The plot goes like this: The Golden Girls (yes, those Golden Girls) eat some mystery bouncing fluid that looks like the stuff in the Joost ad, and then try and destroy the city and kidnap Mary Jane.
What will become of Spiderman? I don't know. They want you to text and decide the ending, but I',m happy to "leave it hanging". The money shot was Spidey flying through the air in his baggy jumpsuit, although he has a way to go to beat Batman's wellies from last week.
I think there's a pattern developing here...
Number one is called F9. Visually, it ain't all that, but I have to admit I've never heard an ode to a keyboard before. It won't be long before some scamp makes an F9-orientated video to match.
There's a bit of viral politics at two, courtesy of the John Edwards Presidential campaign 2008.
"President Bush isn't listening to us - bring the troops home from Iraq. We the people will stand with you because we believe stopping a President who believes he can do no wrong takes courage."
[Insert Blair joke here.]
Good old fashioned, wobbly, totally impossible to hear anything pirate gig footage at three. Whoever posted this to YouTube would like us to believe this is footage from Britney's comeback-ish gig in San Diego on Tuesday. But really - it could be anyone.
The Los Angeles Police have come under a barrage of criticism for their heavy-handed treatment of demonstrators at a peaceful May Day rally protesting for immigration reforms. There's a swathe of mobile video footage on this, but the piece at five is the Fox News report that shows even the reporters were shoved around and one of the camerawomen is floored by police batons. Ten people were injured, seven of whom were journalists, and three internal investigations are underway, according to the New York Times. All very messy.
"Oh I'm sorry - did I break your concentration?" Samuel L Jackson and John Travolta at eleven as you've never seen them before - in Pulp Muppets. Beaker is particularly well cast.
Enjoy.
Guardian Viral Video news chart for news: compiled by viralvideochart.com.
1 Oh nine, eff nine
The only ode to a keyboard you'll hear today.
2 We the people
US Presidential candidate John Edwards leveraging the power of YouTube.
3 Britney attempts a comeback
Britney is in there somewhere, strutting her freshly rehabbed stuff.
4 The real computer monster
God I miss the Muppets. I had a boyfriend like that once.
5 LAPD assaults immigration reform demonstrators
Explain that away.
6 Justice - DANCE
They went down a storm at Coachella, apparently, but I just like the t-shirts.
7 Mario Bros - eyes closed
I reckon he did it with mirrors, but I think he's pretending to use the force. He doesn't score well on showmanship.
8 LCD Soundsystem - "All My Friends"
Great song, nice website. Beards are good.
9 Free Hugs Campaign - inspiring story! (music by sick puppies)
The free-love elation wears off when you've seen this video for the thirtieth consecutive week.
10 Web 2.0... beyond e-text (2nd draft)
If you ain't seen it already, see it now. No excuses.
11 Pulp Muppets
What mash-up is all about.
12 Hi, I'm a Marvel... and I'm a DC. (Mac PC parody) #1
Mitchell and Webb have a lot to answer for.
13 Millimeters matter
Mobile phone ad where insects get hit by pies and stuff.
14 South Park Mac vs. PC
Like number 12, only better.
15 Linkin Park - What I've done
An unofficial version of the official vid.
16 Blake Lewis - You give love a bad name (American Idol)
I say, leave the eighties in the eighties. He says take stuff from the eighties, and then beatbox with it. Right.
17 You can't veto the truth
AmericansUnitedForChange: "The will of one nation versus the stubbornness of one man."
18 Avril Lavigne - Girlfriend MTV world premiere
Still doing the online rounds. (The video, not the Avril.)
19 Everything you see is fake
Everyone thinks digital manipulation is evil until they realise they can lose their spots/double chin/bald patch.
20 Text-your-own adventures of Spiderman
More amateur action hero stuff. Love it.
Source: Viral Video Chart. Compiled from data gathered at 18:00 on 3 May 2007. The Weekly Viral Video Chart is currently based on a count of the embedded videos and links on approximately two million blogs.
