One of the joys of searching the Viral Video Universe is that it's, well, a universe. There are warm, inviting planets out there. But there are also cold, dark corners. They're no so much dangerous, as just weird and quite alien:

This man makes a whole series of videos of himself talking and doing things with Gollum-like bug eyes. And I don't mean like Susan Sarandon's:

When I saw this I had immediate flashbacks to the first episode of television that scared the hell out of me, an episode of the The Outer Limits called The Mutant. It was about an exploration to a planet called Annex One. And if you got caught outside in its radioactive rain, well....

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The most surreal show on television that isn't on public access is the Cartoon Network's "Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!" You can catch the sketch comedy show well after midnight on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim.

The best part: John C. Reilly's bits as Dr. Steve Brule. In this clip, he teaches you how to defend yourself.

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So a UFO was spotted near O'Hare Airport in Chicago and one of the local news reporters went to get "Man on the Street" reaction.

This guy may not be an alien, but he's definitely not on the same planet as the rest of us.

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It's hard enough learning new software like Photoshop in a class. Now imagine that your teacher has issues. This is from a hilarious new series of comic shorts called "You Suck at Photoshop:"

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Will someone please release the X-Files 2 trailer in QuickTime? This movie is sneaking up on a lot of geeks this summer, and I'm pretty sure the film-going masses aren't even aware that Mulder and Scully are back.

A very crummy hand-held version shot at a film convention has been making the rounds. This version, apparently shot on someone's plasma, is much better. No good word on the plot has leaked, other than it's apparently not part of the alien invasion mythology that so crippled the series in its final years:

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Downloading your cute laughing and biting babies onto YouTube poses certain risks.
Well, yeah.

But let's be clear about this. Your biting baby named Charlie may not only become the source of techno remixes but gay porn parodies. (We can't show you that one, but go to Funny or Die.)

We posted the original "Charlie Bit Me" clip a few months ago, but in case you missed it, the original:

Next, the techno remix:

There's also any number of amateur parodies. Check this out:

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Perhaps you've heard that there are some people in town shooting a movie about a dog named Marley. You also might have heard that these same people were at Sun-Sentinel this week, shooting scenes for said movie, about a dog and his owner, former Sentinel columnist John Grogan.

Now, Watch This Now brings you something that the paparazzi, People and Us Weekly have not yet discovered: Exclusive video of Marley the Dog. The real Marley.

Turns out Marley was in a movie, before his life became the subject of a movie. Marley's film debut came in The Last Home Run, which was filmed in Lake Worth a decade ago.

I found this clip early in the week, in a search for some Marley-related video, but thought it was just coincidence that a Labrador named Marley was in a movie. Then, while pretending to work at my desk while in the background of a scene for Marley & Me, I found an old Grogan column on the Sentinel's web site about Marley's movie role. (Click on this link to read the column.)

Check out Marley as himself in The Last Home Run:

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What do some of your favorite TV B-Listers do when they're not filming shows like Law & Order SVU? They're out saving the world! This is bizarre on so many levels but I can see how it might be a good comedy calling card for an actress you may think you know, but....

And Part 2, in which Diane Neal survives to make her 6 a.m. SVU casting call:

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At least one major athlete has already dropped out of Beijing's summer Olympics because of the pollution factor. Loser! He just doesn't understand China, where the toxic clouds form rainbows reflecting the country's prosperity.

And check out the "100 Widow Smog Dance:"

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Weston's very own Cypress Bay High School is the setting for a new MTV show called "The Paper." It's about Cypress Bay's school newspaper, The Circuit. Episodes start airing in mid-April, but the network had a special screening and a party last night. Here's a link to today's story in the Sun-Sentinel.

And here's a sneak peek of the series, which airs at 10:30 p.m. April 14 on MTV.

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Where I work, if you're tired of your holiday candy, you just bring it into the office and set it out on a table or stick it in a candy dish. I guarantee by the end of the day, it will be gone.

Then again, your co-workers devouring candy probably doesn't make as interesting a video as melting chocolate bunnies:

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The new Gnarls Barkley record debuts April 8 and judging by the first single "Run," it's going to be just as fun as their first album St. Elsewhere.

But don't expect to see the video on television much--if at all. There's a concern that the images that start at the 2:10 mark could cause people to have seizures. Seriously.

It's not the first music video to run into such problems. There was a similar worry years ago with Wang Chung's "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" video. Seriously.

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Watch this commercial closely. Some have come to believe the blue mist alongside the car after it goes behind the large tree may be a ghost. You be the judge.

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Hey, if you're young and had a string of hit movies, it's time for you to give something back. Take a look at what Jonah Hill and the Tutors of 826 LA are doing:

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Nothing screams "bad idea" like this clip here, where a groom-to-be gets drunk at a horse race, finds his way onto the track and decides to race the horses -- naked.

I hope his buddies saved his clothes and brought them to him once he was done on the track. I also hope they brought him a towel, because that face-plant toward the end looks pretty brutal.

I can only imagine what his bride-to-be had to say when he got home.

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Crank e-mails and web sites have been spreading slanders about Barack Obama for months now: that he took his oath of office on the Koran, that he's a secret agent from Islam, and that he's not friendly to Jewish interests.

But the real threat isn't Islam, it's the Mooslems:

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Say you're into your 4,000th hour of Call of Duty 4 and just want to chill. Check out the dance remix:

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Imagine if Jason Bourne were replaced by a beloved children's literary figure from the '90s, and you've got "The Waldo Ultimatum."

He's really good at hiding.

Warning: Contains adult language

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This video of a robotic dog from a company called Boston Dynamics is creepy. At first, I thought it was a real dog that someone had rigged to look like a robot. Then I realized this is a robot. But this thing climbs hills, and slips on ice and recovers!

The future is arriving faster than you think.

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This is a series of YouTube clips where filmmaker David Lynch solves everyday problems -- shortchanged cash register, marital spats, etc. Of course, it's not really David Lynch. But the clips are sort of bizarre like David Lynch, so it works on that level.

Here is episode 1 of the series, where "David Lynch" solves a crisis at what appears to be a frame shop. Enjoy:

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It's hard to fathom why anyone would want to play a burning piano. But the real head-scratcher from this news segment is that he's done it once before. At least Jimi Hendrix had the good sense to burn his guitar after his performance.

This clip got me thinking about director Spike Jonze's video for the group Wax.

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Barack Obama has Obama Girl and now John McCain has these three ladies. How come whenever there is a karaoke machine at a party, there's always a trio of women who just have to sing "It's Raining Men"?

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Who knew Easter dinner could hold so many emotional pitfalls for young people?

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Just when you thought it was simply fun, games and music at the White House Easter Egg Roll, a special guest shows up and things go awry.

Happy Easter from Watch This Now!

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The writers at David Letterman's Late Show may be huge nerds for promoting Battlestar Galactica's last season premiere on April 4, but they know good television. I tried to get my friend to borrow my season 1 BSG DVD set, but she insisted that she borrow my Heroes DVD set instead. I'm baffled because Battlestar Galactica is definitely the superior series, in my opinion.

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Now how would you like to sit out in the cold, waiting for a building to blow up, and it only blows up halfway? Here's another question: If the building is only half-demolished, do they have to go in a second time to blow the rest up or at this point do you just bring in a wrecking ball to finish the job?

What I really like about this clip is how it shows multiple angles of the building not blowing up:

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What has Judge Wapner wrought? Once there was only "The People's Court." Now there are a dizzying number of television judges from Judge Judy to Judge Alex to Judge Joe Brown to Judge Reinhold.

My favorite: Judge Jamie.

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Happy Easter, everybody. What better way to celebrate than to recreate the great Peep Battle of 1989? The only thing outweighing the casualties was the amount of actual destruction. Tip: Frozen Peeps taste wonderful.

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We here on Watch This Now have posted quite a few Obama and Clinton videos, and even a few Huckabee clips, but I can't recall a single McCain-related video we've posted in this election.

I think this one is a good start.

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The creator of 2007's most talked about viral video has just released his latest offering. Chris Crocker posted this to his YouTube account March 17, and he already has over 600,000 views.

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I fell out of my chair when I saw this parody of a public service announcement on this week's Human Giant. This show's creators have a extraordinary gift for taking the tics and stutters of our commercial TV culture and turning them into these wonderful free-form riffs.

And don't confuse the Lesson Van with the Info Minute Van:

And even convicted pedophiles have special needs that can be pitched to. Check out what happens to the Lesson Van's driver:

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How awake are you? Do you think you're up to the challenge presented by the announcer?

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It seems this election is getting dirtier and dirtier. One week someone calls Hillary a monster, the next, advisers attack Barack's racial background.
Now the Swift Kids are weighing in with more damning attack ads on both Clinton and Obama:

On the other hand, it's nice to see kids taking an interest in the political process:

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Now this is a Lost season 4 plot twist I bet no one saw coming.

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While we're on the subject of summer comedy, the buzz for this film is building. It's about a group of pampered actors shooting a war movie who end up in a real war zone. But take a look at Robert Downey Jr., playing an Australian actor playing a black man.

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The Love Guru Mike Myers has downloaded the first of his mini sutras for his new summer movie onto YouTube. If this movie is half as funny as the trailers suggest, it looks like he has a great successor to the Austin Powers franchise.

As he says, "Think of them as a big electronic smore, and I'm the big marshmallow yummy about to go into your heart tummy:"

"If you're happy and you know it, think again." I don't envy yoga instructors after this movie comes out:

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For your amusement, two clips today involving dancing animals.

In this first clip, a walrus and his trainer dance to Michael Jackson's "Smooth Criminal." He's got pretty good moves, for a walrus. Maybe the walrus could hook up with those Filipino inmates behind that Thriller routine and they could create a YouTube classic for the ages.

The second is appropriate for this day-after-St. Patrick's Day. This clip involves Sea World's Clyde the Sea Lion vs. a guy described only as an "award-winning Irish dancer" -- what, the dancer doesn't have a name? -- compete for a shamrock medal.

Guess who wins?

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To continue Watch This Now's long tradition of public service, I present this helpful clip featuring author Curt Dreckman, who has tips for all you writers out there looking to improve your word skills.

You can thank me after you write your first best-seller.

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Continuing our string of "TV reporter vs. whatever" clips, here's a clip of a Canadian TV reporter doing a live shot in the snow.

Hint: The sled wins.

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My family used to have a cat that was left to us by an aunt who had to move out of town. We were all hopelessly allergic to the guy (had to wash our hands after every time we touched and vacuum every evening), but we managed to still pet him with our feet. I know, gross, but he got accustomed to it. So accustomed he eventually forgot about our outstretched appendages and just went straight to rubbing his face in our shoes.

Now that was weird.

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This classic clip from two years ago comes from an Alabama TV station, where someone in charge decided it would be a good idea to send a reporter out to do a story about a leprechaun that some locals said lived in a tree. It shows up at night, but only if you shine a light at it. Seriously.

The clip became such an Internet phenomenon that the leprechaun had his own fan sites, and he also had his own T-shirt for sale.

All I know is, it must have been a slow, slow news day.

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It was only five years ago that I was eagerly awaiting Ang Lee's Hulk movie. It was a bit of a disappointment -- a failed attempt to make a popcorn superhero movie with art-house sensibilities.

It paled in comparison to the first X-Men and Spider-Man movies. Lee's Hulk was better than the Daredevil movie, but that's not much of a compliment.

Now we have a new Hulk movie starring Ed Norton and Tim Roth. I think they may have gotten it right this time, based on the trailer.

Norton is a great choice to play Bruce Banner -- a mild-mannered scientist who can get really, really mad. He's already played similar roles in Fight Club and Primal Fear.

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I'm still partial to Diddy's Super Tuesday get-out-the-vote clip, but I also like this takeoff on the MTV Rock the Vote campaign:

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Yup, a television news reporter actually used that phrase. In case you ever wondered what would happen if an eagle fought a jaguar, the jaguar knocks off the eagle's head.

Should we be concerned about this rising epidemic of mascot-on-mascot violence? How can I protect myself from mascots gone bad?

If there's ever a mascot free-for-all, my money would be on Billy the Marlin. He could just impale anyone in his way.

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I love this song. I love that there are so many versions of this song out there and I still love every one of them. I even enjoyed the American Idol version with Jason Castro.

Here's the video of Damien Rice singing this haunting song at Leonard Cohen's induction at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year.

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Teen pop star Miley Cyrus and her best friend Mandy have been uploading videos to their YouTube account. Here's an example of what they post:

Maybe your niece would enjoy it more. :)

Check out some of their other videos on the YouTube channel HERE.

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This video sort of freaked me out. The cat, strapped to his owner, looks calm until he is nearly out of the airplane. At the edge, he starts flailing in his jumpsuit and booties. The owner jumps and then the video ends!

Does the cat survive?

He wasn't even wearing goggles. I was very distressed.

I found an article, but I don't read Russian. Fortunately, one desk away from me sits editor John-Thor Dahlburg, who is pretty much the master of multiple languages. So I begged him, a former reporter who once worked in Afghanistan covering the Taliban resistance to the Soviets, to interpret this puff piece on a sky-diving kitty.

The good news is that the cat survived the sky dive. His name is Malysh. The 60-year-old owner is Vladimir Kulikov, a retiree from a town near Moscow. Apparently, Kulikov has been preparing for the co-jump for five years. He even sewed together a custom-suit for his cat. They jumped from 1,200 meters and the cat made no noise and showed no sign of fear. Upon landing, Malysh was presented a certificate for the jump.

Kulikov is working on creating a special parachute so Malysh can jump solo in the future.

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This little bit reminds me a lot of "Flight of the Conchords," a great little comedy gem on HBO. Just be careful if you're downloading it on your Ipod:

And if you're not hip to the Conchords, here's a nice little live bit:

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It's one of the smartest, best acted series in the history of television. At a time when more and more tube time is consumed by amateur singers, cheating couples on lie-detectors and obese people trying to lose weight for rewards, Lost is a monument to genre-bending fiction that raises profound questions about religion, science and the human condition.

But try telling that to someone who has never seen the show, right? They look at you with the patience and sad sympathy one gives a homeless man who insists his shopping cart contains the Holy Grail. Only you can't give a Lost fan a dollar in the hope they'll go away.

It's an open secret that tonight another long-time cast member will die. In a salute to Lost mania, WTN offers a short film and a few clips:

First, a commercial urging that you get some Perspective:

And now a short film about Lost Love, or Lost and Love, or Lost and just plain Lust. It poses a profound question: how far would you go for disc 6 of a Lost box set:

And, as an afterward, a nice little mash-up between Lost and The Office, a show that frequently references Lost. Lost creator J.J. Abrams directed an episode last year:

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American Idol castaway Danny Noriega made an appearance on Ellen Wednesday. Check out his quick interview and performance:

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Who wants to kick a man when he's down? Apparently, just about everybody. What follows is just a small sampling of the videos going viral over the Eliot Spitzer saga.

First up, Love Client #9

Here's a rather clever idea for an Odd Couple remake starring Spitzer and neighboring disgraced governor James McGreevey:

David Letterman has been the quickest out of the gate with quality Spitzer material. He's kept the momentum up with two Spitzer Top 10 lists, including favorite Spitzer phone messages. Here's his monologue on the day the scandal broke:

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Yes, you read that headline right. Remember Babe, the film about a pig with the talents of a sheep dog? Now we have a swede--amateur remakes of famous films--of that classic film featuring a dog in the pig's role, and people in the sheep role. No, this isn't kinky, I swear. But don't watch it late at night:

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Ok, full disclosure: this WTN writer doesn't get the whole American Idol thing.

First, I don't like listening to other people singing my favorite classics, unless there's some really great interpretation. (example: Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder doing "Last Kiss.") Nor do I like the whole non-rock band orientation (Vedder would have probably been voted off in the first round).

So that's where I'm coming from. That said, I was really ticked off to see Simon Cowell, who I can't seem to escape even though I don't watch the show, quoted as calling 'In My Life,' a boring song. Adding to the insult is that it was sung by South Florida's own Ramiele Malubay. I mean, really, the gall:

But Cowell apparently does have a sense of humor, or at least a sense of marketing. He did this wonderful parody on The Simpsons a while back. (They really should add the trap door to the show.)

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Ever been in one of those uncomfortable situations where you just cannot extract yourself from an excruciating conversation?

Now imagine that a brilliant monologist is delivering your pizza. Do you tip big?:

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Who needs American Idol when Broadway quality musicals can break out anywhere, at anytime? Top-notch musical talent can be found all around us these days, even the food court:

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In Japanese, obama means "little beach." It's a common place name, and the country is dotted with many small towns and fishing villages named Obama.

But only one has thought to capitalize on the possible next president of the United States. There's Obama rice cakes, Obama buttons, and Obama posters. Obama is really hoping that Obama can bring some tourists to Obama, located in western Japan. (Check out the Wikipedia entry for more details):

First, a short primer:

Next, two videos from a very energetic Obama girl in Obama, Japan:

She's apparently part of a cadre of young Americans (Jerseyites) who are teaching English in Japan. It's really one of the best years abroad a college kid can have these days.

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What is it about the 3 a.m. phone call? We seem to have had our fair share of leaders whose ideas and judgment during their waking hours hasn't exactly been the best. But it's good to know that whoever wins in November, they'll be light sleepers:

And the story just keeps getting better. It turns out that the girl used in the ad is now all grown up and well, she's an Obama supporter:

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I happened across this cat video late last week. It was posted last Monday. As of last Thursday night, it had more than 1.3 million views.

More proof that people love goofy animal clips. And this one is pretty goofy -- cat sits there while owner dangles little cards in front of his face. Because he is the Cat of 1,000 Faces.

All I know is, my cat would smack around the cards and then run and hide under the bed. Just another reason why he will never be a star on YouTube.

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What if Barack Obama's recently fired adviser was right? What if...Hillary Clinton is indeed a monster? Take a look at exclusive footage:

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Lacking our own royal family, and facing what promises to be yet another tumultuous election year, Americans have come to regret not having a queen to wave us through good times and bad. We're only starting to realize what we lost in that damn revolution:

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You can file this under the heading: "Breaking potentially exciting and/or upsetting news while child is strapped in a booster seat, Advantages of."

I'm going to use my powers of maternal intuition and say this boy is not thrilled with the idea of another girl in the house. Right? Then again, maybe this is just another staged clip and they're tricking me into thinking this.

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Sun-Sentinel Travel Editor Tom Swick hit Fort Lauderdale beach to see if Spring Breakers knew "Where the Boys Are."

Check out his Jay Leno-style quiz on the 1960 book.

Watch the video here: http://www.sun-sentinel.com/video/?slug=sfl-springbreak2008-video

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What will be the top B.S. issue voters are most concerned with in 2008?

The Onion investigates:

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Rapper MC Lyte reminds us that we need to put our clocks ahead one hour this Sunday.

Which brings this question to mind: What does Flavor Flav, another rapper and reality show star (best known for his work in Public Enemy and for wearing large clocks around his neck), do on this day? Just hire additional help to reset his massive collection of decorative clocks?

I'm just saying.

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What happens when the stopwatch application on your iPhone reaches 1,000 hours? I know you've been wondering! You could either wait 41 days... or just watch this video.

For a quick Q&A with the stopwatch guy:
http://weblogs.redeyechicago.com/iphoneblog/2008/03/an-interview-wi.html

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This clip is an odd one. It's an old man in overalls driving on a Pee-Wee Playhouse-esque tractor to AC/DC's "Highway to Hell." The clip originates from the land of David Hasselhoff- Germany. It's gotten more than 320,000 hits. Go figure.

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Clearly there are some college coaches who are extremely... passionate about their teams.

Witness Michigan women's basketball coach Kevin Borseth go off after a recent loss. Make sure to pay attention to his entrance -- that's the best part. Also, he's very passionate about offensive rebounds.

Thanks to our colleague Brian Wacker for sending this my way:

If you want to compare and contrast angry coaches, here's Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy and his rant from last fall. A classic:

So which coach do you think ranted better?

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The creator of this video says: "If Star Wars was filmed two decades earlier and Saul Bass did the opening title sequence, it might look like this..."

The opening title sequence to "Anatomy of a Murder" is one of Saul Bass's more noted works:

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Imagine that in some parallel universe Italian directors Dario Argento or Sergio Leone got hold of the Spider-Man franchise, and the following trailer might make sense:

And take a look at this. This is Japanese Spider-Man from his original 70s show:

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I always thought one of the great things about being a print journalist instead of a broadcast journalist was that 1) I wouldn't have to report live during a hurricane and 2) I would never have to submit myself to non-lethal forms of weaponry.

I don't need to be Tazed for audience amusement, and I don't need to be hit by an experimental new military ray gun to let others guess how painful it is with my reaction.

Though based on this "60 Minutes" reporter's reaction, it looks like it really, really hurts: "One, one thousand, two, two thousand, threeeeyaaaaargh!"

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I hate to fly so I typically shy away from any videos involving scary plane landings. I especially hate said videos when I'm getting on a plane later in the week to fly across the country.

But my colleague Steve Svekis was kind enough to send this video of a scary plane landing in Germany to me, so I will post this. Then I'll go stock up on tiny, 3-oz bottles of vodka to take on board with me to help get me through the flight.

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All you need to know is the premise of this is true. U.S. Sen. Larry Craig, he of the tapping foot and hand gestures in the airport men's room fame, has announced a congressional internship program for students who want to see the inner workings of government up close. Very close:

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Happy Election Day, Texas and Ohio! In case you were relying on Jack Nicholson to help you decide who to vote for in this hotly contested Democratic primary, he's just released this video.

He's endorsing Clinton, by the way.

This election year spawned a bunch of celebrity endorsement videos on the Internet. Which is your favorite so far? (Even better, if you've got a favorite clip, post it.)

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These ladies ain't bad. The crowd loves them. But for me, once grandmothers start picking up on a trend, then it's time to officially take said trend out behind a shed and put it out of its misery.

The coordinated moves occur midway through the video:

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Some of the best sketch comedy on television right now is on MTV's "Human Giant," which returns March 11. It consistently has more laughs in an half-hour than "Saturday Night Live" does in 90 minutes (but I got to admit the Tina Fey episode had some good moments).

Here's a sketch from the new season. The lesson: Don't allow an armed monkey to star in your television commercial.

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After 1,000 viewings, "The Dark Knight" trailer has gotten a bit rusty. So check out this latest in Lego Vision:

Here's the original, just so you can admire the talent that went into Lego Vision:

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This great show returns in April for its final season. What follows is a preview from Canadian television.

If you don't watch, your life is bereft of all meaning. Critics have called it the smartest show on television, if for no other reason than its relevance to our post 9-11 world.

The basic premise is that humans in a distant galaxy have been wiped out by a robotic race they created called the Cylons. The humans are polytheists, worshipping the mythical gods of ancient Rome. The robots are fundamentalist, worshiping the one true god they believe has destined them to replace the human race.

Sound familiar?

The remaining human suvivors, like the 12 Tribes of Israel, are wandering through space looking for a fabled final lost colony called Earth.

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Philosophy has now eclipsed sports, video games and online porn in terms of viral video growth. What's even more encouraging is that viewers have gone beyond those old standbys like Plato and Aristotle to mine the real wisdom from ancients who didn't didn't get their props back in Athens.

Like Phistophecles.

My favorite piece of ancient advice (from Book 3): "If you drop a drachma in the vomitorium, just let it go. Let it go."

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Here's a classic clip demonstrating how newsroom politics can sometimes spill over into the product. While the reporter-anchor fight is very entertaining, there are some serious questions begged by this report:

1) Why is the woman being interviewed in her bathrobe?

2) If she lives on the first-floor, why does she feel so strongly about the elevator?

3) What gems of wisdom does the anchor hope to gleam from the woman?

4) Why is this a story? (A question I think all reporters find themselves asking from time to time when out on assignment.)

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The trailer for Mike Myers' summer flick "The Love Guru" is out. I'm a big fan of the Wayne's World movies and the first two Austin Powers flicks (not so much the third). This one could have potential. It also stars Jessica Alba and Justin Timberlake (who seems to be doing a Borat impression).

Glad to see Verne "Mini-Me" Troyer back in a Myers film. I'm still trying to shake that image of him drunk in "The Surreal Life."

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