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So much to love about this Oreo video

Beautifully animated video. Great song. And answers to questions like, What would happen if I gave an Oreo to a vampire?

Created by The Martin Agency.

Click here to watch Oreo's wonderful Wonderfilled Anthem video.

Dear Diary, I may have found the best cat video ever

Click here to watch Sad Cat Diary.

Four minutes of freakin' awesome

No screen grab could come close to expressing how truly amazing this video is.

It packs into four minutes enough inspiration for at least a dozen TV commercials.

I suppose it qualifies as performance art but, seriously, it's so incredible, it should have it's own genre name. Maybe it already does — if so, please let me know what it's called.

Click here to watch the video. You won't be sorry.

 

A new work from Henri, the thieving filmmaker and Friskies

Friskies has hired my favorite celebri-cat to star in a youtube video.

Click here to watch Henri, the existential cat, shill for Friskies cat food.

A deadpan Matt Damon for water.org

Water.org has created a very funny video starring Matt Damon that's sure to go viral — and raise awareness for the need for clean drinking water.

Click here to be entertained by Matt Damon and water.org.

 

Louisiana news team does the Harlem Shake

The Good Sport Award definitely goes to the KSLA news team.

Click here to see the KSLA news team do the Harlem Shake.

Dances with horses

To introduce a new line of nail colors, OPI has created a mesmerizing video featuring a horse mimicking women dancing.

Click here to watch the OPI dancing horse video.

Henri 4, L'Haunting

I'm obsessed with Henri, feline existentialist and star of the Henri, Le Chat Noir series of YouTube videos.

Even people who don't like cats love Henri.

The first video in the series was created by Will Braden as a film school assignment. It went viral and he wisely created more.

Today, I discovered the Halloween video.

Click here to watch Henri expound on the trivialities of Halloween.

To see more Henri videos, visit Henri's YouTube channel.

Norman. Feline eco-warrior

Commercial, cat video and recycling message in one. Very funny.

Click here to watch Norman in action.

Dramatic Macaroni & Cheese

Funny I should stumble upon this video of a dramatic reading of the ingredients list of Kraft Macaroni & Cheese (it's very funny in an Henri-Le-Chat-Noir kind of way). Last night, my husband offered to make me some Kraft mac & cheese. I said, "Yes, I would love some, provided you use all the orange cheesey powder that comes in the box." You see, when he makes it for himself, he only uses half the orange powder. He's never been able to explain why. I find it suspicious. Like, maybe he's a Russian sleeper spy or something.

Click here to watch Dramatic Macaroni & Cheese.

Directed by Dave Urlakis and Zack Whittington. Starring Dave Urlakis. Edited by Ryan DiGiorgi. Music "Cryptic Sorrow" by Kevin MacLeod -- incompetech.com.

Collapsing cooling towers

Clever commercial for Ecotricity, a UK company that provides electricity created by renewable resources.

Click here to watch Ecotricity's commercial.

Click here to see a similarly beautiful video.

BMW M5 video: Fast car smashes stuff. Awesome.

Toronto agency Cundari created this video to promote the BMW M5, the "fastest sedan in the world." It shows the vehicle driving through a glass apple, water balloons and a shooting target.

Click here to watch the spectacular BMW M5 video.

Click here to see a slightly creepy TV spot for Subaru.

So bad it's excruciating

You just HAVE to watch this commercial.

Click here to see the worst commercial you'll see this year.

 

The people behind Microsoft Songsmith may have been going for irony, like the Once More, with Feeling episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Then, again, that may be giving them too much credit.