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What Is Up With All These Baby-Swinging Videos?

First, there was that fake baby-swinging video. Then there was that PSA from New Zealand that referenced it. Now, the scariest baby-swinging video of all, because it's almost certainly real. Some people secretly taped their neighbor swinging his infant grandchild...  CONTINUE READING WHAT IS UP WITH ALL THESE BABY-SWINGING VIDEOS?»

Posted on December 4, 2008 in , (11 comments)
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Friday Fight: Who Is Really The Sexiest Vampire?

lindsay: So there's this list of sexiest vampires that people of the internet voted on. gabe: ok. lindsay: Salma Hayek won for the women. lindsay: Robert Pattison won for the men. lindsay: And Kristen Stewart isn't on there so we...  CONTINUE READING FRIDAY FIGHT: WHO IS REALLY THE SEXIEST VAMPIRE?»

Posted on November 21, 2008 in (7 comments)
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It Was An Exciting Weekend For Local News Teases

The election is over, but late night local news people got a treat this weekend when a drunk driver slammed into a convenience store and was caught on tape by the security cameras. It was probably unnecessary for this to...  CONTINUE READING IT WAS AN EXCITING WEEKEND FOR LOCAL NEWS TEASES»

Posted on November 10, 2008 in (2 comments)
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Make A "Scary" YouTube Viral Video In Just 97,850 Confusing Steps!

This viral marketing EPIC FAIL comes to us from Sony Ericsson, who have teamed up with Facebook to attempt to lure users into making "scary" video free advertising for them. The failure begins with the tagline "Spook Your Friends With...  CONTINUE READING MAKE A "SCARY" YOUTUBE VIRAL VIDEO IN JUST 97,850 CONFUSING STEPS!»

Posted on October 24, 2008 in , (4 comments)
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Like A Copycat Killer But For Viral Videos

Well, this day had to come. Someone's taken the brilliant idea behind the "Literal Version" series of parodic music videos and done their own for Radiohead's "No Surprises." Whoops! Couple of quick pro-tips for anyone else who plans on being...  CONTINUE READING LIKE A COPYCAT KILLER BUT FOR VIRAL VIDEOS»

Posted on October 22, 2008 in , (2 comments)
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This Week's Wedding Fail Viral Video: Fake?

So this is going around a lot, but something about it seems fishy: Until these people go on The Today Show and prove otherwise, I call viral marketing. (Via Cajun Boy.)...  CONTINUE READING THIS WEEK'S WEDDING FAIL VIRAL VIDEO: FAKE?»

Posted on October 13, 2008 in , (10 comments)
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Epic Cop Fails: Part One

Cop 1: So I says to the guy, 'If you don't get your hands on the wheel where I can see 'em, you won't have any hands.' Because I was going to shoot the guy's hands. I mean, I wasn't...  CONTINUE READING EPIC COP FAILS: PART ONE»

Posted on September 23, 2008 in (5 comments)
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The Real Housewives Of Brooklyn Are Becoming Painful Caricatures Of Failed Greed

Could the clowns on The Real Housewives of New York get any less glamorous? Every week it's like a competition to see which of these harridans will fall just that much shorter of her power-tripping status goals. I will tell...  CONTINUE READING THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF BROOKLYN ARE BECOMING PAINFUL CARICATURES OF FAILED GREED»

Posted on April 4, 2008 in (0 comments)
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