Obama Girl 'I've Got a Crush on Obama' - #38 - The 100 Most Iconic Internet Videos
Yet another example of the varied and often bizarre Obama-related creativity spawned by the internet. Barely Political recruited a model named Amber Lee Ettinger to lip sync a song fantasizing about the then Presidential candidate, and it took off like viral wildfire -- largely because it gave political cable news hosts an excuse to show a big-breasted twenty-something in a bikini. As the initial ...
will.i.am, 'Yes We Can' - #35 - The 100 Most Iconic Internet Videos
Shortly following Hillary Clinton's comeback in the 2008 New Hampshire Democratic Primary, will.i.am put together a star-studded video that turned a Barack Obama speech into a music video that quickly became a widespread inspirational and cultural phenomenon. Capturing the zeitgeist of the growing Obamamania, the video racked up 4 million views within a week, and cemented Obama's status as the ...
JibJab 'This Land' - #31 - The 100 Most Iconic Internet Videos
Released during the 2004 presidential campaign, this video produced by JibJab set a high standard for online cartoon political parody. Set to the tune of an classic American folk song, the video features large-headed animated versions of both buffoonish candidates singing about their unique qualifications for the job. In skewering both sides equally, JibJab ensured that the video could break out ...
Late Riser -- World's Worst Beatboxer, Beautiful World of Tilt-Shift Videos, 1,000,000 Strong Against Obama Moving Christmas
Is this man the worst beat-boxer on the planet? Yes. [via Gorillamask] 6 Adorable Cat Behaviors With Shockingly Evil Explanations. #7 -- Intentionally Doing Funny Sh*t to End Up on YouTube [Cracked] A Romance Flowchart -- When Is It Inappropriate to Use Your iPhone? [Gizmodo via The Daily What] Whether a photo or video, anything tilt-shift is awesome. The Beautiful World of ...
Late Riser -- Sharks With Human Teeth, 1.5 Million Toothpicks = 1 Replica Stagecoach, Tiger Woods No Longer God
These sharks have real-people teeth, will still eat you alive. [Reddit] This video shows a car being hit full-on by a wrecking ball in New York City. There are whispers it's an attempt at viral marketing by Dodge. [BoingBoing] From messiah to pariah -- website named "First Church of Tiger Woods" disbands, now called "The Damnation of Tiger Woods." Alrighty then. [Tiger Woods is God] ...
Late Riser -- Your Guide to Found Photo Sites, Punctuation Before & After the Internet, Secret Service Used Facebook
Mental_Floss has an excellent guide to the best 'found photo' sites on the web. This sign comes from Oddly Specific. [Mental_Floss] Deal of a lifetime, or sign of the times? Buy a mobile home, get a free can of pork & beans. [Dlisted] Punctuation?! On the internet? It will never happen. How to Use Punctuation -- Before and After the Internet. [Cracked] Bacon covered ...
Late Riser -- Robot Dancing, Cat Opens a Door, Periodic Tables of Awesomeness
The arrival of synchronized robot dancing is one of those annual benchmarks that really tells you the holiday season has arrived. [The Presurfer] Your lip-synching internet child star of the day. The kid's got country twang-face nailed. [SheChive] These 52 stunning examples of long exposure photography will ensure you get little to nothing done this afternoon. [Creative Fan] The cats ...
Late Riser -- White House Party Crashers Go Photobombing, Ice Skating Chimp, Stair-Sledding Tumble
It seems the White House Party Crashers have really been making the rounds lately. Thank you, Photoshop. [Asylum] Daily Animal Cuteness -- Ice Skating Chimp, set to the intro from Rocky. [Fandome] The internet loves a good tumble. This girl trying to go storage-bin sledding down a flight of stairs takes the day. [COED] The nation's high schools are apparently running out of mascots. ...
Late Riser -- Improv Everywhere Loses Rob, Drunk Wedding Fail from Heineken, Mop Cat
The latest from Improv Everywhere in which Rob gets lost & found at a Knicks game. [Improv Everywhere] It turns out the drunk girl doing some Elaine Benes-style dancing at a wedding WAS indeed corporate viral marketing by Heineken. Guess we can close the book on that one. [Asylum] The many lies Twitter told in 2009. Bacon will not give you swine-flu, thank god. [Pop-ology] ...
Late Riser -- John Madden's Turducken Recipe, Police Sketch Fail Succeeds, Fighting Turkeys & More
...and this is us trying to get to the long weekend. [imgur] John Madden's Thanksgiving Turducken Recipe will gross you out and make you hungry simultaneously. [Sports Pickle] Turkeys can sure be entertaining, when you're not eating them -- 21 Funny Thanksgiving Fighting Turkey Photos [Visual Insights] Police sketch fail succeeds, helps track down killer. [HuffPo] Twitter ...
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