MTV's 'Human Giant' straddles TV, online

MTV's "Human Giant" sketch show dropped a viral video onto FunnyOrDie today--it's a bit about Will Arnett being duped by a couple of scandal-hungry paparazzi (see image).

I personally hadn't seen much by Human Giant, so I went through several of the videos from their forthcoming second season, and a few from their first.

Not only are more than a few of the sketches actually funny, but you get the sense they were written with both TV and the Web in mind.

We all know you don't have to bleep on the Web--so these episodes can use any kind of language they want.  Couple the R-rated, sexualized, pop-heavy subject matter with the still-mildly-surprising sight of TV celebrities cursing a blue streak, and you've already got a good head of viral steam going.  They even prove their web bonafides with a sketch about a guy who gets semi-famous by ... er ... 'unmanning' himself on the Internet (fainthearted,  beware).

Who knows if the Web version will drive viewers to the TV show or vice versa or both--but at least it feels like something new.