X Ways To Y
| Format: Sketch Comedy |
| Created By: Graham Stark and Paul Saunders |
| Status: Retired |
| Updates: Mondays (Sporadic) |
| Host: Loadingreadyrun.com, Revver.com, Blip.tv, Youtube.com, Escapistmagazine.com |
| Original Run: November 21, 2003 - December 15, 2014 |
| Associated Shows: LoadingReadyRun |
X Ways to Y is perhaps the most rigid of video categories. Typically, a problem is established as the title of the video, and a series of comical options are attempted by the crew, while a simple piano piece, "Fappe un Petit Battement", loops in the background. These videos are usually done without any speaking parts. Often, the Sam Raimi is employed as a possible solution. There are exceptions to most of these rules, though.
X Ways to Y videos are mentioned multiple times in commodoreHUSTLE as "the easy way out", a video that can be written and shot when the crew has little time or will for a more taxing video.
The format of LRLabs shares many traits with X Ways To Y.
X Ways to Y videos used to be known as 14 Ways to Y, but eventually they took away the specific number so they didn't have to cut out sequences, or add unnecessary filler.
The X Ways to Y series ceased in 2014 along with the rest of the shorts, although the crew haven't discounted the idea of a one-off in the future.
List of X Ways To Y Videos (Chronologically)
- Ways to Eat Fries (AKA: 14 Ways to Eat Fries)
- Ways to Drink Coke (AKA: 14 Ways to Drink Coke)
- Ways to Make Someone Leave a Room (AKA: 14 Ways to Make Someone Leave a Room)
- Ways to End a Movie
- Ways to Ruin a First Date
- Ways to Save the Day
- Ways to Relieve a Hangover
- Ways to Get Rid of Your Christmas Tree
- Ways to Get Yourself Killed in a Horror Movie
- Ways to Get in Shape
- Ways to Abuse Shaolin
- Ways to Hide a Body
- Ways to Keep Cool
- Ways to Ruin a Job Interview
- Ways to Keep Warm
- Ways to Get a Ticket
- Ways to Survive the Recession
- Ways to Stay Awake
- Ways to X2Y
- Ways to Fall Asleep
- Ways to Wake Someone Up
- Ways to Use a Vuvuzela
- Ways to Avoid Christmas
- Ways to Close the Deal
- Ways to Clean Your House
- Ways to Whiten Your Teeth
- Ways to Ring in the New Year
- Ways to Do Your Taxes
- Ways to Spend Your Summer
- Ways to Prepare for PAX
- Ways to Spend Valentines
- Ways to Make Money
- Ways to Slack Off (AKA: Ways to Screw Around While Graham and Paul Are Gone)
- Ways to Blow the Kickstarter Money
- Ways to Get Video Ideas
- Ways to Avoid Surveillance
- The Xth Way to Y
- Ways to #adulting
- Ways to Spend Time in Isolation
