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June 22, 2009

Is this the greatest freak-out ever, or a fraud?

Here's the set-up: Kid's mom cancels his World of Warcraft account. Kid's brother sets up video camera to catch the post-cancellation epic tantrum on tape.

Jon thinks this is real. I think it's fake. What's your vote?

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June 19, 2009

Creepy video on proper seating is creepy; chock full of groin shots

I have no clue what this is all about. Seems to be a demonstration of proper seating technology. Or maybe they're selling some new crappy chair.

Regardless, this video is creepy and borderline not-safe-for-work if your boss frowns upon horrifically disturbing videos showing men's groins in spandex REALLY CLOSE UP. The voiceover is just as bizarre during these shots.

Enjoy!

*Yes, I meant to repeat "creepy" in the headline. Don't ask, it's a meme.

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June 16, 2009

Crazy karaoke woman a little too into it

I've seen lots of bad karaoke. I've performed some bad karaoke. I've seen some disturbing karaoke (I'm thinking of ex-Sentinel reporter Ryan McNeil's parting performance. Don't ask). I've done some disturbing karaoke performances.

This is easily both the worst AND most disturbing karaoke. Ever.

Watch as this neon woman goes feral during her performance, starting with some sort of primal scream therapy outburst and jittering around the karaoke room like a Cirque Du Soleil performer in the grips of a meth bender.

I don't know if this woman has a chemical imbalance, some dark past or is high on angel dust. What I do know is this:

This woman has a serious case of crazy eyes.

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June 10, 2009

Fire-eater makes popcorn in his mouth

Who needs a microwave when you've got this freak around?

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May 29, 2009

You CAN fight city hall: drive a car through it...

...or maybe not, since Marcus Johnson, 33, just got sentenced to 10 years in prison for doing just that to the Wichita City Hall.

Johnson's motive? A cop told him to turn down his radio.

This video is all over the Web, but I was particularly a fan of this "remix," featuring the Blues Brothers song "Can't Turn You Loose."

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May 26, 2009

Motorized La Z Boy perhaps the greatest mode of transportation ever

I don't have a whole lot to add to the title. American ingenuity at its finest always finds ways to allow us to be even lazier than we thought we ever could be.

I'll drink to that.

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May 20, 2009

Rope walker's antics will make guys wince

This one will bring tears to your eyes.

A rope walker shows a fine sense of balance, followed by complete insanity.

The only way to describe this is, dare I say it, nuts.


via videosift.com

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May 6, 2009

Is that a clown car in that police chase?

I counted 12 people pouring out of this overturned van before I lost count. I'm sure there's some stories of personal tragedy and hardship in that van, but I couldn't help but laugh at just how many people they managed to fit in that thing.


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May 4, 2009

Pickle Surprise

This was sent to me on Twitter by my colleague Geo Rodriguez. It is by far the weirdest video I can recall since "The Unicorn's Prophecy."

Please, help me to understand this, and what inspired it. The best explanation I can come up with is Pee-Wee's Playhouse on LSD.

Enjoy, and don't forget to follow @watchthisnow on Twitter.

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May 1, 2009

Real life superheroes are not so super

As a kid, I always wished there were real-life superheroes. As an adult, I wish there weren't real-life superheroes.

A growing phenomenon that will no-doubt kill kids' interest in comic books is that of masked avengers trolling city streets in spandex bodysuits, looking to fight crime. Are they hulking musclemen and raven-haired beauties, doing incredible feats of strength and agility taking down master criminals?

No, it looks like a bunch of out-of-shape Dungeons and Dragons kids taking their ridiculous fantasies and inflicting them upon the vulnerable masses. It's no surprise that the superhero interviewed, "Shadow Hare," got his butt handed to him in his only physical confrontation with a real criminal.

And really? "Shadow Hare?" You can't come up with a better moniker than a dark bunny?

ALLEGIANCE ASSEMBLE!

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April 28, 2009

How to get up, eat breakfast and dress for work in under 5 minutes

From Japan, the land where all things are awesome, comes the most efficient morning ritual I have ever seen. I've gotten mine down to about 10 minutes on a good day, but this guy is something else.

He deserves some sort of humanitarian award simply for his method of doing up his tie. I still sometimes have to go online to figure out how to tie my damn tie up. Fortunately, I rarely wear one.

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April 13, 2009

Charlie the Unicorn 3

The latest Charlie the Unicorn video is out, and in just a week it's received more hits than our blog will likely get in the next year.

If you aren't familiar with Charlie the Unicorn, click here and get up to speed. I can't even begin to explain it.

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April 11, 2009

Japanese parents teach kids how to survive the zombie apocalypse

Talk about tough love.

These Japanese parents hope to prepare their small children for the inevitable zombie apocalypse by scaring the crap out of them and forcing them to slay a few of the foul creatures. My only criticism is that there's not enough of an emphasis on the proper zombie target.

Aim for the heads, kiddies.

(Thanks to WTN fan and fellow Sun Sentinel reporter Joel Marino for the heads-up on this one)

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April 3, 2009

Snuggie pub crawls

The Snuggie has ventured from batty product (it's a BACKWARDS ROBE, people...) into full-blown social phenomenon. Or cult. Depends on which side of the fleece you're on.

Thanks to the San Francisco Chronicle for warning us that the cult of the Snuggie may be coming to a pub near you.

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March 16, 2009

This man is a slingshot savant

This appears to be a circa 1980s TV news story about a guy who is really, really accurate with a slingshot. And he knocks over all manner of things -- Pepsi can, weeds, a beetle on a leaf -- to demonstrate his slingshot prowess.

He also offers some tips. My favorite: Make sure you can see your target.

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March 11, 2009

Hot new soda made with cow’s urine

Gee whiz – the special ingredient in a new Indian soda is pee from sacred cows. The concoction, which the makers expect to sell like, ahem, hot cakes, is said to provide a host of health benefits. Which is good, because I feel sick just thinking about it.


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February 26, 2009

Algerian aims for record books by eating nails, glass – anything

Algeria's Salim Haini is a man on a mission. He wants to be in the Guinness Book of Records under his adopted title: The man who eats everything.

Haini, 25, seen here munching on nails, candles and lightbulbs, also has a taste for lamps and sawdust. He says he’s chowed down more than 1,000 boiled eggs in a single sitting. "I've eaten two barrels of olive oil in one go, 40 loaves of bread, 75 bowls of chorba (Algerian soup)..." Haini told Reuters. "I once ate an entire roast lamb weighing 35 kilos. God willing, the authorities will help me travel abroad and become the first Arab to eat his way into the Guinness Book of Records."

But he faces some stiff competition. France’s Monsieur Mange Tout also feasts on metal and glass. And Briton Ken Edwards holds the record for eating cockroaches – 36 of them in a minute.


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February 25, 2009

Man makes chainsaw noise with an air hose and his butt crack

In my race for the bottom here on WTN, I think I've finally struck gold. But for the life of me, I have nothing witty, sarcastic, snippy, funny, or snarky to say about this video featuring a guy named Moose making chainsaw noises by (presumably) shooting air into his butt crack.*

All I'm left is with a sense that society is truly doomed and two questions for humanity:

How does one discover they have such a "talent" and why, God, why?

* In another new low for WTN, I actually looked up whether "butt crack" is one word or two. Yeah, I'm that dedicated to my craft.

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February 22, 2009

"Caution Zombies Ahead" road sign warns

Can you imagine driving down the interstate only to see a road sign warning that ZOMBIES were ahead? Wait, not just zombies. NAZI ZOMBIES.

This post is a shout-out to my colleague Sofia, who shares my singular fascination with zombies. Some creative hackers fiddled with this sign to warn us all about the zombie invasion just around the corner.

OK, so zombies may not yet have invaded Austin. Look at this as a dry run for when it does happen. 'Cuz you know it will.

Aim for the head, my friends.

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February 6, 2009

You need a computer to get on the Internet?

It's amazing to think that less than 15 years ago there were instructional videos on how to use the Internet.

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January 31, 2009

Toilet man builds toilet house to inspire the world. Seriously.

Sim Jae-Duck of South Korea heads up what is called the General Assembly of the World Toilet Association. I didn't realize there was such an august political body, but I can only imagine their meetings are a sight to behold ("We bring this meeting to odor to discuss number two on our agenda...")

Mr. Jae-Duck points out that some 40 percent of the world's population lives without a toilet. In their honor, he has built this house in the shape of a toilet seat to be a shining beacon of latrine hope.

Prepare to be inspired.

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January 26, 2009

Wheelchair kegstand shows we have achieved true equality

There are those who say that the election of Barack Obama shatters cultural barriers, destroys the distinction between "us" and "them," recasts how we look at others who might be different from us, whether it be race, ethnicity, language or physical ability.

I say to you that the old way of thinking is dead. That the limitations of the past have been replaced with the promise of the future. That where we once asked what a person could not do, we now ask what they can do.

Today -- this bright, promising day, and every day hereafter -- we do not judge a man by whether or not he can do a kegstand in a wheelchair, but by how much beer he can consume while doing it.

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November 24, 2008

Male bras being sold in Tokyo

Seinfeld, years later, is proving to have been one part great comedy, one part eerily prophetic science fiction.

Kramer's brilliant idea for a "manzier" or a "bro" -- a bra for men -- is finally being put on the market. In Japan, of course.

Hit the jump for the original Seinfeld clip.

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November 22, 2008

World record for dominoes falling

The Dutch sure love their dominoes. Watch as some lady hanging upside down (why? who knows) tips off a domino that cascades into portraits, famous paintings and vehicles. More than 4 million dominoes were used. Pretty sweet stuff.

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November 6, 2008

ZOMG! CNN reporter appears via HOLOGRAM

At first, I thought Wolf Blitzer was tooting CNN's horn a bit too much with this hologram technology. And then Jessica Yellin appeared, Princess Leia style, in CNN's studios. I kept waiting for her to whisper, "Help me Wolf Blitzer, you're my only hope."

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November 2, 2008

Teacher performs striptease in front of students

What better way to instruct a roomful of hormonally raging 15-year-olds than by having a young, attractive teacher do a strip tease, right? Apparently that's what this Hungarian teacher thought. Parents were not amused that this German teacher strips so freely, but I'm sure she was extremely popular with her male students.

Surprisingly, the teacher got off with just a warning. The kids... Well, you can finish the joke yourself.

Fair warning: this clip is safe for work and contains no nudity, however, it may not be safe for viewing around girlfriends or wives. Use your best judgment.

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October 22, 2008

Man dances with construction equipment

This video is one of two things:

1) A breathtaking, fresh interpretation of the essence of "dance," a paradigm-shattering reinvention of the art-form that blurs the line between man and machine in an age defined by technology...

or

2) The stupidest damn thing I've ever seen in my life.

I'll let you make up your own mind. Watch Philippe Priasso dance with at 13-ton excavator in Victoria Park (London, England, not Fort Lauderdale, USA) as part of a modern dance festival.


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October 14, 2008

Man pees on electric fence, flames ensue

I think there was a song written about this. It goes something like:

"You don't step on Superman's cape, you don't spit into the wind, you don't pull the mask off the ol' Lone Ranger..."

"And you don't urinate on an electric fence."

Don't worry, the video is safe for work.


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October 13, 2008

"The Final Countdown" on a KazooKeylele

This is what happens when someone combines a ukulele, a kazoo, a kid's piano and an epic song by an 80's hair band so huge they named themselves after a continent.

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October 8, 2008

Monkeys wait on restaurant patrons in Japan

I would think there would be a whole host of health issues to consider when employing monkeys as waiters (haven't these fools seen 28 Days Later!?). But these "employees" at a restaurant in Japan seem to provide quicker and more polite service than I've gotten at many South Florida eateries.

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October 7, 2008

How An Engineer Folds A T-Shirt

The exception to this must be my father, a civil engineer who still favors the shove-it-in-the-drawer-until-the-shirts-no-longer-fit method.

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October 5, 2008

Grandma does a keg stand

If all family reunions could only be this fun. Watch as grandma, apparently 83 years old, puts the guys to shame by sucking down beer while being held aloft in an inverted position. Keg stand, for the uninitiated.

She earns that "#1 Grandma" mug 100 times over.

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October 1, 2008

Laugh the pounds away?

I have no idea if this is parody or reality (such is the age that we live in where the two are indiscernible), but sign me up if it's the real deal. Pop a squat and laugh like a psychopath? I can pull that off.

Unfortunately, you look criminally insane while doing it.

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September 23, 2008

Worst computer salesman ever

I can just imagine my dad or some other poor schmuck calling about a great deal on a computer and getting this yahoo on the other line. His hard sell leaves a lot to be desired and calling the customer "leetle girl" over and over again probably doesn't help.

But you've got to admit, he's right about one thing: "The future is gonna cost more money."

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August 27, 2008

The Weatherman and his Stalker

Yes, it's creepy that this Canadian weatherman has an obsessive fan. But isn't it also weird that the weatherman has buttons made of himself? Do they sell the buttons or only give them to potential stalkers?

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August 26, 2008

Roaches predict the presidential race

The New Jersey Pest Management Association has a little too much time on its hands.

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August 13, 2008

Man takes a bath in Burger King kitchen sink

Who says grown men can't take baths? Former Burger King employee and aspiring musician Timothy Tackett thinks otherwise. The video below shows him taking a bath in a Burger King sink.

His bathtub stunt got him and his fellow co-workers fired.

Check out the full story here.

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August 7, 2008

A Sandwich Emergency

You may have heard about this Jacksonville guy who got so mad about Subway messing up his sandwich order that he called 911. Twice.

Now the 911 tape is out, and the local news in Jacksonville is all over it. Watch (and listen) to the "emergency" calls here:

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August 5, 2008

Are rainbows part of a government conspiracy?

I always thought it was "light going through raindrops or something." But maybe the government got to my science teachers, too.

Clearly someone out in California is onto their game. Check out the video here:

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July 4, 2008

Hot Dog Etiquette

In case you're in need of hot dog eating tips on this July 4th holiday, the National Hot Dog & Sausage Council has posted this video. Seriously.

Someone should tell the National Hot Dog & Sausage Council that I can put ketchup on my hot dog after age 18 if I damn well please. So there.

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June 9, 2008

Who Moved Their Cheese?

I don't know that I can explain this clip much better than the description provided on YouTube. So here you go:

"Death-defying clips from the 2008 Cooper's Hill Cheese Rolling and Wake, where every year fearless competitors from around the world tumble down an almost vertical hill in Gloucester, UK, chasing an 8lb Double Gloucester Cheese. It can never really be caught as it reaches breakneck speeds but the first person to cross the line at the bottom of the hill wins the coveted cheese. Thousands of spectators turned up to watch again this year, and there were also a few of the usual injuries. Thankfully St John's Ambulances were on hand to whisk the casualties away to the local hospital."

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June 1, 2008

SuperCon sword fight: Tonks vs. Geek

The sword fights were only hinted at in the article written about the Florida SuperCon held this past weekend, but the writer, Ms. Akilah Johnson explained at length this odd new phenomenon she witnessed. Large groups of people would line up to smack each other with foam swords. A strike on the appendage meant it had been sliced off (if your right arm was struck you would not be able to use it and if your legs were struck, you'd have to fight on your knees).

So I did a little digging around and found this interesting video of the actress who plays Nymphadora Tonks taking on some random convention attendant in the fight. Actress Natalia Tena had been invited as a SuperCon speaker along with other actors from the Harry Potter film franchise. The video is a bit too long, and you need only watch a couple minutes to get the idea. But if you want to know who wins, well you'll just have to sit through the entire thing.

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Potter Puppet Pals

Imagine if Harry Potter & Co. were puppets instead of fictional book characters, and said puppets acted out little plays on YouTube. Then you'd have Potter Puppet Pals.

Check out the latest in the series here. You can also follow this link to go to the Potter Puppet Pals web site.

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May 26, 2008

The Basement Tapes

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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BBQ Art

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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May 20, 2008

Comic geeks debate theoretical matchups

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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May 13, 2008

Japanese Adult Swim: The Frogman

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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May 12, 2008

Arnold Schwarzenegger Reminds You to Take your Vitamins

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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March 31, 2008

Big Bug Eyes

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

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

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

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