threatened to sue.

I Kiss You! — A hilariously amateurish
personal website made by a middle-aged
Turkish man named Mahir Cagri. With
his poor English skills and awkward,
dorky appearance, many have dubbed
him “the real-life Borat.”

I Like Turtles — Another inexplicable,
out of context local news clip. The
female reporter, at some unspecified
county fair-type thing, asks a child,
dressed as a zombie, “‘what he thinks.”
Zombie kid replies, in a lispy voice, “I
like turtles!” and the internet howls with
delight.

Jib Jab — Website known for producing
high-quality musical cartoons about
politics. Notable hits include “This Land
is Your Land” sung by George Bush and
John Kerry, and “Good to Be in DC”
sung by all of the District of Columbia.
Kid from Brooklyn — A gruff-talking,
jowly New Yorker who swears and rants
about various matters on a regular basis.
Lazy Sunday — Another popular
Saturday Night Live sketch, this one
features actors Chris Parnell and Andy
Samberg playing two geeky teens who
go buy some cupcakes and then go to see
the Chronicles of Narnia. Oh yeah, and
they aggressively rap their whole way
through.

Leroy Jenkins — Popular
among players of World of
Warcraft, this video shows
an idiot named Leroy
badly screwing up
the elaborate
invasion
strategy
being

formulated by his fellow players. Leroy
himself refuses to say if the video was
staged, which means it probably was.
Lightning bolts — It’s always funny

to laugh at teenage nerds playing
pretend. This 20-second clip shows a
bunch of Dungeons and Dragons-types
in full costume, in a mock battle. One
particularly fat nerd throws little pieces
of something (probably cardboard)

at one of his enemies, while yelling
“lightning bolt!” repeatedly.

Lily Tomlin goes crazy — Actually two
distinct clips, both outtakes from the
2004 film J (heart) Huckabees. Showing
her true prima dona colours, the clips
depict a moody, uppity Tomlin swearing
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back. Many f-bombs are dropped.
Little Superstar — A clip from an old
Indian Bollywood film that shows what
appears to be a small, muscular child
(but is actually just a really tiny midget)
dancing vigorously.
Lonely Girl — A pretty, girl-next-door
type teenager, her webcam journals
were initially widely believed to be
legit. However, as her series went on,
and her stories got increasingly bizarre,
telling tales of her overbearing occultist
parents, viewers began to get suspicious.
Eventually it was revealed that the
LonelyGirl was just an actor.
MySpace: The Movie — An 11-minute
amateur movie that pokes fun at the
entire MySpace phenomenon. Divided
into a couple of mini-episodes, the film
mocks online dating, chain letters, and of
course everyone’s best friend: “Tom.”
Napster Bad! — Now rather dated,
Napster Bad! were a series of short
cartoons created by online cartoonist
Bob Cesca in the early 2000s. They
made fun of Metallica, who, at the time,
had loudly come out against Napster.
Cesca caricatured the lead singers as
money-hungry idiots.
Numa Numa — An overweight nerd
flamboyantly lip-syncing along to a
high-pitched song in a foreign
language, later revealed to be
from a Romanian pop band.
OK GO — A relatively
minor indie band, they gained
great internet fame with their
“treadmill” music video, which
basically consists of the four
band members dancing on four
fitness treadmills in an elaborately
choreographed sequence.
Oprah vs. Tom Cruise
— Everyone remembers Tom
Cruise’s infamous hysterics on the
set of Oprah’s show last year. A
lot of internet people had fun with
that footage, including one editor
who turned a playful wrestle
between Cruise and Oprah into
an epic, Star Wars-esque struggle,
complete with Sith Lightning.
Otters holding hands
— Vancouver’s contribution to
’ the world of internet nonsense.
Someone filmed two otters at
the Vancouver aquarium holding
hands. It is adorable.
Paris Hilton Sex Tape
— Ms. Hilton’s poorly-guarded
homemade porn found its way onto the
internet. Evidently this blurry video is
part of the reason she’s as famous as she
is.
Peanut Butter Jelly Time — Probably
the most inane video on this list (and
that’s saying something), PBJT consists
of a badly-animated banana dancing
over an irritatingly repetitive song about
Peanut Butter Jelly Time... whatever
that is.
Rocketboom — A popular video blog
featuring commentary about daily
events, with a light-hearted satirical
edge. Stars women, which is rare for the
internet.
Shining Trailer remix — Proving that
trailers can easily misrepresent a movie’s

true nature, film editor Robert Ryang
cleverly spliced scenes from the classic
horror thriller The Shining with a feel-
good narrator and Peter Gabriel‘s
Salisbury Hill to create an

alternate universe trailer
in which the film was
actually a romantic
comedy.

Shoes — An inane
music video about

a girl—who is
actually a guy in
drag — singing

the praises of

shoe shopping.
Sneezing

baby panda

— Another

fairly self-
explanatory cute
animal video. A
baby panda in a zoo
sneezes very loudly,
visibly startling mama Panda.
Spongemonkies — Two grotesque...
things created by British animator

Joel Veitch. They sing in an annoying
manner, and briefly appeared in a poorly-
thought-out Quizno’s ad.

Stanley Kubrick audition — A 1963
audition tape for Stanley Kubrick
featuring aspiring actor Brian Atene, who
was evidently hoping for a role in Full
Metal Jacket. Pompous and smarmy,

Mr. Atene proceeds to act out a scene
from SE Hinton’s The Outsiders in an
extremely over-the-top fashion. Atene
himself, who has since resurfaced, now
claims it was just a joke.

Star Wars Kid — One of the earliest
internet celebs, the Star Wars Kid video
depicts an overweight, French-Canadian
teen vigorously swinging a random metal
pole as if it were a light saber. The video
shamed his family and he threatened to
sue the bullies who put it online.
Stephen Colbert vs. Bush — Every
year the White House hosts a gala
banquet for the Washington Press corps.
The event is usually a jolly affair in
which guest speakers take turns roasting
or playfully mocking each other. In 2006
Stephen Colbert was one such speaker,
but his roast of President Bush went far
beyond mere playful
ribbing. His acidic
tirade — spoken right
in front of the
president’s face,

no less—

became
hugely
popular
with

   
  
  
 

liberal
bloggers
who
no doubt
wished they
had been there
to watch Bush
squirm.
Washington
— Crudely-
animated musical
cartoon describing the
awesomeness of George
Washington, noting facts of
dubious historical accuracy such as his
twelve story height.
Winnebago Man — A 1988 blooper
reel from an attempted RV commercial.
The star of the show is a slick-looking
mustachioed fellow who can never seem
to remember his lines, prompting fits of
manic swearing and kicking.
You’re the Man Now Dog — Sean
Connery’s immortal line from Finding
Forrester spawned an entire website
dedicated to presenting stupid quotes
from film and TV in various ridiculous
(and often seizure-inducing) ways.
Yatch Rock — Popular live-action,
online show about a 80s rock artists told
in an over-the-top Behind the Music
style.
Ze Frank — An amazingly well done,
over 300 episode webcam show. Ze
Frank, the star, offered thoughtful
commentary about daily life and politics,
performed bizarre songs, skits, and
experiments, and challenged his vast
audience to compete in various hare-
brained contests. The show ended after
exactly one year, which was sad, though
fittingly poetic.

  
 
 
 
 
 
 
  

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