This article titled “Viral Video Chart: Chatroulette wrecks Miley and it’s move over Kanye West” was written by Janette Owen, for theguardian.com on Friday 29th November 2013 07.23 UTCWe’ve got a whole new spin on the Miley Cyrus hit Wrecking Ball from the online chat website Chatroulette this week – and if music video spoofs top your charts, you are also going to like James Franco and Seth Rogen’s version of Bound 2.
The pair were filming their new movie, The Interview, when they decided to take some time out to remake their favourite video from Kanye West as Bound 3. Keep your eyes open for Seth’s impression of the topless Kim Kardashian.
Spoiler alert! If you are a Family Guy fan – don’t read this paragraph and stay away from clip 3! Fans have been stunned by the death of Brian Griffin, the talking dog who was voiced by series creator Seth McFarlane. Brian was killed off after being hit by a car in an episode called Life of Brian. He has been a major character since the pilot show in 1999 and outraged fans have taken to the internet to voice how unhappy they are. More than 25,000 have signed a petition on Change.org to resurrect the character.
Christmas brings some amusing adverts –we’ve got the Harvey Nichols’ Sorry, I spent it on myself ad and a fun Joe Boxer ad from Kmart – and a plethora of Christmas-themed woolly jumpers. This year Sarah Lund and the cast of The Killing have teamed up with Save the Children to persuade everyone to buy a Christmas jumper and raise money for the global charity.
Finally, staying with a festive theme, enjoy an Alan Partridge takeover of the Christmas lights in Norwich and a bunch of elves from the Hobbit who meet Mean Girls for a Middle Earth mash-up. Oh joy!
Guardian Viral Video Chart. Compiled by Unruly Media and jingled about by Janette
1. Miley Cyrus – Wrecking Ball (Chatroulette Version)
Fabulous balls-up
2. James Franco & Seth Rogen – Bound 3 (Vague)
Come back Kim
3. A Farewell To Brian Griffin
Doggone it
4. Mean Elves
Middle Earth madness
5. ‘Long, stabby thing’
Golden oldie
6. Show Your Joe
Boxing day
7. Lewis Collins on the Bob Mills Show 1997
Tribute to the Professionals actor
8. Harvey Nichols Christmas ad: ‘Sorry, I spent it on myself’
It’s an advertiser’s gift
9. Alan Partridge spectacularly hijacks Norwich Christmas lights
Knowing him
10. The Killing does Christmas Jumper Day
It’s a purl
Source: Viral Video Chart. Compiled from data gathered at 14:00 on 28 November 2013. The Viral Video Chart is currently based on a count of the embedded videos and links on approximately 2m blogs, as well as Facebook and Twitter.
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