# New favorite YouTube video **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 16, 2007, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-favorite-youtube-video/426772 "2007-11-16T22:44:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2008, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-favorite-youtube-video/426772/221 "2008-01-06T03:45:09Z")
[QUOTE=Beware of Doug] YouTube isn’t the place we go to find something breathtaking, but this [time-lapse video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-GSzumlhmo) taken from the top of a high-rise in Vancouver is really something to see. Clouds passing over buildings, ships moving in harbors, and tiny cars flowing through a major traffic artery take on a strange beauty, especially for those of us who alreayd know how beautiful Vancouver can be. [/QUOTE] That is amazing! I’ve favourited it. 🙂 I love the music, too (it’s named in the comments: “Silverfish Eyelashes” by KC Accidental). ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2008, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-favorite-youtube-video/426772/222 "2008-01-06T04:00:16Z")
Cool MIDI animations from Japan: [Mario Games](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wkI7hg65F0) [Classic Video Games](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASXnFRYf6LI) ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2008, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-favorite-youtube-video/426772/223 "2008-01-06T04:15:43Z")
[QUOTE=Bambi Hassenpfeffer] A very talented young man named [Nick Patera singing both the male and female parts](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9-CS2v8wcc&feature=related) of “A Whole New World” from Disney’s _Aladdin_ [/QUOTE] Wow, his falsetto is amazing! ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2008, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-favorite-youtube-video/426772/224 "2008-01-06T04:27:36Z")
My wife just found this pair by Tom Paxton. You need to listen to both to really appreciate the genius of it. [Lyndon Johnson Told the Nation (Tom Paxton)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpBUiOuYaGE) [George W. Told The Nation ( By Tom Paxton)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ft36GQMmvXs) ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2008, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-favorite-youtube-video/426772/225 "2008-01-06T04:51:04Z")
FTR, teammates on online computer games use Ventrilo to communicate with each other. That’s pretty much Ventrilo’s purpose AIUI: a gaming aid. At the very least, it cuts the other way: unless a particular game has VOIP built in, whenever teammates need to talk to each other in real time about what’s going on in the game, it’s universally understood that they’ll use Ventrilo. Conversation on Ventrilo is expected to revolve around the particular gaming session that the people involved are sharing. The video wasn’t a couple of girls commenting on a bunch of Top Gun clips–it was a guy using a Top Gun soundboard to interrupt their conversation about whatever’s going on in their game, and basically make it impossible for them to keep focused on (a) their game or (b) whatever they had to say to each other about what was going on in the game. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2008, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-favorite-youtube-video/426772/226 "2008-01-06T10:57:12Z")
Now I know what the Ventrilo thing is about, I listened to it again. Still not funny. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2008, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-favorite-youtube-video/426772/227 "2008-01-06T21:05:59Z")
[QUOTE=jjimm] Now I know what the Ventrilo thing is about, I listened to it again. Still not funny. [/QUOTE] You can understand basic Swedish and listen to a Swedish joke and still not get it. I think it’s a question of (sub)culture. Sorry to waste your time. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2008, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-favorite-youtube-video/426772/228 "2008-01-06T21:33:12Z")
[QUOTE=Hostile Dialect] You can understand basic Swedish and listen to a Swedish joke and still not get it. I think it’s a question of (sub)culture. Sorry to waste your time. [/QUOTE] There’s pranking, and there’s pranking. The Jerky Boys are funny. Fonejacker is funny. That’s just… lame. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2008, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-favorite-youtube-video/426772/229 "2008-01-07T00:30:00Z")
[QUOTE=Hostile Dialect] You can understand basic Swedish and listen to a Swedish joke and still not get it. I think it’s a question of (sub)culture. Sorry to waste your time. [/QUOTE] Since you didn’t post the original clip and since you didn’t post the first explanation of the clip, why are you fake apologizing? ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2008, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-favorite-youtube-video/426772/230 "2008-01-07T12:12:39Z")
Well, if you are a fan of Trek or Babylon 5 this one is for you. Super cool! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/UXxzmCV0kP4/hqdefault.jpg "Star trek VS Babylon 5") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXxzmCV0kP4) The ending is just as it should be. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2008, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-favorite-youtube-video/426772/231 "2008-01-07T15:27:51Z")
This is fab: [Sweet Child of Mumbai](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHwsV5IqhZs). ---
**Author:** ![The\_Real\_Thing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@The\_Real\_Thing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Real_Thing)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2008, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-favorite-youtube-video/426772/232 "2008-01-07T16:20:01Z")
I quite like [this one](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__PWe4-CGTU&feature=related). ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-favorite-youtube-video/426772/233 "2008-01-08T09:26:56Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > Since you didn’t post the original clip and since you didn’t post the first explanation of the clip, why are you fake apologizing? I’m real apologizing because I posted the clip in another thread about a day before it was posted here, so I assumed I was the one who brought it to the attention of the Doper who posted it here. Not to mention that I wasted **jjimm** ’s time by trying to explain something to him that won’t have any point for him because he’s not part of the subculture. ---
**Author:** ![AveDementia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@AveDementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AveDementia)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2008, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-favorite-youtube-video/426772/234 "2008-01-09T08:39:34Z")
[A Working Class Hero is something to be…](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njG7p6CSbCU) ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2008, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-favorite-youtube-video/426772/235 "2008-01-09T22:24:35Z")
[QUOTE=Hostile Dialect] I’m real apologizing because I posted the clip in another thread about a day before it was posted here, so I assumed I was the one who brought it to the attention of the Doper who posted it here. Not to mention that I wasted **jjimm** ’s time by trying to explain something to him that won’t have any point for him because he’s not part of the subculture. [/QUOTE] I get it. I’m a gamer. It’s still not all that funny. ---
**Author:** ![CaerieD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@CaerieD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaerieD)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2008, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-favorite-youtube-video/426772/236 "2008-01-09T22:30:32Z")
The sweet musical stylings of [Drunk Uncle Charlie](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sad0Azv889k). It’s remarkable just how many childhood memories this brings back for me. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2008, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-favorite-youtube-video/426772/237 "2008-01-09T23:33:01Z")
[QUOTE=AveDementia] [A Working Class Hero is something to be…](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njG7p6CSbCU) [/QUOTE] I love that song. It is one of my favorites fairly obscure songs. Thank you for the link. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2008, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-favorite-youtube-video/426772/238 "2008-01-14T23:42:29Z")
Ok, I wouldn’t go as far as to say it’s a _favorite_ of mine, but it’s pretty nifty: William Tell Overture on violin and accordion: > **[Rachel Barton Pine, violinist](https://www.youtube.com/rachelbartonpine)** > > Hi, everyone! Welcome to my YouTube channel! I hope you enjoy the concert clips, the news clips, the videos about my recording projects, and links to some of my favorite fiddle friends. Thanks for dropping by, and I hope you'll visit again... ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-favorite-youtube-video/426772/239 "2008-01-15T01:23:39Z")
This one is _nice_\*: [“Patrick Wilson ooh ooh baby,”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVL2Nzl9XPM) a fanwank stills montage of the seriously gifted (and seriously dishy) actor, set to Britney Spears’ “Ooh Ooh Baby”. In case the name doesn’t ring a bell\*\*, he’s a B’way-turned-film actor (and a dead ringer for a young Paul Newman, as one of the early pics shows) with recent male leads in \*\*Little Children \*\* (with Kate Winslet) and \*\*Hard Candy \*\* (opposite Ellen Page, the star of **Juno** ). In both movies, he plays a feckless suburban guy whose life goes off the rails in one way or another, and both movies deal with the subject of predatory pedophiles. (Hope he doesn’t get typecast!) The montage itself is far from ideal; it draws too heavily from \*\*Little Children \*\* and omits a lot of good material elsewhere, such as the bespectacled Wilson (eye candy, indeed) from **Hard Candy** , his characters from \*\*The Alamo \*\* and **The Phantom of the Opera** , and his dance-off with Claire Danes in that GAP commercial in which she steals his khaki pants. But what redeems this video is the Britney Spears song, which has to be one of the best of all possible pop confections for this sort of thing – it’s catchy, frankly erotic, and deeply silly. Like… celebrity worship, come to think about it. :o - “Borat” accent optional, and unnecessarily distracting. \*\* Wilson’s, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-favorite-youtube-video/426772/240 "2008-01-15T06:06:39Z")
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