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Happy (Almost) Thanksgiving! Here are People Eating Weird Things on Viral Video Film School

viral video film schoolAt Urlesque HQ we're (admittedly) huge fans of Professor* Brett Erlich's Viral Video Film School brought to you by Current TV. I mean, how could we not adore Brett's hilarious take on various YouTube trends? From fake doctors to the worst demo reels, the more people helping us delve into the goldmine that is YouTube, the better.

This week's VVFS is naturally Thanksgiving-based, but you won't find many cranberries because Brett's taking on YouTube's crazy eaters and we hope you're not among them, dear readers.


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Meet Oscar, the Bald, Death-Defying, Breakdancing Bird

So maybe she's bald because she suffers from a disease that causes her to pluck out her feathers.

And, sure, she wasn't supposed to live past six months ...twelve years ago.

But Oscar, the naked lady cockatoo, is not merely a "medical mystery," she's also a damn good breakdancer. Show 'em how it's done, girl:


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The Best Keyboard Drummers

Who needs drums when you've got a keyboard? Not these guys. The only skin they're beating is on their fingers.
  • Look Mom. No feet!


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50 Ways To Blow $50k While Traveling Around The World (Video)

Kids, a house, and a full-time job are all great things, but if Katrina Whitehead had any of those things, she probably wouldn't have had the time or the pocket change to do all of this.


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Trapped In A Teddy Bear (Videos)

It's one thing to feel like you're an animal trapped in person's body. It's another to be feel like you're an animal trapped in a human's body trapped inside of an fur suit. There are so many layers of species identity disorder going on in this video, it's hard to tell if this guy even wants to be a furry. We wish you the best, tommyracoon.


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Shakespaws, You Had Us at 'Shakespaws'

Once upon a time, the smartest, savviest, funniest, most super-brilliant geniuses in the world (named Seamus Mulcahy, an actor and dog-sitter in New York City) got together with some other people and was like, "Hey guys? You know what we should do? We should film Shakespeare plays, but instead of having human adults play the characters, we should replace those people who can talk with dogs. You guys know dogs? The ones who don't talk and sometimes eat their own poop? Yeah, those are the ones. This is going to be THE BEST."

Boy, was he right. Shakespaws, a film "for dogs, by dogs" (UR WELCOME):


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The Top 8 'Twilight' Fan Videos, Chosen By Letters To Twilight

Letters To Twilight, and sister blog Letters To Rob, are top destinations for all things related to 'Twilight' humor. Because the site's love (and hilariousness) for the series cannot be contained within the confines of their blog, we asked one of the ladies behind LTT, UnintendedChoice, to share a few of her favorite moments from 'Twilight' fan culture this year.

I was under the impression that everyone knew everything about the Twilight saga like me and my co-blogger do. I mean, it's the hottest thing right now and stars Rob Pattinson... helllo he's People's Sexiest Man Alive -- or he is according to the Twihard who photoshopped him as such! But Monday night, as I stood amidst screaming Twihards at the New Moon premiere (security guards were handing out New Moon snap bracelets) and Twimoms with their toddlers on their shoulders (falling asleep because they had camped out for 3 days. Yes, with the toddlers), I heard someone say, "Is that the guy who turns into a fox in the movie?" [No. Taylor Lautner, aka too young to be that hot, so thank God he's "Legal in Georgia," turns into a werewolf] It was then that I realized I may just live in a Twilight bubble. And not everyone knows the drama that goes down between fan sites like arguing over who has the rights to watermark an image of Robert Pattinson that was stolen from a photo agency's website.

So to express our excitement of New Moon's release today (Oh wait, let me explain -- that's the follow-up movie to the uber successful, but artistically questionable, Twilight movie that came out a year ago), we present: The top 8 Twilight fan moments and fan creations of the past year.

Full Length Twilight Trailer Reaction

After the first Twilight trailer was released, the vlogger known as "Nutty Madam" took to the interwebs to share her reaction with her fans. And you thought fanboys freaking out over Star Wars was intense.... The insanity starts around minute 1.


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