Can you imagine 41 hours in an elevator? I think after about 30 minutes I'd start yelling for someone to come get me, right now.

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We're still reeling from the Gary Coleman divorce, so it's good to see the marriage of one 80s icon get back on track.

Vanilla Ice, aka Robert Van Winkle, doesn't exactly have the oeuvre of a Charlton Heston, so our tribute gallery may be a bit stretched.

To put it bluntly, he's one of the most famous one-hit wonders, so let's start with his one hit:

After the jump, more clips. Now here's a great Jim Carrey parody (I suspect from his "In Living Color" days):

And here's Mr. Van Winkle in better days appearing on an MTV show that counted down the 25 lamest music videos ever. (It's hosted by Janeane Garafalo, Chris Kattan, Dennis Leary, and a pre-graying Jon Stewart).

After he accepts the award for his video being No. 9 on the list, he sits down to watch the video surrounded by the snarky comedians.

Then he takes a bat and smashes the award and pretty much everything else on the set while evidently freaking out the hosts. Pretty shocking.

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And they're settling things on "Divorce Court!" Seriously.

I couldn't find any YouTube clips in advance of their Divorce Court appearance -- it airs Thursday -- but I did find the not-so-happy couple's interview with Entertainment Tonight. Since most of us probably will be at work Thursday, I will find clips from the show just as soon as possible and post them here.

After the jump: Gary Coleman in happier times.

I think these next two clips nicely sum up Gary Coleman's time on Diff'rent Strokes:

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The strangest TV show of the past few years has got to be MTV's "Wonder Showzen"--a demented take-off of children's shows.

If there's been a breakout star from the show, it's Clarence, perhaps the most annoying puppet since Madame. (If you are too young to get the reference, look it up.)

Here's Clarence bugging people about the freedom of speech. People have physically attacked Clarence.

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So the game came out at midnight. I was in line taking video (that will be edited and uploaded to accompany my story already online very soon) and I actually saw a grown man lick the game after he bought it. There's a trend story there somewhere, but I'm still a bit too repulsed to really consider it. Consider this instead, the latest trailer for Grand Theft Auto IV, which only lets you view if you put in a year before 1991.

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You probably saw this creative commercial during the Super Bowl or in a movie theater before the trailers started. The release of GTA IV just gives me an excuse to watch it again. Really, how hard would it be to make a third-person game about some humanitarian conducting missions to save puppies, put out fires, or abolish all human rights violations?

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Grand Theft Auto IV comes out today much to the excitement of fanboys everywhere. And I do mean boys. I was in line last night for the midnight release and saw maybe three women out of more than 50 men waiting for the game.

Check out my article on the newest game in the mega-successful franchise.

You may have seen the Dave Chapelle skit on GTA, but here's a more thorough reenactment of the game complete with car chase and bank robbery:

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So one day someone thought, "Hey, let's give my baby a lemon (or lime) and film his/her reaction for YouTube. I bet the baby will make a funny face."

Because of that pioneer there is a whole genre of videos of parents encouraging their offspring to eat sour fruits. It seems a little cruel to me. Are there parents out there who really feed their kids lemon wedges?

Here's the most popular of the genre--Little Lucas eating a lemon wedge to Franz Ferdinand's "Take Me Out." Nearly a half-million people have watched this young fellow eat a lemon.

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Here's a short video from the much talked about Annie Leibovitz and Miley Cyrus Vanity Fair photo shoot.

Vanity Fair posted the video below on their VF Daily blog to show that the photo shoot was a "relaxed family event in one of the most picturesque settings imaginable: the green hills of Calabasas, California."

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The music video for the Speed Racer movie theme is out, giving us a better look at the Wachowski brothers' latest work. It's visually exciting and I definitely like the cast.

My biggest concern is plot, which definitely was not the cartoon's strong point (Was there a plot? Guy races car really fast).

The movie comes out May 9th. Curious to hear the early reviews.

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British playwright-actress Tricia Walsh-Smith made quite the Internet splash earlier in the month when she aired the dirty laundry in her bitter divorce on YouTube. She's the soon-to-be ex-wife of wife of Schubert Theater Organization's president, Philip J. Smith (sorry, I just don't see them getting back together).

Now she's got a message for all the Internets haters who have been posting nasty responses to her.

By the way, here's the original in case you haven't seen it.

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Barack Obama showed off his basketball skills at a three-on-three tournament over the weekend. Here are the highlights.

By the way, if the announcer seems like he's pro-Obama, that's because he is- he's Obama's motorcade coordinator.

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Ok, if nothing else, 2008 will be the YouTube election. We've had our share of Barack vs. Hillary vs. McCain videos, and we can't stop. They just keep getting better and better. Check out "Baracky." We're waiting any day now for McRambo:

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This animated video is pretty much my life (sans the Pabst Blue Ribbon). Myspace, Facebook and Friendster are always battling for my attention.

By the way, is anyone still on Friendster?

Did you know Watch This Now is on Facebook? :) Seriously -- become a fan today. We promise we won't SuperPoke you. Add us here

Thanks to my friend (on Myspace and Facebook) Gabe for passing along this video.

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The Japanese are not really a sea-faring people, but they live on a very big island surrounded by lots and lots of clams. I could wax on about the sacred nature of the clam, the sexual mystic of its pearly essence hidden inside a shell. But this clip of the annual clam harvest-dance party pretty much says it all:

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Michael Showalter is the unshaven, back alley talk show host who's less prepared than Larry King, butts in on answers more than Charlie Rose, and works only on weekends because that's when he can get studio time.

He also apparently supplements his income on eBay:

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People can't get enough of Oscar, the featherless bird. Here's an excerpt from an article Robert Nolin wrote on the little lady last week:

Polly want a feather?

Actually a full coat of feathers would be more fitting for Oscar, the naked cockatoo that so resembles a grocery store chicken one would be tempted to baste it and pop it in the oven.

If it wasn't so darn unsightly.

The oversized bird's flesh is saggy and wrinkly and the color of a purple bruise. An Einstein-like halo of scraggly feathers adorns — to use the term lightly — its head.

"She's being categorized as the world's ugliest bird right now," says Cherie Wachter, marketing director for the Humane Society of Broward County, where Oscar has lived for 12 years. "She's actually been an Internet sensation."

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We love a good pole dance just as much as the next blog, and we're well aware it can be a terrific workout. We just didn't realize how stressful it can get during warmups. (Viewers are invited to submit their own translations of what's being said):

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Remember that little vote-counting problem we had here a few years back? Someone wrote a song about it, and a candidate for Broward Supervisor of Elections will feature the singer/songwriter at an upcoming fundraiser.

Read more about it, plus check out the video, at the Broward Politics blog. Here's the link.

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A few of us were wondering how Hillary Clinton managed to raise so much money in the 24 hours after Tuesday's primary.

Now we know:

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This is the kind of debate the American people demand! If only the wrestlers look more like the candidates they're playing. It looks like they just smacked a blonde wig on a woman and called her Hillary, and "Barack Obama" has ears that stick out so far he looks like Will Smith.

If only this is how they'd decide the nomation, or even the presidency. Except who would the WWE get to play McCain?

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Lost is back tonight, and we're promised an episode in which Benjamin Linus gets all James Bondsy on us. Plus, a body out of time washes up on shore.

Check out these previews:

And:

And:

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When I heard the news that the New Kids on the Block were reuniting for a CD and tour, I shrugged indifferently. But I think I underestimated the old-school boy band's lingering power. When I told some female friends about the impending tour, I caught a glimpse of their inner teeny bopper when they semi-shrieked and asked if they'd tour nearby. It frightened me, I confess.

Here's something that should frighten you: The intro to the old New Kids on the Block cartoon series. Complete with animated dance moves and twirling, hovering microphone stands.

After the jump, check out the reunion announcement on the Today show.

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Apparently the mole Enrique Iglesias had severed ties with has its own talk show.

A mole hosting a talk show. Did I just type that? Check out the video and you'll be asking, "Did I just watch that?"

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James Franco of Spider-Man fame has a web series where he gives acting tips, along with his brother Dave.

In this installment, James gives tips on acting in front of a green screen, where anything can come at you -- dinosaurs, socks, bottles. You have to be ready.

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You have to give the guy props for catching this bare-handed... then you have to smack him upside the head for dropping it, stopping play, then expecting someone will throw the ball back to him. Sorry, buddy, you drop it, it's gone.

The best part: That he loses the ball while celebrating his catch, and it's all caught on camera.

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Lionel Richie goes on TV, inhales helium from a balloon, sings "Hello." Hilarity ensues.

Enjoy.

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I disagree with one point in this short clip -- there is always time to play ping pong.

Quick viewer warning: This song could get stuck in your head. It's stuck in mine as I write this.

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We here at WTN are all about attracting the younger demographic -- I bet you could tell just by our pictures -- so I could really relate to this clip from comedian Zach Galifianakis, from his short-lived VH1 show.

Now here's what I don't get. Kim Kardashian and her family have a reality show on E!. Paris Hilton has reality shows all across the cable spectrum. The kids at the Cypress Bay High School newspaper even have their own show on MTV. Yet VH1 doesn't have room in its schedule, between reruns of I Love New York and Flavor of Love and Rock of Love, for some truly original and funny programming?

Rant over. Here's the clip:

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A movie trailer came out this weekend for The Spirit- an adaption of the classic comic series by Will Eisner. It's written and directed by legendary comic book writer Frank Miller (300, Sin City).

The movie looks like it will be very much in the Sin City-mold. The Spirit is played by a relative unknown- Gabriel Macht- but the villian is a very familiar face- Samuel L. Jackson.

It's set to hit theaters in January.

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For some reason I don't imagine there is a "running of the grooms."

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"So what do you do for a living?"

"I push people onto trains."

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If only this could be turned into a movie with Ralph Macchio.

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I know this is supposed to be a joke, but you know this guy is forever going to be known as the dude who played McLovin'.

If I told you this clip was brought to you by Kristen Bell and Christopher Mintz-Plasse, you'd be all, "The girl from Veronica Mars and Heroes, and who?" But if I instead said the clip was brought to you by Kristen Bell and the dude who played McLovin' -- no explanation needed.

So, what they say about a bit of truth behind every joke? Totally true.

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Well, of course the cat wants cake. Who doesn't?

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They're cute, cuddly, and no matter what their educational level, they sound so darn smart with those accents. And they make great chimney sweeps:

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So what 10 records would you want if you were stranded on a desert island? Another great clip courtesy of MTV's "Human Giant."

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Assailed on both the left and the right for his gaffe over smalltown voters, Barack Obama is turning to his secret weapon:

And just because I can't get enough of this little guy, here's the dramatic chipmunk Rick Astley remix:

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Have you noticed the growing number of unboxing videos? They involve a person narrating as he takes a box of some sweet new product and opens it to show off to the world. It seems like the most ridiculous thing in the world to most people, I'm sure.

But it's apparently an odd obsession for gadget geeks, according to this Wired handbook on five different types of geeks: fanboy, music geek, gamer, gadget guy, hacker, and otaku.

Even our sister paper, the Orlando Sentinel, uploaded a video of themselves unboxing Rock Band.

So it's officially a trend when someone makes a parody video. (to understand the references in the video below, check out this video and this video first)

ULTIMATE Unboxing from Scott Simpson on Vimeo.

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Our partners-in-blog at the Orlando Sentinel's "What the Blog?" posted this clip of a cat playing an electronic instrument called a theremin. Check the clip out here.

I don't know if you can classify what this is as music. I think it's about the most annoying sound I've heard. But I guarantee since it's on YouTube and involves a cat, this clip will have 3 million hits by tomorrow.

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Word on the street is that Apple will be unveiling its 3G iphone sometime very soon. Or could it be something else, like a big round, stylishly designed, pet rock:

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Here at WTN, we're treated pretty well. A small bowl of rice and warm tea is handed through a slot in the door just after 7 a.m. For lunch, a small tin of fish, or WW II surplus rations. We can't complain as long as there's good broadband.

But elsewhere, bloggers are locked in dark rooms and force fed Twinkies by the box. Finally, they collapse, their bodies dumped out a back door by Tech Support:

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Tricia Walsh Smith is a British actress-playwright and the wife of the Schubert Theater Organization's president, Philip J. Smith.

That's all you really need to know.

Oh, yeah, they're also getting a divorce, and it's getting nasty. There's been a fight over the pre-nup (which apparently includes an apartment in Florida) going on since last fall.

Now Ms. Walsh Smith has decided to air her dirty laundry on YouTube. At first I thought this was another hoax, what with the soap opera introduction and all. But apparently it's real:

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Michelle Obama, wife of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, made a stop on Comedy Central's The Colbert Report Tuesday night.

The highlight of the episode was when host Stephen Colbert asked Michelle: "Do you ever get tired of the campaign slogans? When he comes home do you ever say, you know what, right now you're my husband. I 'hope' you will 'change' the cat litter?"

Check out the entire clip:

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is scheduled to make an appearance on The Colbert Report Thursday.

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Here's Jon Stewart interviewing the President about what's next after his term winds down.

"You've been roasting my tail for seven years now and it's pay back time. Now that I'm gone I cant be busted for fraud or abuse of power."

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This clip from the 1994 movie "Undefeatable" (is that really a word?) can be found on YouTube under "best fight" and "worst fight."

To set up the clip, the guy who looks like Joey Buttafuoco and apparently enjoys licking knives is named Stingray (Did I really just write that sentence?). He is a "crazed marital arts rapist," according to imdb.com. He killed the sister of the heroine.

Why do the guys have to take off their shirts? How did they get oiled up so quickly?

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If you haven't filed your taxes yet, there's still time to get to New York and track down the Math Bus. They can find someone to fill out those pesky forms for you, like they do in this clip.

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Tom destroys his uncle's hearing aids in this latest installment of "Will It Blend?"

Best line: "Earwax smoke! Don't breathe this."

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Amazingly, I have not yet watched the VH1 reality show "I Know My Kid's A Star." Typically, this sort of bad television is right up my alley, but I've only seen brief clips of it on "The Soup."

Sadly, Rocky -- the stage mom in this clip -- is no longer on the show. Her kid got the boot. But if there are more parents like Rocky on the show, I'm all in.

Here's her rant, courtesy of VH1:

VH1.com Blog

Now, if you're so inclined, here's the link to her daughter's audition tape on YouTube. I would have posted the video, except the embed has been disabled. Go figure.

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The ultimate diva superstar Mariah Carey appeared on Oprah on Monday to dish on her weight loss.

Mariah also gave viewers an exclusive look inside her lingerie closet. Yes -- a closet just for her lingerie.

You can also catch Mariah on American Idol tonight and tomorrow as she is the celebrity mentor of the week.

Thanks to Mark for giving me the heads up on the Mariah clip.

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He may be best known as a rapper, but these days, Coolio is a kitchen pimp.

For the last couple of months, he's had his own cooking spot on MyDamnChannel.com. While he might best be known for "Gansta's Paradise," the man clearly knows his way around a kitchen and could hold his own on any morning show cooking segment -- though he's a bit more... liberal with the language and innuendo than Rachael Ray or Martha Stewart.

Check out this clip, where he shows us how to barbeque shrimp and orders around some guys wearing crab and fish costumes.

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Watch This Now alerted you to the Miley Cyrus and Mandy Jiroux YouTube videos nearly a month ago in this blog post.

Today, we present you Miley and Mandy's version of the "4 Minutes" music video, originally starring Madonna, Justin Timberlake and Timbaland.

Check out both videos and tell us in the comments who had the better dance moves -- Miley or Madonna?

THE MILEY + MANDY VERSION:

THE MADONNA + JUSTIN + TIMBALAND VERSION:

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Someone scoured YouTube and compiled clips of television reporters in danger. Who knew that local television reporters face so many perils?

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If you saw Thursday's Colbert Report -- or caught the replay on Friday because 11:30 p.m. is past your bedtime -- then you know that Colbert is once again in the running for a spot on Time magazine's list of 100 most influential people.

As I write this, Colbert is No. 2 on the list, about 200,000 votes behind Korean pop star Rain. If Rain beats Colbert for the top spot, it will be the second time he's outranked Colbert on the Time list.

In the "Tip of the Hat/Wag of the Finger" segment from Thursday's show, Colbert reignites the faux feud between the two, and once again hauls out his own Korean pop video to rival Rain. I urge you to watch the whole segment, but if you want to skip through to the video, fast-forward to the 2:25 mark.

If you want to get out the vote for Colbert, here's the link.

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What's up with these aggressive mascots? Last week I posted this video of the Tampa Bay Lightning mascot picking on Spring Breakers at the beach, and now comes this clip of a giant banana is going after fans at what appears to be a Florida Panthers game.

Maybe it's a hockey thing?

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I think the headline on this entry pretty well explains it.

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This clip is burning up the Internets--L.A. Lakers star Kobe Bryant jumping over a speeding Aston Martin in his new Nike sneakers. By the way, it's fake, so kids please do not try to jump over moving cars.

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Another entry from "What's the Blog?" which I guess you could best describe as Watch This Now's cousin at the Orlando Sentinel.

It's only too bad he couldn't act fast enough to stop George Clooney from starring in "Batman and Robin."

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I particularly like the part of this clip where the newlyweds give the same wrong answer. My question is, would they then earn points for the wrong answer?

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Here's Jim Carrey (back when he was still a sketch comic on In Living Color) performing in a parody of Robert Van Winkle's signature song. This video was ranked No. 38 among the Top 50 Greatest Comedy Sketches of All Time by the Independent Film Channel and Nerve.com

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Here's a video of Robert Van Winkle appearing on an MTV show that counted down the 25 lamest music videos ever. (It's hosted by Janeane Garafalo, Chris Kattan, Dennis Leary, and a pre-graying Jon Stewart) After he accepts the award for his video being No. 9 on the list, he sits down to watch the video surrounded by the snarky comedians.

Then he takes a bat and smashes the award and pretty much everything else on the set while evidently freaking out the hosts. Pretty shocking.

Here's a blurb on the incident from a May issue of Entertainment Weekly in 1999.

Jon Stewart called it When Aging Comedians Attack. The event was the taping of the MTV special 25 Lame, which features Stewart, Janeane Garofalo, Denis Leary, and Chris Kattan counting down the 25 worst videos in history, as voted by more than 50,000 MTV viewers.

But the most dangerous participant in the special (airing May 8) turned out to be washed-up rapper Vanilla Ice. Since the top 10 offenders--including Don Johnson's "Heartbeat" (No. 1) and Eddie Murphy's "Whatzupwitu" (No. 3)--were forever banned from MTV, the comics destroyed the videos using a cigarette lighter, hammer, and blender.

But when the network asked Vanilla Ice to do the honors for his own "Ice Ice Baby" (No. 9), the Iceman, who showed up at the April 30 taping in a Dr. Evil T-shirt, took a baseball bat not only to the "Baby" videotape but also to the entire set, leaving cast and crew in shocked silence.

Stewart even suffered a cut on his hand from flying debris. "I could care less," Ice says of being included on the lame list, adding that going ballistic was a last-minute choice.

"I was genuinely afraid," says Garofalo. "I thought he was seriously going to get really angry on a channel that embraced him and then turned and mocked him." No--that'll be Jesse Camp's job.

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Vanilla Ice, or Robert Van Winkle, has been incarcerated following an altercation with his wife. You can check out the story here.

He isn't the only musician who has been arrested in Palm Beach County for a domestic dispute. Scott Stapp, lead singer of Creed, was charged with domestic battery last year following an argument with his wife.

Here's the video that entrenched Van Winkle forever into pop culture:

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I don't know if this counts as fashion roadkill, but it does seem like quite a bummer to end the show.

Here's one question I had: Why didn't anyone sitting right there next to the stage get up to help her? And another: When the other guy fell through the runway, did he fall on the woman who already fell through the runway? Because then that would truly add insult to injury.

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I'm all for kids learning how to brush their teeth, but this seems a little extreme.

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Those of you who are familiar with "Will It Blend?" may enjoy this clip from the Orlando Sentinel's "What the Blog?" blog. The clip is like the microwave version of putting random items in a blender.

So if you were wondering what else you can put inside a microwave besides TV dinners and marshmallow Peeps, this entry will provide an answer.

Consider it a Watch This Now public service.

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The choreographed dance is actually quite good, and within such a cramped space. But what makes this video is the woman knitting in the background, totally ignoring the shenanigans in front of her.

See the side by side comparison to the original video after the break.

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It's the season where South Floridians of a certain age are awaiting the thick and thin envelopes that will determine their futures.

(Actually, no, kids. But nobody wants to tell you this. Your parents want you to work hard, and the entire education infrastructure is based on ratings that determine how much those same parents much shell out.)

The nasty truth is that most colleges and universities in America are going to give you a pretty good education. It's what you do with it that counts. And we think the nerd below has a career in either applied physics or entertainment:

And if you're a bit confused by the parody, here's the original Fergie video this is based on:

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Used to be, if one of your colleagues was leaving for another job, there would be cake at the office and -- depending on the person -- possibly a celebration at a local bar.

But apparently I am behind on the times. Now it seems bringing a video camera and taking the party to YouTube is to be all the rage. A quick search for "farewell party" on YouTube brought up more than 3,000 entries.

One of the newest entries comes from my co-worker Scott, who today posted a tribute on YouTube to dearly departed colleague Ivette Yee. I typically try to avoid posting Sun-Sentinel colleagues' videos online, but this was too good to resist:

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Ever wonder how some of those people sitting in the cubicles next to you could ever have been hired:

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I'm not a fan of Lost. I know, I know, I'll probably get flooded with e-mails and comments about how it's the greatest show ever.

But after watching this video -- I feel like I've seen every episode.

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I really enjoy the latest clip from Improv Everywhere -- making an average Little League into an extraordinary event complete with a Jumbotron, the NBC Sports team and the Goodyear Blimp.

That said, I don't know how a 12-year-old version of me would have reacted if this happened during one of my Little League games.

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Isn't Christopher Walken, like, a close third behind Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin as the host with the most SNL appearances. I'm not ready to put this in SNL pantheon of great sketches yet, but it's one of the best of the new season:

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CNN's Anderson Cooper (or Andy as I like to call him) filled in on "Live with Regis and Kelly" last week. What follows is Kelly's attempts to show Andy how to get fit.

I'm actually surprised they let Andy into the studio with those guns. Wowser.

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If only everyone did their work with half the enthusiasm this guy shows. I imagine the days would go much faster.

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For those of us of a certain age -- ok, our forties -- Charlton Heston was Moses and Ben Hur on TV, and the guy who kept science fiction alive pre-Star Wars. His line readings are classics in Planet of the Apes, The Omega Man, and Soylent Green.

For geeks making their way through the 1970s, these films were cutting edge, dark, apocalyptic sagas that really captured the ire of the age. There were no happy endings. They were downright depressing.

Though younger filmgoers might think him somewhat of a kook, especially after his lamentable appearance in Michael Moore's anti-gun film, Heston marched with Dr. Martin Luther King and was one of the first big white movie stars to be featured in interracial love scenes.

And he was also funny. His SNL appearance was a classic, with a great Planet of the Apes intro, and this funny self-parody of his National Rifle Association affiliations:

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Here's a classic line from Planet of the Apes:

And here's the ending to that movie, a shocking scene at the height of the Cold War:

How's this for a feel-good movie of the 1970s: a vision of overpopulation, global warming, food shortages and chaos in which the chief food source is a cracker called Soylent Green:

Finally, the Omega Man, recently remade by Will Smith as I Am Legend:

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Despite years of filling my brain with pop culture knowledge, I had no clue until last week what it meant to be "Rick Roll'd." But it is apparently all the rage with the kids on the Internet, and last Tuesday if you looked for videos on YouTube, you probably got Rick Roll'd.

If you want a definition of getting Rick Roll'd, here's the link to the Urban Dictionary definition. Or, you can watch this clip of a TV news anchor getting Rick Roll'd, live during an April Fool's Day broadcast. You'll find it's fairly self-explanatory.

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I find it hard to believe someone at the Tampa Bay Lightning organization thought it would be a good idea to send the team's mascot to the beach. Can you imagine having to pull that assignment? It must be blazing hot in that costume, even if there are fans inside to keep the person cool.

The whole thing would make me want to kick sand on people and chase spring breakers, too.

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Just in time for the Rolling Stones' documentary "Shine A Light," the hand musician Gerry Phillips has released his own rousing version of "Start Me Up."

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This Funny or Die clip, featuring Willem Dafoe, Andy Richter and Will Ferrell, teaches us two important lessons: The potential hazards of elective surgery, and why it's not good to have one song stuck in your head all day, every day.

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All you need to know about this clip is best summed up by its opening line: "You want me to show you tough? I'll show you tough."

Then, hilarity ensues.

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Meet Paya, one of six elephants from Thailand that have been trained to paint. Their artwork is actually going on display in Scotland.

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Video games in general don't translate well into movies. Especially video games from Nintendo. (Anybody remember "Super Mario Bros." with Dennis Hopper as King Koopa?) But then this well-made fan trailer made me think that Link and Zelda might actually do alright in the movie medium... And then I saw that green hat. Oh well. Sweet effects, though!

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I laughed out loud at this trailer. Will Ferrell + John C. Reilly= comic genius.

I think the line "Hello Miss Lady" has the potential to become a catch phrase.

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In an effort to ramp up the political discourse in '08, WTN is offering up these largely unseen political ads for those running for philosopher-king.

Even dead white European philosophers succumb to modern marketing. Alas, the campaign is already taking the low road:

And don't forget that dark horse Immanuel Kant:

Maybe the best way to resolve this is on the playing field:

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Want to go to Mars? Founders from Google and Virgin announced (on April 1) that they would be taking hundreds of people to colonize the red planet. The joint venture? It's called Virgle.

All you have to do is fill out this application (some questions ask about your tolerance for algae as food) and then submit a 30-second video of yourself explaining why you want to go to Mars.

So far, there have been more than 400 responses-- some weird, some funny, and some obvious product placements.

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The creator of the Egg McMuffin died last week, and we at WTN would be remiss if we went another day go by without an appropriate tribute.

My fellow blogger Gail Gedan Spencer suggested a sort-of gross and really long clip that involved a McMuffin eating contest -- ironic, considering she blogs for "The Skinny" -- but I decided to strike out on my McOwn and found these Egg McMuffin-related clips.

This circa-1970s commercial features a jingle that will stay in your head for days:

And you can say pretty much the same thing for this Australian McMuffin commercial. Did someone say bacon?

Finally, an amateur McMuffin commercial. You can tell it's an amateur clip because at one point a McGriddle sandwich flashes on the screen instead of the McMuffin, and a pro just simply wouldn't make that mistake.

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Kellie Pickler and her red high heels danced on Ellen's stage today (you can still catch the entire episode at 4 p.m. on WNBC/4). The American Idol castoff from season 5 sang her song "Red High Heels".

Of course... Kellie's Ellen performance is no where near Kelly Clarkson's Ellen performance. Here is the American Idol's season 1 winner performing her hit "Since U Been Gone":

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You look like the guy who might enjoy this video of Senator John McCain interrupting a David Letterman monologue this week.

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Tennis player Mikhail Youzhny's frustration at the Sony Ericcson Open in Key Biscayne is becoming the stuff of YouTube legend. Well, at least for this week.

After a bad backhand, Youzhny slammed his racket against his face three times.

My favorite part, the commentator saying, "That had to be a fairly severe impact to draw blood." Yeah, I would think so.

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This is a genius prank. But does it go too far? Since I'm not the prank victim in this incident, then I can say, "Nope." And there's some salty language there at the end, so headphones on.

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Found! The key to beating the lines and paying cover charges to get into popular clubs!

Apparently, looking like a DJ is good enough to gain you access to pretty much anywhere. And you might be able to use your new look to avoid paying tolls.

Check out this clip from an Australian duo calling themselves "The Truth Hunters," and make sure to take notes.

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If you've wandered into a bookstore lately, you've probably noticed all of the books advocating atheism with titles like "The God Delusion" and "God is not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything."

Well, hip-hop is striking back, with this little ditty mocking Dawkins, one of the foremost evolutionary scientists of our times. If you're not up on all of the science, it might be hard to follow. But no harder than your average gangsta rap:

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Happy April Fool's Day, everybody! Is this what happens when jokes go too far?

I'm left to wonder if this clip is itself a joke, because I can't imagine a workplace that would allow its employees to spend their work hours executing an elaborate prank on a vacationing colleague. That said, I urge my fellow Sentinel cubicle dwellers to feel free to go ahead and do this to my desk next time I'm on vacation. Except you can leave out the ceiling fan, because I imagine it would be awfully hard to stand up without getting whacked in the head.

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President George W. Bush threw out the first pitch Sunday at the Washington Nationals season opener. Some in the crowd sounded less then thrilled as they booed him when he made his way to the mound.

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