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By Drew Grant 1/27/12 4:59pm

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You brought this on yourself, Internet

The 10 Most Esoteric Examples of the ‘Shit Girls Say’ Meme (Video)

Today, Rebecca Greenfield wrote a piece for The Atlantic Wire titled “Why The ‘S— Girls Say’ Meme Will Never Die.” This statement flies in the face of most other bloggers’ theory/desperate hope that “The Shit ____ Say” (Insert ethnicity, gender, sexual preference, location, religion, self-identification, or combination of the above into that blank spot) has already hit an saturation point in viral culture and will soon be as passe as Chocolate Rain parodies. Read More

By Drew Grant 1/25/12 5:38pm

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"Randall" from the Honey Badger series (TMZ.com)

Does Randall Exist? Meet the Man Behind the Honey Badger Phenomenon (Video)

Last week were shocked to learn that our favorite viral video of 2011, “The Crazy Nastyass Honey Badger (Narrated by Randall),” was not, in fact, the creation of a man named Randall. According to a press release about a new animated project based on the YouTube series, the man behind the Randall videos was actually named Christopher Gordon.

So we were very confused by this TMZ video interview with the purported “Randall” (no last name given), who looks like an extra from Boogie Nights. Is this Mr. Gordon’s alter-ego? Or does Randall actually exist? Read More

By Drew Grant 1/04/12 2:20pm

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What clip will be 2011's "Bed Intruder??"

The Funniest Viral Video of 2011

Hey, this is a great new trend! Aggregating all the funny videos you remember from the last month and then calling it a comprehensive listicle of the year’s most side-splitting viral content! Huffington Post is doing it! Paper Magazine is doing it! So is Videogum, Splitsider (technically they mixed things up with funniest web series), and…Politico? Sure.

Except we all know this is a big lie. There was only one truly funny video of 2011, and it’s not been on any of these lists so far. Read More

By Drew Grant 12/13/11 3:51pm

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BriWi interviews Marcel the Shell

Brian Williams, Journalist, Interviews Marcel the Shell With Shoes On (Video)

Jenny Slate‘s post-Saturday Night Live success with Marcel the Shell with Shoes On is an uplifting tale of picking yourself up after what some would consider a big defeat (being cut from SNL after one season), and creating something even more awesome. Something like a viral video about a shell with shoes and a lentil hat that currently has 14 million views and is now an Amazon best-selling book. Great job, Jenny Slate (and her fiancee, Dean Fleischer-Camp)!

When interviewed by Brian Williams for his new show, The Rock, the “I hate hipsters and Williamsburg and all their artisanal cheeses” journalist can’t help but melt in the face of Marcel. Yet you can still tell how important Mr. Williams places this story on his list by how many qualifiers he uses to describe the Marcel phenomenon: “He’s become the biggest small star of the comedy world on the web.” To distinguish him from the smallest big star of drama television, perhaps? Read More