Comments on: Best Viral Videos 2006

Best Viral Videos 2006

hama7 — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 15:58:40 -0800

Best Viral Videos 2006.

By: Flashman

Flashman — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 16:03:16 -0800

Well, I guess it was a pretty lousy year

By: bob sarabia

bob sarabia — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 16:03:41 -0800

I think only about 11 of those haven't been posted here yet. All on the last page at least.

By: billysumday

billysumday — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 16:04:43 -0800

Sadly, none of the heavy hitters of 2006 are able to surpass the strange beauty of Bubb Rubb. The whistles go woo.

By: Flashman

Flashman — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 16:04:45 -0800

(ah, ok, I see there's more than that one page)

By: GavinR

GavinR — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 16:06:49 -0800

Where is my DJ Ted Stevens video? I feel slighted. =\

By: delmoi

delmoi — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 16:08:10 -0800

It says "most popular" not best. I would hardly call "Girl shits in hot tub" a cinematic masterpiece.

By: eurasian

eurasian — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 16:44:00 -0800

But that's only in the mornin'! You should be cookin' breakfast or something!

By: Mach3avelli

Mach3avelli — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 16:51:45 -0800

Sadly, none of the heavy hitters of 2006 are able to surpass the strange beauty of Bubb Rubb. The whistles go woo. My favorite part of that video is how he speeds right through the stop sign/intersection. One of the greatest videos of all time.

By: dobbs

dobbs — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 17:08:05 -0800

I hadn't seen Bubb Rubb before. Thanks! haha.

By: davebush

davebush — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 17:26:37 -0800

That Tyra Banks clip is way beyond odd. It almost scared me. What on earth?

By: destro

destro — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 17:30:13 -0800

Good list, but iFilm still has huge problems with their media players. It crashes safari every other page.

By: Listener

Listener — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 17:30:58 -0800

I hadn't seen Bubb Rubb either (and I can't see the others because I do not have an account.) But in that video, the newscaster says the cops say the muffler noise in question is not illegal. Well, as is so often the case, the cops are wrong, especially about the law. The California Vehicle Code has a provision called Adequate Muffler Required which states: 27150. (a) Every motor vehicle subject to registration shall at all times be equipped with an adequate muffler in constant operation and properly maintained to prevent any excessive or unusual noise, and no muffler or exhaust system shall be equipped with a cutout, bypass, or similar device. It's an issue of enforcement, but such noise certainly is illegal. Lazy reporters. Sheesh.

By: Tube

Tube — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 17:31:24 -0800

What, no rail grind mishaps?

By: dhartung

dhartung — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 18:00:36 -0800

I was going to make a joke about how nice it was to have these all wrapped up in one post instead of scattered throughout the year, but I changed my mind. I just don't care enough about the middling humor sparked by any of these to watch more than a couple at a time all the way through. No offense intended, hama7.

By: clevershark

clevershark — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 18:06:52 -0800

delmoi writes "I would hardly call 'Girl shits in hot tub' a cinematic masterpiece." Yeah, when I saw it I thought to myself "there's one video I'm not going to have a look at".

By: loiseau

loiseau — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 18:12:30 -0800

That Tyra Banks clip is way beyond odd. It almost scared me. What on earth? Tyra Banks was parodying the Oprah "and YOU get a car, and YOU get a car, and YOU get a car" episode.

By: Astro Zombie

Astro Zombie — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 18:21:10 -0800

The horse that rides around in a car was not on it. Boo.

By: EarBucket

EarBucket — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 18:29:45 -0800

Oh my god. Good Day, Mr. Kubrick is the most brilliant thing I've ever seen.

By: piratebowling

piratebowling — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 18:33:37 -0800

I thought viral implied it was produced specifically trying to sell you something. These are mostly just fuck-ups and mash-ups, from what I can tell.

By: vaportrail

vaportrail — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 18:45:09 -0800

The California Vehicle Code has a provision called Adequate Muffler Required which states These vehicles have adequate mufflers. They also had a chuck of steel welded to the exhaust tip that caused it to whistle. Grey area at best.

By: zardoz

zardoz — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:16:01 -0800

delmoi writes "I would hardly call 'Girl shits in hot tub' a cinematic masterpiece." Yeah, when I saw it I thought to myself "there's one video I'm not going to have a look at". That's ok, I'm pretty sure it's a fake.

By: Listener

Listener — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:37:08 -0800

Vaportrail, sorry, no, it's not a grey area. It's a modified muffler that is not properly maintained to prevent any excessive or unusual noise We have a similar law up here, s. 7.03 of the Motor Vehicle Act Regulations. Many states have them.

By: dobbs

dobbs — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:48:05 -0800

I thought viral implied it was produced specifically trying to sell you something. Not that I'm aware. Viral videos were around well before it struck ad companies that they could spread their "message" with little effort.

By: Target Practice

Target Practice — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:48:46 -0800

Other than the Zuiikin girls, I don't think I've watched any of these, though I was aware of several. Oh wait, Weird Al's "White and Nerdy" music video's on it. Seen that.

By: ®@

®@ — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 20:30:50 -0800

Good Day, Mr. Kubrick isn't serious, right?

By: zek

zek — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 22:08:20 -0800

Yeah, when I saw it I thought to myself "there's one video I'm not going to have a look at". That's ok, I'm pretty sure it's a fake. I saw it. Two words: After Effects.

By: PeterMcDermott

PeterMcDermott — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 22:41:30 -0800

clevershark: "delmoi writes "I would hardly call 'Girl shits in hot tub' a cinematic masterpiece." Yeah, when I saw it I thought to myself "there's one video I'm not going to have a look at"." Whereas that was the first one I could be bothered to take a look at. Eee-yuk! And how come there's no Numa Numa?

By: Holy foxy moxie batman!

Holy foxy moxie batman! — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 23:53:57 -0800

Oh man, I remember those hateful whistle mufflers when I lived in Oakland...bubb rubb made it all ok however...I think they even have underwear with his face on it.

By: tehloki

tehloki — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 00:09:31 -0800

PMcD: There's no NumaNuma because that was clearly SoOOo 2004. Silly. O-Zone didn't even have a surge in North American popularity like they should have.

By: Meatbomb

Meatbomb — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 03:59:55 -0800

One bank. That teared me up, man, golden.

By: dreamsign

dreamsign — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 07:23:00 -0800

Hadn't seen most of these. Thanks. They alternately destroy and restore my faith in humanity.

By: the sobsister

the sobsister — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 09:38:09 -0800

No, all kidding aside, why are Bubb Rubb and Li'l Sis allowed to operate a moving vehicle? 'Cause blowing through a STOP sign and driving into oncoming traffic isn't legal as far as I know. Even in Oaktown. On the other hand, they are effective spokesmodels for the ravages of drugs, drink, a crap diet, minimal education, and unnecessary dental work, so, ahhh, what the heck, let 'em go, the rascals.

By: StopMakingSense

StopMakingSense — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 11:57:18 -0800

If you enjoyed "Girl Shits In Hot Tub," you might also like, "Pauly Shore Gets Punched In The Face."

By: dhammond

dhammond — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 12:27:58 -0800

Nice post :-) If anyone has problems with video playback, feel free to email me (dhammond at ifilm.com).

By: Eideteker

Eideteker — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 13:01:00 -0800

So how is the Guy Goma thing a viral video? Was that meant to be an ad for the BBC? Or is it an elaborate video-resume type of ad? Not many of these are viral at all.

By: dhammond

dhammond — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 13:25:25 -0800

I honestly don't understand the idea that "viral" is supposed to mean "advertising." This is simply the advertising/marketing community trying to latch onto something with popularity and, if you look at the relatively few successes they've had, they clearly have a lot to learn. Wikipedia's definition is pretty accurate, IMHO: "The term viral video refers to video clip content which gains widespread popularity through the process of Internet sharing, typically through email or IM messages, blogs and other media sharing websites."

By: Eideteker

Eideteker — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 13:39:01 -0800

Ok, but that's new to me. I'd only ever heard of viral marketing. You know the whole "virus" connoting something not merely infectious but predatory. Benign virii don't get much press, so non-advertising uses of 'viral' for 'memetic' don't make much sense to me.

By: joedan

joedan — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 14:38:20 -0800

His is this one of the best of 2006?

By: joedan

joedan — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 14:54:07 -0800

This, on the other hand, is fucking brilliant.

By: saturnine

saturnine — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 07:51:47 -0800

Meatbomb wrote: "One bank. That teared me up, man, golden." Can't... stop... laughing... so much wrong... with corporate America... ohmygod.