Bikini News
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News
News is the communication of selected information on current events which is presented by print, broadcast, Internet, or word of mouth to a third party or mass audience.- Etymology :...
videos featuring two comedians performing in bikinis in a comedic style similar to The Daily Show
The Daily Show
The Daily Show , is an American late night satirical television program airing each Monday through Thursday on Comedy Central. The half-hour long show premiered on July 21, 1996, and was hosted by Craig Kilborn until December 1998...
and Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live is a live American late-night television sketch comedy and variety show developed by Lorne Michaels and Dick Ebersol. The show premiered on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the original title of NBC's Saturday Night.The show's sketches often parody contemporary American culture...
. It includes sketch comedy elements, including plotlines where the main characters marry and have romantic affairs with ninjas. It is available in podcast
Podcast
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and vodcast form, as well as in mov
MOV
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and kago wmv file formats. Over 90 episodes and 80 bloopers/sketches were created, between November 2006 and December 2007. The main characters in most of the episodes are Mary Clark (played by actress Penny Drake
Penny Drake
Penny Drake is an American Independent film actress and model. She is the daughter of a Southern Baptist pastor.Her modelling career since 2008 has included work for Herra Couture, Flora Zeta and Ed Hardy...
) and Jen Jackson, although early episodes featured other performers, including Wild 'N Out
Wild 'N Out
Nick Cannon Presents Wild 'n Out is a game show on MTV starring Nick Cannon.-Premise:Similar in premise to game-type shows such as Whose Line Is It Anyway?, the show puts two teams of comedians: the "Red Squad", captained by Cannon and contained Katt Williams for the first 3 seasons, and the "Black...
actress Cameron Goodman
Cameron Goodman
-Biography:She was born in Texas but grew up in Washington D.C. She attended Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. after transferring from Syracuse University in New York.-Career:...
. Several skits include the main characters pretending to be celebrities, such as Britney Spears
Britney Spears
Britney Jean Spears is an American recording artist and entertainer. Born in McComb, Mississippi, and raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, Spears began performing as a child, landing acting roles in stage productions and television shows. She signed with Jive Records in 1997 and released her debut album...
, Paris Hilton
Paris Hilton
Paris Whitney Hilton is an American businesswoman, heiress, and socialite. She is a great-granddaughter of Conrad Hilton . Hilton is known for her controversial participation in a sex tape in 2003, and appearance on the television series The Simple Life alongside fellow socialite and childhood...
and Donald Trump
Donald Trump
Donald John Trump, Sr. is an American business magnate, television personality and author. He is the chairman and president of The Trump Organization and the founder of Trump Entertainment Resorts. Trump's extravagant lifestyle, outspoken manner and role on the NBC reality show The Apprentice have...
.
The characters also produced their own video blogs chronicling events behind the scenes, as well as rants, questions to the audience and comedic sketches.
Views on livevideo.com for the show fluctuated between 20,000 and 400,000 views per episode. Statistics on other sites not available. According to the front page of Bittorrent.com on March 21, 2007, the show was the most downloaded on the site.
The show has been described as "fantastic" by top podcast The Daily Reel.
Notable Episodes
- "Episode 35: Written By The LiveVideo Community!" – An episode written by fans.
- "Episode 36: Super Bowl Extravatacular!" – "Live" report from the Super BowlSuper BowlThe Super Bowl is the championship game of the National Football League , the highest level of professional American football in the United States, culminating a season that begins in the late summer of the previous calendar year. The Super Bowl uses Roman numerals to identify each game, rather...
from former Pro BowlPro BowlIn professional American football, the Pro Bowl is the all-star game of the National Football League . Since the merger with the rival American Football League in 1970, it has been officially called the AFC–NFC Pro Bowl, matching the top players in the American Football Conference against those...
football player Kevin GoganKevin GoganKevin Patrick Gogan is a former professional American football player who played guard for 14 seasons in the National Football League from 1987 to 2000...
. - "Episode 40: Sexy Bikini News" – The executives told Mary and Jen to deliver their news 10% sexier.
- "Episode 50: The Wedding!" – The main characters are about to marry each other.
- "Episode 52: The Ask a Ninja Interview" – Interview with comedian Kent Nichols about the start and development of his popular Ask A NinjaAsk a NinjaAsk A Ninja is a series of comedy videos about the image of ninja in popular culture available in podcast and vodcast form, as well as in mov and wmv file formats...
podcast. - "Episode 57: Jen and Mary's SEX TAPE" – The girls' sex tape is exposed.
- "Episode 61: Boh3m3 In a Bikini and Robots" – Top YouTubeYouTubeYouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
video blogger Boh3m3 is interviewed. - "Episode 71: Bikini News is CANCELLED" – Interview with Star TrekStar TrekStar Trek is an American science fiction entertainment franchise created by Gene Roddenberry. The core of Star Trek is its six television series: The Original Series, The Animated Series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and Enterprise...
star Chase MastersonChase MastersonChase Masterson, born Christianne Carafano on February 26, 1963 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, is an American actress and singer.-Career:...
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