Say Hello To My Little Friends

As someone who is a huge fan of the Al Pacino version of Scarface, I'm not sure whether or not this YouTube video of elementary students reenacting Scarface for a school play is horribly disturbing or the best thing ever. In any case, it's probably going to make its rounds as the viral video du jour. Click through to see the video and some of my impressions.

This video hit the Internet today care of YouTube user cindymomof6. At face value, the responsible side of me feels really uncomfortable watching this. I have no idea what benefit the kids would get from re-enacting a movie involving gang members, drugs and tons of violence. Even the kids self-censorship makes me feel weird, even though I love fudge. How did any school approve of this? The other side of me thinks that this is freaking hilarious. I've watched it three times over, posted it on my Twitter and Facebook, sent it via IM to a bunch of other people, and am now writing a blog post about it.

Is there more going on here? Or is this just the Internet being the Internet? The idea of a kids version of Scarface that was sanctioned by any school just does not compute in my head. Also, this user's favourite videos are all very religious, which kind of contradicts the life and times of Tony Montana. I guess until we learn more about why this video exists, I'll go back to watching Tony Montana go out with a bang.

UPDATE: This was not a school play. This was done by director Marc Klasfeld and Rockhard Films, whose credits include Lady Gaga's "Pokerface" and Adam Lambert's "For Your Entertainment. Thanks to TMZ for cracking that case pretty quick!

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Christmas Light Hero

The Internet never fails to impress me. This time, former Disney special effects engineer Ric Turner created this interactive Christmas lights masterpiece that lets you play Guitar Hero...ON YOUR HOUSE. The entire house acts as the gameplay interface as well as providing the user a lights show of awesome while you rock out to "Cliffs of Dover by Eric Johnson.

I admit, I don't even have a Christmas tree up in my house yet, and they can play Guitar Hero on their house. If there was ever a time I felt like the Grinch, that time is now.

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Muppets Perform Bohemian Rhapsody

I'm just as confused as you. Yesterday, the Muppets went viral and take part in at least the coolest video of the day. Click on the READ MORE link to catch the Muppets rock out in 1080p goodness.



I have no idea what the objective of this video is or why it even exists, but who cares? Watching Muppets rock out is always fun. Do you think this was a..."reaction"...to any other homemade Muppet videos out there on YouTube? If you don't know what I'm alluding to, it's probably for the best.

Anyway, this official Muppet Studios video is pretty awesome and SFW. While I'm still talking about Muppets, if you haven't already seen this one, I recommend you check out the drum battle between Animal and Buddy Rich too.

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Catching Laptops With Your Butt

MSI is doing a YouTube contest that asks users to create an "extreme crazy video" with an MSI notebook.

One entry in particular is catching like wildfire, and for good (?) reason. It features a guy catching laptops with his butt. What?

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As I'm writing this, it's been watched over 125,000 times on YouTube. While I'm not sure that being able to catch a laptop with your butt is a great way to demonstrate the portability of the unit, I don't think it's hurting the brand, either. At the very least, it's garnering a lot of views, buzz and people talking about it, like me!

I would love to have been a part of the creative process that lead to this video. An idea like this I would never pull out of my...yeah.

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Post-It Note Madness

I never cease to get tired with the crazy acts of creativity that happen on the Internet.

This video was made by YouTube user bunliu as his senior project at Savannah College of Art and Design. While post-it art isn't necessarily new, the concept behind the piece and the execution is spectacular.

Right now it's #1 on the Viral Video Chart. I wonder if the Post-It company is looking at this and going, "Damn...why didn't we think of that?"

If you'd like to see how this video was made, hit the READ MORE button and watch the making of "Deadline". Amazing stuff!

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I'm Big In Taiwan?

A few years ago, my brother and I posted this video of us playing Street Fighter II using DDR dance mats. We thought with such an original stupid idea, we were bound to skyrocket to e-fame.

We did. Sort of. But not how we thought we would.

Uhh...what?

As it turns out, a Taiwan-based video game website used our video, which through them has been viewed over 800 times. From what I gather, it was a rundown of every video game controller they could think of. Those two paragraphs above us? Here's what Yahoo! Babel Fish had to say:

A game's operating mode during like everybody knows, is coordinates in the picture the instruction and music rhythm, grasps punctually steps on treads fills up all around 4 directions to tread the spot, completes the dance step which the game assigns. Following and grows imitates innumerably, treads the pad also to grow each kind of variety disposition from the primitive section paper, until now is considered as on is one of as before popular game types. 　　

Because the home use version treads the pad usually is treads 4 directions the point correspondence to the standard controller's direction key, and provides confirmed that Niu with cancels Niu the control function menu, therefore plays the family will work as a volunteer the attempt with to tread the pad controller to play other type game, even challenges the instruction complex wrestle game, also will be the kind impractical, but the bountiful interest the kind will slight the law in addition.

I think whoever wrote that was trying to say that you can use DDR pads for games other than DDR, even if it's dumb and pointless. I'm not quite big in Japan, but Taiwan is close enough for now.

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Culture Remixed: The Literal Version

The video is a great example of something called "The Literal Version". People are parodying music videos by singing what's happening on the screen, to varying results. This one in particular works so well because the source material is straight-up crazy. I know that it was early in the lifespan of music videos, but who thought any of this was a good idea?

Click on the READ MORE button below and I'll give you a few more literal versions for your viewing pleasure.

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