Flicking, belatedly, through the current issue of Wired, I stumbled across The Human Giant’s guide to The Next Web-to-TV Stars.

The idea of the piece is simple: comedy web-to-TV cross-over stars, Human Giant predict the comedy web-to-TV stars of the future.

It’s an interesting enough list, although the implied premise - that these are shows that TV execs should be looking at next - doesn’t entirely stand up when the chosen five include Michael Showalter, Hardly Working plus shows on Super Deluxe and ComedyCentral.com. It’s a fair assumption that the execs have probably already spotted those - as have most Wired readers who spend any time watching web video. (If a web TV show falls in the woods and Michael Cera isn’t guest starring, does it make a sound?)

But what it also underlines is how concentrated online video comedy is: visit Super Deluxe, College Humor, Comedy Central, Funny or Die and The Onion and you’ve covered most of the bases. And God knows, you better find American humor funny because if British humour is more your bag, you’re basically fucked. BBC iPlayer et al don’t count - they’re not web TV, they’re just TV - and 18 Doughty Street went bust - so what else is there? Seriously; answers on a saucy postcard.

Sure, there are millions of subjectively funny one-off videos online: mash-ups of Family Guy scenes with the Matrix trailer, or dramatic chipmunk prairie dog clips, but where are the consistently funny - and yet unsigned by big media - comedy shows? Shows with actual writers, writing actual original material.

What can compete with last night’s Daily Show or the latest Showalter showalter when I want to lean back and laugh as I eat lunch at my desk? What glaring gems am I missing?

Email me - blog@alljustwords.com - and I’ll do a round-up of the best suggestions in the next few days. Feel free to suggest your own show too. As I said to someone earlier, if we can’t indulge ourselves, how on earth can we expect others to do the same?