Digging in the Cache is a series where we go back in time to look at fun tidbits of Internet and computer history. While Ask a Ninja is still producing episodes, it did start way back in November of 2005 by Kent Nichols and Douglas Sarine, a couple of LA-based improvisational comedians. Ask a Ninja started as a video show where the Ninja answers questions from “viewers”. The show is very campy, yet often hilarious and has a pretty loyal following. It goes to show just how little planning (sometimes) needs to go into Internet video (and there isn’t any “secret sauce” to being successful online other than creating content that people want). Ask a Ninja has had a regular video podcast, almost stopped producing content entirely in 2009, and is back to now producing daily videos.
Ask a Ninja has had several other media appearances including this one on MythBusters: