New life for Clone High, fake life for VTubers
Elizabeth explains the strange resurrection of an early-2000s cartoon, and then introduces Karen to the ever-uncannier world of manufactured entertainers. She totally wrecked her YouTube history for this, so enjoy!
Here are links to the things we mentioned:
- Clone High on YouTube’s Retro Rerun (it’s a cartoon, but not for little kids)
- JFK compilation
- Nothing bad ever happens to the Kennedys
- Episode 9: Raisin the Stakes: A Rock Opera in 3 Acts
- Vincent Van Gogh TikToks
- Definitions: Bitmoji and Memoji
- VTuber, or Virtual YouTuber
- Hatsune Miku
- Kizuna AI
- Barbie has a vlog
- Shout-out to Podcast Brunch Club
- Remember Max Headroom
- Seraphine from League of Legends
- Seraphine’s marketing campaign
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