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YouTube has come to define the era of online video, so let’s take a look at their most popular videos of all time. We first did this list in August 2007, at which point Evolution of Dance by comedian Judson Laipply was number 1 with nearly 56 million views. The next update was September 2008, when Avril Lavigne’s Girlfriend pop music video was number 1 with 103 million page views (although commenters argued it may have gamed the system).

How is Evolution of Dance doing now, given the influx of pop music and movie videos into YouTube? Not to mention all of those goofy comedic routines by teenagers and cutesy baby or animal videos. Let’s check out the top YouTube videos of all time, as it stands today…

Listropolis’ Take:

Look…there’s a reason these videos have such high view counts. They’re great! And to be able to see them all on one post makes them all that much better. Sure, you’ve probably already seen most of them, but check out the list and see if there were any you missed.

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For extreme sports athletes, putting on a helmet-cam is usually a death wish. But a tip of the hat goes out to those people who have the cojones to strap a camera to their heads and document their flirtations with death just so the rest of us can live, vicariously, on the edge. The truth is that helmet cam video footage is the closest a lot of us will ever get to base-jumping, attempting a motorcycle wheelie, or getting stuck in an avalanche. So now it’s your turn. Strap on a helmet, roll the GoPro, and watch 8 death-defying helmet cam videos.

Listropolis’ Take:

What a cool post to start the morning. We’re all thrill junkies here, so watching these videos got out blood pumping a bit this morning. I’ve seen #3 before, and it’s still one of my favs.

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Whether or not Twitter has hit a traffic growth ceiling, the 140 character status update platform has already proved it can permeate past its early adopter audience and attract a more mainstream user-base complete with Twittering athletes, celebrities, and government officials.

Along the way, Twitter (Twitter) has also managed to grab a lot of attention as the easy scapegoat in parody videos. We’ve seen comedic geniuses, late-night talk show hosts, and many video production companies all try to best each other in a battle for the funniest Twitter spoof or satire. Not all are created equal, but the 10 we’ve included here are some of the sure-fire standouts.

Twitter may be the butt of everyone’s joke, but after the news of a $1 billion valuation, we have a sneaking suspicion that Twitter will eventually have the last laugh.

Listropolis’ Take:

Any list with Twouble With Twitters in it is a great list. If you’re a Twitter fan, you’ll really appreciate the humor in these vids.

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Seriously! Does it get any cooler than this? Follow @Nik_Nik on twitter, and chances are, you’ll get a nice reply with a link to this video. Actually, this video is the inspiration behind this post. I have two twitter accounts: one for myself, and one for Listropolis. The listropolis account is new, so I just got around to following her tonight, and within seconds, I had a personal reply with a link to this video. Love it!

Shaking her ass and asking you to donate for a cause. It’s something even Hallmark can’t do.

I’ll admit, this one starts off a bit slow, but she IS trying to tell everyone how much she loves them. Screw that….the action starts at 1:13.

I’m seeing a trend with me liking videos with Nik_Nik in her glasses. Not enough “out-of-the-seat” action, but still a top 5!

A DANCE OFF! Plus, the robot and the sprinkler? Reggie shares the stage on this one, but it’s funny as hell, and easily in the top 5. I’m still torn on a winner.

This is Listropolis’ lame attempt at an ongoing series where we feature a cool person you should know. Reggie and NikNik are two of the nicest people you’ll ever meet, and if you’re into tech, real estate, or social media, you should make it a point to follow them.

Know anyone we should feature? Tell us in the comments.

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1. Christmas Light Show – Amazing Grace Techno

2. Crazy Christmas Light Show

3. Frisco Christmas Lights – Wizards in Winter

4. 42,000 Christmas LED Lights Dance to Coca Cola Holiday Song

5. Saks 5th Ave NYC Snowflake Christmas Light Show

6. Ochre Christmas Light show

7. Christmas light show synchronized to Silent Night by MS

8. Osborne Spectacle of Dancing Lights – Disney Hollywood Studios

9. EPCOT Christmas lights

10. Christmas light show 2008 Savannah GA

11. Crooks Christmas 2007 – HQ 16×9 – Trans-Siberian Orchestra – Wish Liszt (Toy Shop Madness)

12. Crooks Christmas Lights 2008 – Two Houses! – Epcot Center – Illuminations: Reflections of Earth

13. A Mad Russian’s Christmas – Trans-Siberian Orchestra

14. El Paso Christmas Lights 2008

15. 2008 Hallum’s House Of Lights Computerized Christmas Lights Display

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16. Bellagio Water Fountain Show Sleigh Ride by Johnny Mathis

17. Fountain of Nations (Christmas)

So, have you seen any others worth sharing? If you have, tell us about it in the comments.

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YouTube has come to define the new era of online video, so let’s take a look at their most popular videos of all time.

I was expecting something like lonelygirl15 or the original menthos coke video to be number 1. But no, the most popular video of all time on YouTube, so far, has been Evolution of Dance by comedian Judson Laipply. It was added to YouTube on April 06, 2006 and has since gone on to attract 55.8 Million views. It’s had 60,476 comments, the first of which was: “That was freaking AWESOME! Thanks for sharing!!”. The comments for this video are still going strong today – the latest 10 comments have all come in the last 30 minutes, as of writing. Plus it’s been favorited 252,082 times (making it the number 1 Top Favorited video of All Time).

According to a SMH article at the end of 2006, Laipply is a comedian and motivational speaker from Cleveland, Ohio. The video shows him dancing a six-minute routine encompassing 32 songs spanning more than 50 years of music and dance. In many ways this is your typical YouTube video – a funny, goofy, short and clever video, in this case uploaded by and starring a professional comedian. But there are tens of thousands of similar videos on YouTube, uploaded by enthusiastic amateurs (mostly teens).

Incidentally, on Laipply’s website there is an accompanying cat video – proving once and for all that this success story was by and for the Web.

The next 3 most viewed YouTube videos are all music. Two of them professional, one amatuer.

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25. Second Thoughts (Timmy Turner, 2004)

The dawn of film-yourself filmmaking, as Turner and friends maroon themselves near Indonesian perfection and slowly go mental.

Highlight: Killing the goat, and the epic score at “The Right.”

Available: The Surf Network

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24. What’s Really Going On (Mike Reola, 1995)

The yang Momentum’s yin. It was raw, it was crude, but WRGO – along with its increasingly scandalous sequel – became the inspiration for everything from Jackass to reality TV to airshows. It also launched the careers of icons Chris Ward and Cory Lopez.

Highlight: Fourteen-year-old Chris Ward looking like a young Curren. The formal introduction of Randall.

Available: Ally Video

23. Big Wednesday (John Milius, 1978)

Apocalypse Now director Milius manages Hollywood’s sole representation in SURFER Magazine’s Top 25 with his loose retelling of surfer Denny Aaberg’s Malibu days.

Highlight: What else? Big Wednesday. Plus, The Masochist flexing.

Available: Amazon

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22. Wave Warriors III (Herbie Fletcher, 1998)

Fletcher’s straight-and-to-the-point approach and total involvement made his Wave Warriors series a precursor to the Momentum-style push of the ’90s. Christian and Archy’s sections to speed metal launched the next generation of aerialists.

Highlight: Christian Fletcher getting really weird in and out of the water.

Available: Amazon

21. Riding Giants (Stacy Peralta, 2004)

The last word in big-wave documentaries, taking us from the pioneer days to Maverick’s to the front lines at Jaws. Gripping testimonials are enough to make manly men cry.

Highlight: Greg Noll’s one-liners and Laird’s domination at Jaws.

Available: Riding Giants

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20. Pump! (Billabong, 1990)

This gritty Billabong promo vid could be the single most romantic ode to Mark Occhilupo on celluloid. Made us all want to pack up, cut the legs off our fullsuits and move to France.

Highlight: Oc and Ronnie at J-Bay; Oc on the Basque Coast to the Slaves’ “Poverty of Love.”

Available: ob surf shop

19. Montaj (Matt Gye, 2002)

A hyperdrive sequence of technical airs and tuberiding so futuristic, it feels post-apocalyptic. Taj Burrow’s follow-up to his first signature film, Sabotaj, Montaj is still ahead of its time five years later.

Highlight: Taj impossibly drained and impossibly contorted above the lip in his own backyard.

Available: Amazon

18. Sipping Jetstreams (Taylor Steele and Dustin Humphrey, 2006)

Gorgeously filmed ode to the out-of-the-way surf destinations (Egypt, Cuba, Hong Kong); marks a new era for Taylor Steele assisted by photographic visionary Dustin Humphery.

Highlight: Slater’s “best day ever” in Barbados.

Available: Studio411

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17. Magnaplasm (Richard Woolcott and Troy Eckert, 1998)

A rich and textured journey to Hawaii’s outer islands and beyond with a budding Bruce Irons and Team Volcom. Made claymationcool again.

Highlight: The frying egg, the fish and Bruce to Ween’s “Buenos Tardes Amigo.”

Available: Volcom

16. Kelly Slater in Black and White (Richard Woolcott, 1991)

The essential signature film of the essential surfer on the verge of greatness. “It’s the morning of the final” remains one of the most quoted lines in surf-movie history.

Highlight: Kelly’s reverses and his “star trunks” at Lowers.

Available: Amazon

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15. Beyond Blazing Boards (Chris Bystrom, 1985)

Captured the mid ’80s performance push and our love for Curren and the Aussies, all scored to some mod Untouchables songs.

Highlight: Occy’s “Wild Child” frontside air, Ronnie Burns at huge Padang

Available: Surfing Videos

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14. Litmus (Andrew Kidman and Jon Frank, 1997)

Grainy, back-light and drenched in souly wanderlust, Kidman and Frank traipsed the world to rediscover the sensory beauty of wave-riding.

Highlight: Joel Fitzgerald’s Irish slab assault.

Available: Amazon

13. The Seedling (Thomas Campbell, 1999)

An artistic, timely, bold statement on the logging resurgence of the late ’90s. Simple, beautiful, and a nod to the classics at a time when surfers needed it most.

Highlight: Dane Peterson and Jimmy Gamboa “really wailing” at First Point.

Available: Studio411

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12. The Big Surf (Bud Browne, 1957)

Bud Browne was the firstest and the bestest. He pioneered commercial surf movies and did it with flicks like this one, entertaining, hardcore, and with no agenda other than stoke and recording the sport as it passed in front of his lens.

Highlight: Surf and the surfing life at Makaha in the early ’50s, shot like a well-made home movie.

Available: n/a

11. September Sessions (Chris Malloy and Jack Johnson, 2000)

Like a bonus track to their previously released Thicker Than Water, September Sessions follows Slater, Machado, and Dorian on a single, epic Indo boat trip score. Totally simple, and equally epic.

Highlight: The whole movie feels like a single, all-time session.

Available: Studio411

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10. First Chapter (Jason Muir and Dane Reynolds, 2006)

The gold standard in high-performance surfing thanks to America’s next great hope, Dane Reynolds, combined with a good dose of postmodern, anti-corporate cynicism. Is, and will likely remain, the most studied video of the decade.

Highlight: Dane surfing at home and his interview about his dog.

Available: Amazon

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9. Five Summer Stories (Macgillivray/Freeman, 1972)

A slick, ambitious surf film that defined the Lopez era and the North Shore as ground zero.

Highlight: Gerry Lopez at Pipe to Honk’s “Tunnel of Love” and BK at Honolua to Honk’s “Love You Baby.”

Available: SurfVideo.com

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8. Green Iguana (Jack McCoy, 1992)

McCoy at his best, mixing magical realism with cutting-edge cinematography in some mind-boggling West Oz desert slabs. With his Bunyip/Iguana series, he proves surf movies can be trippy, fun and hardcore all at the same time.

Highlight: Occy and Margo in the West Oz desert. Munga pulling into huge right pits.

Available: n/a

7. Searching for Tom Curren (Sonny Miller and Derek Hynd, 1996)

The crowning achievement of Miller and Rip Curl’s Search series – Tom Curren’s grooviest and most superhuman moments captured in 16mm.

Highlight: Tom’s “first” wave at J-Bay and his fireball fish sessions in Indo.

Available: Amazon

6. Free Ride (Bill Delaney, 1977)

The next level in cinematography and performance thanks to cameraman Dan Merkel and “Free Riders” Shaun Tomson, Rabbit, PT and Mark Richards. Shaun Tomson slow-mo at backdoor remains as dramatic as Surf Theater gets.

Highlight: Water footage from Backdoor/Off the Wall, Rabbit’s see-saw cross-steps, MR at Honolua

Available: n/a

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5. Innermost Limits of Pure Fun (George Greenough, 1969)

Unwittingly documents the advent of the Shortboard Revolution, culminating in Greenough’s groundbreaking, POV tube-footage shot with shoulder-mounted cameras from his surf mat.

Highlight: Hypnotic inside-the-tube footage.

Available: SurfVideo.com

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4. Thicker Than Water (Chris Malloy, Emmett Malloy and Jack Johnson, 1999)

Combining vivid 16mm film, matured “Momentum Generation” surfers like Dorian, Slater and Machado, prime waves from Indo to Ireland, and a Jack Johnson-influenced soundtrack destined to become a stand-alone album, this film staked claim on a whole new era in surf filmmaking; one of the most re-watchable shred flicks out there.

Highlight: The Green Board; Conan Hayes and Noah Johnson’s Tahitian dream session.

Available: Woodshed Films

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3. Momentum (Taylor Steele, 1992)

High action, no frills, punk rock, breakthrough film for both Taylor Steele and the entire “Momentum Generation” of Slater, Machado, Dorian and crew; inspired a generation of surfing and a flood of videos to come.

Highlight: Slater’s backside air in Puerto, Dorian’s second reefer, Chesser at Off the Wall.

Available: Koastal Media

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2. Morning of the Earth (Alby Falzon, 1972)

Groove-driven ode to the “country soul” nature trip, follows pioneering Aussies like Michael Peterson and Nat Young in their search for surfing’s Garden of Eden – which, featuring surfers Steve Cooney and Rusty Miller, they eventually find the Bali.

Highlight: The first-ever footage from Uluwatu.

Available: Morning of the Earth

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1. The Endless Summer (Bruce Brown, 1966)

The immaculate connection. With one slide down the sand dune and a first look at “Bruce’s Beauties,” no surf movie enchanted more people – surfers and non-surfers alike – than the true original. And it continues to have the same effect today.

Highlight: Mike Hynson and Robert August worshipping Cape St. Francis; the reverse Patrice Lumumba in West Africa.

Available: Amazon

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There is a phenomenon today that almost escapes words. A moment of
joyous rapture when someone is so thoroughly embarrassed that the word
“embarrassing” cannot do it justice. This is a level of embarrassment
or failure so hillarious and so monumental that it becomes immortalized
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