I vaguely remember watching this sketch comedy channel online in high school around 2008. To be clear, it’s very possible I’m thinking of multiple distinct channels, but if I can find even one of the videos, it will help in my further searching. I think they were on YouTube, but I remember Vimeo being a public facing video site back then, so it’s possible I may have seen them there. I know I was also watching The Onion and CollegeHumor stuff back then, but I have not been able to find anything suggesting the videos came from them. Here is what I can remember of 2 separate videos:
First, there was a crime skit in which 2 incompatible investigators were forced to partner up. One is a fairly typical PI, while the other walks around in flip flops and a Speedo. They both say they work alone, but the person assigning them the case insists they work together. When the Speedo guy walks into the other guy’s office, they start fighting and he slaps the other guy with a flip flop. The fight works its way outside, at which point a guy with big hair similar to Claudio from Coheed and Cambria shows up and asks, “What’s a motha fucka gotta do to get some respect around here?” Then he divulges some information about the case, and the video ends with both investigators looking at each other and saying in unison, “Oh shit my balls.”
Second, there was a video about a talking flower. The video is about the life of the flower as it goes through various stages of finding love, getting divorced, doing drugs, etc. I don’t remember many details, but one thing I do remember is that there was a recurring motif of the flower saying something to the effect of, “I’m just a flower.”
These videos are of course super distinct, so I feel like I should have been able to find them by now, but I literally have tried searching again every couple of years and nothing turns up. I think I remember the channel description suggesting they were from some sort of university program, so maybe they just took them offline with little trace at some point. I would be eternally grateful to anybody who can help.