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From being a subscriber of both iJustine and Tobuscus (aka Toby Turner), you probably know that they are both heavily caffenated most of the time. If you watch any of Toby's "Lazy Vlogs" he is always carrying a cup of java and IJ tosses back her share too, so its not really surprising to find them at a local coffee shop (The Coffee Bean of course) before heading back to the crib to get their game on and no, I do not mean that as an inside joke. Toby and iJustine are probably two of the biggest gaming geeks on Youtube outside of the Machinima crowd and according to what IJ says in this video, apparently they plan on playing Little Big Planet 2 , although I'm pretty sure she is more at home playing Black Ops. If you missed the iphone grocery store video iJustine mentioned, that link will take you to it. I have to warn you though that it is actually 14-plus minutes of IJ shopping for groceries. You do need to be an IJ fan to get through it. Actually these iphone ...

In my everylasting quest to find the new funny, interesting Youtubers I stumbled across this dude, Danny Craparotta (aka DannyCraps or Shortstack ), a vertically challenged Canadian who I think you will find pretty funny. He has been posting videos since 2009, and now has 27,000 subscribers. I think he will have at least 100,000 this time next year if he keeps posting funny stuff like this. He hit 2,000 a year ago in February 2010 and had 5,000 two months later when he posted this: I subbed to him after seeing a few videos and then did the creeper thing where I started watching all of his videos from the first one to the latest and I would recommend you check out his older videos as well. Lots of funny with this guy. He's not quite in the top 100 Most subscribed Canadian Youtubers yet, but he will be shortly.

Just about any of the best movie catch phrases you can think of is packed into this video clip from some of the earliest films to those of today. I can't really find too much to fault the creator of this clip ( MoPapparani ) but I would be remiss if I didn't mention a few that were noticably absent. Namely just about the entire script of Pulp Fiction or some of the incredibly funny lines from Monty Python And The Holy Grail. Or Life of Brian "He's not the Messiah. He's just a very naughty boy." What great movie quotes can you think of that were missed? List them in the comments below.

Once again it's "One Take Sunday" with the Shaytards and they have a whole slew of announcements, including that they are going to pick the winners of the two flip cameras that they promised a while back. Also, Shay's appearance on the television series No Ordinary Family should be March 22nd. He plays a security guard just in case you didn't know. And it looks like the whole Shaytards clan will be making their way over to Florida for PlayList Live which runs from March 26-27th. There are going to be a ton of Youtubers present including Wheezy Waiter, KassemG, Lisa Nova, Timothy DeLaGhetto, Michell Davis & Kyle Sibert (LiveLavaLive), Mystery Guitar Man, iJustine, MeekaKitty, Charles Trippy & Alli Speed of CTFxC and too many more to mention. Just go to the site at the link provided for more info. One other thing about Playlist Live is that they are going to be giving away free tickets , so that's another reason to check out their website.

We all need to know our social boundaries and now you will know what not to do when you meet Natalie Tran (aka communitychannel ) with you sidle up beside her. Actually, it is probably never a good idea to sidle up beside someone - let alone use the term "sidle up". In the video below Natalie shows those traits that irritate her and asks if they bug you too, or is it just her. Mostly it's just her, but we don't tell Natalie that. Actually, the part where people offer you a bite of their food gives me the willies. I shudder even to think about it. I've personally had friends and acquaintances ask me if I wanted a bite or if I would try their food and it makes my stomach turn. I'm not a germaphobe but I can't even share food or a drink with someone I'm intimate with let alone friends or family. "Segway, segway" The part where someone places their hand on hers made me a little uncomfortable too and I kept waiting for her to snatch her ha...

One of the old school Youtubers, Cory Williams (aka Mr Safety and the dude behind smpfilms ) made a video recently where he asked his viewers "Why are you still on Youtube?" Here is a list of those who Cory featured in the video with links to their channels: Merezone , jak300000 , kakshi15 , iamproudtobeajew , amzibabe93 , stigmabuster22 , xoxomichellexoxo , ArchieCraze , KingHuman , Riddicrash , KJPmedia , StivnC , Lambo3333333 , thestevesaylor , chiefvideomaster , ZTex10 , couchpotatotheatre , mes1rs , Riddicrash , akuradavis , maxminusamillion , EricksHinumaru , mimgodfather , D22Responses , Twilightlover46 , QLFILMS , JeffersonTRowe , BradLakeShow , Magician1607 , just3giraffes , junodog20 , wing3r79 , dragonFDrk , JamesBrownvlog , deanec64 , Kate0Loves0Leo666 , TammyTagCreations , skinsthunderbomb , TheSilentGuitar , TheCasperOne , OfcarcikFilms , SteveDezSPEAKS , Amayzing2011 , supersixty1 , theepilepsyguy , TheToberlicious , obsessedwithhiei , InuzukaLegend , Joe...

Now THIS is why I am subscribed to Patrick Boivin 's Youtube channel. He uses the Black Widow action figure to whup almost all the various bad guys (and a few of good ones too) in an animated video. When he posts videos like this, I have to watch as Scarlett Johansson, er, I mean, Black Widow from Iron Man 2 switches into "clobberin' time" mode against Whiplash, Michael Jackson and the T-1000 from Terminator 2: Judgement Day. Gotta admit that she has some potent weapons stowed away in that leather-clad bodice if they have that kind of effect against the T-1000. And it looks like they would be of no use against Jacko so she zips them back up before dispatching him. And wasn't that John McClane (aka Bruce Willis) who she quickly shows doesn't die hard? And in case you are one of the few who hasn't seen his video "Iron Man vs Bruce Lee", here it is: Boivin's got a ton of videos like these on Youtube that you can find on his channel (l...

It's not every day that you get a phone call from your idol but it looks like Canadian youtuber Maria Aragon was really surprised when Lady Gaga called in during Maria's interview on the radio (with HOT 103 FM). Aragon has a number of videos showcasing her tremendous singing ability on her channel rojuanearagon , actually 72 have been posted so far. Lady Gaga is going to perform in Canada in early March and it looks like she will have Maria Aragon up on stage with her. So a big congrats to Maria. Below is the video that Lady Gaga was talking about that caught her attention. It is Maria playing the piano and singing Gaga's "Born This Way" and the video has since gone absolutely viral and has over 7.6 MILLION views since it was posted February 17th, but that may have something to do with Perez Hilton posting it and telling Gaga about it (according to what she says in the above video). There's a nice write-up about the story with a bunch of media pictu...

If you are on Youtube for any period of time you know that some videos and content creators pop up from time to time and become viral. One of the latest to get found by the Youtube community and elsewhere online has been Keenan Cahill with his lip-synching of famous songs on his BeenerKeeKee19952 channel. I'm personally not subscribed to him, but @ijustine tweeted a link to Keenan's video below where he discusses his rise to fame as well as mentions his medical challenges: Yup, that's 50 Cent in the background and that is just one of Keenan's many videos that have multiple million views on Youtube. He now has over 300,000 subscribers. He just posted a new video which features The DearJane Girls which has about 157,000 views in 3 days. I noticed Keenan's videos about a week or so ago because he was listed on the Youtube stats tracking site myu2b.com as having the Youtube channel with the highest "daily gross" revenue generated by his videos. At that...

For those of you wondering where Sammah has disappeared to, he is very much alive and well and he is going to the March 5, 2011 Disneyland Youtube gathering. I took a quick look and it says that the tickets for the event are sold out according to zingled.eventbrite.com , which means you should have been paying attention earlier. You can find out about upcoming Youtube gatherings in your area by following @YTGathering on Twitter - also I do update the discussion board over at the Bradshaw's Blog on Facebook page if you want to check there too: Bradshaw's Blog on Facebook . Sammah also mentions VidCon which is coming up quickly and it will be the big event of the summer. It takes place in L.A. in July and you can find info about it at the official website: vidcon2011.com . Here's a little more about the gathering at Disney Land:

I'm not sure if you are familiar with Nanalew , a Canadian Youtube partner with over 140,000 subscribers but she just had her Youtube account and other online accounts hacked. She had just posted the video below which had been entered into a contest to see if she could win a trip to New Zealand when someone hacked into her Youtube account and removed all of her Youtube videos. I follow her on Twitter (she's @Nanalew ) and she tweeted about the attack shortly after asking her followers to vote for her on the website holding the contest. The website is coldestcanadian.ca if you want to vote for her - she's currently in 4th spot with about 1300-1400 votes. One good point is that she contacted Youtube and got her Youtube account restored that same night, but the hacker also got her Gmail account and her Adsense account, which really sucks. She is in the process of trying to get her Adsense and other accounts returned to her and it will be interesting to see how long that...

Right now PhilipDeFranco is relaxing in Europe, enjoyed a much needed vacation so he filmed the following video before he left. PHIL NEEDS MORE VACATIONS! Who's with me on that? Sorry to the ladies who don't like this sort of video, but sometimes I think Phil is a freakin' genious lol. I can almost see the brain storming sessions "What do we do to keep the people in the DeFranco Nation entertained while Phil is away?" "I know, hot girls hitting each other with pillows!" Then every guy there is like, "I wanna film it!" I don't know who the dark-haired girl is, but she looks like she would be a lot of fun. And the poor bald guy "I'm allergic to feathers", but a guy's gotta do what a guy's gotta do. We all suffer for our art dude. And here's the finished product: Yes, Phil has transformed himself into a super-hot girl. I know it's untrue because if he could do that, he would never leave the house lol....

For those of us who were alone on Valentine's Day, there's hope. It comes from an unlikely source, namely Link from RhettandLink who, lets face it, doesn't seem like he is the ultimate ladies man, but he does offer some good advice on how to entice the fairer sex by using flattering photography in the video below. I must admit that what Link says makes a lot of sense. I for one was unemcumbered with female companianship this past Valentine's Day and like the next guy would like to get, ahem, "encumbered". And for those guys who need a little bit more help with the ladies, there's always TheWingGirls who offer advice on how to approach and keep a girl. Take a look at the following video as Jet and Star teach you about Valentine's Day. And in case you need a little more help, here they are whispering suductively about Facebook. Dunno what they were saying, but I had to watch the video a couple of times.

It's Valentine's Day and Charles and Alli have a special guest. Yes, Mr Conan O'Brien actually says CTFxC FTW" (although he did make a slight error). How did Charles & Alli get Conan filmed? Well, TeraBrite (aka Sabrina & DJ), who did the closing music for the CTFxC videos, were on Conan's TV show because of a contest. And here's the whole video when TeraBrite ambushed Conan: If you want to see the great video they shot that won them the chance to be on O'Brien's show, take a look: Conan's VD Explosion Contest Entry . You'll probably like it simply for the awesome burp. How did CTFxC do in that epic "Just Dance 2" dance off? Well, I'm glad you asked. You will find out at the start of the video. If you have no idea what this "dance off" contest was, it was between Charles and Alli, Wheezy Waiter and Philip DeFranco. See this Bradshaw's Blog post to see all of them busting moves respectively.

I heard about this story a while back where some idiot tried to sell their Youtube account on eBay for a tidy sum of money. The person had scammed his way into having a bunch of subscribers and then advertised that the channel had "lots of involved subscribers" and that you could continue to grow the channel as you saw fit. "Not one fake friend or bot" - yeah, RIGHT. Take a look at the following video by TheWillofDC that he posted back in March 2010 where he tells you how PeachofMeat and how he scammed his way to 170,000 subscribers using Facebook group tricks. Here's a followup about the eBay auction by MyVideosYourViews . There's another good response video by KalebNation over on his blog: kalebnation.com Of course after all this, PeachofMeat's channel is still active on Youtube so I'm guessing the one that was sold was a different one.

There are some people who wonder why anyone would bother watching a daily vlog about a family living in Idaho just going about the lives and uploading extra-long videos on Youtube. Well, I am one of those who watch the Shaytards EVERY day because of the guy in the following clip: I don't know Shay Carl personally, and haven't had the chance to meet him yet, but I consider him a friend simply because of these glimpses he allows into his life. Shay is so devoted to his family and it shows in that video (as for once he is left almost speechless) as he's "thinking about his little daughter asleep in her bed". In case you are not a regular viewer of the Shaytards, you may not know what he was talking about. The picture on the cover of James Blunt's album is a one Shay's wife Katilette took of Shay tossing his youngest daughter (called Babytard in the videos) in the air and he proudly was watching Blunt's Tonight Show appearance. This video was not ...

Yes, I'm an iJustine fan. There I said it. I like seeing her dance in Apple stores and I like watching her skits and when she acts like a goofball in general. Like most who follow her on Youtube and all the other Internet sites she is on, I first noticed her because she is definitely easy on the eyes but there are lots of pretty women on Youtube and the Internet. What I like about IJ is that she is willing to allow her innate goofiness shine through and laughs at herself. The videos below are from her iPhone channel called ijustinesiphone . She mostly posts videos like a daily vlogger which is the style that I personally like best. She mentioned in one of her iphone videos that she is heading over to Madrid, Spain next week, but unsure why she's going to Europe. I think she mentioned that her sister Jenna (her Youtube channel is itsmejennae ) is probably going to join her on the trip. This video is just IJ on the way to her home away from home, the Apple Store and she finds...

Look's like Geohot is now a rapper. If you don't know who he is, check out the Wikipedia page about George Hotz where it explains about his "problems" with Sony. This video has actually received over 616K views in the 2 days since he released it and it is the most viewed right now. The video is a response to TheRealStreetLight 's *ENDED* The Light It Up Contest! (Street Light x Karmaloop Codes x Heretic East).

Back in December 2010 once again the Youtube community came together got the Project 4 Awesome where people uploaded a ga-zillion videos simply to help others in the world and to spread a little bit of awesome. Take a look at this overview of the event that raised over $108,000 in 2010: Every year around mid-December Youtube takes a time out from the general silliness and gets together to try to raise money for a multitude of charities. If you are interested in helping out, go to the main website: projectforawesome.com . In December 2011 we will do it all over again, so even though there are months and months to go before the 2011 get-together, sign up, and subscribe to the channel linked at the top for more information. Every little bit of support, be it financially or simply by watching and commenting is always welcome.

Yes, it is once again St Valentine's Day and Wheezy Waiter does what any fully grown man does on the 14th of February... don a Tina Turner wig and sing "What's Love Got To Do With It". I for one didn't know that there were 3 St Valentines. It's almost like they were the Three Stooges of love (Curley: "So a romantic wise guy eh? Woo woo woo." Moe: "Why I outta...") You have to wonder what Wheezy's neighbors must think about him doing stuff like dancing down the sidewalk in his PJs. And how is Wheezy's handstands coming along you ask? Well, even if you didn't ask, he's up to 85 days of doing hand stands which are featured on his 2nd channel called wheezynews . In case you were not aware of Wheezy's 2nd channel, there it is: consider it my Valentine's Day gift to you. I know it is not the flowers or jewelry you wanted, but hey, we just met. Wait til you see what I have planned for your birthday :) And if yo...

For those who were watching the 2011 Grammy Awards Grammys2011 . The clip shows Arcade Fire winning for Album of the Year and was presented by Barbara Streisand and Kris Kristofferson. There are a lot of clips, like Justin Bieber and Usher's performance (shown below) as well as Eminem's winning for Rap Album of the Year.

Jumping The Shark: The point when a television series begins to decline and has run it's course and is relying on gimmicks, odd storylines or replacing characters. First off, I am not slamming Shane Dawson . I do think he is talented, but I am starting to grow weary of the reliance on tastless sex jokes that have become the stock in trade for most of what Shane has been posting on Youtube. Sure, some of what he says in his videos is funny, but some of the "jokes" wear thin. I rarely post any of Shane's videos here because a lot of what he says is in such poor taste. Another point is that a massive part of the audience are very young and really don't need to hear that stuff. I'm not trying to "protect their tender ears" as most people (even the very young) hear lots of swearing and crude language, but some of it is not for the very young. In the video below he shoots his "grandmother" and blood gushes from her mouth and there's an ...

It seems to that Vanessa Hudgens is appearing in more and more photoshoots lately and I had to include this one. To be honest, I was watching Philip DeFranco 's latest video (shown below) and he mentioned that Hudgens was photographed for Details magazine and blah, blah, blah, you're already watch the video aren't you? So a tip of the hat to Phil for pointing this out. Phil will be out of the country for a couple of weeks taking a much deserved (even though he doesn't think so) vacation over in Europe. In the video below, Phil lets us know about the controversy about Tom Cruise using members of the scientology to work for him on the cheap, as well as the story about Vanessa Hudgens. Finally, Phil gives us his impressions about the revolution in Egypt that toppled Hosni Mubarak today as the Egyptian people forced him to resign. I've been following that story closely and like many was surprised that it took the sudden turn that it did today. What does the f...

Even a dark lord sometimes needs some sweet, sweet muggle lovin' and you have your choice of various shades of evil for those looking for a magical hookup, be it a one time date or an eternity of torment. Check out the lovelorn wizards who are on the prowl as take180com and ElectricSpoofaloo bring us the OKMudBlood Dating Service: Yes, that's Shane Dawson as Bellatrix LeStrange. Or you could go for Lord "call me Voldee" Voldemorte, or if you have a hankering for a little bit of Snape, Severus seems more than willing to oblige. I'm surprised they didn't get Hagrid or one of the Weasleys to submit a profile. Of course, the three featured would probably get lost in the shuffle if they included Hermione Granger.

And what is this about iJustine wanting a baby? Does that make Tobuscus (Toby Turner) her baby's daddy? But beyond the baby they picked up at the store, IJ is looking for some fancy heelys so she can show up Toby in the heely department. I remember seeing some videos where iJustine was wearing heelys from back in the day (she mentions 2007), but Toby wears them every day and heelys like a semi-professional heely person. By the end of the video IJ was doing pretty good. The video was shot around the the same time as the one posted on the Tobuscus channel (check out this post: Tobuscus And iJustine Are Dating?! Dispelling The Rumors ). I don't know if they are actually dating or not, but there is so much chatter about them maybe getting together in the comments that I'm surprised they didn't include a shot of them heely-ing off into the sunset with the little eggshaped bambino (that baby sorta reminds the little brother of Kyle from South Park, Ike). I did like the ...

According to the website myu2b.com , it looks like Ray William Johnson could be making as much as $2,000 each day from his Youtube channel. Really? 2K per day? Actually the numbers used to calculate what Ray "potentially" makes each day are imprecise. Don't get me wrong, Ray is probably making a great living these days through his main channel, but is he really making as much as $730,000 a year ($2,000 x 365 days equals 730K) just by posting videos onto Youtube? I don't know. Ray knows, and Youtube probably knows, and Ray's accountant and the taxman, too I guess. But how does the website myu2b.com come up with that figure? According to the website and what I've read elsewhere, the figure is based pretty much entirely on 2 factors - traffic to his channel and an average clickthrough rate on the ads. That is where the fuzzy math comes in. The daily traffic (views) is a relatively precise measurement, but the imprecision is the clickthrough rate. Anyone wh...

I've been subbed to timjdeegan and his girlfriend zarmckim (aka Sara) since I saw their video about going to the Toronto Youtube gathering to see Shay Carl and Wheezy Waiter back in November (see Shay Carl And Wheezy Waiter Behind The Scenes ). That's how I find a lot of interesting youtubers - they make videos in response to a top youtuber or about an interesting topic. If you make interesting stuff, people will find you eventually. Also, Zar has incredible dimples when she smiles, which I am a sucker for. I've been watching their videos and they do make a cute couple (sometimes they seem like an old married couple when they bicker, but that's funny too). Anyway, back to the video: It looks like a little bit of car trouble. It doesn't seem too serious, but anything that takes you off the road (especially in the midst of a Canadian winter) is somewhat serious. So Tim and Zar engage in a little skating. Zar is actually pretty good once she found her balanc...

One of the channels that I have been following recently is the Partners Project with Shira Lazar. She interviews some of the top Youtube Partners and gets some of their back stories and how they became top performers of the Youtube and online community. In this recent video, Shira talks with Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks which is the biggest online news program in the world. I am personally subscribed to The Young Turks who cover everything from politics to sports to the latest in the entertainment world. Their political news is the channel's bread and butter, told with a refreshing honesty. They will not shy away from pointing out the hypocrisy and downright lies that those in the world of politics will try to foist upon an unsuspecting public. But they also are willing to discuss the funny and absurd stories that bubble up on the Internet. You can follow both the Partners Project and The Young Turks on Youtube by subscribing at the links above. You can also follow The You...

It looks like it is Game ON for Charles Trippy and Alli ( CTFxC ) as they are now in an epic dance off with Wheezy Waiter and Philip DeFranco . They have been challenged by the good folks at Ubisoft who brought us Just Dance 2 and here they are bustin' moves left, right and center: Have to admit, I am glad Charles declined wearing the little green shorty shorts. Alli looks SO much better in them. Gotta give Charles props for his mad dancing skills. I don't think I've ever seen him dance in any of his videos (actually Alli mentions she doesn't think she has ever seen him dance before either). But now on to Wheezy. He of course enlists the aid of one of his multitude of Wheezy clones. I think Wheezy may have the moves of Bristol Palin. And here's Philip DeFranco's entry which features the scrumptious Tricia Helfer, formerly of Battlestar Gallactica and now a part of so many other things such as the video below. I was so busy watching Tricia shaking he...

Fans of davedays and kimmitalks (aka Kimmi Smiles) have been asking for Dave to show how to play the song they made together last August called Olive You Dave shows how to play the various parts of the song on acoustic guitar (with an odd emphasis on the G string for some unknown reason). You can also find more about what Dave is up to either by going to his main channel (link above) or his website called (surprise, surprise) davedays.com . The only drawback with the video is that Dave is a lefty and most people play guitar the opposite way. There's a video idea for you. If you can play Olive You right-handed, you should do a video response to Dave's video played with your right hand.

It is approaching quicker than you think. The video below was just posted on the VidCon channel with some highlights from last year's first ever VidCon at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in L.A. You can go to the official VidCon 2011 website for all the info you will need. I also put together a little VidCon 2011 page of my own if you want to take a look. It links back to the main site too. It starts July 29th, so order your tickets now before they sell out like last year.

I had to share this video of PhilipDeFranco mentioning that he might do a college tour. As he was talking about it I was thinking "just like a Youtube gathering" and he said just like a meet and greet. That's actually pretty cool. PhillyD ~ coming to the quad. If I was at college I would probably go see him. Anyway, check out the video below: I found it interesting when he was talking about how shy he was as a child to even speaking with other people and he would "go into shut down mode." I can SO relate to that. I still have that problem when meeting new people I usually keep very quiet myself and try to fade into the background. After I get to know them, I can interact like a normal person, but I do understand what Phil's talking about here. "If your penis is metal... can Magneto make you hard?" LOL, that was so out of left field. But then he goes back into his fear of talking and how by doing these vlogs he feels that he has been able t...

I was screwing around on Twitter and saw a tweet by Ray William Johnson (he's @RayWJ ) who said that he just watched the following video by Jason Kertson and Ray was impressed. So I thought I would take a look for myself: Young dude has quite the voice! He's singing You Can't Do That by the Beatles. The video was posted over a year ago and he's posted a bunch more songs to his sacrifyce4 Youtube channel. Below you will find Kertson doing Heart Shaped Box by Nirvana. If you liked what you heard, you can subscribe to his channel at the link above. He has uploaded 23 videos so far and Kertson's got a distinctive voice. Someone you might want to keep an eye on.

Last fall, TarynSouthern uploaded a song called Keep It In Your Pants (that link will take you to iTunes so you can download it) and promised a song for one of the people who downloaded it from iTunes. The winner was a guy named Brian Donahue (lucky b*stard) so he gets crooned to by Taryn in the following video: I posted about her video for the song here: Taryn Southern Tells You To Keep It In Your Pants , so if you haven't seen it yet, you might want to check it out. And as always, check out Taryn's other Youtube channel called Hott4Hill and you can follow her on Twitter @tarynsouthern . If you want to find out what Taryn is up to as an actress, check out her page over at IMDB she's on The Temp Life . Plus, she's even got her own Wikipedia page (how many Youtubers have that?). Any chance I get to promote Taryn, I'm on the job.