# Please help me compile a list of essential youtube videos **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 13, 2009, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-compile-a-list-of-essential-youtube-videos/489368 "2009-03-13T21:42:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![acetylene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@acetylene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/acetylene)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2009, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-compile-a-list-of-essential-youtube-videos/489368/1 "2009-03-13T21:42:33Z")
We recently got HughesNet high speed internet at home so now my wife can watch youtube. She has never really seen any youtube videos and doesn’t get what all the fuss is about. I have been watching youtube for years at work so I think I have seen a lot of the same videos as everyone else. But now I can’t think of them. So what videos can you think of that it seems like everyone has seen? I’m really looking for the more enduring ones like \*\*Charlie Bit Me \*\*and \*\*Mother’s Day \*\*instead of the viral ones that fade away after a week. Thanks in advance ---
**Author:** ![Iggins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Iggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggins)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2009, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-compile-a-list-of-essential-youtube-videos/489368/2 "2009-03-13T21:46:09Z")
Not all on You Tube, but many: [You should have seen this](http://youshouldhaveseenthis.com/) ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2009, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-compile-a-list-of-essential-youtube-videos/489368/3 "2009-03-13T22:28:03Z")
[Groovy Dancing Girl](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sr2JneittqQ) [Blood!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fVDGu82FeQ) Both personal favorites. ---
**Author:** ![Valgard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@Valgard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valgard)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2009, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-compile-a-list-of-essential-youtube-videos/489368/4 "2009-03-13T22:40:20Z")
You are about to start drinking from a firehose, you know. Oh lessee…all of the various “Downfall” mashups (there’s a thread on them right now); “Leroy Jenkins” (only funny if you’re into videogames), talking cats, cats on a treadmill, farting preacher…go wild. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2009, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-compile-a-list-of-essential-youtube-videos/489368/5 "2009-03-13T22:50:05Z")
> [@Iggins](#): > > Not all on You Tube, but many: [You should have seen this](http://youshouldhaveseenthis.com/) Shocked. It even has meatspin, two girls, goatse. And I’m not sure if I want to know what lemon party is. ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2009, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-compile-a-list-of-essential-youtube-videos/489368/6 "2009-03-13T23:28:33Z")
[Pickle Surprise](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgWn7zbgxZ4) [Yacht Rock (11 episodes … start with #1)](http://www.channel101.com/shows/show.php?show_id=152) ---
**Author:** ![Iggins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Iggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggins)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2009, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-compile-a-list-of-essential-youtube-videos/489368/7 "2009-03-14T00:22:38Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > Shocked. It even has meatspin, two girls, goatse. And I’m not sure if I want to know what lemon party is. You do not want to know. ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2009, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-compile-a-list-of-essential-youtube-videos/489368/8 "2009-03-14T01:08:39Z")
[Kiwi](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdUUx5FdySs) ---
**Author:** ![Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harvey_The_Heavy)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2009, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-compile-a-list-of-essential-youtube-videos/489368/9 "2009-03-14T03:39:23Z")
[The Kitty Cat Dance](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpA2tMrQ4RU) is always a crowd pleaser. Don’t know if it’s your cup of tea, but I could watch this clip of [a kid trying to launch a bottle rocket out of his butt](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7A7m_PXwkA) on a continuous loop, 24 hours a day. There’s always [Peanut Butter & Jelly Time!!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8MDNFaGfT4) And [Numa Numa](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60og9gwKh1o&NR=1), [Dramatic Gopher](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8Kyi0WNg40&NR=1), [Baby Panda Surprises Mom](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2fUoRkcWjw&feature=related), [Star Wars Kid](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPPj6viIBmU), [What What (In The Butt)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbGkxcY7YFU&feature=related), [Afro Ninja](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEtIoGQxqQs&feature=related), [Leave Britney Alone!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHmvkRoEowc&feature=related), [The Final Countdown](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkMWdI2IKiw), and of course the [greatest YouTube video ever.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0) Or just enter search terms like “helicopter crash” for hours of fun! ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2009, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-compile-a-list-of-essential-youtube-videos/489368/10 "2009-03-14T03:56:54Z")
If you’re after more civilised fare, there’s also [Gallagher](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfQRnAb5cdw), a man who hits fruit with sledgehammers. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2009, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-compile-a-list-of-essential-youtube-videos/489368/11 "2009-03-14T05:03:03Z")
Fred and Sharon. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/AC0sR5_NTFo/hqdefault.jpg "Who Needs a Movie?") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC0sR5_NTFo) It’s hard to watch, and hard to stop watching. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2009, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-compile-a-list-of-essential-youtube-videos/489368/12 "2009-03-14T05:36:59Z")
You have to have seen “Kittens Inspired by Kittens”, right? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ngycU76wvoQ/hqdefault.jpg "Kittens, inspired by Kittens!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngycU76wvoQ) ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2009, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-compile-a-list-of-essential-youtube-videos/489368/13 "2009-03-14T08:55:59Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > Fred and Sharon. > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC0sR5\_NTFo](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC0sR5_NTFo) > It’s hard to watch, and hard to stop watching. good lord 😕 ---
**Author:** ![acetylene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@acetylene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/acetylene)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2009, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-compile-a-list-of-essential-youtube-videos/489368/14 "2009-03-14T10:27:58Z")
Keep 'em coming guys. These are great! I want pie! I want beef jerkey! How about an-i-mation? Iggins, that list is exactly what I was looking for. [Jake E Lee shreds](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JBzWZq4fXg)is my new favorite ---
**Author:** ![acetylene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@acetylene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/acetylene)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2009, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-compile-a-list-of-essential-youtube-videos/489368/15 "2009-03-14T10:37:45Z")
Missing from the list Iggins linked to: [Rack 'em Willie](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GkC0IHCtdc) ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2009, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-compile-a-list-of-essential-youtube-videos/489368/16 "2009-03-14T11:25:08Z")
You need a couple more cat videos, they are an important part of our culture. [Cat Fight!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZO5KkGrwXY&feature=related) Ok, it’s not so much a fight as one cat getting demolished by another cat, but I like it anyway. [Ninja Cat](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muLIPWjks_M) ---
**Author:** ![Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harvey_The_Heavy)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2009, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-compile-a-list-of-essential-youtube-videos/489368/17 "2009-03-15T00:07:02Z")
Almost forgot [Pinky The Cat](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dR_LHlFwlhk). I wonder what happened to him? My guess is he’s guarding a junkyard somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2009, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-compile-a-list-of-essential-youtube-videos/489368/18 "2009-03-15T00:12:49Z")
[Everyday Normal Guy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PsnxDQvQpw). Still cracks me up after a year. ---
**Author:** ![Zany\_Zeolite\_Zipper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/4af34b/32.png) [@Zany\_Zeolite\_Zipper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zany_Zeolite_Zipper)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2009, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-compile-a-list-of-essential-youtube-videos/489368/19 "2009-03-15T01:00:03Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > You have to have seen “Kittens Inspired by Kittens”, right? > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngycU76wvoQ](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngycU76wvoQ) That’s fun. “I’m her moooooooooooom” “No she’s noooooooooot!” ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2009, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-compile-a-list-of-essential-youtube-videos/489368/20 "2009-03-15T02:03:57Z")
On a somewhat different note, how about a [time-lapse film of a year at McMurdo Station, in Antarctica](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TemK6CF6lF0)? You can get great vintage short films, with a little searching. Here is the first film Mel Brooks ever made, [“The Critic”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otPkk1sUFkI). There’s a wonderful YouTube channel, [The YouTube Screening Room](http://www.youtube.com/ytscreeningroom?feature=pyv). This channel has some excellent short films and documentaries. Among my favorites are “Harvey Krumpet”, the funny, sympathetic, and imaginative story of a very unlucky Polish immigrant to Australia; “Our Time Is Up,” which is hilarious (I won’t spoil it for you); and “Second Guessing Grandma,” a cute and, ultimately, heart-warming film in which a young man comes out to his old-fashioned grandmother. YouTube is great for finding truly arresting material that often gets overlooked by much of the mainstream press. Check out this clip of [Bernie Madoff, at a round table discussion in October, 2007](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab1NTIlO-FM). And here’s Bernie Boy again, at the same roundtable discussion, [making jokes about how close he is to the SEC regulators](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMQTiD-FAlw&feature=channel). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-compile-a-list-of-essential-youtube-videos/489368.md?page=2)