Greatest You-Tube Videos of All Time! pt. 1

The other day I had a conversation about the greatest YouTube videos of all time. In general, I think it is safe to describe YouTube as the "South Carolina of the Internet": for every Charleston or Kiawah, you have to endure miles and miles of South of the Border, scrubby palmetto trees, and truck stops with scary bathrooms. Buried among the videos of guys playing Jack Johnson songs on their out-of-tune guitars, angry semi-political diatribes from kids who are at least five years shy of voting age, and the ubiquitous skateboard videos, you can occassionally find some gems. Here are some of the greatest YouTube videos that I have ever seen.



Here is how I imagine this happening. A guy has a mentos (or is it a mento in the singular?) in his mouth and takes a drink of Diet Coke. He says, "Wow, this is fizzy." So, he and his friend decide to put a Mento(s) in a bottle. It sprays everywhere. They say, "we should make a fountain out of these."
STOP!
At this point, most of us would have said, "yes, it would be cool to make a fountain out of these," and then abandoned the project. Not the guys who made this video. They bought tons of Diet Coke and Mentos (plural this time) and choreographed and rehearsed and made this video. This is a testament to following through on those "wouldn't it be cool if we..." moments.



I have no idea how this video came to be made. I just know that I wouldn't want to be the guy who went around the prison saying, "Hey guys, I'm putting together a little dance troupe that is going to recreate Michael Jackson music videos. You interested?" I think that would seriously undermine your tough-guy prison cred.



If you haven't seen this video before...now you have. Classic.



Nice moves.

Well, there are a few of the great YouTube videos of all time. I will have a few more to share in the next few days. If you have a favorite, leave the link in the comments section for everyone else to check out.