It’s about that time where everyone looks back on the good and bad of 2008.  I don’t consider myself qualified to provide worthy annual analysis on many subjects, but viral videos is one that I can.  I’ve posted over 1,000 videos on YepYep this year - most of them funny, some informative, but all a good waste of time.  To create this list, I spent the past few days re-watching and scoring every video posted this year.  That process led to a Top 50, which quickly made me realize I had to go beyond my annual Top 15 list.  The resulting list is what I consider the Top 35 Web Videos of 2008.

#35 - The Loud N Clear
Improve your hearing and look like this guy at the same time!

#34 - 91 Year-Old Reveals Fountain Of Youth
Actor Ernest Borgnine accidentally lets the world know about his self preservation technique.

#33 - Shaq Tells Kobe To Tell Him How His Ass Tastes
This freestyle is easily better than anything from the Shaq Diesel album. It allowed Shaq to get out some aggression related to aging, not being in the finals, and men hungry for his ass.

#32 - South Park Serves Bill Belichick
Cartman teaches students the lesson that it’s ok to cheat as long as you win, just like Bill Belichick.

#31 - Freestyle Rap Battle Translated
Some white guys mute footage of a freestyle rap battle and then narrate it with the likely lyrics (in proper English).

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#10 - Jizz In My Pants
It didn’t have the same shock value as Dick In A Box, but Andy Samberg’s latest pop raunch is still a good one.

#9 - Crane Pull Ups
These crazy Frenchies climb up a crane without any safety chords, and then decide to do pull ups while dangling hundreds of feet in the air.  It really kinda freaks you out as the viewer.

#8 - Soccer Flip Throw-In To The Face
This kind of pain is always funny.

#7 - Standing On Table + Singing = Hard
Who knows why she felt the need to record herself on the table instead of just the ground.  She might sound great, but her balance leaves something to be desired.

#6 - Who Put This Dick On My Back?
This will forever be the greatest CNBC clip ever.

#5 - Best Man Slips, Ruins Wedding
This was one of the most debated viral vids of the year, and while there’s strong arguments from both the real and fake camps, no one has come out to claim responsibility for it being a hoax, which always happens after about a month of wondering.

#4 - It Makes My Taco Pop
It’s amazing that a copywriter somewhere wrote the line “It makes my taco pop” for Olympian Shawn Johnson in this Ortega commercial.  YTMND took it a step further and made a hot jam out of it.

#3 - Real Life Van Wilder Lives In Australia
This young stoner threw a party while his parents were out of town and 500 people came, causing havoc in the hood and yielding him a $20,000 fine.  His “I don’t care” attitude with the reporter is priceless.

#2 - American Idol Superfans React To David Archuleta’s Loss
This is the world we live in, people.  These kids are the future.

#1 - WE’LL DO IT LIVE!
This clip from Bill O’Reilly’s Inside Edition days hit the web this Summer and showed Bill’s true colors.  It’s fun to see the friendly face he puts on as soon as the camera is rolling, which makes you wonder what other anchors are like.

Thanks for checking out the list!  Check out previous year’s versions:

YepYep’s Top 15 Web Videos of 2007

YepYep’s Top 12 Web Videos of 2006

Click here for #’s 25-35

Click here for #’s 1-10

#24 - The Wunder Boner
For just $5, you could be the proud owner of a Wunder Boner.

#23 - Jesus Is My Friend, The Music Video
This is one hot pop group.

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With the 2008 NFL season kicking off Thursday night, let’s take a minute to look back at the best of the best men that made (or make) careers out of only playing 20 plays per game without being a kicker.  Here are the NFL’s Top 10 Non-Kicking Special Teamers Of All Time:

#10 - Mark Pike
Marv Levy called him the “best big-man special teams player” he ever saw.  Pike also is the NFL’s career leader in special teams tackles.  That said, he’s #10 on this list because he never made any Pro Bowls and we like our players flashy and without big white guy facemasks.

#9 - Dave Meggett
Dave Meggett became a household name for the Bill Parcells Giants in the early 90’s and went on to 2 Pro Bowls and is currently 2nd all time in punt return yardage.

#8 - Larry Izzo
After being undrafted out of Rice in 1996, he made headlines in his first training camp when Dolphins coach Jimmy Johnson said only 2 players were guaranteed to make the team - Dan Marino and the no-name Izzo.  Since then he’s gone on to make 3 Pro Bowls and rank in the top 5 in career special teams tackles.

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Ask Men put together this list, which features a questionable addition of Joan Lunden and cliche #1.  Check it…

Bryan Adams ‘Summer of 69′ is one you probably had no clue about:

“the title comes from the idea of ‘69 as a metaphor for sex,”

Visit Cracked for the rest.

Videogum put together this list and #4 from The Patriot is my favorite:

Can’t forget the video that started it all, the Star Wars kid:

“Hello Matt, I needed my horse to jump the fence to take a dip in your infinity pool. I love your blog.”

After reading this article about genius Brits using Google Earth to “gatecrash” people’s pools, I had a thought – Wouldn’t it be sweet to come home early from work, throw your bag on the table, shuffle (but not open) some mail, realize your shoes smell, and then look out the window to catch Brooklyn Decker gatecrashing your pool?

Yes, it would be sweet.

So I asked some of the Internet’s most notorious tailfinders who their dream gatecrasher would be. Here are their answers (in order of submission):

Kelly Brook - Next Round

See more of Kelly @NextRound.net.

Jillian Beyor - Busted Coverage

See more of Jillian @Busted Coverage.

A whole lot more after the jump…

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Some of mine include:

• “per our…”
• “seamless integration”
• breaking the year into quarters and speaking in Q’s
• acronyms that people assume you know
• “help desk”

See the list BBC compiled here.

See the full list here.  Your least healthy light beer is:

I posted this link by The Love Of Sports last week about the Top 10 Athletes To Watch Your Girl Around and didn’t think to question it. Then I heard a rumbling from some of YepYep’s female readers and commissioned a Guest Contributor Lady (the gf) to scribe the list from a girl’s POV.

So here’s The Top 10 Athletes To Watch Your Girl Around List, written by a girl:

10. Jesse Palmer

He can handle a football (kinda sorta) and 25 women at the same time. (Please note: appearance on the Bachelor = tool status, but his good looks ultimately trumped that for this list)

See #’s 1-9 after the jump…

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