad - I mean everyone is trying these flips, and they never end up looking pretty.

So this one is for some cheap laughs - to see someone belly flop from a 50 metre cliff or a girl pull the stripper pole right out of her living room ceiling makes you feel a little better about your own stupidity and problems. Watch it here!

Also there is a beaver attack in the vid below and a chemistry teacher catches on fire and a cameo by a zebra (this series has it all).

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Webseries Pick of the Day - TAINTED LOVE

Alright here is a new comic book style webseries that is generating a ton of buzz for its intuitive design and kick ass hilarious writing. Orlando Jones created and stars in this series - you might remember him from MADTV or as the spokesperson for 7-Up. But it is in this comedy (alongside partner Deanna Russo from another WPOTD "Tainted Love) where he really shines.

In the first episode it is revealed that Black Barry (Jones) has knocked up his girl Jezebel (Russo). There is only one problem - they are both broke and now have to venture out on a crime spree to make enough money to raise their baby. Rule #1 of robbery: People with minimum wage jobs usually don't want to be heroes.

The robbery scene is a must watch as the cashier stands behinds bulletproof glass and films them the entire time with her iPhone. It all goes horribly wrong, but aside from one poorly placed racist joke that didn't sit well with me, the rest of the scene had me laughing. Check out the first three episodes in the series here. Did I mention Jezebel manages to shoot Barry two times during the episode?

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Webseries Pick of the Day - CANDIDLY NICOLE

I am sure some of you will groan at this selection, but since that show Nicole Richie did with Paris Hilton I have developed a soft spot for her charm and downright hilarious comebacks. She definitely carried that show on her shoulders and has become a respected fashion designer - unlike Paris who has - um - well at least her boyfriend is totally gorgeous.

Nicole is now doing an exclusive webseries for AOL and today she hits up the flower shop and meets with her FAB-ulous florist who informs her that daisies are the most desperate flower and he wants to gag at the thought of the sunflowers that Nicole keeps stocked in her kitchen.

Funniest moment of this episode (there are many) is when Nicole finds a vase with a post it note on it that says "Courtney Love" and Nicole says "Is this Courtney Love's vase, or is she in here? Candidly Nicole is so charming - she may even turn some of her haters. Watch it here!

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Webseries Pick of the Day - STUFF YOU SHOULD KNOW

Here is a clever series that also happens to be animated. Join hosts Chuck and Josh to discover how language evolved - and how our anatomy would not even let us speak English and our bodies have changed completely allowing us to develop words.

Here is one of the theories theories on the evolution of language:

That we adapted to survive, so we learned how to speak - i.e.: The better the communication the safer and more successful a hunt will be.

See isn't fun to learn something? Watch more episodes from Josh and Chuck here and impress your friends with what you now know.

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Webseries Pick of the Day - IN BED WITH JOAN

Get these two bitches into bed together and you are in for one hell of a  ride, that in the end is tender and sweet and downright hilarious. Joan on ugly girls: My mother always used to say, don't you worry they may be horses now but when they get older it will get better for them.

The concept is simple, Joan brings in a celebrity friend into her "bed" and they have a big kai kai about life, growing up, making it in Hollywood, plastic surgery, Helen Hunt's Easter Island forehead and so much more.

Learn more about how RuPaul went from being an awkward but fabulous kid from San Diego, to a genderfuck artist in Atlanta to the most fabulous and famous drag queen in the history of the world. Work, supermodel. 

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Webseries Pick of the Day - GAY, STRAIGHT or TAKEN

One guy is straight. One guy is gay. One guy is taken. It is up to Tauvia to figure out which one is which and if she gets it right, her and the straight single man will be going on a vacation together, but if she is wrong - the man she picks will be taking the trip with their significant other.

The series starts with Tauvia meeting the guys and thinking they are all straight, but after a series of phone calls her dreams are dashed, she is unlucky in love again and now she has to get her sleuthing on. Time to look for signs.

Two guys where speedos to the pool? Hmmm. One guy has strangely placed tattoos on his hip bones and another guy has a sinbad like hoop earring in his right ear. She really is grasping at straws here. How good is your gaydar - watch to find out.

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Webseries Pick of the Day - Your Dad's Friends

How does one get ahead in this world? With so many people competing for the same job and let's be honest applicants that are more qualified than you - basically it is nepotism or bust.

Follow Ben in his quest to break into the entertainment industry by exploiting his father's deep connections to the world since he is a dentist to the stars (well he once replaced David Copperfield's crown)

The first episode features Richard Kind (Mad About You, Spin City) and a bevy of other hilarious characters like his wall street roommate who likes to bang waitresses and use awful innuendos, and said waitress who might just have a little thing for Ben.

One of the most clever and laugh out loud funny webseries we have come across in some time. And the guest stars keep getting better as the season continues. Watch it here!

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Webseries Pick of the Day - CHRIS HADFIELD FROM SPACE

It is not everyday that you get a webseries coming from beyond the atmosphere, but the Canadian Space Agency and ISS commander Chris Hadfield has been garnering an enormous fan base from his videos explaining how life works in the zero gravity of space.

In this episode Chris explains how one gets a decent night sleep while orbiting. I don't know why I just pictured astronauts strapping themselves down in regular beds, but the reality is each astronaut gets a special sleeping pod with a vertical sleeping bag tied to the wall.

Also since there is no gravity, you don't need a pillow - the lack of gravity allows for muscles to relax completely you are literally floating in a comfortable ball of bliss. Did I mention the Russian space jammies? Watch to find out more!

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Webseries Pick of the Day - BALLS DEEP

You either love or hate UFC fighting, but VICE attempts to humanize the sport by sending in a self proclaimed geek Baby Balls into this world of protein shakes, punches to the head and extreme resilience and spirit.

Balls Deep is just one of the many quality series that VICE offers on their website - they really are one of the leaders in bleeding edge documentary that takes you around the world in a more gritty unpolished style that lends well in truly discovering the soul of a subject. There is no smoke and mirrors.

Follow Baby Balls as he goes from day off to training to fight night to aftermath with hardbody and relentless MMA fighter Matt Ruskin. Matt is dedicated and determined to be one of the most successful MMA fighters using his aggressive loose style. But will he win his match after he hits the mat from a huge hook by his opponent. Watch below to find out.

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Webseries Pick of the Day - THE MORNING AFTER

Oooh, not a good move man - lying to a girl (SNL's Cecily Srong) and telling her your a virgin just to bring her back to have jackrabbit sex with her.And then getting offended when this girl, who thinks she just took your v-card starts giving you tips on how to perform better in the future?

I love the role reversals in this episode of The Morning After - when I first saw the title "Virgin" - I assumed the girl was a virgin and the guy would spend the whole episode trying to get a clingy girl out of his bed - did not expect it to be the other way around.

Be sure also to catch the episode where this same guy sleeps with a black girl and asks her to compare his dick size to a black dude (never a good idea). He also calls her LaJuice. I agree with one commenter "How does this guy keep getting laid?"

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Webseries Pick of the Day - SEX HOUSE

A satire on the ridiculousness of reality television. Does anyone remember Temptation Island? Why is reality TV like crack - granted my crack is the reality competition programs like Amazing Race, Project Runway, ANTM and Drag Race - I hate the brainless nimrods that get to sit in a house on Big Brother and don't even let me go on a rant about those airheaded damn Kardashians.

In Sex House you win challenges by being the first to screw - and on this day a pole dancer is coming for a visit to show the girls how to sex themselves up to get the coveted prize. What is the prize? HERPES?  A sibian gets dropped off and a few jump right on (sibian: basically a dildo attached to some kind of vibrating box that you sit on). This guy likes it.

Oh shit, the stripper has fallen off the pole and broken her tibia. Of course the sluttiest girl (see picture) tries to grind up on her while giving mouth to mouth. The Onion sure can skewer our messed up lives. Watch Sex House here and feel a little better about yourself while judging these messes.