Lions and buffalo and crocs, oh my!

March 21, 2008 9:37 AM

Lions and buffalo and crocs, oh my! Last night YouTube announced the 2007 Video Awards winners, as voted by online viewers.

Adorable -- Laughing Baby.

Comedy -- Potter Puppet Pals in "The Mysterious Ticking Noise".

Commentary -- LonelyGirl15 is Dead!.

Creative -- The Original Human TETRIS Performance by Guillaume Reymond.

Eyewitness -- Battle at Kruger.

Inspirational -- Blind Painter.

Instructional -- How to solve a Rubik's Cube (Part One).

Music -- "Chocolate Rain" Original Song by Tay Zonday.

Politics -- Stop the Clash of Civilizations.

Series -- The Guild - Episode 1: Wake-Up Call.

Short Film -- my name is lisa.

Sports -- balloon bowl.

posted by ericb (13 comments total)

Nominees in each category.
posted by ericb at 9:39 AM on March 21, 2008

Laughing babies are cute, but please kids, don't over do it with your baby. It's not healthy for his/her emotional equilibrium to be turned into a little laugh box.
posted by Burhanistan at 9:42 AM on March 21, 2008

Four Eyed Monsters on Youtube. Hmmm.
posted by Taksi Putra at 9:53 AM on March 21, 2008

I think How to solve a Rubik's Cube (Part Two) was much better than part one.
If you just do part one, you're left with a mess.
posted by MtDewd at 10:13 AM on March 21, 2008

Just glancing at the list I can see that the Comedy, Series, and Creative winners were well-deserved. I'll have to check out the rest.
posted by flatluigi at 10:33 AM on March 21, 2008

I seem to think I've seen funnier on youtube.

I have a suspicion that mass voting leads to general mediocrity.
posted by Lord_Pall at 10:34 AM on March 21, 2008

The tetris one made me cringe. I was silently screaming about how the game was being played.
posted by Memo at 11:22 AM on March 21, 2008

I have a suspicion that mass voting leads to general mediocrity.

Yes. But do we have to drag the US election into every thread?

I like 'Battle at Kruger'. All of the contrived ones I checked were bad.
posted by pracowity at 12:00 PM on March 21, 2008

Anything that doesn't recognize the "You Suck at Photoshop" series is missing something.
posted by maxwelton at 12:46 PM on March 21, 2008

It's no surprise to see the majestic "Chocolate Rain" obliterating the competition in the music category.
posted by FelliniBlank at 2:07 PM on March 21, 2008

The comedy one was meh at best.

Laughing babies are cute, but please kids, don't over do it with your baby. It's not healthy for his/her emotional equilibrium to be turned into a little laugh box.

Not healthy? Everyone knows laughter is great for you!
posted by Octoparrot at 6:34 PM on March 21, 2008

Not healthy? Everyone knows laughter is great for you!

Sure, but these people (strawpeople) who make their babies laugh all the time because they think it's neat and like to video it don't to their babies any favors. Babies tend to balance themselves out so the more you induce that kind of hyper laughter the more they are going to cry later. Test it for yourself if you don't agree.
posted by Burhanistan at 7:25 PM on March 21, 2008

Battle at Kruger is just something else. Of course, every time I watch it I have to turn it into a Republican campaign commercial:

Some people say there's a water buffalo in the woods ....
posted by dhartung at 10:38 PM on March 21, 2008