Classic YouTube Favourites

I would not call this a curated list in any way, but I happened to notice that my YouTube favourites playlist was a public list, meaning anyone viewing my Youtube page could see what I had clicked favourite on. I wasn’t aware of this, so I quickly went through the list and deleted any videos I didn’t want you to know I liked. In doing this, I dicovered a whole whack of videos I had long forgotten. Really good funny videos that were popular once, but probably never seen by many people. So I decided to leave the list public, and promote it here as an example of older YouTube videos you might enjoy.

original music video I just finished before midnight. It's about my fear of becoming famous.

Internet famous seems terrifying and a lot of work.
#famous #internetfamous #musicvideo
Please comment and share. it's scary.

original music video I just finished before midnight. It's about my fear of becoming famous.

Internet famous seems terrifying and a lot of work. #famous ...

Taskmaster NZ Season 3 Episode 1 - 10 | Full Episode

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Dave Gorman's Googlewhack Adventure - FULL DVD - High Quality

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Mommy It's Over - Just For Laughs 2015

Tarren Looking for friends

This is a secondlife animation with AI lip syncing added as an ...

American Reacts to the Legalization of Marijuana in Canada

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This Video Has 71,973,178 Views

The title of this video should change with the times. But nothing ...

Failing at Normal: An ADHD Success Story | Jessica McCabe | TEDxBratislava

Jessica McCabe tell us the story of her life. Once a gifted child with ...

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In this video I use a type II superconductor to perform a quantum ...

Life, The Universe and Douglas Adams

If Hitchhiker is a must-see for the dedicated fan, so much more so is ...

If Hitchhiker is a must-see for the dedicated fan, so much more so is a new film biography of Douglas Adams entitled Life, the Universe, and Douglas Adams. While a ...shorter bio and tribute appear on the second DVD of the Hitchhiker release, this is a full length look at the life and work of Douglas Adams.

This film, by Joel Greengrass and Rick Mueller, explores the details of Adams' life in a warm, funny, loving way. Life is sentimental but never mushy and, while an obvious tribute to the man, it never becomes one of those insipid eulogies that seem to sprout overnight like fungi whenever a celebrity passes on. This is a realistic look at a real live human being from the points of view of those who knew him best. Interviews with Adams' early teachers and comedy partners and friends, including Mary Allen, Terry Jones, and Berkeley Breathed and sister Jane Garnier, are interspersed with previously filmed interviews with Douglas Adams himself, as well as film clips of Adams giving lectures... and even video of Adams on vacation. Wonderful pop-up style factoids appear onscreen at opportune moments, and a Babelfish translates British English (batting=driving about aimlessly) for clueless Americans.

Readers of The Salmon of Doubt will find much of this film familiar. Many of the incidents recounted here are mentioned in Adams' own writing, compiled posthumously in Salmon. We see film footage of Adams, a passionate defender of endangered species, hiking in Africa wearing a rhinoceros suit. Mark Carwardine, Adams' collaborator on Last Chance to See, speaks of their travels. Adams himself speaks about his fascination with animals and nature. We learn where "42" came from, and when Adams first discovered the importance of having a towel on hand at all times.

As I mentioned, this is a film about a real human being, foibles and all. Mary Allen remembers Adams "exuberant, overenthusiastic" reaction to his early success...enthusiasm which led to him crashing his first Porsche! An extended section of the film discusses his insecurities, an issue that was probably at the heart of his legendary inability to meet deadlines (though Adams claimed he simply "loved the whooshing sound they made as they went by").

But this is also a film about a loving, caring, truly good man. The Douglas Adams pictured here was funny, witty, brilliant, and above all, kind. Friend Kanwal Sharma recounts how he seemed to always find himself upgraded to first class when he traveled; only later did he discover that Douglas was arranging the upgrades behind the scenes. Perhaps the most telling feature of this film is the warmth and joy that radiates from each speaker as they remember Adams. Though his work was incomparable, this film makes it clear that his legacy was something far more important.

I should mention especially that Neil Gaiman is a fantastic choice as narrator of Life, the Universe, and Douglas Adams . The best documentaries are often ruined by dry, dull narration but there is no hint of that here. Gaiman is as warm and funny as the subject of the movie is and his voice draws the viewer instantly into the film. I was captivated from the very beginning.

Fans of Douglas Adams will want to watch this film again and again. Even better, those not familiar with Douglas Adams will learn a thing or two about being an all around decent human being, and ultimately they'll want to watch this film again and again, too. I smiled and laughed all the way through this movie, even through occasional tears. See this film when you need a good laugh, and a good cry.

[Maria Nutick]
Greater Talent Network Inc., 2002
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