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The Daily OrangeTop Viral Videos of 2008
By Kelly Outram and Caitlin Dewey
Posted: 1/13/09, 1:28 AM EST Section: Best of 2008
6. Star Wars According to a 3-year-old
There are a lot of videos of cute little kids on the Internet. There are not many videos of cute little kids who can analyze the plot of George Lucas' masterpiece with all the wit and wisdom of a 40-year-old sci-fi geek. This girl has movie deals in her future, mark my words.
7. "I Like to do Hood Rat Stuff"
Seven-year-old steals grandma's car: Oh, Latarian Milton. How can one 7-year-old be so bad to the bone is beyond many. The video from the South Florida news about the boy who "likes to do hood rat things with his friends," surprised and humored people when he stole his grandma's car and took a joy ride, destroying his neighborhood. The second installment of Milton's adventures when his grandmother wouldn't buy him chicken at Wal-Mart is an even better laugh.
8. Tom Cruise on Tom Cruise: Scientologist
I really wonder how much money Tom Cruise has made for YouTube during his long and increasingly insane career. First he flipped out on Oprah. Then he made a series of really far-out (and vaguely frightening) public commentaries on psychology. Finally, the icing on the proverbial cake: Tom Cruise made a super-creepy, top-secret Scientology video, and it inevitably leaked to the Internet. The Daily Telegraph called it "manic." I call it Internet gold.
9. Where the hell is Matt?
You have to envy Matthew Harding. The 32-year-old video game designer, through some stroke of amazing luck or chance, basically gets paid to travel the world and dance ridiculously in front of famous landmarks. He's going to need a new gimmick pretty soon though, begging the question -- what the hell will Matt do next?
10. "I'm *ucking Matt Damon"
I've never been a big Sarah Silverman fan, but it was admittedly pretty hilarious to see how many times (and in how many awkward circumstances) she could say the phrase "I'm *ucking Matt Damon" in one four-minute "music" video. Oh, and Matt Damon was in it, obviously... that has to count for something.
cedewey@syr.edu
kaoutram@syr.edu
There are a lot of videos of cute little kids on the Internet. There are not many videos of cute little kids who can analyze the plot of George Lucas' masterpiece with all the wit and wisdom of a 40-year-old sci-fi geek. This girl has movie deals in her future, mark my words.
7. "I Like to do Hood Rat Stuff"
Seven-year-old steals grandma's car: Oh, Latarian Milton. How can one 7-year-old be so bad to the bone is beyond many. The video from the South Florida news about the boy who "likes to do hood rat things with his friends," surprised and humored people when he stole his grandma's car and took a joy ride, destroying his neighborhood. The second installment of Milton's adventures when his grandmother wouldn't buy him chicken at Wal-Mart is an even better laugh.
8. Tom Cruise on Tom Cruise: Scientologist
I really wonder how much money Tom Cruise has made for YouTube during his long and increasingly insane career. First he flipped out on Oprah. Then he made a series of really far-out (and vaguely frightening) public commentaries on psychology. Finally, the icing on the proverbial cake: Tom Cruise made a super-creepy, top-secret Scientology video, and it inevitably leaked to the Internet. The Daily Telegraph called it "manic." I call it Internet gold.
9. Where the hell is Matt?
You have to envy Matthew Harding. The 32-year-old video game designer, through some stroke of amazing luck or chance, basically gets paid to travel the world and dance ridiculously in front of famous landmarks. He's going to need a new gimmick pretty soon though, begging the question -- what the hell will Matt do next?
10. "I'm *ucking Matt Damon"
I've never been a big Sarah Silverman fan, but it was admittedly pretty hilarious to see how many times (and in how many awkward circumstances) she could say the phrase "I'm *ucking Matt Damon" in one four-minute "music" video. Oh, and Matt Damon was in it, obviously... that has to count for something.
cedewey@syr.edu
kaoutram@syr.edu
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