The Week in Viral Videos

The Week in Viral Videos

5. Hamster Eating a Tiny Pizza

After last week’s viral video of hamsters eating tiny burritos, here comes the sincerest form of flattery. This imitation has an adorable little furball eating a mini pizza.

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4. Buddhists Bust Moves to Beastie Boys

If this video is any indication, the Beastie Boys’ Adam “MCA” Yauch must have had great karma. To promote “MCA Day”—an event celebrating Yauch’s life on the anniversary of his 2012 death—a group of breakdancers dressed as Buddhist monks took over Manhattan’s Union Square, popping and locking to the Beasties’ 2004 hit “Ch-Check It Out.”

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3. 100 Days of Dance

As part of ProjectOneLife’s ongoing video bucket list venture, it was time to get a little jiggy wit it. After performing and taping the exact same dance routine every day for months, he spliced the footage together to create this fun montage. And the song he chose? Jamiroquai’s “Canned Heat,” which was also featured in Napoleon Dynamite’s epic dance scene.

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2. ‘Talk Dirty’ Gets a Supercover

If you’ve ever wondered what the Beach Boys would sound like singing “your booty don’t need explainin,’” click away. Anthony Vincent of Ten Second Songs is the mastermind behind this supercover of Jason Derulo’s smash hit, shifting seamlessly through the styles of 20 historical hitmakers, from Barry White to Slayer.

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1. Kevin Durant Thanks His Mom

Mother’s Day can’t get any sweeter than this. After winning the NBA’s Most Valuable Player award, the Oklahoma City Thunder star gave a tear-jerking speech about how his single mother “made us believe, you kept us off the street, put clothes on our backs, food on the table,” and then called her the “real MVP.”

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