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Today’s must-see viral videos

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 21:31:00 +0000

1. Wikileaks' MasterCard commercial

At first I thought this was a parody, but then changed my mind and thought it was real. Then it turned out to be a fake after all. Oh, that Assange!

2. The "Party Down" initiative

It seems that today is "Party Down" Day , in an Internet effort to make a movie of the Starz's comedy happen. (How well has that worked out for "Arrested Development"?) Still, it was an amazing show, and this video roundup of the best lines from Roman (played by Martin Starr) inspires the question... "Are we having fun yet?"

3. Dueling comedians

Today’s must-see viral videos

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 20:29:00 +0000

1. Paralyzed cat rehabilitated through swimming lessons

If this video doesn't warm your heart, you might be dead inside: A tabby suffering from extreme nerve damage after being hit by a car is learning how to walk again with the help of hydrotherapy.

2. Internet's infamous lip-sync star performs with Katy Perry

Keenan Cahill became a viral sensation when he put up a lip-dub to "Teenage Dream" on YouTube. Now he's friends with 50 Cent and Perry herself, who invited Keenan onstage in Philly to join her in their hit song.

“Party Down”: The best comedy you haven’t heard of

Sat, 17 Apr 2010 22:59:00 +0000

Is it shameful to have dreams that might not come true? Most of us keep our dreams hidden, safe from the public's contempt. Why expose yourself and risk being called a dreamer, just another writer who boldly sends his manuscript to a publisher only to get a reject slip back in the mail, or a singer who shows up to the "American Idol" audition, only to have Simon Cowell tell her she's pathetic and untalented and she should go back to flipping burgers? (Easy enough to instruct others to stick to hard labor when you get paid to smirk and roll your eyes all day.)

But then you have the Susan Boyles and the Justin Biebers of the world, tipping the scales in the other direction, giving you hope that your dream might just come true one day. You just have to believe in it with all of your heart!

But are you just deluded? How do you parse these two equal and opposite forces? Should you make your creative destiny into a religion? Or should you give in to the suspicions — that haunt every last one of us, from the lowliest shut-in scribbling out poems in his basement apartment to the most acclaimed novelist — that you have no talent and should just hang it all up right now and stop kidding yourself?