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 at director David O. Russell, who swears

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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