16-year-old directs G4 TV episode 'Schoolyard Vice'

More on the theme of kids taking over the Internet:  16-year-old Jordan Parrot wrote and directed an episode of real-live television. Parrot is an actor on the kid sketch show called "Say What?," which just signed a deal with the national cable network G4. Parrot's episode is a "Miami Vice" spoof called "Schoolyard Vice" (trailer below), wherein a detective duo busts an illicit (or rather, against-school-rules) candy ring. 

The trailer, which is infused with the requisite kiddie silliness you might see on a real playground, is pretty funny. And when you consider that a person this young was behind the shot selection and pacing (there's a great behind-the-scenes clip), it's all the more impressive. Parrot has been climbing through the ranks at Be, a kind of talent agency incubator and production studio aimed exclusively at kids. 

I'm liking this kids-take-over-the-world thing. Imagine if war were suddenly conducted only with squirt guns and water balloons; bikes and skateboards replaced cars and motorcycles; and video games became government-subsidized. In fact, I see no reason not to hand over the reins to the tween set right now.  It may be our last good chance.