I realize I’m only a blog post or two away from you PopWatchers forming a union and demanding wages for all the brainstorming work you’ve done on our upcoming "Entertainers of the Year" issue, but I’ve got one more subject I’d like you to dish: My colleague Annie Barrett and I are working on a story on the year’s 10 best viral videos, and we’re struggling to narrow down our list. That legendary performance of "Thriller" by the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center in the Philippines (below) seems like a shoo-in, but what else deserves to make the cut? The drumming gorilla? The dancing cockatoo? That toddler landlord swearing at Will Ferrell? There are so many clips to choose from, that, to paraphrase Velma Kelly in Chicago, we simply cannot do it alone. So give us your picks in the comments section below, and thanks in advance for your sage advice!
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Pearl! Definitely Pearl, the hilarious landlord toddler.
As someone who really needs a strong motivation to watch viral videos, I would say the ones even I had to see must have been pretty huge. So, Prisoners doing “Thriller,” Dancing Cockatoo, Baby Landlord, Drumming Gorilla, yes. Also, Andy Samberg’s “I Ran” and Homestar Runner’s “Teen Girl Squad” which is incredibly popular around here.
1. Pearl
2. Alanis Morrisette singing “My Humps”
3. Basically anything from FunnyorDie.com
I loved all the ones mentioned so far. There is also Dramatic Chipmunk. My favorite though was probably the “PG” trailer for 300: http://youtube.com/watch?v=DxvABFWLacw “BRUSH YOUR TEETH!!”
That 7-second clip of the cute furry animal with the Dant-dant-dannnnnnnnnnnnnnnhhhhhh music.
Over/under on someone using this forum to promote their own obscure lame video: 10 more comments. I’m betting under.
chocolate rain
“Chocolate Rain”.
/thread.
“One Semester of Spanish” Spanish Love Song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngRq82c8Baw
You got to give it up for Obama Girl…
1. Werewolf Barmitzvah
2. Chocolate Rain
3. Crank that Solja Boy mash-ups
4. The cranky landlady
5. The KidRock/Tommy fight
6. Miss South Carolina speech
Pearl for sure. The Thriller video. And Chocolate Rain is a must. And the dramatic ground hog is a definite.
Definitely SNL/Samberg’s “I Ran.” That was hilarious and I can’t believe it didn’t make the “funniest SNL music skits” gallery that EW put together.
Uh, hello? Have you forgotten about me already?
Totally have to go with Pearl, the dramatic Praire Dog, Alanis singing My Humps, and Chocolate rain!
My favorite has to be “Chocolate Rain”. It even inspired a couple od pieces in the LA Times and Undercoverblackman.com
The Dancing Cockatoo has to be on there. My entire office collectively lost about an hour of productivity over that one.
Did that French condom commercial come out in the last year, or is it older: http://youtube.com/watch?v=xWkZ_StRjU0
The Landlord and Chocolate Rain have to be on that list.
My entire office is also obsessed with Jan Terri, her videos are so awesomely bad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZ94vnmvPrw
1) Miss South Carolina
Thriller
2) The Landlady (Pearl)
3) Dramatic Prairie Dog
4) Times Square Breakdancers hit toddler
5) TImes Square Breakdancers Videogame Remix
6) Iran So Far
7) Paris Hilton on Letterman
9) Britney at VMAS + assorted Remixes
10) Larry Craig “If You Were Gay”
I’ve always been a fan of the zombie kid (short and sweet):
And behind the Star Wars Trumpet solo, this is my favorite music act of the year:
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/40979
The Landlord has to be on there.
Chocolate Rain has to be on there.
I think the Dexter viral ad thing was utterly brilliant though I don’t know if it qualifies. But that was genius.
Miss South Carolina.
The 80s pageant where the girl played the trumpet to Star Wars. This was far worse than Miss South Carolina.
Clark and Michael!!!
Pearl as The Landlord; or any of the imortal stuff on Funnyordie.com.
Chocolate Rain and Dramatic Chipmunk both had a life of their own, so they have to make the list.
I don’t know if this counts but there was a great video of Jeff Immelt with the 30 Rock crew. They mostly made fun of Pitsfield(GE Plastics) and the whole GE way.
I know my office of GE employees LOVED it.
Dramatic Prairie Dog and all it’s remixes
1. Chocolate Rain
2. Peanut Butter Jelly Music video remix (All of the Family Guy Characters start beating up on each other)
3. Peanut Butter Jelly-Original (this one has been removed from YouTube)
4. Beyonce’s fall
5. Miss South Carolina
6. Gummi Bear Dance
7. Steven Lynch-Craig Christ
Dramatic chipmunk and Chocolate Rain were hilarious.
This one is easily the funniest:
Who knew Dumbledore was such a good dancer?
1. Alanis Morrisette, “My Humps”
2. Kelly, “Text Message Breakup”
3. “How Your Cat Wakes You Up in the morning” (http://youtube.com/watch?v=1qiGyxPplAw)
Not huge, but damn funny.