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Harlem & Culture

Harlem Reacts to the Harlem Shake

5:24 · Uploaded 2013

The worldwide meme meets the people of Harlem. The reaction film that started the conversation.

Comedy Shorts

Somewhere in New Jersey | Showtime Grand Prize–Winning Short Film

2:08 · 2014 film · uploaded 2025

Showtime’s Shameless Film Fest · Grand prize winner

Winner of Showtime’s Shameless Film Fest.

Meet the scammer family from New Jersey in this award-winning comedy short.

Parody & Satire

How to Respond to Catcalling | NYC Woman Fights Back

1:50 · Uploaded 2014

NYC Woman Fights Back. A street-harassment parody that turns the encounter on its head.

Parody & Satire

SNITCH: Get Paid to Snitch on Your Neighbors | Parody Commercial

3:10 · Uploaded 2021

Get paid to report your neighbors. A satirical commercial about turning nosiness into a business.

Harlem & Culture

The Real Harlem Shake | Original Harlem Shake Dance

2:35 · Uploaded 2013

The original Harlem Shake, performed in the streets of Harlem by the Original Harlem Shakers.

Comedy Shorts

Viva La Super Bowl Party! | Super Bowl XLVIII Comedy

4:00 · Uploaded 2014

Football fans gear up for Super Sunday in this throwback comedy skit.

Parody & Satire

I'm in Love with the CoCoa | O.T. Genasis CoCo Parody

4:08 · Uploaded 2014

A hot-chocolate twist on the CoCo music video.

Street Interviews & Pranks

Ice Bucket Challenge Prank on Strangers | Schlepp Films

3:06 · Uploaded 2014

A street prank inspired by the ice bucket challenge.

Harlem & Culture

The Story of the Real Harlem Shake | Harlem's Dance Legacy

3:27 · Uploaded 2013

A closer look at the dance and the community behind it.

Harlem & Culture

PTHSD: Post-Traumatic Harlem Shake Disorder

1:31 · Uploaded 2013

A satirical response to the Harlem Shake meme that took over the internet.

Documentary

Long Covid: The Quiet Epidemic | The Sound of Silence

3:37 · Uploaded 2021

Long Covid: The Quiet Epidemic is a 2021 awareness piece about people living with the aftermath of COVID-19 and the feeling of being unheard.

Parody & Satire

Package Thief Caught During Quarantine | Ring Camera Parody

0:46 · Uploaded 2020

A porch pirate encounters the rules of lockdown in this quarantine comedy sketch. Schlepp Films takes on the familiar Ring-camera package-theft video, with a 2020 twist.

Comedy Shorts

The Easter Bunny Comes to Lockdown Town | Easter Comedy

1:06 · Uploaded 2020

The Easter Bunny has a job to do, even in lockdown. This Easter comedy follows an essential worker with eggs to deliver and a very unusual set of working conditions.

Parody & Satire

Trump: Bad & Boujee | Migos Parody

2:09 · Uploaded 2017

Donald Trump gets the Bad and Boujee treatment in this Migos music-video parody. Jacob Berger plays Trump in a sketch released on the eve of the 2017 inauguration.

Comedy Shorts

Santa Mike Brings Christmas Gifts to NYC | A Short Film

2:43 · Uploaded 2016

Santa Mike walks through New York City handing out blessing bags to people experiencing homelessness. A short Christmas film about making time for people who are too often passed by.

Street Interviews & Pranks

NYC Reacts to Donald Trump | Part 2: Street Interviews (2016)

3:11 · Uploaded 2016

More New Yorkers react to a life-sized Donald Trump cardboard cutout in this second collection of street interviews. Filmed in Central Park and Union Square ahead of the 2016 New York primary.

Street Interviews & Pranks

NYC Reacts to Donald Trump | Part 1: Street Interviews (2016)

3:49 · Uploaded 2016

A Donald Trump cardboard cutout gets New Yorkers talking. We took it to Central Park and Union Square to hear what people thought ahead of the 2016 New York primary.

Frat Life Forever · Early pitch archive

Frat Life Forever: Meet The Bulldog | UMD Reality TV Pitch

0:49 · Uploaded 2014

Meet The Bulldog, one of the University of Maryland fraternity alumni in Frat Life Forever. This character introduction comes from our reality-TV pitch about the effort to save their old frat house.

Frat Life Forever · Early pitch archive

Frat Life Forever: Meet The Falcon | UMD Reality TV Pitch

0:48 · Uploaded 2014

Meet The Falcon, one of the University of Maryland fraternity alumni in Frat Life Forever. This character introduction comes from our reality-TV pitch about the effort to save their old frat house.

Frat Life Forever · Early pitch archive

Frat Life Forever: Meet The Hammer | UMD Reality TV Pitch

0:47 · Uploaded 2014

Meet The Hammer, one of the University of Maryland fraternity alumni in Frat Life Forever. This character introduction comes from our reality-TV pitch about the effort to save their old frat house.

Frat Life Forever · Early pitch archive

Frat Life Forever: Meet The Big Jew | UMD Reality TV Pitch

0:43 · Uploaded 2014

Meet The Big Jew, one of the University of Maryland fraternity alumni in Frat Life Forever. This character introduction comes from our reality-TV pitch about the effort to save their old frat house.

Frat Life Forever · Early pitch archive

Frat Life Forever | Save Our Frat House: UMD Reality TV Pitch

4:10 · Uploaded 2014

The early competition-format pitch: University of Maryland fraternity alumni return to save their old house. The series later evolved with True Entertainment into a reality/docu-comedy about older fraternity brothers living together again. This video documents the original concept.

How Frat Life developed →

Street Interviews & Pranks

Porn Star Doppelganger Prank | Part 4: What About Your Wife?

0:29 · Uploaded 2014

The friends have one more question: what about your wife? Part 4 of the Porn Star Doppelganger Prank follows their concern after a man claims his lookalike is evidence of a new career.

Street Interviews & Pranks

Porn Star Doppelganger Prank | Part 3: You Got Me!

1:01 · Uploaded 2014

The explanation finally lands. Part 3 of the Porn Star Doppelganger Prank collects the friends' responses when they realize how the lookalike trick worked.

Street Interviews & Pranks

Porn Star Doppelganger Prank | Part 2: The Questions

3:04 · Uploaded 2014

The story raises a few questions. Part 2 of the Porn Star Doppelganger Prank features extended conversations with friends trying to make sense of a very unexpected career announcement.

Street Interviews & Pranks

Porn Star Doppelganger Prank | Part 1: The Prank

3:22 · Uploaded 2014

A man finds a porn-star lookalike and convinces his friends that he's changed careers. The Porn Star Doppelganger Prank follows their reactions to the announcement.

Street Interviews & Pranks

Marriage Equality | Street Voices on Love and Equal Rights (2013)

3:44 · Uploaded 2013

People share their views on marriage equality in this 2013 Schlepp Films street-interview piece. A look at love, equal rights and the lives behind the public debate.

Music & Performance

The Ballad of March Madness | NCAA Basketball Fan Tribute

1:33 · Uploaded 2013

The Ballad of March Madness is a musical tribute to college basketball fans, from the hope of a fresh bracket to the agony of watching it fall apart. Ted Limpert leads this Schlepp Films short.

Harlem & Culture

Harlem Shake v420 | Stoner Edition

0:30 · Uploaded 2013

Harlem Shake v420 is Schlepp Films' stoner-themed take on the 2013 Harlem Shake meme, filmed in Asbury Park, New Jersey. A short entry from the original internet craze.

Parody & Satire

That Dancing Kid | Doritos Crash the Super Bowl Entry

That Dancing Kid is a Schlepp Films entry in the Doritos Crash the Super Bowl commercial competition.

Parody & Satire

Don't Vote for Mitt Romney | Part 3: War on Women (DIRECTV Parody)

0:50 · Uploaded 2012

A political choice sets off an absurd chain of consequences in this DIRECTV-style parody commercial. Part 3 of Don't Vote for Mitt Romney takes on the 2012 campaign's War on Women debate.

Parody & Satire

Don't Vote for Mitt Romney | Part 1: DIRECTV Parody

0:45 · Uploaded 2012

Don't Vote for Mitt Romney borrows the escalating logic of DIRECTV's Don't commercials for a 2012 political satire. One man's vote for financial deregulation sends him down a very unfortunate path.

Parody & Satire

Doritos Crash the Super Bowl Entry | Jersey Shore GTL Parody

0:28 · Uploaded 2012

Gym, tan, laundry takes a Doritos detour. This Jersey Shore parody turns a laundromat into the setting for a Schlepp Films Crash the Super Bowl contest entry.

Comedy Shorts

Comic Book Man | Superhero Comedy Short

5:12 · Uploaded 2012

A comic-book fan discovers he has superpowers. Whether he uses them for anyone else's benefit is another question. Comic Book Man is a short comedy from the Schlepp Films archive.

Parody & Satire

Why We Need Congressional Term Limits | Political Satire

1:00 · Uploaded 2012

A congressman starts a new term with the same old habits. Why We Need Congressional Term Limits is a short political satire from the Schlepp Films archive.

Comedy Shorts

Just Cause | Young Republicans Comedy Short

2:59 · Uploaded 2009

Just Cause puts young Republicans at the center of an early Schlepp Films comedy short. From the channel's archive, uploaded in 2009.

Comedy Shorts

The Plaza | Apartment Comedy Short

3:00 · Uploaded 2009

A new tenant meets the unusual residents of the Plaza apartment complex. The Plaza is an early Schlepp Films comedy short about getting acquainted with the neighbors.

Comedy Shorts

CanMan | Rival Can Collectors Comedy Short

3:35 · Uploaded 2007

Two rival can collectors cross paths on a sunny day at the beach.

Music & Performance

Gaslamp James: Buttnaked Party (Girls Like Sex) | Street Performance

2:53 · Uploaded 2007

Gaslamp James performs Buttnaked Party, also known as Girls Like Sex, in San Diego's Gaslamp District. A street-performance recording from the early Schlepp Films archive.

Comedy Shorts

C.U.L.T. | Comedy Short

2:59 · Uploaded 2007

A man discovers that some families stick together a little too closely. C.U.L.T. is an early comedy short from the Schlepp Films archive.

Comedy Shorts

Driving Bobby Mad | New York Traffic Comedy

3:00 · Uploaded 2007

New York traffic gets in the way of a man trying to impress his new employer. Driving Bobby Mad is an early Schlepp Films comedy about pressure building behind the wheel.

Comedy Shorts

STRUNK | A Stoner and a Drunk: Comedy Short

6:00 · Uploaded 2006

A stoner and a drunk compete for the woman of their dreams. STRUNK is an early Schlepp Films comedy short about a rivalry with very little clear thinking.