Ask A Ninja is an award-winning^[1] series of comedy videos about the image of ninjas in popular culture available in podcast and vodcast form, as well as in mov and wmv file formats. The first episode was released in November 2005, but production and editing of that initial episode is not as proficient as the episodes from number 2 (January 2006) onwards. The ninja himself is played by Douglas Sarine, one of the co-creators. In historical scholarship, a primary source is a document, or other source of information that was created at or near the time being studied, by an authoritative source, usually one with direct personal knowledge of the events being described. ... In library and information science, historiography and some other areas of scholarship, a secondary source is a document or recording that relates or discusses information originally presented elsewhere. ... A comedy is a dramatic performance of a light and amusing character, usually with a happy conclusion to its plot. ... Shinobi or Ninja (忍者, literally, One who is concealed) were agents of espionage and assassination, trained in the Japanese art of ninjutsu (roughly the art of stealth). ... A podcast is a digital media file, or a series of such files, that is distributed over the Internet using syndication feeds for playback on portable media players and personal computers. ... Vodcast (a portmanteau of video podcast or video on demand-cast), VODcast or video podcast is an emerging term used for the online delivery of video on demand video clip content via Atom or RSS enclosures. ... MOV may refer to MOV (x86 instruction) Metal oxide varistor (an electronic component) .mov (QuickTimes file format) The Mid-Ohio Valley Motor Operated Valve Measurable Organizational Value This page concerning a three-letter acronym or abbreviation is a disambiguation page—a list of articles associated with the same title. ... Windows Media Video (WMV) is a generic name for the set of streaming video technologies developed by Microsoft. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Overview

The series, created by Los Angeles improvisational comedians Kent Nichols and Douglas Sarine, features a ninja who answers e-mails from "viewers" (a similar format to Ask Zorbak and Strong Bad Email, which was an influence on Ask A Ninja's creators according to Kent Nichols).^[2] According to an interview,^[3] Ask A Ninja was originally supposed to be an animated show about two Ninjas living in Orange County. Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... Improvisational comedy (also called improv) is comedy that is performed with a little to no predetermination of subject matter and structure. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Homestar Runner is a Flash animated Internet cartoon. ... Cities in Orange County Orange County is a county in Southern California, United States. ...

Although episodes 1 to 16 are answered by Ninja in front of a featureless blue background, the action sometimes goes to other places, such as inside a car or another house. One notable episode was shot in the Mythbusters warehouse with Jamie and Adam. Episodes after the "Ninja Omnibus" episode use the Ninja edited onto a red circle gradient background, and episodes after the "BBQ" episode changed to blue. In some episodes, the chair Ninja is sitting on can also be seen. MythBusters is an American popular science television program on the Discovery Channel starring special effects experts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, who use basic elements of the scientific method to test the validity of various rumors and urban legends in popular culture. ...

Ninja is known for his emphatic declarations, as well as his expansive, spontaneous, and often extremely exaggerated hand gestures (helpful in communicating his comedic intent, as one can only see his eyes). Ninja is also fond of using linguistic blends in his speech, particularly those involving the word "ninja" ("ninjelephant," "ninternships," "chickinjas," "caninjas," "minjas," etc.). Video editing is often used for emphasis, such as showing him doing the same throwing motion three times. It is also used to emphasize his mysterious ninja powers, which include the ability to adopt impenetrable disguises, and to make himself microscopically small (Ninjascopic). Recently the Ninja has begun to answer questions in a way that the asker did not intend. For example in "Ninja Dates" the question was asked, "What kind of dates do Ninjas go on?" The Ninja responded "You ask this as if ninjas stop on some dates. There is not a date on the calendar on which we do not go." The episodes feature constant and erratic camera-angle changes. In Special Delivery 10: "Pop!Tech" the Ninja makes reference to this erratic editing, explaining that during the course of filming each episode he has 14 or 15 ninjas trying to kill him while he's filming, so he has to edit all the ninjas out of it so that the episode does not consist solely of thrilling fight sequences. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Portmanteau. ...

Each episode usually ranges from four to seven minutes, usually ending with Ninja's signature remark to each questioner: "I look forward to killing you soon!" (or some variation thereof, usually relating to the episode e.g. 'I look forward to playing through you soon!'). New episodes are usually released bi-weekly. Starting with Episode 23, "Ninternships", the behind-the-scenes-team decided to have sponsors for their episodes.

The episodes start with the song"I Am Ninja", by German band The Neu Tickles. The Neu Tickles are a space-rock superband[1] from Heilbronn Germany[2] who are most widely known internationally for their song I M Ninja, used from November 2005 as a theme tune by the popular Ask a Ninja podcast. ...

Ask A Ninja is popular enough that Douglas Sarine was once asked to report as a guest film critic on National Public Radio's show, All Things Considered. His review of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest is classified as a special delivery episode. In a 5-10 minute piece Ask A Ninja interviewed Blades of Glory stars Will Ferrell and Jon Heder for which he asked a series of movie related questions. At the end of the interview he ice skates circles around Olympic gold medalist Scott Hamilton. Film criticism is the analysis and evaluation of films. ... NPR redirects here. ... All Things Considered (ATC) is a news radio program in the United States, broadcast on the National Public Radio network. ... Blades of Glory is a movie coming out March 30th of 2007 starring Will Ferrell and Jon Heder about two rival Olympic ice skaters who, in 2002, were stripped of their gold medals and permenantly banned from Mens single competition. ... John William Will Ferrell (born July 16, 1967[1]) is an Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated American comedian, actor and writer who first established himself as a cast member of Saturday Night Live, and has since gone on to a successful film career. ... Jonathan Joseph Heder (born October 26, 1977)[1] is an American actor and filmmaker. ... Scott Scovell Hamilton (born August 28, 1958 in Toledo, Ohio) is an American figure skater and Olympic gold medalist known for his originality and engaging on-ice personalities. ...

At the end of older episodes, the Ninja advertised the Ninja-Mart Store, where viewers may buy "Ask A Ninja"-related merchandise. More recent episodes have ended with Ninja advertising Ask A Ninja's first DVD release in the style of HeadOn commercials. and for the simpsons game as well as doritos. Head On TV commercial screenshot HeadOn is a topical product intended for headache relief, produced by Miralus Healthcare, which claims it is a homeopathic remedy. ...

Ask a Ninja also started hosting their videos with CastFire's video hosting service ^[4], likely to add to their monetization strategy.

Recently, Nichols and Sarine appeared as commentators on VH1's Best Week Ever. The Ninja, however, does not appear with them. VH1 (VH-1: Video Hits One until 1994) is an American cable television channel that was created in January 1985 by Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment, at the time a division of Warner Communications and owners of MTV. VH1 and sister channel MTV are currently part of the MTV Networks division... Best Week Ever logo. ...

The Ninja appears alongside Margaret Cho in Liam Kyle Sullivan's "Let Me Borrow That Top" music video. his voice isnt added sad to say Margaret Cho (born December 5, 1968) is an American comedian, fashion designer and actress. ... Not to be confused with Kyle Sullivan or Liam Sullivan. ...

The Ninja has also appeared as a judge on Yahoo's talent-show contest. Yahoo! - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...

On the 11 April 2007 episode of The Showbiz Show, the Ninja, in a pre-recorded segment, provided a short review of the first episode of the final season of The Sopranos. April 2007 is the fourth month of the year. ... The Showbiz Show is a weekly television program on Comedy Central that stars David Spade. ... This article is about the television series. ...

• The Ninja guest-starred in the Mythbusters episode titled Ninja Myths, which aired on April 25th, 2007. ^[5]

Jessica Lee Rose appeared with Ninja in an episode called "Jessica Lee Rose" MythBusters is an American popular science television program on the Discovery Channel starring special effects experts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, who use basic elements of the scientific method to test the validity of various rumors and urban legends in popular culture. ... Jessica Lee Rose (born April 26, 1987)[1] is an American-born actress from New Zealand who rose to popularity after playing the role of lonelygirl15, a fictional teenage homeschooled character named Bree who appeared in many vlogs on the popular website YouTube. ...

his ninja grand father has also in a episode.

the web show won a youtube "webby"

On one episode the ninja had a relationship.As such spawned the series Ninja's son,a youtube series

Other releases

• A DVD of Ask A Ninja was released on December 5, 2006 (the Day of the Ninja). In addition to 30 episodes of Ask A Ninja, it includes commentaries, Easter eggs and bonus shorts.^[6]
• Kent Nichols and Douglas Sarine announced that an Ask A Ninja book (tentatively titled Ninja Handbook: A Guide for Non-Ninjas to Become more Ninja-like) is currently underway and will be released sometime next year. ^[7]

DVD (also known as Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) is a popular optical disc storage media format. ... Day of the Ninja logo. ... The first easter egg. ... Ask A Ninja opening title screenshot Ask A Ninja is an award-winning[1] series of comedy videos about the image of ninjas in popular culture available in podcast and vodcast form, as well as in mov and wmv file formats. ... Douglas Sarine is the ninja from Ask A Ninja. ...

Episodes

Further information: List of Ask a Ninja episodes

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Special Deliveries

The Ninja has also released special episodes that are known as "special deliveries." Special deliveries are usually unrelated to the rest of the episodes, as they do not answer questions asked by real people (an exception of that is the first special delivery, "What is Podcasting?" and "Pop!Tech"). The topic of these episodes may vary. Sometimes they are special "interviews" (e.g. "Doogtoons Asks a Ninja"), and other times it advertises a cause (e.g. "Net Neutrality"). Podcasting is the method of distributing multimedia files, such as audio or video programs, over the Internet using syndication feeds, for playback on mobile devices and personal computers. ... Doogtoons is an award-winning production studio headed and founded by Doug Doog Bresler. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Network neutrality. ...

See also

• Real Ultimate Power
• YouTube celebrities

Real Ultimate Power main page The Official Ninja Web page: Real Ultimate Power! is a humor website created by Robert Hamburger (as a fictional, 13-year-old character also named Robert Hamburger) about ninjas, whom he constantly describes with absolutes such as totally sweet. The site has become very popular... YouTube celebrities are those persons or groups who have grown to prominence and become Internet phenomena on the basis of their appearance in YouTube videos. ...

References

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External links

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• Podcast interview with Kent Nichols and Ben Stiller (Feb. 22, 2006 - 11min.48sec. 5.47MB) (Businessweek.com)
• Interview with Kent Nichols about the origins and success of Ask A Ninja on Bikini News Podcast