Not exactly YouTube’s biggest secret, and not even a YouTube exclusive, but Ted Talks are one of the Internet’s oldest continuing sources of mini-lectures on a wide range of scientific and social topics.
Canadian humor.
Red Green was a long-running Canadian comedy show about a small-town tinkerer who did not hesitate to share his unique philosophies on life.
Unreal guitar playing.
Wilford Brimley.
I never get tired of his acting in Absence of Malice, including this classic scene.
Ideas in a nutshell.
“Kurzgezagt” is German for “in a nutshell,” or so I am told by the producers of this channel. They’ve been around quite a while now, making a decent attempt at providing short explanations of complex scientific and philosophical concepts. It’s not just facts – they have their own editorial points of view on many topics, not all of which I would endorse, but they’re worth watching.
Dictators.
Strange moments in broadcast history.
A long time ago in an internet discussion forum about this incident I read a comment from a guy in the Chicago suburbs who said he had a hunch this may have been done by a couple of brothers he had known in high school. Without revealing their identities, he made an interesting (although far from air-tight) case.
You thought you were normal.
It’s fun to see what other people notice about Americans that we don’t think about.
There are fast talkers and then there are fast talkers.
Try keeping up with John Moschitta.