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YouTube Prankster Hauled to Jail for Giving Wedgies

Drew Weisholtz — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:14:58 +0000

Charles Ross has been caught with his pants down because his victims were caught with their pants up. Way up. Ross, 18, was arrested Sunday, for giving people wedgies outside a movie theater in Bradenton, Florida. Ross isn’t some overgrown high school bully; rather, it seems he was filming the spree to post on his [...]

YouTuber Really Hates Fun-Fairs

Tom Blunt — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 23:00:27 +0000

How badly does YouTube user Cyriak hate fun-fairs? He made this eleven-second video (with impressive special effects) just to show us. We’re not sure exactly what sort of SFX work went into achieving the end result, but it’s a fun (and sort of twisted) surprise. I guess we should all be grateful he didn’t apply [...]

Buzzfeed Gives YouTube Commenters What They Deserve

Dan Seitz — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 20:42:12 +0000

The comments section on YouTube finally gets what it deserves, courtesy of Buzzfeed. The Internet infamously hates the comments section of YouTube, and with reason. They’re completely unfiltered and get enormous traffic, so the worst of humanity comes out rather rapidly. All Buzzfeed actually did was find some popular videos, and pull the top comment. [...]

Meet Laura, the Busty YouTube Junkie [VIDEOS]

Jo Pincushion — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:00:19 +0000

YouTube has brought the internet so many things. Every day you can check out scenes from your favorite movies, adorable cat videos, or a tutorial on how to carve your very own authentic canoe. It’s true, YouTube has brought us these wonderful things–but it has also unleashed a new generation of user. We’ll refer to them as the ‘MeTubers.’

What Are the Most-Watched YouTube Videos of All Time?

Shauna Wright — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:10:58 +0000

YouTube has announced it’s now streaming 4 billion online videos every day, with more than 60 hours of video uploaded to the site every minute. So what’s everyone watching? According to YouTube’s own charts, these are the top 20 most-viewed videos of all time. And while Beliebers, Lady Gaga’s little monsters and other music fans [...]

Dreaming of a White Christmas? YouTube Lets It Snow!

Shauna Wright — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 18:52:30 +0000

If you haven’t been on YouTube recently, you may not have seen the site’s contribution to the holidays: snow!

Not only does the white stuff fall on search pages, but many videos have a little red snowflake on the right-hand side of the bottom bar.

YouTube Partners With Studios and Celebs for Original Content Channels

Shauna Wright — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 21:23:43 +0000

In an effort to increase ad revenues, Google-owned video site YouTube said Friday that it’s launching more than 100 new video channels containing original content. According to an anonymous source, YouTube is paying upwards of $100 million to several Hollywood production companies, new media groups and celebrities to create professional-quality videos that are more likely [...]

YouTubers Rap a Tribute to Steve Jobs in 'We Are All Steve' [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 16:47:33 +0000

As we’re all sadly aware, Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple and the creator of iconic products like the iPhone, has been valiantly fighting cancer for years — and given his recent resignation as CEO of the company, he doesn’t appear to be winning.

YouTubers Pantless Knights have put together a terrific tribute song, and the accompanying video features various people — and one Muppet — in Jobs’ trademark black turtlenecks and round glasses lip-syncing a rap about the legendary tech genius.

YouTube's Pronunciation Manual Wants to Embarrass You [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 18:51:08 +0000

If you saw the so-awful-it’s-sublime movie ‘Showgirls,’ you likely remember the scene in which someone compliments Nomi’s dress and she says, “Thanks! I bought it at Ver-sayce,” completely and embarrassingly butchering the pronunciation of designer label Versace.

If you’d like to recreate that moment for yourself, the YouTube channel Pronunciation Manual is here to “help.”