The hottest viral video of the weekend -- troubled star Amy Winehouse punching a fan. Got to admire her professionalism -- she kept on singing.

What's up with singers mixing it up with audience members last week? First Tim McGraw, now Winehouse. Who next -- Cyndi Lauper?

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What happens when an A-list star meets an A-B-C star?

I imagine kids watching this clip turned to their parents and asked, "Can I see the movie where Elmo's friend plays a New York City taxi driver?"

You looking at me, Cookie Monster? Are you looking at me?

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Maybe you've seen the video with me taste-tasting berries.

And while that's all well and good, here's a video with far more interesting people trying out the berries on the Graham Norton show in the UK. Juliette Binoche seemed to like it, but Gordon Ramsey, sort of predictably, does not.

That's kind of been my experience with other people, too. Some friends will get a kick out of it, some won't taste much difference at all, and some even get personally offended: "You've made my burger taste like a doughnut!" or "You've ruined my alcohol-drinking experience!"

Just goes to show that taste is, well, up to one's individual taste.

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This footage almost feels like it should be in a museum-- video of Fort Lauderdale Spring Break '85. The quality is awful for the first 15 seconds, but bear with it.

Awesome soundtrack with the video.

Oh yeah, a dude filmed it.

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You may have heard what happened the first time Robert Wexler, the Boca Raton congressman, appeared on The Colbert Report. Let's just say it was a tad controversial.

In his most recent visit last Thursday, it was a bit tamer -- Wexler's got a book to sell and two opponents this election year, so no jokes about using illegal drugs or enjoying the company of prostitutes. Bummer. But there are still some funny moments.

Watch the clip and see for yourself how he does:

Now here's my question: Does Colbert have to have Wexler's opponents on, in the name of equal time?

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This footage of a Coral Gables building implosion gone wrong is on Sun-Sentinel.com's homepage, but you may have missed it. So you can check it out here:

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Don't you just hate it when you're trying to shoot video and it's pointed in the wrong direction? At least the camera operator seemed to recover in time to get something here...

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I guess now Shaq can pick up Kobe's plate and make fun of him, instead of just rapping about him on YouTube. (I'd post that Shaq clip if it didn't contain about 4,689 different combinations of the seven words George Carlin said you can't say on television.)

Instead, I'll post this clip from Jimmy Kimmel:

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It's has to be tough being a Photoshop instructor fighting off errant child support letters while dealing with dense students and their questions:

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I'll be honest with you all: I have no idea why I think this is funny. But I watched this last night and it cracked me up. Maybe I was just tired.

Watch and judge for yourself:

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I've seen this video clip presented as real. It's not -- it's part of a Gatorade campaign.

But then again, on YouTube it doesn't matter if it's real or not as long as it's entertaining. This is.

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I do not recall the Chuck E. Cheese Band ever playing anything this cool (or current) when I was a frequent customer. Then again, I haven't been to Chuck E. Cheese in years, so there's no way for me to really know.

Of course, there is the distinct possibility this is a mash-up, in which case it's a pretty darn good one.

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Winnie the Pooh, aka Vinni the Puh, as interpreted by Soviets. (Really! The Soviet Animation Studios, apparently) Just shows that even communists like silly old bears.

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This video does two good things.

1) It features Jack McBrayer, better known for his work on "30 Rock" and in a Mariah Carey video.

2) It links to an effort to raise money for cancer research.

Public service announcements should all be this entertaining:

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I was a little put off by this at first, but it redeems itself at the end. The guy obviously enjoys teaching his kids the sport -- I'm assuming they're his kids -- and really, is it really any different from suiting them up for

Soccer: where they run into each other at a high rate of speed with no helmets?

Football: where they run into each other at a high rate of speed with helmets?

Baseball: where a ball can hit them at a high rate of speed, sometimes with a helmet, other times with just a hat.

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Could this be the sneakiest soccer goal in history?

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Thanks to video, I'm expecting a good six months of cleverly produced, vicious partisan attacks depicting the other party as the one true bastion of greed, incompetence and enslavement to large alien monoliths. (OK, well, maybe not so much on that last point.) So far, I'm not disappointed.

First, Speaking Democrat:

Second, Voting Republican:

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This is the second cautionary tale we've had dealing with the dangers of light sabers:

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Last December, some Italian artist apparently decided to dump thousands of plastic balls to protest the end of garbage pick-up in Naples. Thankfully for YouTubers everywhere, this protest was caught on film.

At the end of the clip you see the sanitation workers cleaning up the mess (and honestly, if I were an Italian sanitation worker, I'd track this artist down and whack him with my shovel). But I think they're missing a real opportunity here -- just turn the plaza into a giant ball pit, like at the mall or Chuck E. Cheese's.

Now that's a tourist attraction!

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Kids (and kids at heart) don't try this at home (or at the mall). Below you'll see a woman spinning on an escalator.

How? Click and find out!

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Maybe it's just me, but if you're a Hollywood liberal icon who doubles as a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations, isn't it a bit incongruous to make a ton of money glorifying skilled mass murder?

I'm thinking of Angelina Jolie. And that's what went through my head when I saw this trailer for her big summer blockbuster, Wanted.

"Kill one, save a thousand--that's what we believe,'' she tells a colleague at one point. Well, wasn't that sort of the idea behind the war in Iraq?

Enough said. The film is the Hollywood debut of Timur Bekmambetov, whose well known among geeks for his Nightwatch and Daywatch series of Russian Sci-Fi. The film is basically every loser fanboy's dream: one day Angelina corners you in the supermarket and takes you out of your dreary cubicle existence:

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Matt Harding captured international attention a couple years ago by doing a funny dance in 39 countries on all seven continents. It's one of my favorite YouTube videos of all time.

He just released his sequel- this time he dances in 42 countries. It's a worthy successor to his first video. It's amazing how this four-minute clip has more heart than most Hollywood movies.

And here's the original:

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Look, I've never robbed anyone, but I think I know this much: Using a palm frond as a weapon will not make people give you money.

Even more embarrassing is when your victim yells at you to get out, then chases you out of the convenience store with a stool.

Watch and enjoy:

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Have you ever had problems figuring out Joe Cocker's lyrics? This should help.

Oh, I'll take this almond love.

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Yuri Kuklachev is probably the most popular cat trainer in the world. Yes, he herds cats for a living. The cat shows in his Russian theater are legendary, and the tradecraft he has honed in training cats is a closely guarded secret.

But now, he claims, his secrets have been stolen and exported to America. According to CNN, he's filed suit to stop the other cat imitators.

Here's a look at some of the things he can do with cats:

And here's one of the famous Whiskas commercials he's done (in Russian):

Finally, here's a scene from the musical Cats in Russian (I just had to throw this in):

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These people are way too excited about the new product Poop Freeze.

This commercial has to set the record for the most times the word "poop" is used within a two-minute span.

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Continuing with today's animal theme today, here's a clip that's been around awhile but is still worth posting:

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Wichita Eagle (and former Sun-Sentinel) reporter Roy Wenzl interviews YouTube sensations Oscar, Ginger, and Zooey on camera [click here to see the video].

Here's an excerpt from his print article:

Klusman is getting proposals from filmmakers interested in marketing more of his ideas. He and Wingard, who works in the cubicle next to Klusman's at Spirit Aerosystems, are getting proposals from cat-loving ladies worldwide.

"OMG will you marry me?" one wrote.

"Paul is the George Clooney of engineers," another wrote.

Others sent "extremely interesting" photographs of themselves, Klusman said.

Meow.

Here's the video that started it all:

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