If this doesn’t make you want to smile and say “Aww!”, nothing will.
I love nature. And animals. And cute things. When I see something like this or anything described in the song, I see God’s goodness reflected in His creation. So this video totally wins.
If there’s a single word that describes this video, it would probably be “adorable”.
The lyrics are available as a closed caption.
So, um… how do you suppose they filmed this?
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The song was written by Bob Thiele (using the pseudonym George Douglas) and George David Weiss, and was sung by the famous Louis Armstrong.
I’m not sure who the footage comes from, but evidently they don’t mind it being published online.
Bible references are taken from the World English Bible (WEB), which is public domain.
Currently, this video is not under a Creative Commons license.
Sam is the one who discovered it. It’s somewhat random, but it’s a web comic about two cats–Leo and Aeris–who like video games. Sometimes they’re players, other times they act as characters in the games. It has a healthy share of adult content, so if you want to check it out, do so with that warning. For a sample that’s as clean as they get, here’s a memorable moment from The Legend Of Zelda: Wind Waker with the reaction so many players just wish they could give: http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=66
Then there’s the queer Caramell Dansen craze, which, hands down, is the strangest Memetic Mutation I’ve ever seen. The author (his name is Scott) took it on himself to animate Leo and Aeris dancing to that song. Now I certainly enjoy cute things (and those two have a tendency to be cute at times or in ways you’d never have thought possible), but I’m not wild about that song. Wouldn’t you know, though, that their movements were roughly the right pace to fit to my favorite remix of what might be the most ridiculous song on the planet? I’m talking about The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny (by Lemon Demon) remixed by an artist with the screen name SaTIst.
The song is pretty much the answer to any and all questions in the form “Who would win in a fight between [Entity from Real Life/Series A] and [Entity from Real Life/Series A/Series B]?”. The song goes pretty fast already, and this remix actually has it even faster without sounding like a fast-forwarding tape. There are a number of YouTube videos that add some form of illustration to the song. When done well, these are hilarious. I’ll list some of my favorites below.
My video includes the lyrics as an option, and if you’re not familiar with them, then I recommend turning them on. It’s fair to warn you that the song contains two (and a half?) swears.
To display the lyrics:
If you see the words “English: Lyrics” in the top left corner when the video starts, you’re fine.
Otherwise, hover your mouse over the upward-pointing triangle in the lower right corner. You should see a box marked “CC”.
If the box is red, the lyrics are on. If not, click it once to turn them on.
No cats were harmed (physically) in the making of this video.
You know, Scott says he named Leo and Aeris after his real-world cats. While I don’t doubt this is true, I can’t help but wonder if those names came from a certain pair of Final Fantasy characters who were killed (in different games) by essentially two incarnations of the same main villain?
The song does have an official animation, but it wasn’t actually made by the band and it’s not pretty. (The last few seconds really killed it for me.) Out of necessity, I will list it last.
Cartoon Network characters — The Chuck Norris groin kick is violently overdone in this video. In fact, it’s so overdone it’s hilarious; just be warned that it’s bloody.
Invader Zim characters – Not as consistent as the others–that is, one role in the song can be played by multiple characters and vice-versa–but it matches the words pretty well and is pretty funny.
Dragonball Z characters — There is a single annotation in this video that doesn’t really add anything to it; you might consider switching annotations off. The reaction of “Chuck Norris” when “everyone” attacks is to die for. Also, you cannot beat this choice for “Benito Mussolini”.
X-Men characters — Definitely has the best “civilians looking on in total awe” to date.