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That Stephen Colbert is quite the trendsetter: first he had fans create their own Star Wars videos featuring himself, and later the hyper-literate indie band The Decemberists had their fans also create a music video for one of their songs, which culminated in the great guitar shred-off on The Colbert Report.

Now, Modest Mouse, another indie band --actually, I'm just going to call it a "rock band" and drop this whole "indie" thing if you don't mind-- has teamed up with MTVU and is asking aspiring video music directors to create their own video for the song "We've Got Everything" off the band's recent album We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank (which, despite being a huge Modest Mouse fan, I have yet to purchase).

Hey, Brigitte here with TV Squad Daily. I'll be covering the TV stories I find interesting each day, Monday through Friday, in this video blog.

Today on TV Squad Daily:

• Elijah Wood is still talking about his scuffle with Jared Leto at the MTVU Woodie Awards.
  
• The Food Networks says that the "McDonald's I'm lovin' it" screen during Iron Chef was a technical error, not subliminal advertising.
  
• This is only the beginning: Twentieth Century Fox has subpoenaed YouTube, forcing them to identify the user who uploaded several unreleased episodes of 24 to the website.
  

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YouTube has proven to be a very popular video site (well, most people like it anyway) and now it's helped one aspiring filmmaker to secure a deal with MTVU, MTV's channel created specifically for colleges and universities. David Lehre created a funny short film called "My Space: The Movie" which spoofed the MySpace community. When Lehre and his pals were denied roles in a local play, they did what any creative person would do and decide to make movies themselves. His short is currently the most downloaded clip on YouTube.

[via Lost Remote]

mtvU, a network designed for colleges and universities by MTV, is gearing up for another season of Stand In, a show in which famous people lecture at specific colleges and universities. The line up this fall includes Kayne West, Shimon Peres, Melissa Etheridge, and everyone's favorite, Martha Stewart, who, according to an AP report, won't be discussing criminal justice, but rather landscaping. That is, once an agricultural school can be found. Students have no idea who the lecturer will be until that day.