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The Best of YouTube: Crustaceans, Kittens and The Office
I've been sitting on a bunch of my favorite YouTube clips for a while now, waiting to think up a good "Best of" category in which to present them, but they're just way too unique, random and out there to be labeled. So rather than deprive you of their glory any longer, here's a tour of recent discoveries.
1) We begin with the oft-circulated, but still hilarious Gil the Crab in "I Pinch," which feels more like an Adult Swim cartoon than the Honda Element ad it really is. The dialogue is so silly — Element likes surfing, Gil wants to pinch Element, just a leetle pinch — that it works just as brilliantly when
2) illustrated by images of Bush and Cheney, or
3) done in Legos.
4) There are versions with other animals that aren't nearly as funny (though DJ Underground the mole is mildly amusing). And then there's the latest installment, in which Gil finds Element talking to a lobster and gets very jealous. I can't believe I'm talking this much about an ad.
5) While we're on the topic of crustaceans, this video of a shrimp on a treadmill got circulated a lot two weeks ago. I hope that doesn't make his meat too tough.
6) And here he is running even faster, set to a synthesized rendition of "Flight of the Bumblebees."
7) It appears that dry-land invertebrates also enjoy their workouts. Or at least the slugs from the upcoming Dreamworks/Aardman movie Flushed Away do, as evidenced by their "Gonna Make You Sweat" video.
8) Those slugs and shrimp are definitely more coordinated than Nobody's Watching's Derrick and Will, who try to do a two-man version of OK Go's treadmill video.
9) Speaking of funny video parodies, check out this pharmaceutical take on Justin Timberlake's "SexyBack": "Paxilback" by World's Fair. Put a little serotonin in it!
10) Because I'm 50 percent white and nerdy myself, I'll take this opportunity to recommend Weird Al's "White and Nerdy," (a parody of Chamillionaire's "Ridin' (Dirty)").
11) Breaking out of the top 10 format, 'cause I couldn't leave out this Office "phonisode," filmed by one of the show's crew members. (Those Office kids are so Web savvy!) It's members of the cast and crew reading aloud from Jenna Fischer's (Pam) article in Esquire called "10 Things You Don't Know About Women."
12) And because a random YouTube list isn't complete without at least one cute animal clip, here's another adorable "Sweet Tired Cat." Bonus: Because YouTubers can't resist the urge to imitate, here's the "Horror Remake of Sweet Tired Cat."
Enjoy!
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Oct 27, 2006 12:29 PM
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I check for new Nobody's Watching videos daily (even though I know that they only average about one a week) because I can't get enough of Derrick and Will. LOL funny every time. With a special column in this week's TV Guide and now a shout-out on TVGuide.com, my hopes are alive that I may actually be able to watch Derrick and Will from the comfort of my couch one day.
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Oct 27, 2006 4:33 PM
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Love the cats! The slugs were fun. One of the videos had been removed. Thanks for the links.
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Oct 27, 2006 11:35 PM
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Thanks for the head's up, Sassafras. I fixed the links on the shrimp.
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Oct 30, 2006 10:56 AM
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I'm bringin' PaxilBack...
That was so funny and smart, and a lot of parodies aren't smart. I think I like it more than the original now. It's definitely stuck in my head.
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Oct 31, 2006 1:45 PM
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Then there is the link David Flores put in the blogs for a sweet and light hearted promo of The Shining. Some people are very clever but definitely have too much time on their hands.  Thanks for the fun!
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Oct 31, 2006 10:51 PM
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