{"id":39283,"date":"2026-05-05T01:23:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T06:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/?p=39283"},"modified":"2026-05-05T01:23:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T06:23:20","slug":"new-youtube-channel-launched-for-my-ridiculous-parody-shorts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/?p=39283","title":{"rendered":"New YouTube channel launched for my ridiculous parody shorts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/David-McElroy-Industries-art-920px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-39284\" src=\"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/David-McElroy-Industries-art-920px.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"920\" height=\"517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/David-McElroy-Industries-art-920px.jpg 920w, https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/David-McElroy-Industries-art-920px-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/David-McElroy-Industries-art-920px-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When I launched a YouTube channel a couple of months ago for video versions of my essays, I started inserting short parody ads into the episodes. My essays were serious, but the parodies were ridiculous and fun. At least to me.<\/p>\n<p>Since these shorts have nothing much to do with the video essays \u2014 and function a bit like the cartoon shorts that used to run in theaters before movies many decades ago \u2014 I decided to set up a separate channel just for these shorts.<\/p>\n<p>The whimsical conceit of the name and concept is that I\u2019ve set up a factory to crank out silliness that is occasionally funny but always ridiculous and unnecessary. That\u2019s why the logo shows film spooling onto a reel as it comes out of an old-fashioned industrial complex.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->There are 13 of these little shorts as I launch the channel late Monday night. None of these are intended to be great art. They&#8217;re just whimsical fun thrown together from a combination of analog imagination and digital software. There&#8217;s obviously no budget for making them and no hopes of me making any money from them.<\/p>\n<p>They started just for my amusement, but I hope they can be for your amusement, too.<\/p>\n<p>So please take a look. If it&#8217;s your sort of thing, please watch them, subscribe to them and tell your friends about them. I would say it&#8217;s going to be a life-changing experience, but that would probably get me struck by lightning.<\/p>\n<p>Check out this latest bit of whimsical madness <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@DavidMcElroyIndustries\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">right here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I launched a YouTube channel a couple of months ago for video versions of my essays, I started inserting short parody ads into the episodes. My essays were serious, but the parodies were ridiculous and fun. At least to me. 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