Jon's Top Five YouTube vids from 2011: #3

Dec. 28th, 2011 at 11:22 AM

Number 3 on my top five videos from (the ones I first saw in 2011) is the T-Mobile, Welcome Home, advertisement, recorded in London's Heathrow airport. I defy you to watch this without smiling.

In case you missed numbers four and five, here they are again:

#4 'My Blackberry Is Not Working.'

#5 Just Glue Some Gears On It (And Call It Steampunk) (Sir Reginald Pikedevant Esquire)

If you're one of those folks who can't see YouTube videos posted here, these links will take you to the relevant YouTube pages:

#3 T-Mobile: Welcome Home http://bit.ly/cpxqTo
#4 'My Blackberry Is Not Working.' http://bit.ly/ewQfWX
#5 Just Glue Some Gears On It (And Call It Steampunk) (Sir Reginald Pikedevant Esquire) http://bit.ly/vglVFv

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ladysaotome

Dec. 28th, 2011 01:09 pm (UTC)

Wow - ok, that was pretty amazing. You said I'd smile - you didn't mention I'd probably get teary, too!

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asakiyume

Dec. 28th, 2011 02:21 pm (UTC)

I know right! Me too!

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jongibbs

Dec. 28th, 2011 02:26 pm (UTC)

Lol, you like that one. Just wait till you see #2 :)

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ladysaotome

Dec. 28th, 2011 04:12 pm (UTC)

Speaking of teary - have you seen this one?

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jongibbs

Dec. 28th, 2011 05:56 pm (UTC)

I hadn't, and now I wish I hadn't :(

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ladysaotome

Dec. 28th, 2011 06:01 pm (UTC)

Aw, now I feel bad! :( I thought it was a good, sad video.

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jongibbs

Dec. 29th, 2011 03:42 am (UTC)

It was good. Especially when the whole town went along with the idea of an early Christmas.

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ladysaotome

Dec. 29th, 2011 11:14 am (UTC)

I checked out some old news reports and found out it even went around the world - they had people in Taiwan & Britain decorating early and sending pictures to a site called "Decorations for Dax" for him to look at.

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asakiyume

Dec. 28th, 2011 02:17 pm (UTC)

I **hadn't** seen 4 and 5, and I love them! Thanks SO much--and thanks for posting twice, because somehow I didn't manage to watch them last time. The blackberry one had me laughing and laughing. I showed it to my 14-year-old, and he liked it too.

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jongibbs

Dec. 28th, 2011 02:28 pm (UTC)

Ronnie Corbett was on British Telly for years and years with Ronnie Barker. They did some hilarious sketches, which really stand the test of time, like this one, from 1973 or '73:

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asakiyume

Dec. 28th, 2011 02:32 pm (UTC)

Haha! That's very clever. Wakanomori has mentioned the Two Ronnies--I wonder if he's seen that skit.

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jongibbs

Dec. 28th, 2011 02:37 pm (UTC)

I was always impressed with Ronnie Barker (the man asking the questions) who wrote lots of sketches for the show, but sent them in under a different name, so they got accepted on the basis of how funny the editors thought they were, rather than because he'd written them.

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asakiyume

Dec. 28th, 2011 02:39 pm (UTC)

I admire that tremendously. Good for him.

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asakiyume

Dec. 28th, 2011 02:21 pm (UTC)

Awwww!

And I just now watched the T-mobile ad. Wonderful <3 <3 <3

(I hereby announce that I love your taste in videos)

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jongibbs

Dec. 28th, 2011 02:29 pm (UTC)