Yahoo Bolsters Its Comedy Video Selection

Yahoo states it’s already the “top online place to go for comedy” with 1B streams of original material — andhopes toreinforce its claim on that title withsome new Web-based video series. Seth Morris will star in First Dates With Toby Harris, a 12-episode number of 3-to-5 minute videos from Funny or DieYahoo doesn’t say if this will launch. A scripted comedy Burning Lovefrom Vital Pictures/Red-colored Hour will spoof reality Television shows beginning this spring. Sketchy from Principato Youthful/Electus promises 26 days of topical shorts. 7 Minutes in Paradise from Broadway Video willrun 10 days and have conversations with SNL author Mike O’Brien. Odd News from Yahoo Galleries will run 24 days with Greg Proopsserving in the week’s most unusual head lines. And beginning March 19, Hackerazzi from video producer David Morgasenwill offer 14 days of “embarrassing celebrity videos.”