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USA: is this really us?

Top 10 Videos of 2011: 3. “Whole Foods Parking Lot” (with Bonus Video!)

As 2011 recedes further in the rear-view mirror, I struggle to finish posting my top ten videos of the year. On the bright side, #3 on my list is the brilliant hip-hop parody “Whole Foods Parking Lot,” and watching it is no struggle at all — quite the opposite. Plus, its creators had such a huge year that I’m throwing in a bonus video of theirs on this post. Continue reading

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Top 10 Videos of 2011: 5. “Tiger Woods Fails to Qualify for Sex with Dive Bar Waitress”

The Onion SportsDome didn’t last on Comedy Central, but fortunately its hilarious sports-pundit-shouting-match sendup “Get Out of My Face” survives on the web. The inaugural web-based GOOMF rates number 5 on my 2011 videos countdown. Continue reading

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Top 10 Videos of 2011: 7. “Matt Damon Defends Teachers”

Lesson #1 for agenda-driven interviewers: don’t fuck with Matt Damon. If you do, it’ll probably end up on YouTube. Case in point: this video from the Save Our Schools March last July of Damon pwning a microphone-toting libertarian and her, um, substandard cameraman. Continue reading

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