With the Olympics only weeks away, you would think some of these big time contenders would be taking it a little easy. Not Shaun White though. He was preparing to "bring it" during practice at the Winter X Games. While attempting a Double McTwist 1260 (whatever that is) he crashes into the half pipe right on his face. He ended up being okay and won his third straight gold in the competition. Kids, don't try this at home. Actually, no one, ever, should try this anywhere.
(shawn, sean, half pike, injury, flying red tomato)
If you are trying to clear the air and don't want to look like a bad guy anymore you talk to the queen of gab, Oprah Winfrey. So recent late night talk villain Jay Leno sat down to try and get the public on his side. Did it work? Here is part one of the interview.
The Filipino prisoners from CPDRC aka "Dancing Inmates" first reached viral video status with their somewhat bizarre recreation of Michael Jackson's Thriller video. Since the inmates were such fans of MJ's dancing skills, longtime Jackson choreographer Travis Payne took a trip to the Philippines to teach the inmate crew the dance moves from This is It.
Out of all of the names out there, the iPad appears to have been a most unfortunate choice for Apple's new toy. The first thing many thought of when they heard 'iPad' was some sort of feminine hygiene product. Unfortunately, Mad TV had the same idea about 4 years ago and did a great parody commercial for a combination iPod/maxi pad ...well...not great for Apple. Who votes name change ASAP?
The king of everything Mac managed to cause virtual hysteria when it was announced that a new Apple toy would be on the market. The iPad is a tablet computer that will have a 10 hour battery life and let you surf the web, read a book, and do a lot of the things you can do on an iPhone but bigger. Here is the video from Jobs' official press conference today. What do you think? Must have or dud?
Angelina Jolie fiercely guards her personal life so it came as a surprise that she put together a moving tribute to her mother Marcheline Bertrand who died 3 years ago from cancer. Marcheline loved Hawaii so Angelina and her brother James shared some private home movies and set them to Over the Rainbow. Very sweet.
Nancy must not lead a very exciting life because she fainted after she saw that she could win a trip to the Mall of America and a new car. Both nice prizes, but not something worth fainting over on national TV. Now if Oprah was giving away the car...
Yikes. Angry muscle heads and weights don't mix. This guy doesn't like what one of the female gym workers tells him and he starts to throw some very dangerous things like weights, benches, and chairs. If this isn't roid rage he definately has some major anger issues.
Despite the indignities of being dressed in an ugly dog costume, this little pup seems pretty talented and very happy to be doing the mambo. He did his little dance on Univision and became a viral sensation.
The time has come for Conan O'Brien to take his big bag of money, give NBC the finger and head into the sunset After two weeks of newsworthy drama regarding the late night wars. For the end of his last Tonight Show episode, he played guitar to Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Free Bird" with Will Farrell, Beck and many more. Take that Leno! Way to go Coco.
Artie Lange has been having some problems of his own lately but about 2 years ago he appeared on dear Coco AKA Conan O'Brien's show and happened to mention the hosts upcoming move to the Tonight Show. Artie may have been on to something. What do you think?
While we are hesitant to give any part of the 'Speidi' empire any recognition, this clip from Access Hollywood is kinda bizarre. Not only is 23 year old Heidi Montag looking more like a 30 something, overly done Barbie, she makes delusional statements about how Cleopatra would want DDD breasts if she were alive today. Really? Do you think Heidi believes what she is saying or is this all just for publicity?
This Chinese station was very helpful when explaining the Tiger Woods attack on Thanksgiving so we were delighted to find an equally creepy Sims-like animation of the late night wars between Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien. The world is a simpler place with these explanations around. I know we'll be able to sleep easier tonight!
Though jockies may be little guys, they can get really freakin made as this clip from Philadelphia Park shows. According to the article "Jockey Eriluis Vaz of "Divine Light" and jockey Ademar Santos, riding racing horse "Mi Helena," were involved in this fistfight that turned to whipping. The most serious punches, and subsequent whip fight, occurs near video clip end. The fight occurs at the Fifth Race at Philadelphia Park and was supposedly sparked due to Vaz careening his horse toward Santos a few times."
Ick. Ick. Ick. This late night war thing is getting out of control. The pro-Conan viewers (aka Team Coco) have been livid about this clip from 2004 where Jay Leno announced his departure in 2009 and spoke nicely about Conan O'Brien. He also spoke about wanting to avoid a battle in the press a la Letterman vs. Leno. How did that work out for ya Jay?
In what may be one of his last professional games, Arizona Cardinals' QB Kurt Warned went down hard as he was trying to tackle New Orleans' Saint's Will Smith. It looks like he is going to be okay but it definitely looked like it was a nasty tackle.
Craigslist: its not just for used mattresses and adult hookups anymore! Conan O'Brien is throwing the hard punches in the battle with Jay Leno and NBC. He decided to list The Tonight Show for sale on Craigslist. Barley used! Any takers?
Wow. There is always new material to talk about when its American Idol audition time. 61 year old "General" Larry Platt wowed judges, including guest Mary J. Blige with his original song "Pants on the Ground." Thank you for your creative genius General.
The devastation of the 7.0 earthquake in Haiti is just now coming to light. NBC was able to get a helicopter view of the damage caused by this shattering disaster.
Conan O'Brien has decided not to play victim when it comes to the late night wars with NBC and Jay Leno. In addition to his open letter he has been taking jabs at everyone in his skits and he included Howie Mandel and Deal or No Deal to help him decide what he should do with his sticky situation.
It looks like Fido may have a sixth sense after all. Moments before the 6.5 earthquake hit northern California, this security camera catches a news station's dog running around frantically.
This awesome video of the 2007 German Knitting Championship was suggested to us by one of our loyal viewers. Are you tough enough to be the fastest knitter in all of Germany? We don't think you have the guts! Us? We have stubby fingers.
Ooooo. If history has taught us anything, don't say that a ship is unsinkable (aka the Titanic)and don't tell a reporter that something is unbreakable on TV because they will break it. Sonim CEO Bob Plaschke tells BBC reporter Dan Simmons that he could drop the Sonim XP1 from a 10 story building and it wouldn't break. Well it may survive a fall but not the corner of a fish tank. Fail.
How many people does it take to solve a puzzle? Apparently these three guys in uniform are the morning chat show crowd because it took five tries for them to pronounce Regis Philibin and Kelly Ripa correctly. That Pat Sajak is a tough cookie too and wouldn't let any of them slide.
Looks like this clip ended up on the promo cutting room floor as host Charles Barkley dressed up like Grammy winner and musical guest Alicia Keys. Good thing for Alicia there is no resemblance.
The Heene family seems to be flip flopping on what happened on that crazy day in October. First they said it absolutely wasn't a hoax, then they pleaded guilty, then Richard Heene went on CNN said he just plead guilty to keep his wife from being deported to Japan. Now they have released a new video that is supposed to show they were really concerned. Poor Falcon, its going to take a lot of therapy to fix this.
This is the least annoying Paris Hilton clip we have ever seen so out of pure shock we present it to you. Paris is featured on a show about celebrities going undercover at normal jobs. In this clip, Paris works as a gas station attendant at VIP Gas and makes a woman's day by buying her a tank of gas. Its actually kinda sweet of the hotel heiress and party girl.
Did KFC cross the line when trying a new ad campaign? This KFC commercial has been causing some outrage because the apparent stereotype of black people's love of chicken. The commercial is called 'KFC Cricket Survival Guide' and involves a crowd of people at a cricket game and a bucket of chicken. Do you think its a racist ad?
Richard Heene plead guilty to perpetrating a hoax and is set to go to jail on January 11th for 90 days but not before he sailed down the river of denial on Larry King Live. He swears that the whole Balloon Boy thing was not a hoax but that he plead guilty to keep his wife from being deported to Japan. Watch the clip and see for yourself. Do you believe him?
Wild woman rides the plane! This old lady was moved by something during a plane landing because she was flailing her arms and acting 100% out of her mind. Good thing someone had their cell phone camera handy.
There is a world record for everything now. This guy known as Professor Splash broke the world record for diving into the kiddie pool with only 12 inches of water from 35 ft. 4 inches. Don't try this at home kids.
So some jerk this weekend thought it was a good idea to come in through the exit at the Newark, New Jersey airport and the whole terminal shut down as security re-screened everyone and tried to find this mystery man. Josh Wilson had his guitar with him and tried to turn lemons into lemonade and led his gate in the Beatle's hit 'Hey Jude.' Think this viral video will lead to a record deal?
We would be lying if we said we didn't have a soft spot for the Pixar movie franchise that is Toy Story. Something about the little slink toy dog, Mr. and Mrs. Potato head and Buzz Lightyear just gets us teary-eyed. Can't wait until this summer when Toy Story 3 comes out but it looks like we will have to make do with this trailer showing us what to expect in part 3 of this toy saga.
This woman certainly accepted that which she could not change. Unfortunately by accept we mean jump out of her car and what she couldn't changes was her car sliding on ice. We're glad she was okay but seriously??? Did she think it was going to stop itself without her?
Kobe Kobe Kobe. The LA Lakers are counting their lucky stars that Kobe Bryant can be count on in the clutch. Here's a clip of the game winning 3 pointer that won the Lakers the game against the Kings. Is he worth the big bucks?
Comedian and reality show star Kathy Griffin is known for being a bit unpredictable so it was more of a surprise that CNN invited her back to host their 2010 New Year's show than she said f*ck on live TV when talking about balloon boy with co-host Anderson Cooper. Go figure.
It was one heck of a jump for Travis Pastrana as he jumped 269 feet over Long Beach Pier over open water setting the record for the longest jump ever by a car. Good thing he was able to stop in time as he hit the side of the floating platform or it would have also been a rescue mission.
So it is officially a new year, a new decade, and with that is our obligatory Top 10 of 2009. The good, the bad, the confusing, the ones you loved. If you think we missed, put in your 2 cents via comments of via e-mail at seethisvideo@gmail.com. Also, feel free to send us any videos that make your day.
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10. Susan Boyle Takes the UK By Singing "I Dreamed a Dream"
We are always kinda hesitant to add big stories to our end of the year but we just couldn't resist. This clip was a great set up because we have become so used to seeing crazy people on talent shows fail miserably and Susan Boyle looked like she was going to be another William Hung. Instead, she may be one of the best singers of a generation.
You can't be the host of a show called 'Charm School' filled with angry, disrespectful women and not expect a little cat fight. This one starts 7:00 minutes when Megan Hauserman decided to prance around in a bikini and bad mouth host Sharon Osbourne and her husband Ozzy. Sharon throws a glass of red stuff on the hussy. That teaches one bimbo a lesson.
8. Paula Deen Hit In Face with Ham
We just couldn't get over the irony of a woman who loves food so much being injured by a flying ham that was part of a Thanksgiving photo opportunity. She ended up being okay but slightly embarrassed.
7. Drunken Ewoks Hump Al Roker on Today Show Halloween Party
Each year NBC's Today Show tries to out do itself with its theme and this year it was Star Wars. Al Roker had the task of doing a fluff piece about Halloween party food that also included Ewoks...drunk Ewoks...who ended up humping his leg and doing the moonwalk. Outta control Ewoks, we love it.
6. The Puppy Whisperer
This was one of the most popular with our group with many people asking for his phone number. This man manages to get a whole litter of puppies to go to sleep.
5. Literal Video Translation - Total Eclipse of the Heart
The trend of literal video translation is one that we are behind 100 percent. This one of Bonnie Tyler's 'Total Eclipse of the Heart' is one of the funniest ever.
4.The Bachelor Jason Mesnick Dumps Melissa Rycroft On TV 'After the Final Rose'
Even though The Bachelor isn't known for having the best track record for helping people find true love, Bachelor Jason Mesnick decided to dump his choice Melissa Rycroft on the follow-up show and decided he really wanted to be with his runner-up. Opps.
3. Nancy Grace Beats Down Jon Gosselin on The Insider
Of all of the media was buzzing with the Jon and Kate cheating/divorce/he's crazy debacle the only one who really called Jon out on all of his midlife crisis mayhem was the Queen of Crazy Nancy Grace.
2. 15 Year Old Stripper's Grandmother Attacks Reporter with Garden Hoe
This Grandma was not happy with the media that came looking for a comment following the discovery that her 15 year old daughter was dancing at a strip club. Instead of shutting the door and ignoring them, she went on the attack with a garden hoe.
1. Naughty Miley Cyrus Pole Dances on Ice Cream Cart at Teen Choice Awards
This is our #1 choice because it is really the first time in public performance that the teen queen and Disney darling showed the budding Britney-esque sexuality that has gotten her in trouble before with naughty photos. We also loved that she decided to debut her 'adult' side at the Teen Choice Awards by pole dancing on an ice cream cart. We can't wait to see what she decides to do in 2010.
