HitRECord on TV with Joseph Gordon-Levitt (2014)
A new take on the variety show where host Joseph Gordon-Levitt directs countless artists from his global online community — hitRECord — to create short films, live performances, music, animation, conversation, and of course, more! Each episode focuses on a different theme as Joe invites and encourages anybody with an internet connection to join him and contribute. Are you RECording?
Seasons & Episode
Joe co-stars with Mindy Kaling in a comedy short about black magic. A bullied kid crosses over to the dark side in a cartoon music video called “Wolf Blood.” Blind people describe what they see and animators animate it.
Joe and Anne Hathaway play douchey super heroes in a comedy short about their sidekicks. People with older siblings talk about being the second child. Pairs of musicians play a sweet song about couple-hood.
Joe sings and dances alongside Todrick Hall in a 50’s-style musical number about high school mob mentality. People talk about the pros and cons of going to college. Marching bands, choirs, and rappers do a song about the first day of school. And more!
Joe plays drums while his late brother, and co-founder of hitRECord, Burning Dan, spins fire. A little dragon can't breathe fire in a hand sewn cartoon fairytale. And a music video called “Ready Aim Fire” features 2,000 hand-painted frames of animation.
An octopus mom makes the ultimate sacrifice in a claymation cartoon. Moms from all over the world talk about what it takes to be a good mother. Joe sings an R&B jam about being attracted not to boobies or booties, but rather to large vocabularies and other mothering skills. Rappers take on the age-old "yo mama" joke.
Joe co-stars with Ben Schwartz in three comedy shorts inspired by people's anonymously posted personal secrets. People talk about the difference between who they are in private versus who they pretend to be online. A young squirrel keeps her new human boyfriend a secret from her conservative squirrel family.
A musical cartoon reminds us how we always romanticize the future when the present is actually pretty amazing. Joe asks people how they feel about various future technologies like the self-driving car or neural implants. A final song celebrates the only thing we really know about the future.
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