This article discusses the function of television and television paraphernalia in the comic videos of modern internet artists in the Russian segment of the online video platform YouTube. It argues that the culture of digital laughter, often deriving from television, represents the next iteration of a satirical resistance to ‘high’ culture, which recurs time and again in throughout history. The analysis is based on popular video blogs, music videos, video parodies and TV series made specifically for YouTube in the late 2010s and early 2020s.
