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Natalie Tran: YouTube Superstar

Post author By prawn1
Post date April 9, 2009
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My experience with YouTube is like one-way traffic – I usually drop in to watch a blooper video or tune, and that’s about it. I never really noticed the vloggers – the video bloggers who spend much more time on YouTube, posting response videos, and generally rambling at their low-res web cam. The other day, Onelargeprawn reader Macross posted on the PS3ZA forums about Natalie Tran, a 22-year old Vietnamese Australian student whose understated, self-deprecating humour has made her one of the most celebrated vloggers on YouTube.

Natalie’s videos are usually short skits in which she plays every character, and she chats candidly to the camera between each skit. She’s natually funny and the video are very entertaining, so it’s no surprise that her YouTube channel has over 10 million views.

Here are a couple of her skits:

Makeup like a Celeb in 1 Minute

The “We Just Touched Awkwardly” Song

But I Can Dance!

See more at her YouTube channel.

Tags Australian, dark humour, humour, Natalie Tran, satire, vlogger, web cam, YouTube

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Deadpan Comedian: Memorable Jimmy Carr Quotes

Post author By prawn1
Post date February 5, 2009

A comedic hero of our times, Jimmy Carr is the veritable king of tasteless one-liners. Here are are some of them:

My girlfriend said she wanted me to tease her, so I said “Alright, fatty.”
I’m not being condescending, I’m too busy thinking about far more important things you wouldn’t understand.
I did a gig in the US once for the homeless. I said “It’s nice to see so many bums on seats”.
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil. Rohypnol(TM).
Throwing acid is wrong, in some people’s eyes.
When someone close to you dies, move seats.
Cats have nine lives. Which makes them ideal for experimentation.
The right to bear arms is slightly less ludicrous than the right to arm bears.
My dad is Irish and my mum is Iranian, which meant that we spent most of our family holidays in Customs.
A big girl once came up to me after a show and said “I think you’re fatist.” I said “No, no. I think you’re fattest.”

And here’s a clip of Carr at the Royal Variety Stand Up Act in 2008.

Find more memorable Jimmy Carr quotes at He Wants Revenge.