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I still don't like waiting. Can I make the download time less tedious?
Where's the bathroom?
Why don't you have "Quicktime?"
Can I download and file share content from your site?
What time is it?
What happened to your watch?
Can I make and sell copies of this stuff on DVD?
I want to try standup comedy. Can I use some of your jokes?
Have they asked you to take down your "Grover" impression?
Would you say he was a short man?
What is it with short men?
What stories?
No, really, what happened with those losers where you work?
Web streaming is great for viewing some kinds of video. Briefly, your computer plays
the video while it's downloading, or "buffering". The problem with web streaming is that
the video could stop at any time during play. While this works well for news or
information video, it doesn't do music or comedy justice. No one wants to hear a
joke in chunks, or a musical phrase with silences in all the wrong places. So, at
GOJOTV you are encouraged to download the video and
watch it all in one piece.
Of course. You only have to "Minimize" the download window.
(That means you click on the little square with a dash in it in the right-hand corner
of your browser window. The window will disappear from view, but continue working.
Then, open a fresh window by clicking on the browser icon (either "Internet Explorer" or
"Netscape" or whatever...) on your Desktop. You can keep surfing the 'net in the new
window while the download is going on. Before you know it, the video will have loaded,
and you can watch it all in one sitting. You can even pause, rewind, or stop it while
it's playing.
Down the hall, first door to the left.
Yeah, sorry, "Quicktime" users. I'll have it on some video
selections by March. Not expecting this level of success for the site, I started small.
And now, time is at a premium. But while you're waiting, here are a few magazines...
Yes. All I ask is that you not alter or edit anything you download from GOJOTV. You
are free, however, to share these files with your friends. Better even, give them the
web address. You can take pride in having discovered this site before anyone else.
Sorry, I don't
have my watch.
I just misplaced it; I'm sure it'll turn up.
You're free to try. However, all the files are pretty low quality in order to be easier
to download. And anyone can see them on the 'net for free anyway, so you probably won't
be able to make anything from it.
In a word, no. It's just as much work to become a hack as it is to become a great standup.
So, why head down that road? However, you're welcome to repeat my jokes to your friends
and colleagues in a non-formal setting. In fact, I'd be kind of flattered if you did. And,
if you do a decent "Grover" impression, I wouldn't presume to stop you... It's not mine.
Only the punchline is. The character, comedy and voice belong to the legendary genius
Frank Oz, and by extension, to the Disney corporation.
No. But I was once approached by a local comic who told me he also did a "Grover" impression
in his act. I said it was okay, that it didn't bother me... But then he pressed on, saying
he wanted me to stop doing mine. Trying to be fair, I asked him, "Well, when did you
start doing it on stage, 'cause I started in 1990."... Trying to establish precedent, you
know? So it turned out he had started standup in like, 1994. So, I clearly had precedent.
But I repeated that it didn't bother me if he wanted to use it. So he gets all angry and
says, "Well, if you're going to have an attitude about it!" and storms off. Gee, my bad.
I guess the guy thought he was Frank Oz. More like the wizard of Oz. All smoke, no substance.
Yes, now that you mention it.
Hey, hey, it's not all short men... All of my favourite men are short, but when you said
that, it reminded me of these three arrogant losers where I work... I could tell you stories.
So, for some guys, it's obviously an issue...
Say, this has gone from an F.A.Q. page to an interview...
Never mind, I'm saving it for "David Letterman".