Top 5 YouTube Videos
By Daily Bruin Staff
Dec. 10, 2006 9:00 p.m.
1. “Live! Turtle Rape” link
The best viral video of the year was a love story. This heated
romance starts off a little slow, but when the male turtle starts
head-butting his mate Zidane-style, this shell-covered soft-core
takes a turn for the awesome. Most quotable line:
“ENNNNHHHHH!”
2. “The Juggernaut Bitch” link
“The Juggernaut Bitch” (and its sequel, “J2:
Juggment Day”) accomplished a lot this year. What started out
as a bunch of dudes doing voice-overs on old episodes of the
“X-Men” animated series became a cultural phenomenon
that landed its unforgettable catchphrase ““ “I’m
the Juggernaut, bitch!” ““ in “X-Men 3: The Last
Stand.” It also made us laugh even more than Borat. Most
quotable line: “CHARLES, NOOOOOO!”
3. “UCLA Student Tasered by Police in
Library” link
The video that launched a thousand Facebook groups. This is why
YouTube was invented: so a UCLA student with a camera phone could
shakily videotape another student getting zapped by a Taser but
somehow manage to miss the really important stuff at the beginning.
Most quotable line: “Here’s your Patriot Act,
here’s your … abuse of power!”
4. “Seinfeld’s Kramer (Michael Richards)
Racist Tirade” link
The Taser video was one of the most popular on the Web until
this one showed up online, featuring former “Seinfeld”
star Michael Richards going off with racial slurs at the Laugh
Factory. The follow-up video of him apologizing live on “The
Late Show with David Letterman” is one of the saddest, most
awkward moments ever recorded. Most quotable line: “50 years
ago, we’d have you upside down with a … fork up your
ass!”
5. “Kelly ““ Shoes” link
Kelly, the blond, female alter-ego of comedian Liam Sullivan,
goes on a quest for the perfect pair of shoes in a music video set
to an electroclash beat. You kind of have to see it to believe it.
Most quotable line: “Ohmigod, shoes!”
Honorable Mention: “Star Wars Holiday
Special” link
This video ““ too surreal and ridiculous to rank ““
was actually made for TV in the ’70s by a cash-strapped
George Lucas. The opening sequence is six minutes of
Chewbacca’s family talking to each other ““ IN WOOKIE.
Most quotable line: “ENNNNHHHHH!”
““ David Greenwald
