15. George Washington
Brad Neely's bizarre homage to America's first president — who apparently invented cocaine, hates British children, and "fucks the shit out of bears" — was created in late 2006 but didn't start making the YouTube rounds until March 2007. Neely was already a successful artist (he created the respected web comic series "Creased Comics"), and the short landed him a gig creating animation for SuperDeluxe.com. The sad postscript to the video's success: according to Wikipedia, Neely sold the rights for just $250. — John Constantine
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14. Dancing Bird
This web video is one of the most sublime pieces of moving imagery of our time — or any time. More poignant than Powers of Ten by Charles and Ray Eames, this work will make you reassess what it means to be human. Behold, Snowball! He loves the Backstreet Boys and dancing. According to human sources close to Snowball, the sulfur-crested Eleanora cockatoo "just heard this song and suddenly felt like dancing. We're all jealous because he can out-dance each one of us." It also seems he's a bit of a double threat: "When he's really in the mood, he dances and sings." — Jennifer Prediger
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13. Paris in Jail
Somehow, it was inevitable that there would be a hit video depicting Paris Hilton lounging in jail, clad in an orange bathing suit. To the tune of Hilton's single "Stars Are Blind," a doppelganger sings lines such as "I went ape on a sex tape," while eating a banana. Hilton's official YouTube channel has received more than 4 million views, but this takeoff got more than 12 million. If Hilton is, as has been suggested, a giant self-parody, she's got serious competition. — Sarah Harrison |
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12. Little Kid Singing "My Humps"
The best part of this video? A two-year-old conceived better lyrics for this Black-Eyed Peas song by mistake. Examples:
Fergie: "They buy me all these ices!"
Kid: "Chirpy-birpy Icee!"
Fergie: "Don't pull on my hand, boy!"
Kid: "Don't poo on my hand, boy!" We rest our case. — Gwynne Watkins |
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11. Miss South Carolina Answers a Question
When asked why one-fifth of Americans can't find U.S. on the map, Caitlin Upton cited the problem as a lack of maps. She then suggested "our education, like such as in South Africa and the Iraq everywhere like such as, and I believe that they should, our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S., should help South Africa and should help the Iraq and the Asian countries so we will be able to build up our future for our children." After winning third place in the pageant, Upton now models for Trump and is paid exorbitant amounts of money. Ah, America!— Liz Nadybal |
