# Entertain me with video... (youtube, etc) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 24, 2010, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertain-me-with-video-youtube-etc/544422 "2010-06-24T23:59:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertain-me-with-video-youtube-etc/544422/41 "2010-07-01T06:47:24Z")
Okay, here’s what I got. All over the map thematically. Some of these I got from the SDMB, some I have already shared with the SDMB. If you like techno or are a fan of the Pet Shop Boys or _Ab Fab_: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YjDMmjgKec](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YjDMmjgKec) A mostly a capella choir sings Toto’s song “Africa,” complete with rain and thunder: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05ip-N0H1Ig](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05ip-N0H1Ig) An airedale terrier “babysitting” some Scottish terrier puppies: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3ThlJOj6zk](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3ThlJOj6zk) A silly rap about the “hood” of Arlington, Virginia: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T1RMuoQnKo](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T1RMuoQnKo) The evolution of the Batman logo: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T1RMuoQnKo](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T1RMuoQnKo) That baby dancing to Beyonce’s “Single Ladies”: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikTxfIDYx6Q&feature=player\_embedded](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikTxfIDYx6Q&feature=player_embedded) Some guy built a machine so that his dachshund Jerry can play ball on his own. I love the way he waits… and then takes off running: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PcL6-mjRNk](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PcL6-mjRNk) A mysterious “flash mob” dancing to “Do Re Mi” in a train station in Antwerp: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UE3CNu\_rtY&feature=player\_embedded](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UE3CNu_rtY&feature=player_embedded) Another flash mob (actually filming a T-Mobile commercial): [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ3d3KigPQM](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ3d3KigPQM) Fred Astaire dancing with his _other_ partner, the woefully overlooked Eleanor Powell, in _Broadway Melody of 1940_. My God, I wish I could dance like this: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTN-NPtNOHU](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTN-NPtNOHU) Two talented, funny guys named Rhett and Link sing their Taco Bell drive-thru order: [http://music.todaysbigthing.com/2009/10/30](http://music.todaysbigthing.com/2009/10/30) Some talented college (?) students in Montreal make their own music video to the Black Eyed Peas’ “I Got a Feeling.” You can’t watch it just once: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zcOFN\_VBVo&feature=player\_embedded](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zcOFN_VBVo&feature=player_embedded) The _Jaws_ Cat: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1rVlfe\_apU](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1rVlfe_apU) The “MacGyver” Cat: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8vvhGixWQQ&feature=player\_embedded](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8vvhGixWQQ&feature=player_embedded) A medieval helpdesk: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQHX-SjgQvQ](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQHX-SjgQvQ) A meteor destroys the Earth (don’t watch this if you’re on antidepressants, though): [http://www.todaysbigthing.com/2008/09/09](http://www.todaysbigthing.com/2008/09/09) An interesting PSA about money and big banks: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Icqrx0OimSs&feature=player\_embedded](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Icqrx0OimSs&feature=player_embedded) A college a capella group called Noteworthy do Lady Gaga’s “Poker Face”: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW5czKqT05A&feature=player\_embedded](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW5czKqT05A&feature=player_embedded) One hundred movies - one hundred quotes - one hundred numbers: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FExqG6LdWHU](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FExqG6LdWHU) Internet celebrity (and huge _Star Wars_ fan) Corey Vidal lip-syncs Moosebutter’s a capella medley of John Williams’ movie themes. John Williams is the _MAN!_[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lk5\_OSsawz4&feature=fvw](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lk5_OSsawz4&feature=fvw) Same piece performed by a university men’s choir: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmGwLPJJymU](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmGwLPJJymU) Some Doper’s adorable, precocious three-year-old daughter recounts the plot of _Star Wars_ (well of _course_ I have it bookmarked!): [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBM854BTGL0&NR=1](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBM854BTGL0&NR=1) A literal interpretation of a ha’s '80s hit “Take on Me”: [http://www.todaysbigthing.com/2008/10/07](http://www.todaysbigthing.com/2008/10/07) Somebody’s ten favorite Han and Leia moments: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bz-o1O-NftI](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bz-o1O-NftI) The ten greatest _sounds_ from _Star Wars_ (you already know what #1 is): [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLmM87r1ft4](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLmM87r1ft4) A very funny trailer for a very silly movie idea: _Ten Things I hate About the Commandments_: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1kqqMXWEFs](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1kqqMXWEFs) A very funny trailer for another very silly movie idea: an Alaskan hockey mom becomes our Vice President! [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reRTXJSyTjo](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reRTXJSyTjo) Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” performed at halftime. I love the crowd reaction (wait for it): [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ra7b0WQNKXk&NR=1](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ra7b0WQNKXk&NR=1) A terrifying, fascinating walking robot. You know human soldiers are more expendable than this thing: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1czBcnX1Ww](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1czBcnX1Ww) Where the Hell Is Matt? (Somehow it always makes me cry!) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlfKdbWwruY&feature=user](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlfKdbWwruY&feature=user) While I Was Away (I really want to believe this is for real. Great music, too.) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qg-heCy0CbQ](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qg-heCy0CbQ) Some guy records himself playing drums along with the William Tell Overture. Sure, why not? [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3vLQ7iCz94](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3vLQ7iCz94) Alan Rickman being absurdly sexy in a music video: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4-gNN8WRHo](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4-gNN8WRHo) Marriage Proposals Gone Wrong: scenes from _Little Women_ and “Anne of Avonlea” that are almost exactly the same, with snarky on-screen commentary. Is it just me, or is Christian Bale disturbingly creepy (and feminine) in his scene? [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6\_KQdBBbKk](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6_KQdBBbKk) If you’re a “Vicar of Dibley” fan, here is a Richard Armitage fan video: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejva1\_IyYNc&feature=related](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejva1_IyYNc&feature=related) If you’re a fan of the BBC TV version of _Pride and Prejudice_ with Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle, here is the dance scene where they really square off for the first time: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUC4hmCyxZ0](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUC4hmCyxZ0) Romantic period drama video, set to “Suddenly I See”: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3efZhzmDPo](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3efZhzmDPo) Another romantic period drama video, set to “Juicy”: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFkH8ls0iQQ&feature=related](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFkH8ls0iQQ&feature=related) And finally, ten minutes of heroic men in period drama, set to “Holding Out for a Hero” (wait for it): [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRD6TxNLsds&feature=related](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRD6TxNLsds&feature=related) Enjoy! ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertain-me-with-video-youtube-etc/544422/42 "2010-07-01T20:19:46Z")
Oh, I messed up the link to the evolution of the Batman logo: [http://www.todaysbigthing.com/2009/03/20](http://www.todaysbigthing.com/2009/03/20) Which Hogwarts house do you belong in? Ask the Sorting Hat: [http://www.sorting-hat.com/](http://www.sorting-hat.com/) Which Jane Austen heroine are you? [Jane Austen Character Quiz :: Jane Austen Heroines Quiz :: Which Jane Austen Character are You? :: Emma Adaptations Pages :: Jane Austen's Emma :: Emma Jane Austen Emma Movie Emma](http://www.strangegirl.com/emma/quiz.php) Recipe for pumpkin juice (never tried it, myself – just passing it along): [http://www.seasonalrecipes.com/rec/recipe72.pumpkinjuice.html](http://www.seasonalrecipes.com/rec/recipe72.pumpkinjuice.html) Some Doper’s cat, in a bowl: [http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c86/KlondikeGeoff/mehta/Mehtainbluebowl.jpg](http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c86/KlondikeGeoff/mehta/Mehtainbluebowl.jpg) Honey? Tornado in the front yard! [A Remarkable Photo From Tornado Country - The New York Times](http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/13/a-remarkable-photo-from-tornado-country/) Dead shopping malls (and there’s a documentary, too)!: [http://www.deadmalls.com/](http://www.deadmalls.com/) Okay, I’ll stop now. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertain-me-with-video-youtube-etc/544422/43 "2010-07-01T20:55:06Z")
Jesus **a35362** , that’s some food for the eyes! I haven’t been through them all yet but I love, love, love the singing Taco Bell guys and that dachsund with the ball machine. The guy that made that ought to patent it and try to sell the damn thing! Good stuff. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertain-me-with-video-youtube-etc/544422/44 "2010-07-01T23:42:26Z")
oops ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertain-me-with-video-youtube-etc/544422/45 "2010-07-01T23:43:51Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > If you like that ZR-1 video, check out this driving performance: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs-jAImScms](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs-jAImScms) What I meant to say was to fully appreciate this Subaru and it’s melodious exhaust note, sound should be cranked up along with a subwoofer! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertain-me-with-video-youtube-etc/544422/46 "2010-07-02T00:31:38Z")
I have another video for anyone that’s familiar with Yngwie Malmsteen’s iconic tour de force of 1984, Far Beyond The Sun. This is a cover of the song played with a drum track and two Asian women on violins. Screaming! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/B5NBMXrE2bg/hqdefault.jpg "Yngwie Malmsteen Far beyond the Sun by Violin") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5NBMXrE2bg) PS: Are we now just entertaining ourselves in a form of video-posting brinkmanship or are we oh so dedicated to **OpalCat’s** plight? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertain-me-with-video-youtube-etc/544422/47 "2010-07-02T01:58:50Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > I have another video for anyone that’s familiar with Yngwie Malmsteen’s iconic tour de force of 1984, Far Beyond The Sun. > > This is a cover of the song played with a drum track and two Asian women on violins. > > Screaming! > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5NBMXrE2bg](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5NBMXrE2bg) > > PS: Are we now just entertaining ourselves in a form of video-posting brinkmanship or are we oh so dedicated to **OpalCat’s** plight? > 😃 The Taco Bell guys are two guys called Rhett and Link and their website is [here](http://rhettandlink.com/). They have a lot of other funny stuff. Yes, I suspect **Opal** has _gone home_ by now and it’s nobody here but us chickens! ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertain-me-with-video-youtube-etc/544422/48 "2010-07-02T03:43:47Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > The Taco Bell guys are two guys called Rhett and Link and their website is [here](http://rhettandlink.com/). They have a lot of other funny stuff. > > Yes, I suspect **Opal** has _gone home_ by now and it’s nobody here but us chickens! Well, we can’t let her down now… ---
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertain-me-with-video-youtube-etc/544422/49 "2010-07-02T12:15:51Z")
> [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](#): > > I think I have posted this before, but it’s still a great watch -[Torn by Natalie Imbruglia , with sign languages (with a twist).](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0hAUN4bYVk) Love it! The set reminded me of my favorite love song: [If I Didn’t Have You](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeZMIgheZro) by Tim Minchin. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2010, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertain-me-with-video-youtube-etc/544422/50 "2010-07-03T01:26:51Z")
I’m still watching the thread and the videos! But yes, I am home 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2010, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertain-me-with-video-youtube-etc/544422/51 "2010-07-03T05:33:59Z")
[Bailey the dog loves snow](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sUL0KCIc48) [Ruggers doing the haka](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eGCsEQ15L4) [Scottish haka](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaJSGky4F4U) [I wear no pants](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu2nmeKvN1I&NR=1) ---
**Author:** ![GESancMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gesancman/32/2923_2.png) [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2010, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertain-me-with-video-youtube-etc/544422/52 "2010-07-03T08:14:20Z")
> [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](#): > > [Bailey the dog loves snow](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sUL0KCIc48) That’s awesome. It totally reminded me of Bugs Bunny traveling underground, just inverted. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2010, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertain-me-with-video-youtube-etc/544422/53 "2010-07-03T23:58:14Z")
[Another great dog named Bailey](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DalB-CvO7Qc) ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2010, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertain-me-with-video-youtube-etc/544422/54 "2010-07-04T02:15:36Z")
How about [The Engineer’s Guide to Cats](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHXBL6bzAR4)? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertain-me-with-video-youtube-etc/544422.md?page=2)