Video Round-Up is a weekly post collecting an assortment of videos from around the web. Whether they be music videos, creative viral marketing, just plain cool, or just plain ridiculous, they will all be found on Video Round-Up.
We'll start you off with an appetizer. Here's 9 seconds of Keanu Reeves' acting. That is, studies show, just enough time to prove that he ranks among the worst actors ever. His character Neo in The Matrix trilogy is undoubtedly awesome. But don't confuse Neo with Keanu. Seeing his inability to fake sneeze, I wouldn't be surprised if he literally couldn't act his way out of a paper bag. Poor guy.
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Dom Joly is up on his current events this time. This is a classic Joly bit, although this time he needn't exaggerate the size of the device he's parodying. Therein lies the irony, and the comedy.
Moving back into truly "historical" times, this clip from the movie Downfall has been translated...let's say differently. Endless parodies of this very scene can be found on YouTube, including one in which Hitler gets upset about Republican Scott Brown's election. But who cares about politics? Let's talk about video games!
Eighteenth-century history is re-imagined in this amazing music video. The hyperbolic insanity reminds of a less-famous The Lonely Island. (That's a compliment.) Not something you necessarily have to "get" to enjoy, but perhaps this style of comedy could be called "niche"? In any case, I hope you Roll On the Floor Laughing at this choice.
The farewell for this week's Round-Up won't be as poignant as the video above. Conan O'Brien, as we all know, ended his contract with NBC as host of the Tonight Show, the result of a drawn-out legal battle, after only seven months hosting. It's a shame because Conan is, in my opinion, the prime-time comedic voice of the new generation. No offense to fogies who like Leno better, but come on. O'Brien reveals some emotion here during his final minutes as host of the Tonight Show, and if you haven't seen it, you should: It is, after all, bound to become part of history.
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When Dom Joly says "I don't even know if it's a phone, it's just sexy is all!" it makes me laugh everytime.
And thanks for that farewell speech. I missed his final show because I had to wake up early, and I never saw it. I kind of hope he joins the Colbert/Stewart line-up, but then I won't be able to watch him very much because we only have the most basic of cable packages.
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