WILL IT BLEND - JUSTIN BIEBER

This was one we (I) wanted to do months ago. We sometimes are behind the curve on these videos. But as we are planning the next few months of WILL IT BLEND videos up till our 5th anniversary in November, we are getting a little better about looking ahead and seeing what is hot.

We have recently gotten comfortable blending a new Apple product or the latest video game, but we have had to be a little more creative. Just for a teaser we have a big one coming up in November, of which I can't talk about, but it is probably one of our most requested blends ever.

But back to the Justin Bieber video. I have a new assistant now at Blendtec, Kyle Jacobson. He is a 21 year old kid who is really looking to get into the film business. He came on board after I met him at the LDS Film Festival back in January and he insisted on helping me.

Finally, I gave him the challenge and he started working with me on the Green Smoothie Girl Makeover TV Pilot Blendtec had me producing. Then he just came and worked for free over a two month period. I try to tell him everything I know about the film business... like don't waste your money on film school. Just work with someone in the business for free for a while and you will figure out what you want to do.

Finally, my boss Julie just come up to me and said "why don't we just hire him". And so we did...

So as Kyle and I were purchasing the Justin Bieber crap at the various stores, Kyle would tell the cashier that I had been "waiting for this (video, CD, doll, etc) for a long time, making me look like a Justin Bieber fan. Then, each time I would just cringe and try and defend myself, as if I was accused of being gay, or wear pink or something like that.

So what is this hatred people have for Justin that makes things like blending him such a fascination? The same with hating Rebecca Black or Sarah Palin. I think there is more "hype" on the end of haters then the actual truth. I think there are good marketers that successfully create the "ew" aspect of hating people and things.

I actually saw Rebecca Black sing the National Anthem on Good Morning America and she actually did pretty good. Granted, the song was written poorly, but it wasn't intended for major release. It was an independent recording. I am sure it was just to get Rebecca to practice her art of recording (from what I understand).

Just like I read many of the comments on the WILL IT BLEND videos and laugh because of how far from the truth people make certain things of the show. I strive to be careful before I make judgment on people. It is too bad we are now in a society where people can create a poor image of someone in mere days or even hours.

NOMINATED FOR UTAH ENTERTAINMENT CHOICE AWARDS

Not very good at accepting awards. My main goal in life is to produce good material and get people to think (and make a living). But it has never been my goal to win awards.

But I received a message from someone on Facebook telling me congratulations for being nominated for the 2011 Utah Entertainment Choice Awards, I think mostly for my work on WILL IT BLEND. Between Blendtec and I, we have received many awards for WILL IT BLEND and I am glad for that. But I am hoping to move on and be known for something else. It's the old Leonard Nimoy is Spock syndrome.

But one thing I have accepted and that is that all film making is marketing, no matter what form it is. I am hoping that for the release of THE LAST EAGLE SCOUT that I will have learned a thing or two about marketing that I didn't learn on the other films I made, mostly from the things we did right on WILL IT BLEND.

The other thing I am not good at is schmoozing. I am very lucky to be in a better position then I have been in the past to where I don't need to pander to people for money for a movie or a my next video production job (knock on wood). Stephanie is way better at talking to people, getting to know them, and actually caring for them (not being fake).

In other news, the GREEN SMOOTHIE GIRL pilot Robyn and I have been shooting has been going well. As a reminder, we picked 3 women locally who chose to change their lives through healthy eating. Kind of a "makeover" show. At first, we were doing 3 episodes with each group of people, but as the drama has unfolded, we might make this a 2 hour pilot that won't be a traditional reality show. More on that in the future...

Ho Ho Hospital Holidays

Interesting events have transpired. Every year, my lovely wife, Stephanie, and I trade with the ex's on who gets the kids for the holidays. This year, we had no kids for Christmas. So our plan was to leave on a plane for Vegas on the morning of the 23rd. The two days before, Stephanie complained of stomach pains. She has suffered these pains for years, and we figured they would go away.

The night of the 22nd came and I already warned my parents what was going on. The next morning we skipped the flight, thinking we would maybe just go to the clinic and then surprise my parents the next day by just driving down. The weather was improving, we could stay an extra day on the back end of the trip, it seemed a perfect plan. The doctor would just give Steph some pills and we can go on our merry way... right?

Instead, the day of the 23rd started with a trip to the clinic, with a result of her white blood cells being a little too high. So we were ordered to another place for a CAT scan. After a few more hours there, it was revealed that Stephanie's gall bladder was about three times too big and that she was ordered to immediately go to get surgery. So we moved to Utah Valley Regional and started our new life in our 2 square-foot apartment. Steph went into surgery and I sat for hours, not ready to eat, couldn't start a book. Maybe got through a game of solitare on my phone. That's about it.

She came out and it went well, pulled out a few stones. But the doctor told me there was more in another part (don't remember what it's called, the place where stones would pass... you know, that place). I stayed with her till late at night and finally went home... alone. I slept in the next morning and missed Steph going in for the second operation, going to get the other stones. They were supposedly not easy, and they had to cut their way in. Poor girl.

When I met her the next morning, she was in a lot of pain. They continued to pump her with morphine. Still more pain. Finally, she has been able to sleep at the time I am writing this. She also hasn't been able to eat. They won't let her till she passes the gas she has inside. So it has been more then 36 hours since she has eaten.

And now I wait... on Christmas eve.

Seems like I remember several Christmas eves being this eventful. In fact, it came to me that 20 years ago, in this very hospital, my oldest son, Forrest, was born. And again, on Christmas eve, I went home empty handed and alone.

I have had other great Christmas eves. This has just been an interesting turn of events. And has given me a lot of time to reflect on the many things about to happen this next year. The Last Eagle Scout is the big one. The day before Thanksgiving, the hard drive to the film crashed, causing a major delay in it's release. I was able to retrieve about 95 percent of the film, but still have work ahead of me.

Also, I am looking at re-releasing Handcart this year, as well as produce a documentary on Will it Blend. Blendtec also has some big things planned this next year, including a possible big-budget infomercial. We shall see.

I also plan to keep people more up-to-date on things on this blog as well as The Last Eagle Scout blog.

Merry Christmas

WILL IT BLEND-OLD SPICE

We just had to do it!

I wasn't really a big fan of it at first (as usual, always the skeptic). But as time went on, we decided to make a WILL IT BLEND based on the Old Spice ads that have been riddling the internet like crazy.

What also caught on was the BYU parody of the commercial. The students at BYU made a commercial advertising the Harold B Lee Library using the Old Spice gags. They actually did a great job and it has gained a ton of views. Then, I was home teaching a family and they said that their daughter knew the guy who was the actor in the BYU ad. Simultaneously, our new marketing director at Blendtec, Spencer showed us being in the top of the list of viral campaigns (Old Spice being number 3).

His idea was to work with the other viral campaigns and raise ratings. So I decided to pipe up and get this guy from the BYU ad, Stephen Jones. At first I wasn't sure, he seemed a little cocky. But as I worked with him, I really got to like him and and he does a great job.

Also, with the re-innovation going on outside my office, it was a perfect time to possibly build a full-on set for the new WILL IT BLEND. I spent days building a break-away wall, a table that slides and a chair that breaks apart (you can see my assistant Ann Ross standing with an electric saw cutting the wicker chair in half). It actually turned out to be great.

In one part of the gag, I had two dollies on one track, one for my camera, the other for the actor to float over to the Will it Blend set (you'll have to see it). We also do an effect where an iPhone appears on his hand and then blends into his hand and turns into dust. It was a good thing it is close to Halloween! I found a hand and spray painted it green, so I can pour the iPhone remains onto basically "nothing", then add it to his real hand later.

I am currently editing the stuff and it will probably be on-line this Tuesday. This Will it Blend has allowed me to be the most creative I have been in a while.

BUILDING A NEW STAGE AT BLENDTEC

I guess the company found the need for me to have an updated facility with the success of WILL IT BLEND and our on-line presence. What is happening is the WILL IT BLEND set will remain, but next to it will be a new set for other uses.

You see, the reality of it is this.... the WILL IT BLEND set, seen by millions, seen on national television and bla, bla, bla, was really only in the small Blendtec lunchroom. Nothing fancy a-tall. There was constant fun with people popping their heads in while we were filming, wondering if it was clear enough for them to come get a Diet Coke. But no longer...

The new set throws out the lunch room (there is a considerably bigger one on the other side of the building, but we have to walk allll the way there). I am the one that pays the biggest price. I got soft since my office was the only one right in the lunch room. I could just sneak my Chef Boyardee Ravioli's to the microwave without getting a lecture from anyone en route telling me how bad they are for me and "if they could get me some Koolaid with that".

But now, this new set will be a full working kitchen. Our nutritionist Liz Brown, who just moved here from Lewisville, Texas (been there, done that) to come work for Blendtec, is preparing a major on-line cook book of recipes using the blender, as well as produce a ton of recipe videos we are about to film. We've done a few recipe videos already, but we will be doing this on-going.

I helped design the set so that it would be filming friendly, and Liz will be using this for all her testing, so the kitchen will be fully operational. The only problem now is... I will be taste-testing all the food, since it is right outside my door. (It's a good thing Parke and I are working out every morning).

WILL IT BLEND - Top Viral Ad of All Time

According to MSNBC, (my favorite network... not) has released an article on successful viral videos ads. We have been lucky to be chosen as number one.

Take a look.

LONGEST PINEWOOD DERBY TRACK

Tom (Dickson, of "Will it Blend" fame) came running up to me telling me I HAVE to spend my Saturday on August 28th with him at the Pinewood Derby Track. I was not excited to spend my Saturday at "work", but realized since we are currently without some key marketing employees, including a marketing director, I better fill in.

What I witnessed was at Rio Tinto stadium in Sandy, Utah, the longest Pinewood Derby track in the world. An average Pinewood Derby track is about 40 feet. The previous recored was about 268 feet. Tom's track was measured at 336 feet. The local BSA Chapter, Utah National Parks Council, did the work to get Guinness Book of World Records to record this event.

My objective was to set up artwork signage that represented Blendtec and videotape the event. Scouts were invited from all over Utah to try out their car on the track. I noticed for most of the cars, the real competition was can it even make it through the whole race.

Some "kids" (I use that term loosely, since many of the fathers probably pitched in and helped) came with the official weight and design that make it legal to participate (5 ounces). Many came with altered cars (motors, etc) and obviously would not count, but were allowed to test the track anyway.

The only drawback was the wind was terrible. My hat kept falling off. Speakers that were hanging on stands were falling. The tents were toppling over. It was also a cool image next to the conssession stand when the napkin box fell over and there was a whirl wind of napkins in the air. I think next year Blendtec is thinking of using Energy Solutions Arena (formerly the Delta Center) along with a longer track to help with not interrupting the air flow of the cars.

Here are a few links. We made it on KSL, Deseret News, Salt Lake Tribune and other publications.

WILL IT BLEND on "The View"... whoopteedoo

Ok that didn't sound very convincing. It could just me my "outsider" mentality toward things. I have been known to be a sour-puss toward "popular" events. I guess I look at the eternal perspective things. Part of why I don't like reality shows. They make celebrities out of beautiful people that just sit around in coffee shops and bitch about the environment, or whatever shallow topic is cool to complain about that week.

Ok, ok, not ALL reality shows are like that. But you know what I mean. So when the opportunity came for me to provide footage and information about our popular viral website, I was a little hesitant.

On the day"The View" asked me for footage from WILL IT BLEND, they just had their biggest show ever last week when Barak Hussein Obama was on, and the ladies lovingly asked their softball questions about "the issues" in their shallow-topic manor. So how could I resist...

I got a call from what sounded like a kid who might have been an intern... simply because he was nice. He told me that the Executive Producer of The View "specifically" asked for WILL IT BLEND. As I was returning the information along with the overnight shipment of videos, I sent an e-mail to this young man known as "The Tape Coordinator" for The View. I just told him that if a credit is given on the screen to credit "Kels Goodman/Blendtec".

What I didn't know was that I was CCing (that means copying to another address) the Producer and another crew person from the show, both were ladies. All of a sudden I got an e-mail back from the producer in bold:

No!… we are only crediting the websites…that’s what the seg is about… websites…so we will credit willitblend.com….if pple want info on it they can log onto your website.

I wasn't sure, did that sound like anger? It did to me.

Well I was this close (holding two fingers close together) to saying "Ok, no credit, no video" (after all, isn't that was famous people do?). I already knew by this time that our segment was going to be lame. But I remained optimistic, after all, the Executive Producer "specifically" asked for Will it Blend videos, right?

Then, I got another e-mail from the other lady on the copy list:

Just want to make sure the tape will come tomorrow or Monday morning the LATEST...

That one didn't seem too bad. But after the first one, I figured the ladies at The View were ganging up on me. Just like that poor intern "tape coordinator". (Now I remember why I hate working on live events) My only thought was that he is a young guy trying to "make it" in the biz, and the only way he can is to be castrated by a couple of powerful producer/decision makers.

Just like the castration that was done to Will it Blend when it finally made it on the show. A whopping 53.5 seconds of pure viral goodness. Yeah, we got on and yeah we got talked about. (They showed the iPhone 4 being blended.) The ladies brought on guests who were "experts" in viral material, one who talked about WIB was a guy from the show G4 (don't know where it plays).

He really downplayed WIB (we were last on the list, you can tell we were "squeezed" in). I emailed facts about WIB, but he got it all wrong. He made it sound like Tom Dickson just messed around one day and made this hot blender and decided to film it blending all kinds of things. I tried to tell them it was a campaign for the blender that has already been around for years. A real blender you can purchase. And that the result of WIB was a dramatic increase in sales. But obviously, he missed that.

The ladies all sat around saying "who would want to watch that". Only Whoopee had the balls to say that "some of these video are actually funny". (Joy concluded with, "and many are not"). Leave it to Joy for the final word.

Anyway, my conclusion from this whole event was this: Filmmakers shouldn't make films for filmmakers, for they never pay the bill. Meaning, who gives a crap what programmers and decision-makers say. They may be the one's who get it in the theater, get it on TV, get it on the radio. But it's the everyday people who make the final decision on what works and what doesn't.

There is much more to learn about the entertainment industry.

LDS FILM FESTIVAL 2010 STARTS

Again, every time this year, we get to spend 4 luxurious days and nights at the Scera theater and watch new material from the LDS community. It is usually pretty exciting mostly because I get to meet with a lot of good friends, some I haven't worked with in a while (mostly because of my job).

I like to see what they are doing. But Stephanie has been more of the social nut then me. She actually keeps up with them more than I do. That is probably why she has almost 800 people on Facebook, twice more then me. That's OK.

Also during this time, we participate in the 24 hr competition. Christian Vuissa, the organizer of the festival, hands us a theme, a line of dialogue, and a prop... and a three minute limit, all in 24 hrs. I notice a lot of my long time friends don't participate. I think they feel they are just too good because it is more for people getting into the biz. Or maybe they are just too busy. Or maybe, they don't like to stay up all night (like I just did... ugh).

Either way, hypocritically, I will probably stop doing them myself as well. I guess working at Blendtec, I can get a little "creatively cramped". You can only get so creative producing blender videos. So I feel like I gotta do something.

Plus, my son and wife look forward to it every year. This will be our 4th year as a family, my 5th in attending. BTW, I will be speaking at one of the presentations. Friday at noon. I will be talking about marketing (Will it Blend) and the latest project (The Last Eagle Scout). Good times! I will probably video tape it and you can get a good laugh later.

Holiday/End of the year.

We had a wonderful holiday. Blending two families, especially with the different age ranges, is always a chore, and we usually have to keep the events fairly separate. But in this case, we decided that instead of opening a ton of presents, our present would be doing something different. I have never been snowmobiling before (I am usually a sunny, beach person, myself... I hate the snow).

We went to the Homestead for a few days. On Christmas morning, Santa showed up with snow clothes, just in time for us to be able to protect ourselves from the 0 degree weather we experienced while snowmobiling at 10,000 feet at Daniel's Summit Lodge. What a great experience. We rode about 25 miles in. Parke and Forrest were in front, Stephanie was in the middle with her daughter, Kristina, and I took the caboose with Emily and Michael.

It was interesting being so high in such a cold state. It was like I was on another planet and I don't dare take off my gloves or helmet. Plus we were above the clouds and the wind was blowing the fresh snow along side the ground. Very alien!

I will have to say that Stephanie was a crazy driver. For never having ridden a snowmobile, she often surprises me with an animal inside. I, on the other hand, have been carrying a bad back for about 2 weeks now, thinking it would go away with a simple massage or two. In fact, the opposite has been happening. My whole right arm has been going numb. So as I drive the snowmobile up the hill, my arm continues to be in pain. Needless to say, I have had to spend my nights in the hot tub... doctors orders.

All in all, it was a very successful trip. The kids got along (as well as kids get along) and we learned to appreciate new things in life.

When I returned, my good friend, Alan Peterson, sent me this link. Another badge of honor for the very successful Ad campaign known as Will it Blend. We were awarded number 8 of a decade of famous viral videos from Salon Magazine. (I guess that's great coming from an organization that thinks that "Yes We Can" should be awarded number 1... what ever).

Read here.

WILL IT BLEND HITS 200,000 SUBSCRIBERS - LAST EAGLE SCOUT STARTS

As of this weekend, we reached 200,000 subscribers on our YouTube channel of Will It Blend. We also are over 200 million views, or so. I have lost count and quit counting for time's sake. But the influence of the program has been all over the world, as you can see in this video.

I must warn you, this video a little FOUL. It is some mid-eastern version of South Park or something. I have never heard of this cartoon and don't remember giving permission for them to use Will It Blend footage. But it is an honor (I guess) to be featured in other people's work.

By the way, in one week from today, we start to film my next movie, "The Last Eagle Scout". I sure hope I can pull this off. I am actually a little scared and excited at the same time. We had a cast/crew BBQ last Saturday and really enjoyed every one's company. Must give the credit to my producer, Danna Tanner for her idea and work on getting that together.

We estimated about 70-80 people showed up (we have 60 speaking roles in the film, so it was well attended). I think many participants gained the spirit of what I am trying to do in making this film. There is definitely going to be a turn in American Cinema as things in our country are simultaneously going sour.

Let's hope we can make a difference.

WILL IT BLEND Goes to Moscow

The Will it Blend man himself, Tom Dickson, attempted talks with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. Tom said that Medvedev was a big fan of Will it Blend and his favorite video was the Bic Lighters because of how Tom looked in the end (obviously a pun toward how he would like to see all Americans in the end, blown up by bic lighters).

But Tom was able to cool the waters with the Russian Prime Minister by giving him a Blendtec Total Blender. He stated that this gift was WAY better then the crap Obama gave him, and that he would be happy to sell all his nukes... on Ebay (Why not, that's where Palin sold the Alaskan corporate jet).

All kidding aside, I guess Tom will be going to Moscow to perform Will it Blend Live. We will probably be producing an announcement video for YouTube. So I couldn't help but to make this great work of art (I did the head, Jonathan did the blender.)

Will it Blend continues to live... (click on the photo to see closer view)

"ARE YOU SURE YOU PRODUCE WILL IT BLEND?"

When the new BYU Magazine, the magazine for alumni, came out with an article about "Will it Blend", there were numerous people who emailed, called or text me asking if I even had anything to do with "Will it Blend" (because even though I am an alumni, I am never mentioned).

So I figured I'd set the record straight...

I was hired around the same time as the marketing manager, George Wright, was hired, to produce training and promotional video material for the company.  About a year into our employment, George saw Tom blending a 2x4 as part of the strength and endurance test of the blenders.  George obviously saw this as an opportunity to show the power of the blender.

He came to me and asked me to videotape the blending of several crazy things.  From there, I jazzed up the proceedings by making it into a "game show" feel, with the campy music, the funny titles, etc.  Together, we would come up with funny lines, find new funny things to blend and bring the show to it's highest level.  But you have to admit, half of what makes the show popular are the things I do to it.

The toughest part for me is the credit that is being spread (or lack thereof).  George is the nicest guy in the world and a great boss to work for.  He is always upbeat and positive, a trait that I have always worked to gain, falling short sometimes.  But I also know he has an agenda to push himself in the light. 

I don't blame him at all.  I would probably do the same thing.  And I feel that has been a great step for Blendtec.  Anything to make Will it Blend popular, is only good for Blendtec and us keeping our jobs.

Why am I commenting on the BYU Magazine article?  George has done countless interviews, speeches and podcasts, mostly focusing on marketing and the like.  Because I am too busy trying to keep the videos coming, I don't have time to keep track of all the articles, but I will say from all I've seen, I am almost never present.

The articles will always go like this: "All it took for George Wright, marketing manager, was $50, a great product, a video camera and a great idea... that is what started Will it Blend".  (Oh, by the way, I'm the video camera.)  Honestly, I shoot, direct, edit and in most cases write the material for every Will it Blend (now at 100 episodes).  

And let's not forget Ray Hansen, our original web "master".  He came up with a lot of the jokes and was there for most of the filming for these great "masterpieces" of transmogrified art.

Yet, I have been left out of any trips to national television shows (Jay Leno, Today Show, QVC Etc), I have been excluded from any interviews (Wall Street Journal), I am hardly ever mentioned for the pieces I created that have become the most successful ad campaign in the history of the internet, earning a 700 percent increase in blender sales.

Don't get me wrong, I love George, I love Tom, always will.  Love my job.  I am trying to be humble about this, but it has become difficult.  For the 3 or 4 people who actually read this blog, thanks for letting me vent.  I will go back to work now.

WILL IT BLEND at BYU MAKES 100, WIB DVD and THE LAST EAGLE SCOUT

First, I want to mention that we had just produced our 100th Will it Blend.  (Now I can produce the show with my eyes closed.) That might be it for a while.  

This time, Cosmo the Cougar came out and we produced a Will it Blend for Brigham Young University (where all of us graduated, ironically).  It will not be seen through our regular channels, but will be posted on our website under "friends of" and where ever BYU decides to put it (I think the Alumni section, BYU Magazine).  

Now, I am working on a DVD that will feature all 100 videos, including episodes that were not released through our regular channel, one's that were more for companies such as Novell and Alteris.  The DVD will also feature a documentary I am producing about the start of what some are calling "the most successful ad campaign on the Internet."  

Article after article, interview after interview denotes the success of Will it Blend to Blendtec and the use of the new social media.  I, myself, find the story behind the show more interesting then the videos themselves.  The series, now at about 200 million views, has driven sales up for the Total Blender by 700 percent, which is amazing in this economy.

We will still be producing an episode here and there, and I will still be working for Blendtec for as long as they need me.  But now I get into pre production mode on my next film, The Last Eagle Scout.  This will probably be a landmark turn for me, now that Will it Blend has helped pull me out of the doldrums of life and showed me that I can accomplish anything.  

I have been writing The Last Eagle Scout for about 6 years and was about to film it 4 years ago, but divorces and relocation created pitfalls and challenges that I never new existed.  Making films (not the crap you see on YouTube, but the real thought-provoking motion pictures) takes a lot out of you.  So you need to have all your ducks in a row before going through that again. 

The Last Eagle Scout will actually be my 4th feature film I have produced (3rd I have directed).  I hope to take the mistakes I have made from the earlier projects and make sure to do them all over again (just kidding).

This film follows a boy in the not-so-distant future who presumes himself the last kid receiving his eagle.  Political correctness has crept into every facet of society, mandating every move we make.  Boy Scouts becomes one of the last great American institutions that gets eliminated by popular opinion and the media... except for the Last Eagle Scout.

Fights ensue, protests are had, buildings are blown up (man, I am just sweating at the idea, I have to shoot all this).  But what fun we will have as we start filming in August.  Our objective is to get people to talk... talk about the difference between what is logical and what is absurd...  hopefully in a "sing and dance" fashion that our numbed minds have become accustomed to.

Will they blend?... That is the question.

UPDATE ON QVC APPEARANCE!/VISITING MY DAD

Talked to Jeff in... well, where ever QVC is filmed (I am not at the event, too many things to do here at base camp). Looks like Tom and the Will it Blend team (minus me) will be on (starting tonight) at 12 midnight, 8 am, 9am, 12 noon, 1pm, 4pm, 7pm and 11pm.  These are eastern times, so if you are in Utah (like many of us) it's minus 2 hours.

Also, I will be going to Las Vegas this weekend to celebrate my father's 80th birthday.  Wow.  It is not actually till May 5th, but he will be doing his "world tour" driving from Vegas to South Padre Island, Texas, to Richmond, Virginia and back, during his birthday.

His mission story is still on the docket to produce into a film.  We will pay more attention to that after The Last Eagle Scout, which we are scheduled to film in August.

WILL IT BLEND - GOVERNMENT BAIL OUT

Yesterday, we filmed the latest Will it Blend, dealing with the Stimulus Package and the government bail outs.  We were a little concerned that we would be crossing ground that people might not like.  But I think it is apparent that most people are not in favor of the situation. Opinions are flying right and left, mis-information is all over the place and reactions are poor. This administration seems to handle the situation like a circus on the Jerry Springer Show. What's new.  We'll just keep on blending.

BLENDING WITH THE BISCUIT

Yesterday, Stephanie and I filmed our new Will it Blend that has to do with the recent government bailouts.  My friend, Johnny Biscuit stopped by, which was cool for everyone.  He and his woman, Sue, filmed us making the latest Will it Blend epic, keeping to his on-going videolog of his travels.  I filmed a full Will it Blend with Johnny blending, what else... biscuits.

Biscuit is on an eternal traveling tour where he lives more on the road.  He is an awesome and talented comedian and we always wish him well in his endeavors. For more on The Biscuit visit his site. 

We will have video soon of his Blending of Buttery Blendtec Biscuits.

WILL IT BLEND TOUCHES ON GLOBAL WARMING

Tom found his skis in the garage, but realized that with all this Global Warming, there was no more need for skis.

Ok, ok.  We have tried as an internet sensation to keep out of political stands and party affiliation. In all reality, some of our staff are mixed on the topics when it comes to politics.  But as far as Global Warming is concerned, we all agree.  

Especially living in Utah and having two record cold and snow winters in a row (and I can't wait for it to be over), I think we can take Global Warming for what it is... a religion.  In my sweet humble opinion, there is more physical proof there is a God then the notion that we are effecting the weather.  

Sure weather changes, but that's life. Get over it.  The only thing you can do to make it through "climate change" is built a bigger house, drive a car that can handle the weather and wear the appropriate clothing.  

I couldn't wait to do this blend.  It took a while because skis are not easy to blend, but what you saw is what really happened.  I admit to taking out a few metal pieces on the sides to allow the blend to speed up, but finally we did it.

Watch the video.

WILL IT BLEND - Live on 2 morning shows in California

As usual, I was not there (no hint of jealousy), but here are two low-res videos of our appearance on two local Fox affiliate stations in California, one in San Diego and the other in Sacramento. 

YouTube Live! Mythbusters

I think besides Tom Dickson, I felt I was the oldest guy there.  YouTube put on their first live show in San Francisco.  Of course what would a YouTube event be without Will it Blend.  We met many people who produce and post videos with a large series of fans.  These are people you probably wouldn't know, but because of our involvement with YouTube, we knew.  Tom Dickson did great doing a skit with Chad Vader, (A series about the not-so successful brother of Darth Vader).  The things blended well and the audience loved it.  You can see the video here.

The best experience was meeting members of the Mythbusters, Adam and Jamie.  Through our mutual friend Kristin who works for Discovery, we were able to talk to the guys several times during the rehearsals.  Come to find out, Adam is a fan of Will it Blend (I have it on video to prove it, will post later when I edit it).  That was cool.  They also said that they go through a blender a month in their shop.  So we have offered to supply them with blenders.  They have also invited us to their shop if we are ever in town again.