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  • Conan O'Brien: Hey, there, YouTube. This is Conan O'Brien,

  • wishing you a happy 5th anniversary.

  • I'm really excited

  • 'cause I've been asked to pick five of my favorite YouTube video clips from over the years.

  • At least, the ones where no one got killed,

  • 'cause they-they said, "That wasn't cool."

  • But sometimes when those guys wipe out, it's really funny.

  • I'm sorry,

  • and my deepest sympathies to the family.

  • Uh, I just want to say,

  • I'm happy to do this.

  • I hope you like these videos.

  • If you're like me America,

  • you spend an inordinate amount of time watching YouTube,

  • and it's probably why our country's economy is in the toilet.

  • Nobody actually makes anything anymore.

  • We're all watching monkeys in propeller hats flush themselves down a toilet.

  • And that's why India is kicking our ass,

  • and China and pretty much everyone else.

  • Switzerland kicking our ass.

  • Guam way ahead of us higher GNP than we have.

  • But that's not the point,

  • you should enjoy these videos,

  • have a good time,

  • and I'm just thrilled to be doing this.

  • Am I getting paid?

  • I'm getting 'eck nothing?

  • Nothing? Getting nothing.

  • Okay.

  • I'd have liked to seen some scratch,

  • but, uh,

  • enjoy.

  • Because that's not the point of the Internet.

  • It's not to make money.

  • It's for someone you've never met whose a nerd,

  • in Palo Alto to make money.

  • But have fun.

  • Enjoy these.

  • I'm rambling now just mad that I'm not getting paid.

  • And, uh,

  • really mad that no one has figured out way...

  • enjoy the videos.

  • 'Cause they're...

  • I'm gonna go.

Conan O'Brien: Hey, there, YouTube. This is Conan O'Brien,

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Conan O'Brien's Favorite YouTube Videos

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Video vocabulary

Keywords

kick

US /kɪk/

UK /kɪk/

  • noun
  • Feeling of enjoyment or excitement
  • verb
  • To hit or move something with the foot
nerd

US /nɚd/

UK /nɜ:d/

  • noun
  • Intelligent but single-minded expert in a field
  • A person who is extremely enthusiastic about and knowledgeable about a particular subject, especially one of technical or scientific nature.
  • A person, especially a man, who is very interested in technical or scientific subjects, spends a lot of time studying them, and is often bad at social activities
video

US /ˈvɪdiˌo/

UK /'vɪdɪəʊ/

  • adjective
  • Of a moving film, with sound
  • Relating to or using video.
  • noun
  • Recording capturing action with sound
  • Moving visual content.
  • The medium of moving visual images.
  • A recording of moving visual images made digitally or on videotape.
  • verb
  • To make a moving film of, with sound
  • other
  • To make a video call.
  • other
  • To record something using a video camera.
watch

US /wɑtʃ/

UK /wɒtʃ/

  • verb
  • To keep in check, manage, or control something
  • To look at something for entertainment, e.g. TV
  • To guard a place or people; protect child, etc.
  • To look at carefully to work out what is happening
  • To protect and care for someone or something
  • noun
  • Period of time someone is responsible for guarding
  • Device you wear on your wrist that shows the time
  • Official warning statement, e.g. of bad weather
thrill

US /θrɪl/

UK /θrɪl/

  • noun
  • Thing/event causing sudden excitement or pleasure
  • A feeling of excitement and pleasure.
  • A sudden feeling of fear or excitement.
  • verb
  • To feel sudden excitement or pleasure
  • other
  • To cause someone to feel excited and pleased.
  • other
  • To feel a sudden feeling of excitement and pleasure.
  • To tremble or vibrate.
mad

US /mæd/

UK /mæd/

  • adjective
  • Very angry
  • Enthusiastic about something
  • Being or acting wildly and uncontrollably
ass

US /æs/

UK /æs/

  • noun
  • (Impolite) part of the human body that you sit on
pay

US /pe/

UK /peɪ/

  • noun
  • Money you receive from your job, work, etc.
  • verb
  • To give money for goods or work done
  • To give (attention, respect, etc.) to
  • To be punished or suffer for something you did
  • To make (a visit) to a person or place
money

US /ˈmʌni/

UK /'mʌnɪ/

  • noun
  • Coins or notes we use to pay for things
flush

US /flʌʃ/

UK /flʌʃ/

  • noun
  • Feeling that comes suddenly
  • verb
  • To redden in the face due to emotion
  • To make water pass through, as in a toilet
  • adjective
  • Having lots of money to spend right now