Adorable: Laughing Baby
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXXm696UbKY
Nine-month-old Ethan falls over laughing – apparently ripping magazines is hilarious – and just can’t stop, igniting a laughing fit in his dad, too. It’s infectiously cute and earned Ethan a spot in an insurance commercial, allowing millions of people beyond YouTube to chuckle along with this adorable munchkin.
Comedy: Potter Puppet Pals in “The Mysterious Ticking Noise”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tx1XIm6q4r4
Neil Cicierega is the talented puppeteer who offers a twisted take on the world of Harry Potter. On a fraction of the budget of the Hogwarts movies, he’s created his own series of Potter puppet parodies, of which “The Mysterious Ticking Noise” is a blockbuster in its own right. Cicierega’s talents go beyond the Potter videos as he can be seen in a number of funny short films and sketches. However, it’s the videos where he’s the hidden hands and voices of the Potter pals that have cemented his reputation as a comedic talent to watch.
Commentary: LonelyGirl15 is Dead!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2Tgv2VJEEs
The WhatheBuckShow, an entertainment vlog with several original episodes posted each week, manically covers hot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0LtUX_6IXY
Swiss artist Guillaume Reymond of the NOTsoNOISY creative agency is the mastermind behind this innovative video, which uses humans to re-enact a game of Tetris. The stop-motion clip is the fourth video installation of the GAME OVER Project, and took 4.5 hours to shoot using 88 extras and 880 pictures. It was performed and shot at the “Les Urbaines” festival in
Eyewitness:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU8DDYz68kM
Exquisite footage of nature in action, “
Inspirational: Blind Painter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8P84bfFpVWE
This video by the Texas Country Reporter chronicles the life and times of blind painter John Bramblitt, who started to gain international exposure in 2007, with notices by media in the
Instructional: How to solve a Rubik’s Cube (Part One)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsQIoPyfQzM
Even though he wasn’t born when it was invented, Dan Brown is a master of the Rubik’s Cube. He figured out the algorithm to solve the puzzle and has shared it with the YouTube community in nearly a dozen videos on the subject. (His winning video has 3.6 million views.) Not only can the
Music: Chocolate Rain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwTZ2xpQwpA
TayZonday took the summer of 2007 by storm with his stunning baritone, perplexing lyrics and quirky gestures, single-handedly establishing the move-away-from-the-mic meme that was replicated in hundreds of video responses by everyone from Gruff the Crime Dog to Tre Cool of Green Day. The 25-year-old
Politics: Stop the Clash of Civilizations
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWyJJQbFago
In the wake of strife in
Series: The Guild
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grCTXGW3sxQ
The Guild is an independent Web series about a group of online gamers staring Buffy the Vampire Slayer‘s Felicia Day. Written for gamers about gamers by a gamer, the show follows Guild members’ lives online and offline in episodes that usually range between three and five minutes in length. The series has nearly 30,000 subscribers through YouTube, and it’s already won a SXSW/On Networks Greenlight Award this year.
Short Film: My Name is Lisa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiRHyzjb5SI
Sports: Balloon Bowl
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN_r9joWNXQ
When the makers of this video had the idea to fill a skate bowl with balloons and try to ride through them, they never though it would work. But, as this video demonstrates, it not only worked, it became an Internet sensation. The project consumed over three hours and nearly 8,000 balloons… plus all the sound effects are real. The clip was filmed on location at the “department of skateboarding” in