I can completely relate to this video, only because for a time my infant son would only stop crying when we played one of two songs -- Olivia Newton-John's "Xanadu" and Young MC's "Bust a Move."
This video makes me happy to know I'm not alone in playing cheesy songs to appease a bawling baby. Does this mean I now have to download Rick Astley onto my iPod?
In this video, a diaper-wearing kid sings "Hey Jude." It reminds me of when my friends and I go out to karaoke. I think this kid sounds better than us most of the time.
It's pretty clear I underestimate the entertainment value of kids and animals.
This clip of a baby biting a kid (and by the way, let this serve as a lesson -- you totally do not taunt a baby like that and expect to escape unharmed) has received more than 2 million hits on YouTube and inspired a slew of parodies.
For some reason, when I would give my parents the "evil eye" they wouldn't encourage me to do it again. Watch as this baby gives the "evil eye" and then giggles.
I have two questions for the makers of the “Ready, Set, Bumbo” series.
1) Where did you find the time? I’m a new parent, and some days I feel like it’s a miracle that I’m able to get out of bed and function as a normal adult. I don’t know what impressed me more: The stop-motion camera work or the fact that your house is spotless.
2) Can you please tell me how you got a baby to sit long enough in the Bumbo (which, for the uninitiated, is just a plastic seat) to accomplish all this? We consider ourselves lucky if our 5-month-old can be still through dinner.
For the uninitiated, a Bumbo is a molded seat that helps infants sit upright. Our son likes to try and escape from his. We have not yet tried to videotape this and post it on YouTube. We still have not figured out how to work our video camera.
You don’t have to be a parent to find these clips amusing. Just make sure to watch the series in order. Like Star Wars (Nos. four through six, not the prequels) and Harry Potter, the clips each stand on their own, but it all makes more sense if viewed in sequence.
Bumbo I:
Bumbo II:
Bumbo III:
To learn more about the “Ready, Set, Bumbo” videos, go to their Web site.
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