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Ze End of The Show

theodp writes "Before YouTube caught on, there was Ze Frank. Slate mourns the loss of The Show, which came to an end last week after a 365-day run. Sorry, Sports Racers. 'The result was a new kind of improvised conversation/performance art. Ze beamed himself out to a worldwide audience and gathered them into a universe of his own devising. A wiki sprung up, with fans completing a transcript of every episode. Ze also gave out missions, such as creating the ugliest MySpace page and building an "Earth sandwich," which consisted of placing pieces of bread on exact opposite points of the globe. It was this "live" element that made the project not-televison, not-boring, and ultimately fleeting.'"

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  1. Re:Ugliest myspace by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    "This guy was the winner, Soybuddha."

    Oh... My ... $deity. My eyes.

    I think I ought to sit down calmly, and take a stress pill.

  2. Re:Sure... by MrSplog · · Score: 3, Funny

    ahh, the mandatory thinly veiled "i liked it before it was famous." post.