YouTube's Worst Parents

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  letlhogonolo
- One of my favorite VVFS!
- 4 months ago
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  xiola
- http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE5734IE20090804
  
  Family video of child driving prompts probe
  
  A YouTube video showing a 7-year-old boy at the wheel of a sport utility vehicle -- with his family cheering him on -- has prompted an investigation by Quebec police and family services, police said on Tuesday.
- 6 months ago
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  tizzmaster
- I wonder if parents would really embarrass there children for money/popularity.
- 6 months ago
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  losingmytie
- If going to the dentist was like that for me I'd go there every day.
- 6 months ago
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  xiola
- One more example of truly horrendous parenting, in my opinion. And the parent is so amused--thinks it's so cute. "OK but that's not a nice word..." (She says after she encourages the kid to say it and laughs.) Now leave Mommy alone while I go post this on the Internet for the world to see. Nice.
- 6 months ago
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  nisa
- I would hate to see old videos of me saying, "Is this real life?" even if it is cute.
- 7 months ago
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  kimba2488
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYLutiuFLXU
  This video is a piece of crap and I know that because I made it. The animation is so bad that it doesn't even move. It's just a series of stills.
- 7 months ago
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  moon_rabbits
- I laugh every time at David After Dentist.
  
  And then I feel bad. Though, usually I laugh more.
- 8 months ago
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  jadasic
- lmao "pretend you're excited" lol
- 8 months ago
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  happy3kmed
- i've got a bunch of these so here's another one
- 8 months ago
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  happy3kmed
- i think we can all learn something from that kid on the slide.... thats how i want to live,
  heres my animated mini epic that everyone hates
- 8 months ago
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  tears2kisses
- That was so bad.
  What's wrong with parents these days? D:
- 8 months ago
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  wayseeker
- As a loving parent I can tell you that watching my kids was hilarious. But seeing them get hurt was totally unfunny.
- 8 months ago
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  SHAWN_RITTIMAN
- High as balls.
- 9 months ago
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  Denica_Cassandra
- I saw a woman holding her toddler trip, throw/drop the kid, and then land right on top of him on the sidewalk! While I'm sure it wasn't intentional, the city had to fix that piece of sidewalk. lol
  
  YouTube is the best - but how sad was it that the girl was filming her drunk mom to put it online? Ah, family. ;)
- 9 months ago
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  keefkilla
- ok, this is a response coming from someone that doesn't have kids. i agree that it is whack to video tape your kids doing things they shouldn't and letting whatever happen, them fall, say funny bad words...in the case of the kid that was doped up at the dentist, that it purely other people trying to make money off something funny. the father simply video tapes him in a safe environment acting funny. the father DID not start making the shirts with the sayings on them or anything like that. purely other people trying to make a buck off someone elses kid. sad...sad that someone of you people dont realize that.
- 9 months ago
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  Toni801
- hahaha this is hilarious
- 9 months ago
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  yesindeed
- The ending was the best part!
  hahah
  Brett, you're my faaavorite.
- 9 months ago
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  netsurfer
- Great show, Brett! Glad to see that more people are amusingly disappointed in lousy parenting these days.
- 9 months ago
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  serapiss
- Oh god, Brett sorry I sent that picture to you at 5 am after five cans of Dr.Pepper. Hopefully the link makes up for it.
- 9 months ago
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  BunnyHaze
- Brett, can I marry you? K thanks.
- 9 months ago
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  flyingbridges
- hi there! hope you enjoy this seriously bad cartoon about robots and a blonde monkey, probably drawn by some lazy stoner.
- 9 months ago
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  Kwyjibo
- Some parents just need to be shot... seriously.
- 9 months ago
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  elkabong
- word!!! funny shit
- 9 months ago
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  franklinpeanut
- is this real life?
- 9 months ago
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  Birdieball
- Presenting
  
  La historia del mamut:
  
  Golden. Especially if you speak spanish.
  
  http://www.infonegocio.com/xeron/mamut.html
- 9 months ago
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  letsnotlisten
- I'm totally buying one of those girl-cut shirts for my son.
- 9 months ago
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  arcticspirit
- I have a cute anime picture that a friend did of ME! We grew up in Okinawa, that should explain ... and I like swords... uh and he made it. But it isn't the worst anime. And it's not animated.
  
  About this week's V V F S... I sent you a message.
  Of course it was GREAT.
  Hey is my chick still on your wall? I keep looking. It means alot to me. I miss it. Besides it makes you look sexier/hotter/cooler (choose one or all!).
  
  Yeah I'm sticking with that story.
  hugs,
  arctic
  
  If this isn't in proportion please "refresh" your screen.
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  hellosunshine95
- i wonder how these kids would feel when theyre older. and are those girls really preggs? thats just pathetic. again, i feel bad for the children.
- 9 months ago
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  hippie_fighter
- That was sooo F-innnn funny!!!!! when the kid fell in the slide!!!
- 9 months ago
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  beccaness
- OMG you put the "I'm not gonna Raichu a love song" picture that I sent you on your wall! :D:D:D
  Of course, it could be one that somebody else sent you as well...
  But I'm going to pretend it was mine because I love you a lot.
- 9 months ago
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  chunche
- LMAO!
- 9 months ago
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  bethjoyd
- Crappy animated flash version of Jurassic Park http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsCQ1PIGcm0
  
  How does THIS have so many views?!
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EMiecSaf1I
- 9 months ago
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  middle_east
- I actually have a fundamental problem with youtube videos, or any sort of entertainment like this (along with wrestling/extreme fighting) that people get of kick out of. It just seems really barbaric. I know people don't mean it to be that way but what is this really saying about our culture? It just seems really immature and kind sad.
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  bishopobispo
- How could we possibly forget about this kid's parents?
- 9 months ago
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  usernam569
- bishopobispo:
  i love his shirt bless america
- 17 days ago
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  BOBALOB
- lol i love u man you are hilarious and these vids are quality.
- 9 months ago
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  numinant
- I could be completely, horribly wrong here, but I think when he asked people to send him videos of bad animation, he meant directly. Animation he can feature and comment on, not animation for you to feature and comment on.
- 9 months ago
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  xiola
- numinant:
  I think you're right. :)
- 6 months ago
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  Tygerr
- Do the animations have to be FROM or just on the internet? :P
  I was going to suggest those animated Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon cut scenes (horrifying yet hilarious at the same time!), but then I remembered those Brazilian Pixar ripoff movies, words cannot describe these piles of whale feces
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kRSbsh_1WU
  Just look at that epic race.
  
  Also this one is very terrifying. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1BZ9XaxLx0
  
  I'm not entirely sure how these actually exist, it just doesn't seem possible for anybody to produce and release something so gosh darned awful.
- 9 months ago
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  waltsar
- Don Hertzfeldt is an incredibly influential animator, shame on the moron who posted Rejected.
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  nickdevine
- waltsar:
  first off, waltsar, me not moron. Secondly, after having carefully considered the implications of posting "Rejected" i thought that it perhaps had something to offer, in the way of conversation, about the relationship between the technical process of animation and content, or rather, the viewers perception of that process manifest. i believe he asked for bad animation, which is fairly open ended. didn't think i'd need to spell it out. I am a Don Hertzfeldt evangelist, of sorts. So, shame on you for your knee-jerk reaction to assumptions about my relative intelligence.
- 9 months ago
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  smurph25
- I found this on Vimeo, and I think this animated music video was made cheaply
- 9 months ago
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  MildGhost
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJxPjUo5-cI
  I am just disappointed in this.
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  nickdevine
- 01: WORST ANIMATION ?
- 9 months ago
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  Birdieball
- nickdevine:
  these are somewhat awesome
- 9 months ago
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- nickdevine:
  bad animation... but awesome content.
- 9 months ago
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  lifeinaraindrop
- nickdevine:
  Are you kidding me? This is Don Hertzfeld, the man is a master of animation.
- 9 months ago
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  wayseeker
- nickdevine:
  I think the silly hats one was great.
- 8 months ago
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  noxidereus
- nickdevine:
  I actually think the animation is great. Not great like as in something you would see from Pixar, but it has it's own different style, which I think was intended.
- 8 months ago
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  randallr01
- nickdevine:
  the animation is wonderful, and was intended to be this way... that's called artistic style, people.
- 6 months ago
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  Birdieball
- http://rathergood.com/jamie
  
  The most awesomely bad animation I know comes from Joel Veitch of rathergood.com. Here's the link to one of his standalone things, but you could also check out his epic Tales of the Blode saga, of which
  
  http://rathergood.com/blode6
  
  is the sixth and possibly best episode.
  
  (note. I originally had the video as embedded content, but it had no pause button so it just looped obnoxiously. this is a repost of the comment)
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  shadowslayer660
- Your British accent cracks me up.
  Also, here's the worst animation I've ever seen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjmGISGaImw&feature=related
- 9 months ago
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  numinant
- It saddens me that the parents of the stoned kid had to exploit the commercial potential of their video. They couldn't just respect its sanctity.
- 9 months ago
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  nickdevine
- numinant:
  word
  
  stone cold hustlers.
- 9 months ago
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  cantucwearebrothers
- numinant:
  Are you kidding me?? You must not be a parent. You HAVE to take the humor and run with it.
  
  This is exactly what youtube is all about. Funny, funny shit.
- 9 months ago
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  nkeg87
- numinant:
  I dont think the issue is with youtubing the video...I think the issue is creating merchandise like the tshirts and selling the video. Trying to cash in on it is where some people draw the line.
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  nickdevine
- numinant:
  i think "numinant" meant that it was a bummer that the parents had to exploit the hilarity of that video beyond just having other people enjoy it. the whole t-shirt thing seems a bit much.
- 9 months ago
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  wayseeker
- numinant:
  I think you put it well.
- 8 months ago
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