Waxy.org is the sandbox of For lack of a better name, let's call them supercuts. (Thanks, Ryan.)
Here are some examples I could find, but I'm sure there must be more. Post 'em in the comments and I'll add them. Bonus points for supercuts with the most clips, the shortest clips, and in additional genres (sports? politics?).
Film
Glengarry Glen Ross - Obscenity Count
Ship, Computer, and Sauce in the first six Star Trek films
Shia LaBeouf in "No No No No"
Requiem for a Dream, montage of every drug montage (meta!)
Big Lebowski, every "fuck"
Casino, every "fuck"
Big Lebowski, Every "dude"
True Romance, every kill from the finale
True Romance, every "fuck"
Rushmore, handjob references (thx, Matt)
Scarface, every "fuck" (thx, oscar)
The Departed, every "fuck" (thx, oscar)
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, every "fuck" (thx, MeatFarley)
All the pauses and silence in His Girl Friday from 1940 (thx, progosk)
The Incredibles, buttons, doors, and explosions (thx, Joshua)
Fargo, every "yeah" (thx, Doobybrain)
Charles Bronson Death Wish Bodycount (thx, Dave)
Chris Hefner's Talking Picture (The Road to Ruin), removes all words from a 1938 film (thx, Jamie)
Boondock Saints, every "fuck" (thx, Brandon)
Midnight Run, every "fuck" (thx, Lakawak)
Miscellaneous films, cops turning in their badge and gun (thx, Darrin)
Every "McFly" from the Back to the Future trilogy
Cell phone cliches in horror films
TV
Every "What?" from the LOST series
Legend of Zelda TV show, Excuse Me, Princess!
Knight Rider - Turbo Boosts
CSI: Miami, Caruso's One-Liners
The Simpsons, every couch intro
The Sopranos, Every single whacking
Ojamajo Doremi, every transformation
Star Trek: The Next Generation, Last 10 seconds of every episode of season 1
Every Dragonball Z transformation
Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers, every finishing move from Season 1
Deadwood, every curse in Episode 1, 2, and 3 (thx, Brian W)
LOST, Sawyer says "Son of a Bitch" (thx, Jordan)
Rozen Maiden, every "Desu" (527 times! More context, thx Jason)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, every mention of "Buffy" from Season 1 (Chuck Jones)
Battlestar Galactica, every "frak" from season 1 (thx, Nowak)
Big Brother's Julie Chen, every "but first" (thx, Cardhouse)
House M.D., every "lupus" reference (thx, engtech)
LOST, Sawyer's nicknames in the first three seasons (thx, oscar)
Rachael Ray, "Mmm!"
MTV's Newport Harbor, 82 "like"s in one episode (thx, Jamie)
Red Dwarf, every "smeg" reference in all 52 episodes (thx, arto)
LOST, Desmond saying "Brother" (thx, cypher)
The Wire, Clay Davis' "Sheeeeeit" (thx, dunk3d)
24, Jack Bauer says "damn it" (thx, jonathan)
The Simpsons - Homer's D'ohs, excerpt from an official episode (thx, Scott)
Scrubs - Every Girls Name to J.D. from Dr. Cox (thx, oscar)
Naruto - Every Rasengan from the filler story arcs (thx, Binkley)
The Hills, without the dialogue (thx, Rex)
Bea Arthur says "Whoa!" on the Golden Girls (thx, BWE)
The Office - "That's What She Said" (thx, Jason)
"I'm not here to make friends" from every reality TV show (thx, Rich)
Dr. Who - "What are you doing here?" (thx, Duncan)
The Sopranos, every profanity
The Royle Family, every "My Arse!" (thx, Dunk)
Stargate SG-1's Teal'c says "Indeed" (thx, Torley)
Kramer's Entrances from Seinfeld (thx, Buzzfeed)
Games
Half-Life series, every G-Man sighting (and part 2)
Every Famicon (NES) Game Title Screen
Miscellaneous Sources
Various films, Wilhelm Screams
Various films, The Slow Clap
Various films, NOOO!
Steve Jobs says "Boom!" in Mac keynotes (thx, Jeff)
Clip from Christian Marclay's "Telephones" from 1995 (thx, progosk)
iPhone "Hello" ad, heavily inspired by "Telephones" (thx, progosk)
Phil Collins' "In the Air Tonight," every "Oh Lord" (thx, oscar)
2008 State of the Union, without any speech
Bill Gates says "Uh..." in Rocketboom interview
Audio
Only the inhaling from an hour of NPR's All Things Considered (Chuck Jones)
Loveline, every question asked by the hosts (Chuck Jones)
Loveline, every name mentioned in alphabetical order (Chuck Jones)
Loveline, every "Yes" and "No" (Chuck Jones)
Loveline, every number (Chuck Jones)
Loveline, interjections (Chuck Jones)
Loveline, dead air (Chuck Jones)
NWA's Straight Outta Compton, obscenities only (thx, oscar)
Honorable Mention
A commenter points to the work of Chicago artist Chuck Jones, who's created a number of excellent audio and video supercuts he calls Isolation Studies. I've listed them all above.
The "Most Obsessive" award goes to artists Jennifer & Kevin McCoy for their work Every Shot, Every Episode from 2001, a 277 DVD set compiling 10,000 clips from Starsky & Hutch, arranged by categories like "Every Dead Body," "Every Mirror," "Every Gunshot," and "Every Affirmative Response." Other work of theirs includes I Number the Stars, a shot-by-shot index of the first 20 Star Trek episodes in 120 categories, How I Learned, a 10,000 shot inventory of the show Kung Fu in over 100 categories, and Every Anvil, cataloging the violence in 100 Looney Tunes cartoons. Mind-blowing. (Thx, Buzzfeed!)
12:22 PM
There are several people who have made trimmed-down videos of Deadwood episodes that consist of nothing but the obscenities. For example: Deadwood-Every Curse-S1E1.
12:29 PM
Here's another one from Lost of Sawyer saying "Son of a bitch!" over and over again. I get a big kick out of videos like this.
12:39 PM
Chuck Jones has his isolation studies, one of which is 'Every utterance of the word "Buffy" made during the first season of "Buffy The Vampire Slayer," totaling nearly one minute.' http://www.babygorilla.com/warehouse/art/Video/buffy.mov There's also things from Loveline, and all the inhaling from an hour of NPR for your perusal at http://www.babygorilla.com/warehouse/art/isolation/isolations.html
12:39 PM
Great, obsessive collection of obsessive collections!
12:53 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7KcpgQKo2I
Every "frak" in season one of BSG.
12:57 PM
Chenbot: "But first."
1:06 PM
Does our montage of classic slow claps from movies count?
1:14 PM
YuppiePunk: Yes! It's already in the list under "Various Sources."
1:33 PM
http://youtube.com/watch?v=FkVYHUMCCwc
Suiseiseki from anime series Rozen Maiden says 'Desu' a lot.
1:44 PM
http://youtube.com/watch?v=FPxY8lpYAUM
Every time Link says "Excuse me, Princess!" in the short-lived Legend of Zelda cartoon.
1:47 PM
Shit, missed that you already had it -- was looking under games. Carry on!
2:53 PM
House MD has a DVD extra of the "It's not Lupus" quote they do almost every episode. Not fan made, but very entertaining.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=1YUvo7YxqwM
2:56 PM
There's also f-bomb edits of Scarface and The Departed
There's also a Sawyer nickname montage.
And while not video, the Obscenity-only version of Straight Outta Compton is a hoot.
3:29 PM
Goddamn brilliant. I could watch these all day long. It's like abstract art, except I'd be scared to meet the artists that have the time and energy to make these...
5:13 PM
If I could just get a list of movies with slow claps in them, I could reduce the number of potentially watchable films by that number.
Obscenity-Only NWA is also surprisingly listenable.
5:24 PM
http://youtube.com/watch?v=r8L39UwOS-Y
Steve Jobs and Boom!
7:07 PM
You must not have read that "What?" montage description. The guy's not a super fan at all, and it's not every single "What?" I think this is more a case of someone actually not liking Lost very much and creating something to make fun of it...
7:14 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jSMTcx69-Q
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back f*cking short version.
11:40 PM
love this. gonna be watching the flying car supercut (KITT!) all weekend. does that make me obsessive?!?
12:13 AM
Mike: Good point. Ultimately, I don't think intent really matters much... The video creator could intend it as criticism (e.g. pointing out cliches or mannerisms in political candidates) or artistic merit (like the Chuck Jones work). But you're right, in the LOST case, he's clearly not a fanboy.
12:22 AM
not exactly in line, since it eschews strict repetition, but c. marclay's "telephones" is an early (1995) precursor in this vein (subsequently familiarised by the iphone ripoff).
perhaps my favourite supercut proper (albeit with an opposite tack) is valentin spirik's, in which the howard hawks classic is distilled to its pauses/silences: "his girl friday - between the lines edit" (via dvblog).
1:38 AM
Andy, this one is also, like, The Real Orange County, you know, like.
8:43 AM
I've added everyone's contributions to the entry. Some of these are incredible... I've loved watching every one.
11:00 AM
two more supercuts honouring tv shows' interstitials are j. morales and j.m. boling's christian coalitian piece "the church of the future" (which admittedly profits heavily from the added track from "omen"), and eric fensler's "external coffee tone".
12:43 PM
There were some great ones from Arrested Development (chicken dance, "hey brother", "I've made a huge mistake", the Tobias laugh) on youtube, but they seem to have been taken down, unfortunately.
2:27 PM
For all you Red Dwarf fans:
Fan-Smegging-Tastic
3:25 PM
I remembered one more - a montage of suggestive-sounding "mmmms" from Rachael Ray's show.
This is another version. Not sure which one came first.
5:23 PM
Don't forget the two supercuts made by Pixar and included on the Incredibles DVD as easter eggs. One shows every door and button in the film, the other every explosion.
6:37 PM
Kinda related, from Metafilter: Hitchcock's "Birds", sans bird (part 2, part 3).
9:19 PM
A friend of mine made a "remix" of In The Air Tonight years ago. It was every "oh lord" and he did it the old-fashioned way: cassette recording off the radio. I never got to hear it, but it struck me as such a funny idea.
You inspired me to recreate it as a tribute, so here it is.
2:29 AM
There's also a supercut of Desmond saying "Brother": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq_SURMi1Mo (Make sure you watch until the end)
2:45 AM
here's one more of all the "Yeahs" in Fargo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TF3z-j8o39I
If you've seen the film, you'll know that the word "Yeah" is used quite a lot in the movie.
5:27 AM
Senator Clay Davis saying "Sheeeeeeeeeit" on The Wire.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30YW3wgRvyI
12:22 PM
I'm surprised this one hasn't popped up here yet: 24's Damn Its
1:24 PM
Norwegian Artist Candice Breitz has been at this for ages.
Here's the description from Hoxton UberGallery the White Cube:
Candice Breitz
Candice Breitz: From A to B and Beyond
If there’s a rule of thumb for looking at Candice Breitz’s work, it’s the rule itself. Every one of her video installations can be reduced to a very simple formula. Take the Four Duets series, for example: select four music videos of sentimental love songs from the last half-century. Collect and string together the moments in which each of the four performers sings either “I, me, my” or “you.” Display the “I Loop” opposite and in dialogue with the “You Loop” from each song. Discard all remaining footage. Or Diorama, 2002: start with the cliffhanger episodes of each of the fourteen seasons of the soap opera Dallas. Edit out a string of repetitive sound bites for each of the main characters. Discard all remaining footage. Display in a living room furnished out of local charity shops. Or Soliloquy Trilogy, 2000: take blockbuster movies starring three Hollywood icons and, in each case, reduce the entire film to the star’s speaking parts only. Discard all remaining footage. Project in small cinema. Or Becoming, 2003: begin with seven romantic comedies. Edit each down to the female star’s key scene. Discard all remaining footage. Act out the selected scene yourself, as best you can.
6:36 PM
I wish someone would do a montage of "This is the last time you'll ever see these!!!" shirt-liftings from Arrested Development.
12:52 AM
Michael: Candice Breitz's work sounds interesting. It's too bad there aren't any videos of her supercuts-ish stuff online. Her other videos are great.
5:42 AM
I think one the first guy to ever make movies like this was an French artist, François Yordamian, who edited The Young and the Restless in 1999 : on one movie, all the actors were taking their heads into thei hands, on antoher they turned around, on another they sighed... Impossible to find on youtube or whatever, but there's a paper about it
6:31 AM
A bit late to the game, but my favorite of these is the Deathwish Bodycount montage, complete with added sound effects and a ticker:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6651916009965516351
11:39 AM
100 Movies, 100 quotes, 100 Numbers
http://youtube.com/watch?v=FExqG6LdWHU&feature=related
12:58 PM
Andy,
indeed Candice Breitz work is awesome and, like a lot of good video art, surprisingly well hidden. I saw Diorama as part of the Zabludowicz collection in the inaugural show at its new home. It was shown in two rooms with 1950s furniture, set as a living room and a bedroom, a television on every available surface, low lighting, and each screen showing a different Dallas character in a really short loop. Picture Bobby breathlessly saying "mother" while from another screen his mother curses "never". Being caught in the cross-fire of eight or so screens, alone, with the doors closed, was highly disturbing. Getting out of those rooms though, back into the light, was as elating as leaving behind a decade's mental illness.
I think that Becoming was shown at the Venice Biennale 2005. I didn't really get it then, but in retrospect, and with the context provided by blog comments like these above, and developments; like karaoke rick rolling (via fimoculous) Candice seems to have taken a pre-eminent position in many aspects of (DIY) video art.
Thanks for the supercuts.
11:48 AM
Here's one from the wickerman where Nick Cage punches women over and over again:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6i2WRreARo
2:36 PM
The most quotable movie of all time isn't mentioned. Of course, I'm referring to "Airplane!".
Only once in my life did I ever utter a statement ending in the word "altogether" and have someone else repeat it with me. Surely you remember that, Andy?
Daniel
2:40 PM
Dan: I do remember that. And don't call me Shirley.
2:58 PM
D'oh
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KV967I4Eohw
4:40 PM
Hi,
I made the audio pieces and also the Buffy thing. It's on youtube if you search for it. I no longer have the time to make these kinds of pieces, because I have 22 month old daughter, and two jobs.
I'm glad that I got mine in early, as I love work like this, but don't want to make any more. I got to see Jennifer & Kevin McCoy's "Every Shot Every Episode" when it was at the Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago. It was amazing and I can't imagine a couple making that kind of work together and remaining married. Are they still married?
The rest of my work is either at my site www.babygorilla.com or a chuckbabygorilla on youtube.
Thank you for the spike in bandwidth.
7:26 AM
My friend Chris Hefner, a video artist working in Chicago, released Talking Picture (The Road to Ruin) late last year. Removing all the spoken words from this 1934 moralistic, cautionary film makes it oddly affecting and personal.
11:29 AM
One I've long been looking for: Letterman did a recut of George W Bush's State of the Union speech (one of em, anyway) that contained nothing but the pauses. Granted, it was intended to look like W got up there and couldn't think of anything to say, but either way that's dang entertaining....
6:13 PM
My favorite is every instance of the work "Fuck" from Boondock Saints.
9:31 PM
Scrubs is another popular source for trope compilations, like all of Todd's high-fives or Dr. Cox's girl names for JD.
12:05 PM
From Naruto, every Rasengan during the filler arcs (just about every filler episode/plot ended with Rasengan):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKfChs1d5pc
12:15 AM
I just made one for a very under-appreciated movie (both for the whole movie, and the number of times they say "fuck") Midnight Run and posted it to Youtube here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLDwujC2NhQ
7:03 AM
A great collection of crying-scenes. Again, simple yet effective.
http://www.kurzfilmtage.de/nc/en/muvi-award/muvi-online/voting/mediabrowser/view/156.html
12:56 PM
Here's every "He's dead Jim" from Star Trek... http://www.glumbert.com/media/deadjim
3:20 PM
"Every glorious Tim Tebow mention from the November 24, 2007 Florida Gators - Florida State Seminoles college football television broadcast, edited together for your amusement."
http://www.catsandbeer.com/videos/tim-tebow-tim-tebow-tim-tebow-tim-tebow
2:09 AM
How can Pulp Fiction be missing? It's one of the very first:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdXdDN2AzIw
11:23 AM
I made another one...This time every time the name "Flash" was said in the 1980 mvie Flash Gordson...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mK_hhWk13bc
3:20 PM
Cleaned up the link for my Flash Gordon video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mK_hhWk13bc
11:04 AM
Gotta fix the URL for my Flash Gordon one above.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mK_hhWk13bc
6:19 PM
On the 1 year anniversary of NPR's SoundClips, they rebroadcast a montage of all the series' sounds in alphabetical order
7:46 PM
made this thing about kevin bacon.
maybe it applies:
http://ignivomous.org/guests/theendthebeginning/theendthebeginning.html
9:36 AM
I've been wanting to make one of these for ages, taking one popular phrase from loads of movies and merging it.
Is there any easier way to search for the clips, rather than my current method of searching wikiquote, then scanning through a film I find and trimming that certain clip? Where the hell is this "search videos for phrases" thing we were promised so many years ago?
8:33 AM
Can we get a montage of every time Chris Hanson reveals himself on Dateline NBC's "To Catch an Online Predator"? Or maybe the perps' reactions?
9:12 AM
Where does one go to request a supercut that may not be in existence yet? This seems like a good place to float ideas, but wouldn't it be cool to have a centralized location -- a web site completely dedicated to this, rather than a log entry -- to post and request supercuts? (Maybe one already exists?)
Anyway...
I'm thinking a montage of every time Angel kicked or smashed a door in on Angel would be funny.
@B Plus: A supercut of "I'm Chris Hanson..." would rock!
9:50 AM
I don't know if this exactly counts, but the collected wisdom of angel from my so called life: http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZUI7mo6tQpM
2:26 PM
I had no idea Silvio had whacked so many of his fellow Mafiosi. This site is the things dreams are made of. It's like being in the same room with everyone else remembering all the words to all the songs and sketches and shows. A perfect example of why baby boomers can't and won't let go. It's all too good. Thank you.
4:36 PM
Dunno if this fits, but it's definitely excessive cutting. George Bush singing Bloody Sunday: http://youtube.com/watch?v=PXnO_FxmHes
12:12 AM
This Arrested Development montage was recently reposted on YouTube.
The Bluths' "chicken" dances:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=KUyEIK55OFg
5:14 AM
How about every "absolutely" from the Rocky movies?
1:39 PM
Fun stuff! My husband and I love these! I especially enjoy the Bea Arthur one. However, you need to do one based on how many times Bea, as Dorothy, touches another character. This usually happens during shocking moments on the show. My college roomie and I used to count....it was a pretty high. :)
6:57 AM
All the "That's what she said"s from The Office:
http://boinkology.com/2008/05/16/thats-what-she-said-no-time-but-she-said-it/
4:44 AM
Mashed up -
Requiem for a Dream, montage of every drug montage
3:39 AM
Every "What are you doing here?" from Doctor Who:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtG5dK_HaGg
12:07 AM
Oh, you all forgot my FAVORITE.
I need your BADGE and your GUN.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dK0Hbf5rEY
11:45 AM
Not very well done, but my favorite- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rc7TN531I6M
"For Christ sake" in requieum for a dream
5:43 PM
Made one of my own. It's almost every "My Arse" from The Royle Family:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKMJDP-G4gU
6:49 PM
Wonderful. This post needs its own domain name. Or maybe its own internet.
2:57 AM
BBC presenter Chris Packham snuck a load of references to Smith song titles into Springwatch this year:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FT9hGAlt89o
8:23 AM
"Every breath you take" edition of Palin's resignation speech:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcUxlGJwjG0
probably not from a fanboy
10:36 AM
The name... "supercuts"... not just hairstyles... uber-compilations! I thank you each & all!
Dear Andy! Please add Stargate SG-1 Teal'c saying "INDEED":
» http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtPgr94VYA4
10:54 AM
And, Google's Marissa Mayer's beautiful laughs:
» http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcSujceZDmg
Eventually someone should make a supercut/ubercomp of Fringe's Walter Bishop's food cravings ( http://www.cliqueclack.com/tv/2009/04/06/the-peculiar-cravings-of-fringes-dr-walter-bishop/ ).
4:58 PM
I like every instance of the phrase "handjob" in Rushmore. Hilarious.
9:37 PM
Thx for adding SG-1, Andy! I'm making my way (in the world today) through these... SADLY these are dead:
* True Romance, every kill from the finale - This video has been removed due to terms of use violation.
* True Romance, every "fuck" - This video has been removed due to terms of use violation.
* Chris Hefner's Talking Picture (The Road to Ruin) - 404 but can be found @ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohbiQO405xY
* Ojamajo Doremi, every transformation - This video has been removed by the user.
* Every Dragonball Z transformation - This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by FUNimation Entertainment.
* Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers, every finishing move from Season 1 - This video has been removed due to terms of use violation.
* LOST, Sawyer's nicknames in the first three seasons (thx, oscar) - This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by NBC Universal.
* 24, Jack Bauer says "damn it" - This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by FOX.
* The Hills - This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Viacom.
* Various films, NOOO! - This video has been removed due to terms of use violation.
And mo' additions:
* http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=rmoisescot&view=videos has more Steve Jobs stuff, like "One more thing..." @ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHGj8AuEv3E and "The best stuff in the world..." @ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfWd6rgGPjg
* Hell's Kitchen with Gordon Ramsay going "It's raw!" (thx to my wife, who watches this show) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFlkqu9TMnk
* Tourettes Guy Swears (set to "Every Breath You Take") - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GR0sKRji6Q
* Harrison Ford's "My Wife! My Family!" (has been popping up on multiple sites lately) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-vjbuodBEU
:D
10:09 AM
Ubercomp o' Middleman sayings (I adored watching this show, sad it ended after 12 eps!):
» http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StG2a1vjC4w
8:55 AM
Here's one I put together on Neo's curiosity from The Matrix Reloaded:
http://homepage.mac.com/dejo/.Movies/a_little_confused.mov
10:13 AM
CAN SOMEONE MAKE ONE FOR EVERYTIME JACK SAYS 'KATE' ON LOST??
12:00 PM
Jay Leno product placement: http://www.thrfeed.com/2009/10/product-placement-in-jay-leno-show-video-.html
9:53 AM
Kristen Stewart Bites Her Lower Lip a Lot: http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1921868
8:44 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX2RKJIkwYw
Doctor Who - Fantastic!