We’re extremely proud to present “Crazy Dolphins vs. the Mad Cows,” by Ian Stewart, an animated exposé about how mad cow disease is now killing dolphins. Via karate.
We have no idea how they came up with this stuff, but we could listen to these kids spin their yarns all day long.
“Crazy Dolphins” comes to you through our new partnership with Rooftop Films. (The first film, “South Central Farmers,” debuted Wednesday.) Read more about Rooftop Films here. And check out its summer festival schedule here.
Robert Greenwald has our enduring admiration for his low-budget, high-impact documentaries on some of the nation’s most-obsessed-over subjects, including Wal-Mart (“Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Prices”) and Fox News (“Outfoxed”). While his movies enjoy theatrical releases, they really take off as timely DVD phenomena; his use of the medium is like that of a modern day pamphleteer. And his successes in the past have been huge; his 2003 “Uncovered: The War on Iraq,” which exposed the deceptions that went into selling the invasion of Iraq to the public, sold well over 100,000 copies.
His latest, “Iraq for Sale,” exposes the great extent to which corporations are profiteering — with government help — from the war. Brave New Films is sponsoring local house screenings of the film, which you can learn more about here. You can also purchase the film for $12.95 here. Greenwald and Brave New Films has kindly offered us this exclusive bonus clip that features Salon’s own Mark Benjamin, who appears in the film.
Video Dog will be on hiatus until Oct. 9, as we take a long-planned break. In the meantime, watch these 10 great pet videos over and over and over again. They’ll make you a much better person.
A wacky cat compilation, complete with laugh-track:
This puppy’s tired, and he will not perform for your amusement!
Sleeping Kitty:
The feline version of Ri Rove You:
Novel uses for a cat:
You may not notice what makes this dog different at first, but he’s pretty special:
The inimitable Lee Kern, director of “The Nyuggle,” returns with a charming home movie about his dog’s mission to discover the long-buried contents hidden in a typical British backyard.
Kern will attend a very special show featuring many of his works Friday night at Rooftop Films’ “Twinklebum” show in Williamsburg.
Jonny Kaye catches up with a fleeing robber with his one-chip camera, and captures a brief glimpse into the mind of a not terribly successful, but hungry, man of the street.
Our non-withdrawal from Afghanistan 
“We don’t need someone to think” 
How rough it’s gotten for Mitt 
The Grammys’ most memorable moments 
A passport to utopia 
“The Fault in Our Stars” and “There Is No Dog”: Not kids’ stuff 
Ricky Gervais: My conscience never takes a day off 
Lessons of a very sexy pirate costume 
America’s failed promise of equal opportunity 
Is gay literature over? 
