Okay, speculating about the end of YouTube — the world’s largest, most popular and still most valuable video publisher — is extremely premature. YouTube is where the views are and celebrities are made. It beats MySpace, Yahoo!, AOL and Hulu by many millions of monthly viewers.

But when NewTeeVee reported that NBC is tapped Facebook to premiere its new show, Community, one of this fall’s most anticipated comedies, I had a thought: Did YouTube have a chance at such a plum premiere?

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I don’t think there’s much to say about this YouTube music video other than who the hell is Uglyman and how much does it cost to book him for my bestfriend’s bachelor party?

(via @askthatdudepete)

I’ve had this Allen Toussaint-produced album for a couple years, and it’s never sounded better than today…especially with Obama speeches mashed up in it! Dig…

Direct link = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gooD9rYUm3k

Tell me this guy is not bad-ass!  Amazing…he should be playing the halftime show at the VP debate tonight.  What…there’s no halftime show?

There’s nothing better than discovering a new potential YouTube treasure. Haven’t seen this ad run on television, but apparently this is an actual commercial for Extended Stay Hotels and is based upon something all humans can relate to: farting. My mother thought this was hilarious. You can judge for yourself.

Spread this one around folks!

A young toddler is at the centre of another legal battle instigated by Universal Records over claims of copyright infringement.

The bouncing baby was filmed bopping along to a song by The Artist Once Again Known as Prince in a video posted on video-sharing website, Youtube, by his mother, Stephanie Lenz.

The 29-second clip was posted back in February, but when bigwigs at Universal got wind of it several months later, they had the clip quickly and discreetly removed and probably hoped they’d hear no more about it. Continue Reading

I think this video speaks for itself. What is this Obama baby phenomenon? There are over 2,500 results when you search YouTube for “Obama” and “Baby”. Maybe our Democratic White House hopeful really is the Messiah!

What do you think? Sound off in the comments!

I stumbled upon AariKabari’s videos the other night while searching YouTube for undiscovered treasures regarding my hometown and high school. I was surprised that this girl hasn’t received a ton of views.

So here’s the million dollar question? What makes or breaks a viral video? I think the video above has the potential to go “viral” but what is the deciding factor? Perhaps it takes the influence of one blog post to help kick start word of mouth?

Let’s find out. Check out this video and if you find it the least bit entertaining then blog about it on your blog or spread the link around to your friends. We’ll know when it’s viral when video views go up up up.

What are some of your undiscovered “viral” video treasures?

With over 13 million views, I’m sure you’ll all love this one if you haven’t seen it yet… Ladies and gentlemen, I introduce to you… Samwell!

The facial expressions are uncanny. The dance moves… priceless.

A friend sent me this link while I was at work yesterday. Don’t much about these guys, but I do know that they’re clever and a little lame, but still awesome. Over 2 million views! If anyone knows more about these guys, feel free to post a comment and let us know!