YouTube has helped me catch up with television commercials. Not only did I find "poor chinese baby" of the 1950s Jello ads and the Apple Macintosh's famous 1984 commercial but the "Propostion Song" and "About time 89" from the California 2006 November election.If chasing up on television ads is too lowbrow, here's an interesting suggestion about the educational use of YouTube: "Baritone Daniel Cilli suggests a visit to www.youtube.com for anyone curious about ''The Barber of Seville.'' For starters, try searching for ''Largo al factotum'' (the title of Figaro's most famous aria) and you will find performances, some dating back decades, by renowned baritones that include Robert Merrill, Thomas Hampson, Igor Gorin, Nicolae Herlea, Hermann Prey, Leonard Warren and Tito Gobbi.Play around: Searching for ''Giuseppe De Luca'' will bring up De Luca's extraordinary (and unusual) rendition of the same number. Each time you view a performance, Cilli says, follow the trail of ''related'' videos, which will take you deeper into the opera. "FIGURING OUT FIGARO San Jose Mercury News (CA)November 15, 2006 Author: RICHARD SCHEININ, Mercury News
I've seen the hilarious library videos, including Conan the Librarian, but my favorite so far is Web 2.0: the Machine is Using Us.
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I think catching up on commercials is a great use for youtube - at least then you can end them whenever you want ;)
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