I have a new YouTube phenomenon that I’d like to describe:
You watch a viral video and it’s funny. However, since you watch like 50 videos a day, you really forget about how funny it is. Months later, you see the video again and are reminded by how absolutely awesome it is! That happened with me in this faux-commercial about an Energy drink called Powerthirst. This ficticious energy drink is advertised much like a monster truck rally commercial, yet more hilarious.
Rather than bore you of my analysis of why this video is so great, I think I would be better off just displaying quotes and features of Powerthirst:
Gratuitious Amounts of Energy
SHOCKOLATE – Chocolate energy. It’s like adding chocolate to an electrical storm!
Sound the alarm, you’re going to be uncomfortably energetic
What’s that, you want Strawberry? Well, how about RAWBERRY. Made with lighning. Real lightning.
Sports, you’ll be good at them. It’s an energy drink for men. MENERGY!
These aren’t your dads puns. Turbopuns!
You’ll have so much energy. Just running ALL THE TIME. Power running, power lifting, power sleeping, power dating, power eating, power spotting, BABIES
You’ll have so many BABIES. 400 babies. Give shockolate to your babies and they will be good at sports.
They will run as fast as Kenyans
Ok, I give up. Transcribing this video is giving me an ANEURISM.
This might be a classic to end all classics. I first saw this in 2000 while in the college dorms, and have been quoting it with my friends ever since. It’s one of the greatest accomplishments in Ben Stiller’s career. Doesn’t get much better than Tom Crooze. Thanks to Aziz for posting this on his blog and reminding me of the hilarity.
There are three distinct lines that I can quote at any time of day and make my college buddies laugh out loud. This sketch has truly withstood the test of time. It’s actually much better than Mission Impossible II! My favorite quotes:
“Let’s call it Kickin’ Impossible?”
Stiller: “We even finish each others sentences”
Cruise: “I don’t think we finis….”
Stiller: “Finish each others sentences!”
“What if when Tom jumps off the bike… and when they are both coming at each other… if right before, he turns to the camera and says ‘this mission… it just got a hell of a lot more impossibler.”
Most of you have seen this one before, but I thought I would post it as part of a new ongoing segment where I highlight Viral Videos that I have enjoyed immensely over the years. It doesn’t get much better than this one; the quintessential WOO WOO You Tube video.
For those of you who don’t know, the premise behind the video is a local Oakland news station doing a story about the hottest (and stupidest) trend in car modification; whistle tips. When cars start off down the street, tips attached to the car muffler make a whistling noise as they speed off. I’m assuming it’s pretty annoying, and I can understand the premise behind the story. The funny part is the interviews that they do with the proponents of Whistle Tip; Namely Bubb Rubb and his little sister (aptly named lil sis).
During the interview, Bubb is very candid in his advocacy of the whistle tips trend. The humor comes during his demonstration of how the whistle tips sound.
My Favorite Line:
That’s only in the morning. You supposed to be up cookin breakfast or something… whoo wooo!!
