Brooke, how about something like this?

http://perso.orange.fr/michael.rhodes/Brookers/BrookersHarryPotterSlideShow.htm

(-⢠Michael â¢-)

this is random brookers, but.. About the situation with Pitbulls lol.. I think it would be awesome if you did a  video like that.. I have two of the sweetest Pitbulls you can possibly imagine. LIke little teddy bears, poodles even! But they are being banned from many states.. i dunno. would be cool to see you do a video for them. Bring up peoples spirits about pits, your good at bringing up peoples spirtits lol.

Thats just a topic i wish i had the power to help with :( People would listen to you! lol

Kangaroos don't eat people, dingos do!

The dingo ate my baby!

Good luck and all BUT you cant dog youtube just cause you are making money off some big company now.  what that site is is nothing like you tube so don't compair it.  It is made for video bloging and you wanted  something more.  Thats fine but it will never be youtube, no mater how good or bat it actually is.

Peace

"Skit comedy such as yours is not exactly at the top of the heap now days"-Maurice on Saturday, September 02, 2006 at 11:30 PM

Of course not...that requires Creativity, and also requires you to assume that there's an intelligent life form on the other side of that TV Screen or computer monitor; much easier and cheaper to do a "Reality" Show...it requires no scriptwriters, no Fabulously Overpaid TV Stars...just Star Wannabees.   After all, what are the Reality Stars of seasons past doing now?

Colleen Haskell parlayed her Survivor: Malaysia fame into a love-interest role in "The Animal" with Rob Schneider ([**sarcastic roll of eyes**] Wooooo! ), then from there to "The Michael Essany Show" on E! as an assistant producer...it ran from 2003 to...well, 2003.

And truthfully...does anyone even CARE about "Johnny Fairplay" anymore?

You mentioned slander.  It isn't slander if it's true.  Every comment on this blog about youtube is true.  I'd give you a laundry-list of my own personal complaints with the site, but I'd like to get some sleep tonight.

omg brooke, i'm so happy for u! u totally diserve this!! i mean it really, hope everything works out with u, i'm looking forward to upload some videos in ur web site, want bright ideas? u could ask someone else cuz i'm such a sucker compared to u hahaha, good luck in everything girl, show everyone what u're made of, keep kicking asses :)

haha. So liking your videos at youtube and not checking out much more there kinda makes me sophisticated in my taste, huh?  I thought it was a lot of mush to wade through looking for gems.
That is awesome about your website job! I will check that out.
As for helping animals ideas  ... Maybe you could get some jobs for monkeys at youtube. Monkeys are awesome and it would be nice to see some get jobs.

Keep on rockin in the free world.

Non Video  - videos?  How about something like this:

http://perso.orange.fr/michael.rhodes/Brookers/BrookersHarryPotterSlideShow.htm

(-⢠Michael â¢-)

YES!!!!!!  FINALLY!  Can't wait to start submitting my videos.  I have a great idea for  a show!!  Lot's of love to you.....you are an inspiration!!!

I'm eagerly awaiting the moment when you change from being "a" talent to "the" talent.  That's when the real excitement starts.  That's when you stop geting paid in buckets of dirt and begin growing a serious bank account.  Its also when we all start saying "I knew her when....", even though most of us don't even really know you.

Brooke:

You will be in a movie within 2 years.  On Saturday Night Live in 1 year and on the Late Night w/ David Letterman before the end of next Summer.

Hang on for the ride of your life.

(-⢠Michael â¢-)

Brooke, I'm sure you've "been prepared" for comments like this and will have been told that it stems from nothing other than jealousy.  I doubt you're going to take it on board and you're probably going to hate me for saying it, but I like and respect you and I feel that somebody has to try.  It's all now falling into place and I can see that you are being used.  Big Time.

Do you believe that you were offered this TV contract because they watched thousands of YouTube videos and decided that yours were the most entertaining and that you were the most creative and talented producer of amateur videos?

I'm going to quote somebody else here because he worded it much more succinctly than I could, however he wishes to remain anonymous:-

Paul,

This is Greg, by the way. I don't have a real Myspace account, but I use this dummy one sometimes so that I can log in and read comments, see pictures, etc.

I don't think Brooke will dislike you for posting this. You guys may not be the best of friends, but I think she knows that you care about her, and that you just generally aren't an asshole. She's a smart kid, and I think she'll be able to tell the difference between someone who's hating and someone that's just concerned about her.

That said, I must disagree with the general point that you're making. Of course NBC wants to make money with their show - most everyone wants to make money - we live in a capitalist society (duh, you already knew that, but hey). And of course, Carson found her, at least in part, because she's popular. If Brooke's videos weren't on the "most viewed" lists, and not linked to from tons of other places on the web, he probably would never have seen them. But Brooke got popular to begin with because she IS an awsome videographer, and because she has some awsome creative ideas that she had the balls to actually put on video and show to the world. And there are plenty of other "popular" people on Youtube, and Brooke wasn't even the "number one" youtuber before Carson contacted her. So, I DO think that he picked her for her talent - even though of course her popularity played some part in it.

Also, while some people (even lots of people) working in the entertainment business, like any business, might be cynical, money-grubbing etc., lets not overlook the fact that most of them probably got into the business to begin with because they actually wanted to be creative and to entertain people. Hopefully, Brooke will have an opportunity to work with some people who do actually care about producing something entertaining, or even profound, or just comical, but at least something original that we can actually watch and enjoy.

I guess our perspectives are maybe just different on this, for whatever reason. Like you (and lots of other people that Brooke has become friends with online during this weird adventure), I'm always a bit worried about her, and about how this whole thing will turn out, but my initial reaction to reading Brooke's post was still "yay!" and not "oh shit, watch out." Of course Brooke needs to go into this with her eyes open, but I'm confident that she'll come out of this ok. And think about it this way - even if Brooke doesn't make a ton of money from this particular show, she still get to do what she wanted to do in the beginning, which is to share her ideas and her vision with people, and now she'll be able to do it on a larger scale, and she'll get to meet people and do things that can propel her on to other, bigger opportunities. She'll actually be doing what she wants to do, which has to beat working in a restaurant or as a receptionist, even if she doensn't get rich. If NBC happens to make an asston of money while she's doing that, good for them - Brooke will still come out ok.

And Brooke, if you've read down this far, congrats. And I know you won't hate Paul for saying what he said - you're smart enough to recognize that he's just looking out for you, and to know that what he said above has nothing to do with the kind of bullshit that some of your haters might say, even if you don't agree with him. I know that you'll make a BIG impression on the world in some way, through this opportunity or through doing something completely different.

-Greg 

Greg I never said, or meant to imply that Brooke wasn't talented - she is exceedingly so.  I just feel that there may be something amiss here.

1. YouTube gets popular and starts making big money.

2. Big TV corporation sign one of the most popular (and most talented) videographers.

3. Big TV corporation publicises how wonderful they are for doing this.

4. Big TV corporation signs deal with YouTube.

5. Big TV corporation publicises deal with YouTube and states that they think YouTube is wonderful.

6. Big TV corporation launches rival site to YouTube.

7. Young, popular talented videographer given major role in rival site and tells fans how much better than YouTube this will be.

8. (next step) Big TV corporation takes many YouTube subscribers away from YouTube because of their adoration of young, popular talented vieographer.

9. ...........???????

I'm sure that Brooke genuinely believes that the new site will be everything that she says it will, and if Brooke has enough control over what happens, then it almost certainly will be.  I have every intention of checking it out and maybe even uploading a couple of my videos (but not the bla bla bla video blog one :).  I do not question Brooke's motivation or integrity one little bit.  I just can't help thinking that NBC have planned to stab Chad Hurley in the back right from the beginning and that they are using Brooke as the dagger.

Brooke is a strong and resiliant person and I really do hope that she is able to maintain her profitable status with NBC so they don't drop her, or at the very least use them as a stepping stone to bigger and brighter things.  I agree with you that it is overall a good thing that Brooke has the opportunity to do something that she loves and is exceedingly good at.

Oh yes, Greg, my first reaction to reading Brooke's post was also "yay!", it was a little while later when I had thought about it that the "oh shit, watch out" came to me.

Actually, it seems just as likely to me that NBC is trying to generate some synergy by signing their deal with Youtube while launching their own website. From the way Brooke described it, the new site will be offering something substantially different from Youtube, in that there will be some editorial control over the content, rather than a complete free-for-all. These here internets are a big place, and there is almost certainly room for both types of site. The genius and the downfall of Youtube is the total lack of editorial control - it's great that people can post almost anything, and tons of it, but at the same time this leads to tons of useless, boring crap being posted along with the few diamonds.

The new site will actually be putting the submitted videos into some type of context, and actively sorting through them to determine which are best. It really is a different type of thing. By partnering with Youtube and opening this new site at the same time, and by bringing in someone like Brooke, the NBC people are hoping to capture the "buzz" from youtube, but not necessarily destroy it. And yes, getting Brooke involved does give them credibility with the existing audience for internet video shorts, but that's a good thing for everyone involved. If people like the new site, they will figure out that Brooke got her start at Youtube, and they will be more likely to visit Youtube or post videos there themselves, even if they are also using the new site and posting videos there in response to the specific topics that are solicited. More interest in internet video is good for all of the internet video sites.

Of course, it's also fun to imagine Brooke as the dagger that kills Youtube, but it's just as likely that she'll be the dove that brings peace and joy to all of the internet. Or maybe she'll just post some videos with funny noises. One or the other.