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Kudos to Mike Clemente, Scott Rubin and Phil Haney for this gem. I’d also like to thank my sister’s boyfriend Keith for pointing it out, and to the lawyers that be for not pulling it down.

Allen Iverson’s high school football highlight reel.

Pretty impressive punt return by Pitt Panther Darrelle Revis.

During college, I coached a kindergarten/first-grade soccer team in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. I had no relevant experience with kids or soccer, which was readily apparent both on and off the field. Our crack staff of volunteer coaches would stumble to 8:50 Saturday morning games. If we weren’t late and somebody brought oranges for halftime, our expectations were exceeded.

Let me hold back my Rainbow Soccer anecdotes for another time, and instead show two quick YouTube clips. First, the most impressive goal I’ve ever seen. If our kids could have perfected this play, all our coaching shortfalls would be moot.

And second, the least impressive. Just because I love gaffes and symmetry.

A fabulous 2:38 about advertising. Courtesy of J. (pronounced “Jay-Dot”), my office-mate. If anyone can find additional footage of this film, please share.

Thanks to a tip from my friend and co-worker Noah, I’m finally able to embed YouTube clips with WordPress. Watch out world.

Here’s a classic to get you pumped for election season.

See the previous installments here.

When I was a freshman at Duke, I took a Film & Video Studies seminar simply called “TV.” A more official name was likely listed in the Automated Course Enrollment System (ACES) booklet. I can’t remember. My generally phenomenal memory has deemed that tidbit non-essential.

For my final project, I mashed up audio from CNN with highly offensive TV clips from the 1950s. The audio had a woman claiming television had gotten more absurd and more violent in recent years. The video took the position that absurd crap is part and parcel of the medium.

This JELLO commercial went a long way towards proving that point. But don’t just watch for the blatant anti-Asianism. Listen to the copywriter give himself a plug at the end of the spot.

New segment here. Every few days, I’ll present a random YouTube clip. I don’t think any further explanation is necessary.

Our first installment celebrates our neighbors to the north. From Molson, “I Am Canadian” is my all-time favorite television commercial. The ad wizards went beyond stirring up an emotion. For me, they created one: Canadian national pride.

Keeping with the theme, as a special bonus, here’s another clip that’ll make you rethink your pronounciation of “about.” It’s the Edmonton crowd singing “O Canada” during the Stanley Cup Finals. Well done, neighbors.