u8a22 Sings “Beat It”

u8a22, of SunnyD and Rum fame, is back. She deleted her YouTube channel a couple months ago, but as of this morning, it’s back. She also uploaded this stunning cover of “Beat It.” Enjoy. Watch Video ›

Matt Stopera 2 years ago 37 responses

Tay Zonday - “You’re A Mean One, Mr. Grinch”

Merry Christmas, Internet! Watch Video ›

K.Thor J. 3 years ago 39 responses

Caitlin Hill

Meet the new host of Rocketboom: Caitlin Hill. Formerly known by YouTubers as TheHill88, Caitlin has officially taken the big seat at Rocketboom and says “Uranus” in the first episode. Read More ›

Brian Ries 4 years ago 9 responses

The Molls Show

Molly McAleer, once of Defamer fame, debuts her own web show. Read More ›

Amanda Dobbins 4 years ago 2 responses

The CollegeHumor Show

It’s official: MTV is giving the fratty geeks at College Humor their own TV show, to debut on February 8, 2009. The show will focus on the College Humor office, meaning it will basically be a string of their “Hardly Working” shorts with lush, Hills-like cinematography. Maybe Whitney Port will make a cross-promotional cameo! Read More ›

Amanda Dobbins 4 years ago 1 response

Amelie Jr. T-Shirt

The Cutest Girl on the Internet gets her own t-shirt (helpfully translated into English) and the proceeds go to charity. The internet did something good! Community hug, guys. We can all go home happy now. View Image ›

Amanda Dobbins 4 years ago respond

The Meme Tree

Let’s collaboratively create a huge “meme tree” that starts with early viral hits and extends forward through the history of the viral web. Post memes. Post responses to those memes. Post responses to the responses. Keep going until we have a big branching tree of related memes. Start with the big classics viral hits and work forward to the present. Where possible embed actual videos or screen shots using the video and image post formats. View Image ›

Jonah Peretti 4 years ago 3 responses

Hot For Words

“Hello my dear students.” Marina Orlova is a Russian Philologist (one who studies linguistics and etymology) who discusses the origins of English words on her website and corresponding Youtube Channel, Hot For Words. With over 100 million video views and the title of Sexiest Geek of the Year, Marina proves that you can be sexy and smart (if you consider being able to trace the origin of the word “Boobs” smart.) Read More ›

Matt Stopera 4 years ago respond

T.I. And Rihanna Do The Numa Numa

T.I. samples the Numa Numa kid in his new song with Rihanna, “Live Your Life.” Check out their world premiere performance at the VMAs here. It’s actually a really hot jam. Read More ›

Matt Stopera 4 years ago respond