Best Videos - 2007

Posted by: drakino

Best Videos - 2007 - 04/05/2007 01:55

Figured since the old thread was getting rather long, it's probably time to retire it and start a new one. Should make finding videos in the future easier.

To start off, one I found recently using World of Warcraft characters/internet speak to recreate an old Muppets skit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEWgs6YQR9A
Posted by: Dignan

Re: Best Videos - May 2007 - 04/05/2007 10:39

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Should make finding videos in the future easier.

Actually, I would think it would make it harder. Now we have to check two threads. I was perfectly happy with one thread. I found a single video from it very easily just a couple days ago.
Posted by: JeffS

Re: Best Videos - May 2007 - 13/05/2007 02:30

In case you can't understand Fallout Boy, here's a video with lyrics for you

"I'm also evil, also in to cats"- love it
Posted by: andym

Re: Best Videos - May 2007 - 13/05/2007 14:46

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In case you can't understand Fallout Boy, here's a video with lyrics for you


In a similar vein Songs of Praise for the hard of hearing from the comic genius that is Adam Buxton.

Also Signing for the deaf (with translation for the dumb) from Adam as well.
Posted by: oliver

Re: Best Videos - May 2007 - 24/05/2007 00:22

Pole in the Road
Posted by: andym

Re: Best Videos - May 2007 - 27/05/2007 18:45

We are so not in the future yet....

Warning, it's 10 mins long.....
Posted by: gbeer

Re: Best Videos - May 2007 - 27/05/2007 19:21

which lead to the install vista in 2 mins.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVbf9tOGwno
Posted by: tonyc

Re: Best Videos - June 2007 - 26/06/2007 17:39

http://deadspin.com/sports/they-have-to-...-it--272333.php
Posted by: Robotic

Re: Best Videos - May - July 2007 - 26/06/2007 18:52

Mario Brothers Theme as played on TESLA COILS!!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=VX5V_9s0Gfw
Posted by: tonyc

Re: Best Videos - May - July 2007 - 06/07/2007 13:50

I bet this took some practice:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X76ZIGQgBWg
Posted by: tanstaafl.

Re: Best Videos - May - July 2007 - 09/07/2007 01:53

This is pretty impressive. (My apologies if someone has already posted this one.)

tanstaafl.
Posted by: wfaulk

Re: Best Videos - May - July 2007 - 09/07/2007 12:56

That is pretty remarkable.
Posted by: jbauer

Re: Best Videos - May - July 2007 - 09/07/2007 14:21

From "Flight Of the Conchords" - one of the funniest shows I've ever seen. HBO.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pY8jaGs7xJ0

- Jon
Posted by: Robotic

Re: Best Videos - May - July 2007 - 22/07/2007 17:15

Just discovered (to my great amusement) the music of
The Asylum Street Spankers
Posted by: Robotic

Re: Best Videos - May - July 2007 - 24/07/2007 00:47

Quote:
From "Flight Of the Conchords" - one of the funniest shows I've ever seen. HBO.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pY8jaGs7xJ0

- Jon

Thanks, Jon-
I watched every last clip of theirs on youtube and laughed till I cried.
Posted by: wfaulk

Re: Best Videos - May - July 2007 - 24/07/2007 01:02

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"Flight Of the Conchords" - one of the funniest shows I've ever seen.

Yes, affirmative.
Posted by: jbauer

Re: Best Videos - May - July 2007 - 24/07/2007 01:41

Quote:
Quote:
From "Flight Of the Conchords" - one of the funniest shows I've ever seen. HBO.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pY8jaGs7xJ0

- Jon

Thanks, Jon-
I watched every last clip of theirs on youtube and laughed till I cried.


Haha. Cool! You can watch the latest episode on the HBO site, and I believe that each episode can also be seen on Google Video...

http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=flight+conchords+episode

- Jon
Posted by: lectric

Re: Best Videos - May - July 2007 - 26/07/2007 15:35

Will it blend?
Posted by: Robotic

Re: Best Videos - May - July 2007 - 22/08/2007 04:44

http://staten-island-new-york-real-estate.com/Hand_Shadow_Show.html
What A Wonderful World performance with hand shadows- nifty!
Posted by: RobotCaleb

Re: Best Videos - May - July 2007 - 22/08/2007 19:31

That is probably one of the worst domain names in the world. Ever.
Posted by: wfaulk

Re: Best Videos - 2007 - 22/08/2007 20:01

How to make a glowing tomato
Posted by: Robotic

Re: Best Videos - May - July 2007 - 22/08/2007 21:43

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That is probably one of the worst domain names in the world. Ever.

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This is YOUR FREE Public Website to Post and Search Staten Island New York Real Estate. You may post text descriptions, pictures, and videos of Staten Island New York Real Estate. Feel free to Register, Log in, and Post your Staten Island New York Real Estate Listings. This service is completely FREE.

That sure sounds like an invitation to bandwidth abuse.

Speaking of abuse... here's a load of videos I was enjoying last night. Sorry for the overload!

Stupid lady wrecks a Cobra
http://videoblazer.net/videoblazer/index.php?option=com_seyret&task=videodirectlink&id=1766
Rally car takes corner
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2ELjyTZaSs
If business meetings were like internet comment threads
http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-...s-photoshopped-
POWER WHEELIN'!!! WOOOOOOO!!!
http://www.break.com/index/power_wheelin_230264.html
Racing motorcycle crash/launch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ia3Syd8kpeU
Office prank
http://my.break.com/media/view.aspx?ContentID=353029
Aussie senator (comedy) interviewed about tanker oil spill
http://break.com/index/the-front-fell-off.html
What to do all day at the resort bar
http://www.maniacworld.com/feed-the-humans.html
Robot Chicken does MythBusters
http://www.adultswim.com/video/?episodeID=8a25c392146def1901147016ab5600cc
Posted by: wfaulk

Re: Best Videos - 2007 - 23/08/2007 13:16

Gospeed Quadski amphibious ATV
Posted by: Dignan

Re: Best Videos - May - July 2007 - 23/08/2007 13:21

Thank you, Robotic, that business meeting video had me cracking up.
Posted by: Robotic

Re: Best Videos - May - July 2007 - 23/08/2007 13:32

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Thank you, Robotic, that business meeting video had me cracking up.

Me too! That was the real gem of them all.
Posted by: wfaulk

Re: Best Videos - May - July 2007 - 23/08/2007 14:38

First!
Posted by: Dignan

Re: Best Videos - May - July 2007 - 23/08/2007 14:49

Pwned!!
Posted by: Dignan

Re: Best Videos - May - July 2007 - 23/08/2007 17:21

Normally I haven't found most of that College Humor website very funny, but that video is great, and this one is pretty good too.
Posted by: andym

Re: Best Videos - May - July 2007 - 23/08/2007 19:39

That's so funny. I love the bit at the end with the spammers.
Posted by: Cris

Re: Best Videos - May - July 2007 - 23/08/2007 20:02

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Normally I haven't found most of that College Humor website very funny, but that video is great, and this one is pretty good too.


I dunno, I preferred this one.

Cheers

Cris.
Posted by: jbauer

Re: Best Videos - May - July 2007 - 24/08/2007 15:38

http://www.groovygrooves.com/video/bohemian-rhapsody-a-capella

- Jon
Posted by: andy

Re: Best Videos - May - July 2007 - 30/08/2007 09:27

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/scary-video/1...p?autoplay=true
Posted by: altman

Re: Best Videos - May - July 2007 - 31/08/2007 03:09

Kebab rapping... takes the french....

http://www.mangedukebab.com/
Posted by: altman

Re: Best Videos - May - July 2007 - 07/09/2007 18:55

Ooo.... want (and somewhere suitably big to play with it)

http://www.festo.com/INetDomino/coorp_sites/de/22ff224c0cba8e40c12572d60033d076.htm
Posted by: frog51

Re: Best Videos - May - July 2007 - 08/09/2007 19:24

How bizarre - especially on turns.
Posted by: jbauer

Re: Best Videos - May - July 2007 - 10/09/2007 21:47

www.flyozone.com/video/base_august2005_divx.avi

Worth the large download, imo.

- Jon
Posted by: wfaulk

Re: Best Videos - 2007 - 19/09/2007 19:39

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvLAW7lg2cE

Skip to 1m50s

The last 20 seconds or so is NSFW.
Posted by: andym

Re: Best Videos - 2007 - 19/09/2007 20:31

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The last 20 seconds or so is NSFW.


I'm pretty sure my employer hasn't enabled the '5 second shot of a naked lady in an flv video stream' detector on their firewalls just yet....

That said, I'm sure if someone did invent such a device they'd make a lot of money.
Posted by: canuckInOR

Re: Best Videos - 2007 - 19/09/2007 21:11

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Quote:
The last 20 seconds or so is NSFW.


I'm pretty sure my employer hasn't enabled the '5 second shot of a naked lady in an flv video stream' detector on their firewalls just yet....

It's not the firewalls and logs that are going to rat you out -- it's the random person walking behind you, or peeking over the cube wall, at the most inopportune time.

That said, those dresses are really cool. There's an article on TechnologyReview.com about how they were done. A little scanty on details, but some more pictures and video.
Posted by: loren

Re: Best Videos - May - July 2007 - 19/09/2007 22:57

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www.flyozone.com/video/base_august2005_divx.avi

Worth the large download, imo.

- Jon


How'd you find that? The guy in the black suit and white helmet is a friend of mine, Matt G... the guy with the best job on the planet, promo for Ozone. Here's one from the KL Tower shot last month:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p512EjTXvwg

AND check out THIS vid which blew my mind. ParaKiteBoarding:
http://paraglidetv.com/videos/videodirectlink-4594
Posted by: jbauer

Re: Best Videos - May - July 2007 - 20/09/2007 14:46

Those vids were great Loren! A friend that is an ex-paraglider sent me that link... Funny that you know the dude.

Can't believe how nonchalant those guys are when jumping. I did a bunch of bungee jumping in my past, but always went through some mental gymnastics before I took the leap. I guess you get used to it eventually...

- Jon
Posted by: Robotic

Re: Best Videos - 2007 - 26/09/2007 19:12

Code Monkey

More about the musician-
http://www.jonathancoulton.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Coulton
Posted by: tfabris

Re: Best Videos - 2007 - 26/09/2007 19:16

I've mentioned JC before here on the board. You all should be listening to this guy. I just love him to death, he's made of teh aw3some.

Just saw him last Sunday, performing in Seattle with Paul & Storm, who are also worth listening to. (Paul & Storm were formerly one-half of the isanely awesome DaVinci's Notebook, and their vocal harmonies sound utterly fantastic on Coulton's songs.)

JC is such an amazing songwriter and musician, I just want to die because I could never write anything that cool or clever.

For the record, the songs "Skullcrusher Mountain" and "Mandelbrot Set" are even better than Code Monkey.
Posted by: tfabris

Re: Best Videos - 2007 - 26/09/2007 19:23

Oh, also, this great song, too, had a video contest:

I Feel Fantastic

Generally, I like it best when people make original content videos out of Coulton songs. I'm generally left pretty cold by machinima or videos that are just re-edits of anime movies.

Oh, also check out his brain-breaking acoustic cover of Sir Mix-a-Lot's Baby Got Back. Who knew that song had a melody or even a chord progression?
Posted by: canuckInOR

Re: Best Videos - 2007 - 26/09/2007 22:16

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I'm generally left pretty cold by machinima

I think this statement could stand on it's own.
Posted by: tfabris

Re: Best Videos - 2007 - 27/09/2007 14:59

I should be more specific, though.

Machinima can be great when it's made as an integral part of an original work. For instance, I remember the ill Clan's "Apartment Huntin'" (one of the earliest machinimas) was absolutely hilarious. But what made it funny was that it was original scripting, acting, and improvising. And it poked fun at the game engine, too ("Hey, nice pool!" "But we're carrying axes.").

Taking someone else's music, and then pressing the "dance" key to get your WoW characters to run their dance loop (which someone *else* keyframe animated, by the way), and calling that an original creation worth posting on YouTube is the thing leaves me cold.
Posted by: ithoughti

Re: Best Videos - 2007 - 05/10/2007 16:39

Billy's Balloon
Posted by: Schido

Re: Best Videos - 2007 - 05/10/2007 17:18

That reminds me a bit of these animations: http://fat-pie.com/
Posted by: Robotic

Re: Best Videos - 2007 - 05/10/2007 19:10

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Billy's Balloon

Oh my God! That's awful!



I love it.
Posted by: canuckInOR

Re: Best Videos - 2007 - 05/10/2007 22:04

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Quote:
Billy's Balloon

Oh my God! That's awful!



I love it.

You should check out the rest of Hertzfeld's animations, then. They're pretty messed up. Some of them go on a little too long, though.
Posted by: Dignan

Re: Best Videos - 2007 - 06/10/2007 12:06

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Quote:
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Billy's Balloon

Oh my God! That's awful!



I love it.

You should check out the rest of Hertzfeld's animations, then. They're pretty messed up. Some of them go on a little too long, though.

Ha, I'd never seen any of his stuff before. Pretty funny! It looks like that Billy's Balloon one has been removed for some reason, but I checked out this one.
Posted by: Robotic

Re: Best Videos - 2007 - 09/10/2007 20:02

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Ha, I'd never seen any of his stuff before. Pretty funny! It looks like that Billy's Balloon one has been removed for some reason, but I checked out this one.

Wow- these are great!
Perhaps we will be able to relate to that perspective soon.
But when?
Posted by: FireFox31

Re: Best Videos - 2007 - 26/10/2007 00:54

Greatest Tetris player in the world EVAR

Tetris Grand Master 3, aided by setting initial rotation, piece holding, and showing the next three blocks. Still, playing like that goes beyond instinct.

This only seems possible with a lenient piece selection algorithm. You'd never pull this off in The New Tetris for N64. I'll swear that game KNOWS what you're trying to do based on the playing field and the piece you've held. When you're waiting for a piece, it seems to decrease its probability to about 1/30.
Posted by: gbeer

Re: Best Videos - 2007 - 26/10/2007 23:20

I don't see how that level of play happens unless he's not looking down at all, keeping track of the field only by memory of what plays had been made. The last part playing absolutely blind at that speed, sob!
Posted by: tfabris

Re: Best Videos - 2007 - 27/10/2007 04:57

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The last part playing absolutely blind at that speed, sob!


He's a Tet-ris wizard, there has to be a twist
A tet-ris wizard, got thumbs that just won't blist (er?)

Gah, doesn't work. Ah well.
Posted by: andym

Re: Best Videos - 2007 - 02/11/2007 19:12

2001 done in 1:30 in Lego
Posted by: morrisdl

Re: Best Videos - 2007 - 05/11/2007 11:16

Windows Vista Bloat:

http://www.blimptv.net/mostpopularV1.html
Posted by: jbauer

Re: Best Videos - 2007 - 08/11/2007 17:09

Ok, the video that's now making the rounds called "2 girls, 1 cup" is possibly the most disgusting and horrible thing I've ever seen on line. WARNING, I almost puked.

I honestly don't know if I should post this... Ah, what the heck...

http://2girls1cup.googlepages.com/2girls1cupvideo

- Jon
Posted by: tfabris

Re: Best Videos - 2007 - 08/11/2007 17:14

Thanks for the adequate warning. It helped me to *not* click on the link.
Posted by: wfaulk

Re: Best Videos - 2007 - 08/11/2007 17:19

According to Google, the eating of feces is involved.
Posted by: Robotic

Re: Best Videos - 2007 - 08/11/2007 17:50

No way is that human feces.
The barfing was a bit beyond, tho.
Certainly NOT a 'best video'. More like a 'currently a web sensation' video... like eyeball licking or something, but more nauseating.

/meh and yuck
//was expecting japanese girls
///seen that sick vid, too
////once is enough
Posted by: g_attrill

Re: Best Videos - 2007 - 08/11/2007 20:27

The funniest videos are the reactions of people asked to watch it with no warning, eg:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=OtRzf_ZcM0U
Posted by: Robotic

Re: Best Videos - 2007 - 08/11/2007 20:38

Quote:
The funniest videos are the reactions of people asked to watch it with no warning, eg:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=OtRzf_ZcM0U

Those are great!
A coworker just watched it- his best reaction at one point was "Oh! Topping!"
ROFL
Posted by: andy

Re: Best Videos - 2007 - 08/11/2007 21:21

Silly, very silly

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUKjh0ey7mc
Posted by: Cris

Re: Best Videos - 2007 - 08/11/2007 21:27

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I honestly don't know if I should post this... Ah, what the heck...


I don't think you should. Can some one delete the post please, we don't need that sort of stuff here thanks!!!

Even if it is fake!

Cheers

Cris.
Posted by: Robotic

Re: Best Videos - May - July 2007 - 29/11/2007 02:06

Quote:
If business meetings were like internet comment threads
http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-...s-photoshopped-


...and now the sequel!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=yAGxK7i2E4g
Posted by: Robotic

Re: Best Videos - 2007 - 09/12/2007 16:58

Before the year ends and this thread is lost to eternity, I give you...

James May, man's man!
NSFW language
Posted by: andym

Re: Best Videos - 2007 - 09/12/2007 17:53

While I like Jeremy and Richard a lot. James May is by far my favourite Top Gear presenter. The stuff he does outside TG is equally brilliant, James May's 20th Century was a great series and I love Oz and James' Big Wine Adventure.
Posted by: sein

Re: Best Videos - 2007 - 09/12/2007 21:29

I thought the piece that James May did on Maxing the Veyron was just awesome to watch. Seemed much more fun watching him drive it than anyone else.
Posted by: gbeer

Re: Best Videos - 2007 - 09/12/2007 21:51

It is something of a wonder that the fastest road car driven by a host, was driven by the one with the nickname "Captain Slow".
Posted by: Robotic

Re: Best Videos - 2007 - 13/12/2007 01:15

This is my favorite Harry Potter spoof skit.
SNL with Lindsay Lohan

Anyone got any others?
Posted by: tonyc

Re: Best Videos - 2007 - 14/12/2007 16:56

Funny song.
Posted by: Robotic

Re: Best Videos - 2007 - 28/12/2007 19:20

Anita Renfroe does The Mom Song

Ta-da!
Posted by: RobotCaleb

Re: Best Videos - 2007 - 28/12/2007 22:30

That was hilarious. Thanks.