Kids, this is not -- I repeat, not -- a good way to end the school year.

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In case you're like me and can't make the movie this weekend, I found these old alternate endings to the series finale on YouTube. Enjoy!

Alternate Ending #1:

Alternate Ending #2, though you may want to skip it because it's sort of blah. Also, a warning, Samantha drops an F-bomb:

And Alternate Ending #3:

Now, how it really ended:

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WTN fans might recall Jonah Hill's Stephen Hawking schtick at the end of Knocked Up. Check out this short from David Wain's web series Wainy Days.

Wain, a veteran of The State, chronicles the life of a utter nerd who's always on the cusp of romance with some beautiful women. This clip, from Dorvid Days, is a take on the cliched device in romantic comedies where the hero is always saddled with the disabled brother of the beautiful girl:

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If you caught his recent profile on 60 Minutes, you know that Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is one of those old-school conservatives who attends mass regularly, subscribes to an original intent reading of the U.S. Constitution, and generally runs roughshod over anyone in his path.

Remind you of someone?

I'll give you a hint--he doesn't wait around for the President to make up his mind when the nation is threatened, employs torture at the drop of a hat, and doesn't flinch from shooting friends if that's what it takes to get the job done:

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I was never very good at this game, either. Thankfully, there never was physical pain in conjunction with my losses -- just emotional.

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So the South Florida Sun-Sentinel is now getting press releases for viral videos. Seriously.

Here's one that came to us yesterday for a South Florida comedian:

Comedian Will Hatcher's YouTube video titled "Scrub in the Tub" a parody of R&B artist Usher's new single "Love in the Club" landed in the #1 spot today on YouTube. College Comedian Will Hatcher is no stranger to YouTube his 1st parody video "Crank that Homeless Man" based off of the 2007 summer hit "Crank Dat Soldier Boy,"by rapper Soulja Boy had over 5 million views. A stand up comedian and actor, Hatcher started creating Sketch Comedy and Parody Videos based off of current events and Hip-Hop Music videos in 2007.

Since they sent us a nice press release, here's the video. Can't figure out why he has a can of Scrubbing Bubbles bathroom cleaner in the tub with him.

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Mariah Carey "threw" the opening pitch at a Japanese baseball game this week. I use "threw" in quotations because it seems more like she dropped the ball.

Then again, you don't see many pitchers come out to the mound in high heels.

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ESPN takes on the age-old question of who could score a touchdown first, the bear (named Ted E. Bear, of course) or a football player holding a glazed ham? (from gangrey.com)

This video just goes to show that fantastical match-ups aren't limited to comic book geeks and their Batman vs. Harry Potter what-ifs.

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Ok, this just came in over the transom, and it's really freaky. It's Lost Sneak #6 and it singlehandedly sets up an arc for next season I'm really looking forward to.
But don't look if you don't like spoilers. Really. At six sneak peeks and counting one could argue we're giving the whole show away.

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There are a few minor spoilers in these snippets, just in case you like your Lost unsoiled.

What we're being promised Thursday night is revelations about why present-day Jack is bearded, popping pills and listening to Nirvana.

We're also going to learn who's in the coffin at the end of Season 3, and who may be joining him/her at the beginning of Season 5. That is, in coffins. Oh, and we'll learn how to move an island, something that can come in handy living near the Caribbean.

Let me just say right off that what I love about this show is its uncanny ability to go left when you're sure it will go right. Or, just sitting there expecting right or left and they go right up the middle. Or up, or down. You understand, right?

That, and the utter wackness of it all.

In the first clip I just love that, right smack in the middle of the action, Ben gives Locke a Dharma tape to explain what's going on. Also note Ben's reference to the silly little experiments that the defunct Dharma Initiative was always doing.

Next in line is a terrific one-on-one between Locke and Jack. If there's been any weakness to this year's shows, it's the fact that Jack and Locke haven't gone mano-a-mano. But the plotting simply didn't allow it. The core of this show is faith vs. sceince, free will vs. destiny, and these two are the heart of the show.

Finally, astute viewers will notice that there's someone in the rescue chopper who shouldn't be there, someone who isn't part of the Oceanic Six. This gives us all something to ponder over the next 24 hours. Along with the recent tidbit that one actress from the original cast will be going on hiatus for season 5, but will be back for season 6.

After that, it's an 8-month drought. That is, if the screen actors don't go on strike. Which means all us fanatics will have is Lostpedia and DarkUFO
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Is this real? Because for some reason this clip totally reminds me of the movie "Gremlins."

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What do you do when one of the world's most popular actors feels like he's being left out of one of the summer's top movies? Well, you be kind, of course, and rewind.

Here's the version of Indiana Jones you won't see in theaters:

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The good folks at "The Soup" aired this clip over the weekend, of Reba McEntire performing with Brooks & Dunn at the recent Academy of Country Music Awards show.

Poor Reba looks a bit lost. I'm thinking maybe they could have used just a smidge more time in rehearsal.

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In an interview at Wired Magazine, the folks at Human Giant recently listed this comedy duo as one of the buried treasures of web-based comedy.

The setup is that real-life College Humor employees Jake Hurwitz and Amir Blumenfeld turn their cameras on their daily lives as office drones and roommates.

Jake is the Seinfeld character and Amir is sort of a Kramer/George Costanza hybrid.

They've posted over 100 of these shorts at their site. Here's a small sample:

Basketball Game from Amir on Vimeo.

And check out this one, Sleeping Pills:

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For a long weekend, there was no shortage of viral videos. Here are four that people will be talking about at work this week.

1) Weezer's "Pork and Beans" video. I know we've already done a few posts on this one, but it's dominated the viral video world this weekend. Released on Friday, it's already got more than three million hits and counting. Best video since J.U.S.T.I.C.E's "Dance."

2) David Beckham's long goal. In a Saturday matchup with the Kansas City Wizards, L.A. Galaxy player (and the only soccer player I know) David Beckham scored a 70-yard goal.

This clip had more than 900,000 hits within 24 hours.

3) Kobe Bryant teamed up with the crew from MTV's "Jackass" for this follow-up to the clip of him hopping over an Aston-Martin.

Hmmm... I wonder if footage of Kobe jumping over a pool of snakes might be doctored.

4) Last and least -- Sharon Stone's commentary on the earthquake in China.

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No, not Dylan's, but the prolific Nuglah, better known to WTN-ers as the Unicorn Boy. He's been busy since we last left him, and has branched out into techno.

Or whatever.

At the time I first discovered him I said it was like seeing some new ground-breaking artist, say, a Terry Gilliam, experimenting with a camera. After viewing his latest, I'll add David Bowie:

When I first stumbled upon this guy, I was struck by what one viewer wrote about him having discovered some alien gender, beyond gay or heterosexual, like maybe six or seven planets away from all that.

Here's what Nuglah says of himself:

"My body lives on earth but my mind lives in a realm that is a virgin to the foot of a humbaba, it blossoms, uncorrupted by evil...It is a place where unicorns prance tenderly through a field of wild flowers of all colors,its a land full of Gans, Harpies,Sylphs,Pheonixs,alican tos, and neckbraces!!! There are thrift shops everywhere and everyone loves eachother and makes jello molds in the shape of of my head, and no one NO ONE will ever have to see a local commercial!!! Now come with my child! I shall take ye there!!!"

Here's another entry, his invitation to the Unicorn Club:

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Here's an idea of something to do after your Memorial Day BBQ: Use the leftover sauce as fingerpaint!

Personally, I like to save what I don't use, but to each his own. Check out this guy's BBQ sauce art in this clip:

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I've always wondered, how much these guys practice before these crazy stunts. Did Robbie Knievel actually already jump over 24 delivery trucks -- breaking his dad's record of 14 trucks -- on some deserted farm somewhere? Or was this the very first time he did it?

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Yup, three posts on the new Weezer video. As far as viral videos go, it's the most infectious in months with more than 1.8 million hits by Saturday night.

In case you don't get all the references, Valleywag broke down the video and pulled the original clips. There are a few that I had never even seen before.

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So, like, did she make the show or what?

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Something tells me this guy lost several, several games of beer pong.

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This guy has some incredible moves as demonstrated by his "So You Think You Can Dance" audition.

Here's a video compilation he put together under his performing name "Mr. Fantastic."

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Wow, it seems Weezer recruited everyone in the viral video world for their latest video "Pork n' Beans." Even WTN favorite Will It Blend?

To say the Weezer video has taken off would be an understatement--more than a half-million hits in less than a day.

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So You Think You Can Dance kicked off their fourth season Thursday night and they didn't disappoint. Check out Robert Muraine for some of the craziest dance moves you've ever seen.

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In honor of Florida SuperCon this weekend, I dug up one of my favorite comic-related YouTube videos.

If people reenact Civil War battles, why can't they reenact comic book battles?

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One way to make sure your music video goes viral... is to do a music video ABOUT viral videos. Here's Weezer's latest video, Pork and Beans, starring some of the most recognizable stars of YouTube.

And if you have no clue who the people are in the video, just bookmark Sun-Sentinel.com/watchthisnow and follow along. Stick with us kids and we'll keep you in the know.

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Last week I posted a clip of a monkey waiter.

Now there's a monkey babysitter.

I'm still trying to find a clip of a monkey CPA.

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Today's lesson: Actors sniff jackets.

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OK, WTN readers, which is worse: Lindsay stealing a $12,000 fur coat from a college student, or a college student even owning a $12,000 fur coat? My car in college wasn't even worth $12,000.

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By now we all know who won last night's American Idol.

But who won the American Idol underwear dance off? The final pair starred in commericals for Guitar Hero, parodying Tom Cruise's famous "Risky Business" underwear dance.

David Archuleta's video:

David Cook's video:

Tom Cruise's video:

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I've seen versions of this clip a million times on "The Soup," but it still cracks me up.

Oprah Winfrey does this occasional bit where she gives the audience all her "favorite things," and people lose their minds. I'm not a regular Oprah viewer, so I'm not quite clear on what Oprah's "favorite things" include, but it's enough to cause mass nuclear meltdowns among her audience members.

So I'm guessing they're not getting free keychains or lifetime subscriptions to Oprah's magazine or anything like that.

Witness the fun for yourself in this clip, and watch the looks on the faces of the two bewildered men in the audience. Priceless.

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I have a love-hate relationship with American Idol. I didn't watch for several seasons, but somehow last year got hooked into watching the show. Then I got burned when America voted off Melinda Doolittle. I'm still wondering how America could be so stupid.

I swore not to watch this year out of respect for Melinda, but still found myself coming back for more Idol. I didn't find another Melinda this season, but was impressed with what I saw from David Cook. Of course, that I liked him should have been enough to doom him.

So I was pleased to see him win Wednesday night, especially since I figured the other David (Archuleta) was a lock to win. Blake Lewis taught me to never underestimate the awesome power of teenage girls, who I thought would come out in force for Archuleta.

In case you didn't catch the finale performances from Tuesday, here's a clip of David Cook covering U2's "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For." And after the jump, more David Cook clips, including Cook getting the Idol crown.

Here's David Cook's cover of "Always Be My Baby." I really liked what he did with the song:

I was not so much a fan of his cover of Chris Cornell's cover of Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean," but I know lots of people loved it, so I'll post it as a community service:

And, finally, here's Cook winning Idol last night. Bless YouTubers for getting it posted so darn early:

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OK, I'm all for great actors getting work, but did they really have to cast two of my favorite actors from two of my all-time favorite shows in the new 90210?

First, straight from "The Wire," which arguably depicts life in America's worst zip codes, those of inner city Baltimore, is Tristan Wilds. I mean, is this where Michael Lee went when he had to flee Baltimore after killing Snoop? Is there a great crossover episode at work here?

Next, coming off three seasons of classic comedy as the matriarch of the disfunctional Bluth clan on "Arrested Development," is Jessica Walter. This is going to be less of a stretch. She's apparently playing the same person, just one who's on firmer financial ground than the Bluths.

This show is going to have a lot of competition, the last two decades of youth TV basically being one gigantic copy of the original 90210, so I don't want to curse it. I'm just going to have a hard time watching these actors and not thinking of their previous work.

The preview:

And here's Michael Lee, before he fled to Beverly Hills, in one of the best assassination scenes since Fredo got it in Godfather II -- the killing of Snoop:

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This is a real political advertisement, not a Saturday Night Live commercial.

The Kay Barnes' dance party looks really lame- just two women and a guy in a tiny cowboy hat.

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Here's a sneak peak of the "Ugly Betty" season finale on Thursday, staring Lindsay Lohan. Could this be Lohan's big change to turn her career around? Did she even have a career pre-rehab?

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As confrontations go, this seems pretty calm. Except for the yelling and the throwing of the eggs.

I like how the other people in his row just get up and calmly move out of the way, as if someone shouting and throwing eggs at the CEO of a major corporation is common practice.

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This is an alleged training video used by Home Depot. I say alleged because I have seen many training videos in my day, and not one takes this many weird potshots at Lowe's.

If any of our readers out there work at the Home Depot and can vouch for the authenticity of this clip, please do. Perhaps this all makes sense in context of Home Depot employee training, though quite honestly I'm not sure how home improvement-related song parodies fit in any context.

This video does accomplish something -- remind me that I need to paint my kitchen very soon.

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Ricky Gervais, the creator of the original British version of The Office, showed up for a bit during the Steve Carell-hosted SNL this weekend. Turns out the cubicle comedy can work in any country, in any society. Check it out. The last line is the best.

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Not just another cute pet video! This video shows shows an interactive ad campaign coming soon to major airports.

According to Newsweek, the interactive ads will be installed in these cities: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago (O'Hare and Midway), Dallas-Ft. Worth, Denver, Detroit, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Antonio, San Francisco, San Jose, Seattle-Tacoma, and St. Louis. Nationwide rollout will happen later this year.

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Hmm... interesting timing. This clip wouldn't possibly have anything to do with the Crystal Skull coming out in movie theaters and a Lego-themed Indiana Jones video game coming out in June, could it? No, I'm sure this video was made by a group of totally non-professional guys just wanting to have some fun by blocking off traffic in San Francisco and roll a boulder made up of millions of Legos down a hill.

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Here's some video I shot to accompany an article that's in today's paper [READ IT] advancing the Florida SuperCon this weekend. It might amuse you or it might scare you, the level of knowledge these guys have on the subject. One person I showed it to said these guys were hardcore nerds. Another person said it was like watching a geek-gasm.

Anyway, I had fun putting it together and I hope you guys have fun watching it:

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Ok, I count at least three old X-Files episodes in this first promo, but I'm really hoping Fringe makes it. I've forgiven J.J. Abrams for Cloverfield, and as far as I'm concerned he can end his career now just on Lost and the first year of Alias. But there are plenty of great ideas out there--been to the comic book store lately J.J.?--and I'm hoping Fringe covers some new ground. It's clearly got a great cast, though I could do without the overly ernest son-of-genius schtick from the Dawson's Creek vet:

Here's a couple of sneak peaks:

And:

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Ever notice that Indiana Jones has to swing at least once every movie? The folks at Black20.com did.

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This clip, from last night's "60 Minutes" on CBS, comes from fellow Sun-Sentinel blogger and Friend of Watch This Now Gail Gedan Spencer.

She sent it along with this note: "last night's Andy Rooney report was like a parody, only it was real!"

That pretty well sums it up. Watch and enjoy. And don't forget to send us the weird clips you find -- we'll post them and give you credit.

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Bea Arthur turned 86 years old last week and to honor her we tracked down a clip of her in "The Star Wars Holiday Special." Seriously, Bea Arthur is part of the Star Wars universe.

The two-hour special that debuted Nov. 17, 1978, has been called "the worst two hours of television ever." The plot involved Han Solo and Chewbacca going to Chewy's home world for some Wookie holiday.

In addition to the main story line, there were a bunch of skits featuring the likes of Harvey Korman and Jefferson Starship. Seriously.

Here's Bea Arthur as Ackmena, the owner of the Creature Catina.

"Short memory, eh Thorq. Short memory!"

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The Rambo Deluxe Box Set is due out later this month, and local theaters will be showing the now-classic "First Blood" in a salute to this American institution. (No word yet if President Bush will declare an official holiday). There's even a big soft valentine to Rambo in the form of another film, "Son of Rambow."

So we thought we'd offer our own salute, a short film that asks the question, "Who does Rambo fight after he kills everyone on the planet?"

The answer: Grizzly Bears

Favorite line:

"God would show mercy. He won't. You know another thing God won't show: His Abs. It's not a problem with Rambo."

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So Rent Roman, or at least toss a few pity bucks to this guy who voiced one of the characters in the mega-selling GTA IV video game. He got paid a few bucks and isn't getting a cut of any of the $500 million that the game sold.

Here's his hilarious plea:

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Ok, with the countdown on for Battlestar Galactica to end, I'm feeling the urge to blog a little about it. But even a geek like me has to acknowledge that the show only has about 1.5 million fans, and roughly 1,499,999 work in the media.

So that means the rest of you might benefit from this 8-minute tutorial. It will bring you up to the current season:

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The New Kids on the Block reunion on Friday's Today show is all over YouTube, for the benefit of those who had to work and weren't able to catch it live.

NKOTB, for all you young people out there, is the late 80s/early 90s boy band that begat the Backstreet Boys and N'Sync (and were preceded by Menudo, New Edition, the Jackson Five, etc., though none of those groups had one-fifth of NKOTB's merchandising power).

I was off work Friday and able to catch a bit of the performance. I'm not so sure if I would have gone to Rockefeller Plaza in the rain to watch it, but then again, the women out there rocking the giant NKOTB pins and neon shirts seemed to have a really good time.

Here are some of my thoughts on what I saw:

1) Jordan is still the cute one.
2) Joey aged extremely well.
3) Donnie did not. He needs to lose the hat. And the vest.
4) I was giddy when they did the "Right Stuff" dance, and sad when they did the modified version that appears to be much easier on the knees. Because you know the reason the modified version was included is because they're getting older.

And now, here's a clip. There are many more where this came from, too:

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Is this what happens when I leave my son alone with my husband?

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A pretty funny spoof of the Bill O'Reilly clip from earlier this week. I get the impression that this is going to be a viral video gift that keeps on giving to YouTube, Funny or Die, etc.

Don't forget, this O'Reilly clip contains some adult language. Consider yourself warned.

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Ninjas and boxes of tarantulas! Did anyone check out the mini-movie that they put together out of the leftover scenes from Anchorman? If you guys can find Wake Up Ron Burgundy, it's worth the search.

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Watch This Now reader (and Sun-Sentinel co-worker) Brian Haas sent us this cool video that demonstrates what you can do with spray paint, some sound effects and a video camera.

MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.

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Weezer's new album is due out next month, but a number of tracks are already all over the net. I stumbled onto this odd little promo, "Write a Song with Rivers Cuomo," on YouTube.

And remember, he's going to spend the week with his grandparents, and they're still on dial-up:

and:

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All sorts of spoilers starting to leak out about the Lost season finale, but I'm going to limit discussion today to previews of tonight's episode today.
With three more episodes, and then a long dry spell of at least 7 months, it's a good time to review some of the things we know about the island:

1. Time travel is possible through some portal on the island, but it doesn't do you a whole lot of good: you can't change the future.

2. The Smoke Monster, aka the security system, is somehow linked to this device since it reads minds, and intuits destinies.

3. There are creatures, supernatural beings, aka Fates, who seem to be able to "course correct," when the time line is altered. (Mrs. Hawking).

4. The Orchid Station, the focus of tonight's episode, was some sort of hub for physics, since we learned through the mobisodes that the same time-traveling bunny in the same space has dire consequences.

5. Everyone needs a "constant" -- a person who keeps you anchored in your here and now when you time travel. If you don't have one, your brain hemorrhages and you die. It shouldn't be a bunny.

6. A mysterious entity name Jacob--an old man sitting in an ethereal cabin--is both trapped and controlling some part of the island. He can summon the dead (Christian Shepherd) and the maybe-dead (Claire) for his plans.

7. Or can he? Maybe these are just manifestations of the island, which seems to be some sort of living creature itself.

8. John Locke has somehow been chosen by the island's forces, and has been monitored by what appear to be two types of angels, good?: Richard Alpert, and bad?: Matthew Abaddon (whose name in ancient Hebrew suggests a demonic angel)

9. Until the island decides their fate, some people (Michael) cannot be killed. Even with a gun to their head.

10. A war is being waged for control of the island by powerful men: Alvar Hanso (what the hell happened to him?), Benjamin Linus, and Charles Widmore.All this might just boil down to a fight over some choice South Pacific real estate.

That said, here's some of tonight's sneak peeks. My favorite is this one, in which physicist Daniel Faraday (easily on the top 5 of my Lost characters) realizes something really really bad is going to happen to the island:

In Hurley-speak, the Orchid is this "greenhouse place:"

And:

And:

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This is not just a video clip, it's a cautionary tale. The mother in me is saying: "See, this is what happens when you showboat."

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I'm sorry, I just would not be cool if my waiter was a monkey.

I'd hate to see how he'd react to a bad tip.

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Hey, every anchor has a bad day once in a while. I'm just glad they throw their temper tantrums in front of cameras that are filming so employees can dig them up years later and throw them up on Web sites for everyone to see.

Here's Stephen Colbert on one of his off days:

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It's been 10 years since the Chairman of the Board left the room. The U.S. Postal Service is debuting a stamp and there's new a CD collecting some of his best songs. Here are a couple of the better tribute videos that are on the ol' YouTube.

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OK, full disclosure: I haven't liked anything with the name George Lucas on it since, well, about 1990.

The second trilogy was a shock at its beginning, and just became like the long, painful death of a loved one at the end.

Seriously. I'm not exaggerating.

And as far as the new Indiana Jones, well, I had hopes but I won't be in line opening weekend.

But then came this new trailer for Star Wars: The Clone Wars that had the look and feel of the Episodes 4-6. I can't put my finger on it - tone, look, sound - but it just feels right.

That said, the biggest mystery is why this premiered on Lou Dobbs' show. Is Lucas jumping on board the anti-immigrant bandwagon? Is he suggesting that Lou Dobbs is a clone? Or even more plausibly, a Sith Lord?:

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I'm willing to bet this is going to end up on Comedy Central one of these days. This is the intro to the Frogman, a very weird animation show that runs late nights in Japan. And since what runs during the day in Japan is pretty weird, you can imagine how weird this is. It's been getting some press because it's an example of an emerging art of using cheap Flash animation to create TV shows

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Yes, yes, I really want to believe this is going to be a great summer for movies. The new X-files film is near the top of my list. This new trailer, slightly different from the one leaked earlier this year, offers few clues as to what it is we're wanting to believe in.

Still, here's the alleged plot, which was posted on the website Joblo.com recently after it was taken from the plot of the novelization based on the film (Got all that?):

"Mulder and Scully are back in the thrilling novelization of the summer 2008 blockbuster movie based on the classic X-Files TV show! When a group of women are abducted in the wintry hills of rural Virginia, the only clues to their disappearance are the grotesque human remains that begin to turn up in snow banks along the highway. With officials desperate for any lead, a disgraced priest’s questionable “visions” send local police on a wild goose chase and straight to a bizarre secret medical experiment that may or may not be connected to the women’s disappearance. It’s a case right out of The X-Files. But the FBI closed down its investigations into the paranormal years ago. And the best team for the job is ex-agents Fox Mulder and Dr. Dana Scully, who have no desire to revisit their dark past. Still, the truth of these horrific crimes is out there somewhere...and it will take Mulder and Scully to find it!"

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Clips like this are why YouTube was invented.

After fellow WTN-er Kevin Cobb alerted me to the clip of Tony Romo singing at a Cubs game, I went onto YouTube to look it up. And like magic, under the "related clips" section, appeared these wonderful words:

Tony Romo & Mr. Belding sing Journey w/ METAL SKOOL.

Well, of course I had to watch. I grew up on Saved By The Bell, I like Journey well enough, and Tony Romo had a good year on my husband's fantasy football team. Skipping it would just be wrong.

As for Metal Skool, I wasn't familiar with their work. But that's why Wikipedia was invented. Metal Skool, says Wiki, is a glam metal parody band that now calls itself Steel Panther. They're now recording their own material. Too bad -- I like the idea of a glam metal parody band.

But back to Mr. Belding (who also goes by his real name, Dennis Haskins) and Tony Romo. The unlikely pairing teamed up a year ago to sing the Journey hit "Don't Stop Believin'," and of course it was all caught on tape.

There are a ton of videos of this performance on YouTube, but most of them are very long and profanity-laced. Today I bring to you the shorter, cleaner version:

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Dallas Cowboys QB Tony Romo tried to sing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" during the 7th-inning stretch at Wrigley Field.

And by tries to sing, I'm being generous. Make sure all dogs and small children are out of the room while watching this video -- it may cause ear damage.

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Sorry, not that one by Abba. This is a short little film shot on a Nokia mobile phone -- the quality is surprisingly good -- by a young filmmaker in India. It seems to be a very low budget effort, with only a few "hands" involved:

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Here's something I didn't know: Before he went to Fox News, Bill O'Reilly had a stint on "Inside Edition."

Apparently someone at "Inside Edition" dug through their video archives and unearthed this video of O'Reilly blowing up is. And the clip is, fittingly, blowing up on the Internet.

Warning: This contains some "adult language." So cover the kids' ears before you hit "play."

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Word is Jimmy Fallon is going to be Conan O'Brien's replacement on "Late Night." Maybe he could get SNL alum Horatio Sanz as his Ed McMahon/Andy Richter.

For anyone who hated the recent Star Wars trilogy, here's a funny clip with Fallon as Anakin Skywalker.

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For years, the best American actors made huge fortunes pitching every conceivable product on Japanese TV while pretending to be crass non-materialists in America.

But now that most American actors can make huge fortunes on American television and keep their reputations, well...

They get to make huge fortunes in both countries!

Here's Arnold Schwarzenegger reminding you to take your vitamin drink. The plot here is that the Terminator is being assaulted by two yakuza, or Japanese mobsters (who often like to dress in all-white suits to stress the fact that they're Japanese mobsters). He downs the vitamin drink that's paying him huge bucks to pitch it, and turns into a mariachi version of The Terminator:

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It's amazing how this filmmaker recreated my weekend, word for word. I'm checking the house and car for bugs.

Favorite (oft-heard) lines:

"No, you can't have my credit card."
"Don't get me anything. I don't want anything."
"You talk to your mother like that on Mother's Day?"
"Pull up your pants"

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Probably the most stressful thing a mother has to face is wondering whether the giant slob lying on her couch, eating some $200 in food every week and playing video games all weekend--will ever amount to anything.
No, I don't have anybody in mind.
A shoutout to mothers from Canada:

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No, we didn't forget Mother's Day, either. In fact, I got the best gift of all -- a nap.

If you're one of those who did forget, get up and go to the mall and get some chocolates or a gift card. Pronto. You've got like four hours.

But first, watch this clip:

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So Kim Kardashian, one of those famous people who is famous for being famous, is trying on clothes at a Los Angeles boutique with her sisters while discussing the plight of Burma.

This video just seems wrong.

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Mr. Tuba Player, the band uniform does not give you the authority to push people around. Or, in this case, trip them.

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If the visual of the baby boy doll peeing in dad's face doesn't crack you up, listen to the commercial's lyrics. Brilliant!

Warning: This clip contains full-front baby doll nudity. But remember, folks, this is a product that's marketed and sold to children.

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I thought it would be nice to post a Jenna Bush video today, this being her wedding weekend and all, so I went on the ol' YouTube in search of the perfect Jenna Bush video that would serve as a tribute on her big day.

You'd be amazed just how many Jenna Bush-on-morning television clips there are on YouTube. She's been on a lot of talk shows. Plus, apparently, done a number of speaking engagements. Not as many embarrassing college-era clips as I might have expected.

But those videos are not what I'm bringing you today. What I have to offer is the second video on the list when I did a simple search for Jenna Bush (the first being the Jenna-on-Ellen clip we posted a few months ago -- you can find it here).

This video is no "Unicorn's Prophecy," but it's pretty weird. Someone decided to take clips of First Daughters Barbara and Jenna Bush and set them to Dolly Parton's "9 to 5."

Seriously.

What is this supposed to show, exactly? That the Bush twins work from 9 until 5? That they're sassy like Dolly Parton? Or is it that someone out there has a large number of Barbara and Jenna Bush pictures, plus a Dolly Parton CD, and decided it would be an awesome idea to put them both together?

Anyway, here is the end result. It's not funny ha-ha, but funny absurd, in a who-would-think-to-do-this sort of way. Enjoy.

PS: In one of the pictures, is it me or does Jenna look like she's hitchhiking?

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On this latest edition of my favorite YouTube series, Tom destroys strapless Wii remotes.

Is it me, or does everything he blend end up a mess of gray matter and toxic smoke?

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I remember Tetris on my Gameboy in elementary school. I remember Tetris on my graphic calculator in high school. I remember decimating my co-worker in a Tetris competition a couple months ago. This one's for all you Tetris fans out there.

The video reminded me of a slightly older clip with a similar video game theme-- this time involving Super Mario, a parking garage, and a remote control car.

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Right about now, many high school seniors are graduating and facing that long summer before they can escape their parents and start college. Hopefully their expectations aren't based on college commercials like this.

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Now here's an interesting way to listen to your favorite song -- have someone play it on an instrument fashioned from multiple PVC pipes.

I was able to name the first two songs -- 1979 by the Smashing Pumpkins and Annie Waits by Ben Folds -- but couldn't figure out the third. Any ideas?

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Did Godzilla visit Duluth? That's my only explanation.

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A bit of aquarium etiquette: Do not use a plastic bag to taunt the dolphins!

If I were a dolphin and I saw this girl trying to swim with me, I'd just smack her with my tail.

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We're nearing the six-month mark here at Watch This Now, and all this time we've posted videos for you to watch.

Now we'd like you to send your favorite clips to us.

No, we're not being lazy. But after all these months of showing you what we think is funny, we want to know what our regular readers -- all 12 of you -- think we should see.

So send in the clips. If we get enough good ones by Friday, we'll put them up over the weekend. Try to keep it clean -- no porn, no F-bomb tirades.

You can just post the link as a comment here, or e-mail them to me at kbushouse@sun-sentinel.com.

Thanks!

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Seriously, that's what this clip is about. Another fine acting job by Sharon Gless.

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Gary, Indiana mayor Rudy Clay wants you to know: "There is no hanky-panky going on here in Lake County, Indiana." And that, folks, was the best line on CNN last night during the election drama that was Indiana.

CNN's Wolf Blitzer, John King and Hammond Indiana mayor Tom McDermott were attempting to find out why Lake County, Indiana had reported only limited primary election results.

The fun starts around the 1:20 mark. The hanky-panky remark is at 3:07. And be sure to catch Clay's explanation on why it took so long to count the machine vote.

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This being the United States, with its insular culture, dying old media, and third-rate education system, it's vital for our celebrities (and Wikipedia) to step up and educate us about far-flung places like Burma, Tibet, Darfur, etc. since our politicians, teachers and journalists have failed so thoroughly.

Burma, now officially called Myanmar, is getting some of the usual press a remote nation gets after a catastrophe. At least 10,000 people are dead because of a cyclone that hit the country over the weekend.

But for the next 30 days, an unlikely group of celebrities like Will Ferrell and Sarah Silverman are heading a web campaign to bring attention to the decades-long struggle for democracy in Burma. It may sound silly, but Ferrell and Silverman strike just the right notes in these kickoff videos.

They're comedians first, and they never lose sight of that:

And check this out: Burma: it's all dictatory:

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Apparently some of us do not put on our pants one leg at a time.

Two questions are begged from this video:

1) Who came up with the idea to jump off a roof/car/friend into a pair of jeans?

2) Doesn't it hurt?

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Now, how about this: The Webby Awards were announced Tuesday, and while we here at Watch This Now didn't win anything, it turns out we've featured many of the winners on this very site.

Which doesn't exactly make us winners-by-association, but we feel very cutting-edge right now.

Stephen Colbert of "The Colbert Report" is the Webby Person of the Year. Hopefully this will dull the pain of finishing third in the "100 Most Influential People of the Year."

Here's the link to my recent Colbert entry.

The Black Eyed Peas' will.i.am got a special Webby nod for his pro-Obama "Yes We Can" clip, which Tim Collie posted here back in February. Here's the link to that one.

And finally, director Michel Gondry got props for encouraging people to remake their favorite films and post them online -- also known as "sweding." You can check out all of Andrew Tran's "swede" posts in the "swede" section here, or just click on the category link on the right side of the blog.

Congratulations to the winners!

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I am so annoyed by the recent cell phone commercials with the kids and grandma talking in txt lingo (rofl, idk, my bff jill?) A decade ago, those phrases were limited to computer screens and instant messages. I don't know how it's crossed into mainstream conversations-- It's so weird to be walking around a school and overhearing kids using phrases like brb un-ironically.

This video highlights a more modern trend that's developed in txt-messaging usage -- the texting hookup. Just watch the video to understand this modern mating ritual:

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My vote is for fake shark. And silly surfer who thinks the YouTube universe will believe this is real.

Then again, maybe I'm wrong. Maybe a shark just happened by the pier while this surfer happened to have a video camera, surfboard, fishing pole and what appears to be raw meat on a hook.

I like the music, though. Very Jack Johnson-y (if it is not in fact an excerpt of a Jack Johnson song, with a little added scratch).

Your thoughts? Fake shark? Real Jack Johnson song? Discuss.

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This compilation of game show contestants' blunders appeared a few days ago. So enjoy a mustard-filled chocolate eclair while you mull over who is the better anchorman: Elvis or Daniel Boone?

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I first heard The Knux's "Cappuccino" last week and I can't get it out of my head. It's like someone unearthed a really good mid-80s rap track.

Listen if you dare, but there's a good chance you'll find yourself saying "Fresh cappuccino with a mocha twist" later in the day.

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One of the coolest things that can happen to you as a SF geek is when someone with career bona fides, like one of the world’s most famous physicists, endorses your weird TV show. Popular Science has been doing a series of running articles on the science behind Lost, even that cool sat phone that has played a key role this season.

The latest features Michio Kaku, a professor at Princeton University and a leading expert on multiple dimension theories (yes, serious people at very good universities actually take this stuff seriously) talking about the theoretical science behind Lost.

Given this is a show that has managed to dangle plot lines involving ghosts, time travel and alternative realities, it’s interesting to think that there may be a scientific underpinning to it.
From the Popular Science article:

“But the creators did let slip that the rest of this season will revolve around some very real—and very big—physics: the Large Hadron Collider, the much delayed European particle accelerator that could reveal information about the Higgs boson and dark energy. Some physicists believe the LHC will produce mini black holes, which might actually be able to open a one-way portal to another universe—a gateway that can only be kept open by a force of energy as strong as Jupiter ... or an electromagnet inside a desert island.

Michio Kaku, author of Physics of the Impossible, thinks the Lost creators are using cutting-edge science to lay the groundwork for a transversible wormhole to another point in space and time—a trip foreshadowed in an off-season video about the so-called Orchid station, which Lindelhof and Cuse promised would be a key to the next few episodes. "They're amping up the energy to the point where space and time begin to tear, and the fabric begins to rip," Kaku tells PM. "When the fabric of space and time begin to rip, things that we consider impossible become possible again."

This week promises a peek into the ghostly Jacob’s cabin, the mysterious force that may or may not control the island. One of the more interesting theories that I’ve seen bandied about after last week’s show is that Claire is dead and doesn’t know. (Nor does anyone around her.)

What gives this legitimacy in my mind is something that Kate said to Jack last week: "I'm so glad that you changed your mind." About what? It just seemed a little eerie to me given that Hurley seems to think they're all dead already.

What if the occupants of Ocean Flight 815 are dead, in the sense that someone their reality split into two realities: that of their survival on the island, and their deaths at the bottom of the sea? And somehow, the in that shadowy “thin place” between Life and Death?

And that’s just today’s theory! Here’s some sneak peaks from this Thursday’s episode. We’re heading into our final month of Lost, followed by is likely to be an 8-month drought:

And:

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The new Batman film, The Dark Knight, seems to be the gold standard for the summer flicks. With Heath Ledger's untimely death, it has a certain poignance even though he's playing a psychopath. What seems clear from the two trailers released so far, is that this is going to be one of those defining villain performances, the ones that future actors are going to be judged against.

Here's the new trailer:

And here's the link in case you want the widescreen, HD version

http://www.whysoserious.com/happytrails/trailer.htm

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As the mother of an 11-month-old, let me say for the record that I would not engage in this particular activity.

That said, knowing what I know about my own son, I would strongly advise those spectators on the ground to wear some sort of plastic sheeting, or at least carry an umbrella. I can't imagine a naked baby wouldn't have some sort of accident while being tossed from a tower onto a sheet.

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This is pretty cool, but... who decided to try out balancing a plank with five metronomes on top of two soda cans? Is it a science experiment or something?

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Poke! Nudge, it's your turn on Scrabulous! Confirm? Ignore?

Transpose all this to the physical world and it all seems a little absurd:

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Just came out and it looks like it's going to be a solid popcorn flick. The trailer isn't Iron Man good, but I definitely want to see the movie.

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The instant I saw TV interviews with the 7-year-old joyrider from Palm Beach Gardens I knew he was going to be a viral sensation. Sure enough, a WPBF-Channel 25 clip of the young fellow already has more than 700,000 hits on the Internet.

His declaration "I like doing bad things" is going to be with him for awhile.

But it seems everyone has overlooked the interview done by our news partner, WPTV-Channel 5. Kelley Dunn interviews the young fellow as he makes ice and talks about wanting to go on a high-speed chase. Once you get to the site, click on the Video Player on the right.

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I remember the days when my Dad would not see a movie without first hearing what Gene Siskel & Roger Ebert had to say about it.

Little did we know what ensued between the two film critics off-camera. Their snaps could put the kids on MTV's "Yo Momma" to shame.

Warning: Siskel gets a little blue.

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I'd been reading about military research into exoskeltons for some time now. So the release of Iron Man had me geeking about the web and bit to see if I could find any good video. Check out this piece at Popular Science for some interesting work being done at Raytheon.

And here's another Iron Man that can do your sets for you at the gym:

Finally, here's a nice little item about a guy who builds Transformers in his garage to protect from grizzly bear attacks:

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Summer movie season kicks off in a big way this week with Iron Man, which got me to wondering. Where do super heroes and villains go to stay in shape? Is there an Iron Man workout? Does Spiderman have his own routine? And is there a gym on board the Death Star:

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Be kind: Paula Abdul has said that sitting on America's most popular TV show and listening to amateurs sing for several hours a week is hard, very hard work. And sometimes she just mixes up her notes.

But now, it seems, the cat's out of the bag. The wobbly American Idol judge slipped up yesterday and suggested rehearsals help her form an opinion, which gives the lie to the ostensible spontaneity of the show:

You can read our own critic Tom Jicha's take on the controversy, and last night's show here. And check out MTVs "Top Five Times Paula Abdul Has Stretched the Limits of Logic."

Finally, just to explain to younger readers why this woman is a judge in the first place, here's a homage to Paula in her glory days:

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Life is like this sometimes. You try really, really hard to do something, only to have someone stand 20 feet away, laughing and videotaping the whole thing.

It is kinda funny, though.

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