One thing about the Internet: It loves kids getting hit in the head with things. But some people, man. I don’t really think I want to see a kid hit in the head with a shovel.
The video I was originally searching for is part of our funny Internet video heritage, having been passed around for almost 10 years now, I’d guess. It also stands along with the kid being kicked by the breakdancer among the best “kid hit by something” videos on the Internet. This one is better because the kid immediately gets right back up, so he’s probably okay. And that makes it less awful to laugh at.
You have to hand it to police messageboard Domelights. They went and got a guy arrested for his YouTube video where he celebrated the deaths of cops.
One may wonder how Andre Moore could be charged with aggravated assault for a YouTube video, but no matter. Imagine a world where the police lock up people for making stupid YouTube videos. God, it would be a wonderful place.
As I’ve said before, we should look to look into all possible penalties — arrest, civil forfeiture, waterboarding — for making bad YouTube videos.
Oddly enough, there used to be quality constituent services at 714 South Street, but then they went out and shut down Club Kama Sutra!
There’s also this ad from Damon Roberts, where his wife says he’s running for Council “because the children need something to do.” Now all we need to do is get a candidate to do the Numa Numa dance.
Who filmed these clips on Youtube? They are really good. You can see that someone is a fan of the French New Wave, with jump cuts and the whole nine yards.
When the Inquirer laid off workers last year, many wondered if the paper would still have the resources to cover the stories that you, Joe Average Reader, need to know about the area.
The answer, of course, is a resounding yes. Today’s Inquirer contains a (freelance) column about Nora, the Philadelphia cat who plays the piano. The kitty has been viewed more than 600,000 times in three weeks, has spawned countless imitators and has “received 21 YouTube honors, including February’s third-most-viewed pets and animals video.”
And, uh, she’s a prodigy or something:
“She really has the personality of a great composer,” Alexander said of Nora. “Maybe she’s Beethoven. She puts her ear towards the piano, doesn’t get along with the other cats, and definitely likes to be in the spotlight.”
Don’t believe the hype? See for yourself.
Fortunately, the local TV stations have smelled soft news and — like a shark going for blood — have moved into the water, as I’ve already seen promos for a story on Nora on at least one local TV station so far.
Sometime over the weekend, YouTube unleashed a bunch of content-deleting zombies onto the website and began deleting perfectly normal fair usages of video clips. Mainly, content from Comedy Central and the NFL seems to have been deleted, with clips of other sports probably on the way next.
• New Temple (and ex-Penn) coach Fran Dunphy has his players doing yoga in preseason, in addition to joining in himself in the stretching. Oh, now that’s a scene we all need to see. [CSTV Slog]
• Here’s some kickass YouTube footage of ‘XPN’s Top 10 artists of all time. The list, unfortunately, is about as predictable as you expected it to be. [All About The Music via Phillyist]
So here’s NBC 10’s report on the sale of YouTube… that they posted to YouTube! Whoa. Meta. So meta. I just can’t wait for their report on the eventual sale of Facebook done on a Facebook profile.
If you hadn’t heard, yesterday Google bought YouTube for 1.65 billion dollars. (And they said you couldn’t base a business on copyright infringement.) Blinq’s Dan Rubin looks into the deal, and brings up the most important part of the whole deal, in fact, the aspect of the deal that has Wall Street buzzing today:
Will Philadelphia Will Do and the 700 Level Get to post clips of stupid local TV news tricks and Lito Sheppard’s great return?
Yeah, I was wondering what this deal meant for me, too. (Not really.) Fortunately, he then leaves it to Mark Cuban to sift though rest of the complexity of the deal. Glad to see that’s all settled.
