Joke Grenade: Not Just Original Content, But More!

Someone asked me today, "What is Joke Grenade?"  In addition to being more than just  a website offering original comedic content and more than a web aggregator of humor, I realized that Joke Grenade is a unique friend.  And as my Papa used to say: "friends are unique like snowflakes.  But like snowflakes, if you pee on them--they will go away."

So, to all wondering: Joke Grenade is your friend... but do not pee on it.  Unless you are into that sort of thing.....then I am sure there is a freak or two here at Joke Grenade to satisfy your needs.
For that kind of thing... try Joke Grenade's Dating site: eFrolics.

From the Desk of Ichi the Intern

You know that awkward feeling you get when you do something for the first time and it doesn’t go as planned, but years later you find out that what you experienced wasn’t normal and hence the reason why it may have felt awkward in the first place?  Kind of like the time that I first went up a girl’s shirt and thought I had broken her tittie because she had an inverted nipple \ :  No one had told me nipples could be inverted (way to go dad….good parenting there), and for years I thought I had broken her boobie )  :  Lucky for me, I was able to get over it.  I am still a little weary of inverted nipples though.  Not the kind of thing that I want to get into. 

Anyways, I ask this question, because it had been a while since I felt this way.  That is of course until I joined Joke Grenade.  I started as an intern some time ago.  I thought it was a great opportunity coming to the Nation’s Capital for a job and a free place to stay.  As it turns out these assholes only wanted someone to do their laundry and pick up their kids from day care while they sit at home, drink beer and come up with “Comedy” for their website.  Being from a small town in Nebraska, I thought that all internships were like this.  It felt a little weird, and not right, but after a while I got used to sleeping in the garage. 

Despite the shitty hours, and having to occasionally serve as the Joke Grenade human basket ball hoop.  I am having a really good time at Joke Grenade.  There is always something to do and I have met some very interesting people, especially from the folks that have come in for their testimonials on the E-Frolics Dating Website.

Though I miss home, I love my time at Joke Grenade.  We have a lot of fun coming up with a lot of creative Jokes, Videos and more.  If only Jeff could stop coming into my bedroom when he gets “bored.”

Ichiro Fuchikama

Joke Grenade Meeting Notes 2/25

Overview:
Just had a very productive meeting where we discussed a system for FTP'ing video for the Joke Grenade video section.  Fred Castleton will upload videos to the site when he finishes editing them.  Jeff will code them to the site from there.  Wham, Bam, Thanks, Dude!


eFrolics is going to launch in the social media phase 3 on or around May 21.  In the meantime, there will be a "coming soon" graphic on its home page.  The goal here is still to have about 100 (50 men, 50 women) profiles at the onset.  Stan and Fran advice column and a sex quiz remain the main draws so far.  Still open to new ideas here though.

Joke Grenade stamps and bugs are going to put on all of the video and artwork for branding purposes.  This fits into the branding launch (phase 1) on March 18.  Fred will get a viral video list from Jeff and Tito to begin branding video for this phase.   Jeff has already begun branding on the Best Sellers Gallery and will move on to My Child Needs Therapy, Jokeflix, the gallery about the Milky Way Makeover and the soon-to-be-created explosive joke grenades gallery.   The "Awful Tee Shirt" Gallery already has some branding that has taken place. All of this can be seen on the gallery page.

Pop Culture page has been mapped out and Tito and Jeff decided on leaving the Home Page at Five Headlines so as to not bog down potential visitors.  Instead of having old material cascade down the page, content will be replaced each time to fit into the five spots.

The Flagship Gallery

I am very fond of all of the galleries on jokegrenade.com as well as the unpublished ones under construction.  However, there is one art gallery in particular that trumps them all.  It is exclusive to Joke Grenade and has no equal in terms of originality.  My Child Needs Therapy: A Collection of Drawings That Never Made the Refrigerator is an offbeat collection of humorous drawings by fictional second graders who may or may not need immediate psychiatric help.

Parents usually love to show off their child's artistic endeavors, but the only person who will be seeing these drawings is the child's psychiatrist.  In these outrageous sketches, the kids share shocking misconceptions, divulge embarrassing family secrets and perpetuate stereotypes.  Along the way, their addled teacher adds running commentary in the margins, the reader gets a glimpse of some parent/teacher correspondence and some of the incidents are so over-the-top that they wind up in the local newspaper.

Updates to My Child Needs Therapy will be added over time as the collection will grow and grow in its new home on jokegrenade.com.  In addition to this gem, there is The Milky Way Ad Campaign about a once timid galaxy made-over into an edgy, self-confident player in the Universe.  Last but certainly not least, Joke Grenade sports a fake movie poster gallery called jokeflix, a gallery of bogus best-selling books and a T-shirt gallery loaded with inappropriate tees.

Along with the art, Joke Grenade has funny videos, ridiculous news headlines and stories plus a fake sex and dating site called e-frolics.  It truly is one-stop shopping for your daily laughter needs.  

Seacrest Out,

Jeff the Graphic Designer

For the Geeks...

E-frolics, the sex and dating page at jokegrenade.com finally has been styled.  There has been no paint on the walls or carpet on the floor for about a week now.  But now, Joke Grenade has a total of five different style sheets for two distinct looks site-wide.

As a newcomer to web design, it was a pain in the tail to get the second CSS to talk to the first one.  Eventually it came together though.  So the Joke Grenade home page as well as the gallery, video, news, pop culture and miscellaneous pages boast that deep gray camouflage look while the sex and dating page is a clean, white parody of Match or e-Harmony.

There are a million different directions to take e-frolics in terms of writing.  The possibilities seem endless.  I'm excited about it.  Hopefully something great will materialize.  Again, for all of your comedy needs: video parodies, fake news, zany pop culture commentaries and all the satirical graphic design you can handle... Joke Grenade is the place.  It is your baby.  It is your daddy.  But it's not your baby daddy.  You don't know him.

Peace,
Jeff the Web Designer