The Webby Awards have compiled a list of what they consider the most influential online videos of all time.
There are some interesting albeit obvious choices here – especially Jennicam – but I guess the fact that you could add a lot more (such as Evolution of Dance, Leave Britney Alone! and Ronaldinho: Touch of Gold) shows how online video has exploded in the last couple of years.
Anyway their list is:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVVPSEVQMzI[/youtube]
Jennicam
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qItugh-fFgg[/youtube]
All Your Base Are Belong To Us
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKYUtUw-8ig[/youtube]
The Hire
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=HPPj6viIBmU[/youtube]
The Star Wars Kid
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8Q-sRdV7SY[/youtube]
This Land
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLHM1eUERS4[/youtube]
Subservient Chicken
Lazy Sunday (which the dumbasses at NBC still won’t allow on YouTube)
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=wFlYw9awR5o[/youtube]
The Israel-Hizbollah War
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=dZN-Wye4rDE[/youtube]
Lonelygirl 15
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv5zWaTEVkI[/youtube]
OK – Here We Go Again
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r90z0PMnKwI[/youtube]
George Allen’s Macaca Moment
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=zAjWi663kXc[/youtube]
The Zidane Headbutt