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“Forever” song, but I can’t watch the original “Wedding Dance” or the iral videos, those quick YouTube clips clip from last season’s “Office” without smiling. that you just have to eIn recent months, a coumail, Facebook share, ple smash videos have inTwitter post or quote from later on in the week, cluded the spoof of “Bed Intruder Song,” “Marcel are awesome. the Shell” and “Best Cry They’re great if you need a quick pick-me-up Ever.” “The Bed Intruder or if you’re just looking Song” is an auto-tune rap for an easy way to proremix of an interview crastinate. Antoine Dodson gave an And lately they’re even Alabama news station crossing over from YouTube and onto TV shows about the attempted rape of his sister. and iTunes. While Dodson apLast season’s “The Ofproved and supports the fice” wedding episode, video, which has had for example, hilariously re-enacted the “Wedding more than 30 million views on YouTube, it does Dance” YouTube video. sort of mock the seriousThe video shows a reallife wedding party break- ness of the original interview. ing into goofy dance “The Bed Intruder” was moves as they walk down the aisle, all to the tune of such a viral video this Chris Brown’s “Forever.” year (more than 90,000 people have bought it on I don’t even like the
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iTunes) that Dodson even performed it at the BET Hip-Hop Awards last week. For the past month, I’ve been obsessed with quoting from and making people watch “Marcel the Shell with Shoes On,” a three-minute animation clip with half a million YouTube hits and almost a million watches on video sharing site Vimeo. It’s a little shell named Marcel randomly rambling about his life. While I’m never sure if it’s weird or sweet, every time I’ve watched the video, I’m instantly happier. And “Best Cry Ever,” a clip from A&E show “Intervention,” is a quick clip of a guy who breaks into an unusual sounding cry, to say the least. The original version has more than 9 million hits, and the auto-tuned hip-
hop remix has a million and a half. Older favorites include “Charlie Bit My Finger,” “David after Dentist” and “Serious Baby.” “Charlie Bit my Finger” has raked in more than 238 million hits on YouTube in the past three years. I’m not sure why it’s so popular as it’s just a minute-long video of a baby named Charlie biting his big brother’s finger. The kids are funny and have cute British accents, but the video doesn’t do it for me. I’d rather watch “Serious Baby,” which is a home video of an adorable baby alternating between laughing and giving “the evil eye.” That baby gets me every time. “David After Dentist,” a 2009 video with more than 70 million views, shows a young boy named David, who, after having a tooth removed, asking questions such as “Is this real life?” The video even has its own website (www.davidafterdentist.com) and marketing campaign.