The craze of homemade comedy

As the popularity of the internet and YouTube grows, is the video sharing website a platform for a new breed of comedy, comedy from anyone anywhere? Are we all comedians in our own right thanks to the internet?

YouTube is home to a range of clips from home videos to celebrity tributes but many of the videos posted everyday have some sort of comedy in them, whether they are planned comedy sketches from people in their living room to unintentionally funny moments.

Back in 2006 it was reported that 100 million videos are watched per day on YouTube so who could blame people for wanting some comedic exposure through the internet? On YouTube people will do anything for attention and get their 15 minutes (or however long their video is) of fame.

But with all the material on the web how do people get their comedy viewed by audiences? The answer is they dance, sing and do whatever it takes to get noticed. This craze of homemade comedy has become so popular that it has a whole E4 series dedicated to it called Rude Tube.

It is not only homemade comedy that is popular on the internet aswell, YouTube as allowed audiences to view comedy sketches from their favourite TV shows or stand up comedians.

But how do we, the audience find the funniest clips? Well below are just a few that I found whilst browsing through YouTube.

First up is this clip of a model falling over on a catwalk. It may not sound that funny at first but the reaction of the newsreaders as they show the clip over and over again always makes me smile and with over 3.5 million views on one video alone many other people around the world must agree.

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Next up is a Japanese comedy film clip, it may not have some many views as others (only around 189,000) but the reactions of the people involed are hilarious and no YouTube video review would be complete without a little bit of Japanese gameshow style humour!

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The next video is a very famous one, called the Evolution of Dance. With over 100 million views this video deserves in comedy recognititon and must be one of the most popular comedy videos on YouTube.

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The final clip features a possible comedy star for the future, a very funny baby who can't stop laughing! This baby has got over 69 million views and it is defiantly worth the watch.

(Posted by BlackOleg)

YouTube is now famous for it's user made videos and it turn some of YouTube's users have got quite famous themselves. From the Chinese Backstreet Boys to Star Wars Kid and the boy that sang Numa Numa, YouTube is now a popular platform for all types of comedy.