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Wassup Obama?

Wassup Obama?The 2008 US Presidential election will be the YouTube election. Parody is always hot on YouTube. That’s why this Obama campaign ad, poignantly parodying Budweiser’s classic Wassup ad from eight years ago, is a stroke of pure genius.

This hilarious yet heartwarming spoof has racked up over two million views in its first five days. Fully leveraging the shortform nature of viral video, the ad concisely strikes at multiple hot button issues in a span of just two minutes.

If Obama can run his country as cluefully as he runs his campaign, perhaps America can relax enough to watch a game and have a Bud again. Click here to continue reading “Wassup Obama?”…

Take On Me Literal Version!

One of the problems with offline media is its tendency to glorify irrelevance. One of the great things about online media is its ability to expose irrelevance. That’s what YouTuber Dustin McLean does, redubbing the music video for A-ha’s ’80’s hit Take On Me with lyrics that actually have something to do with the footage.

This has serious meme potential. Think of every music video you’ve ever seen with irrelevant footage. They’re just begging to get redubbed.