From "warlocks" to Rebecca Black to Nyan Cat, it's been quite a year for Internet sensations. Of all the memes and viral videos of this year, a handful were able to break out and become mainstream phenomenons.
Here are our favorite Internet sensations of 2011. Check them all out below and then vote for which one you think is best. (For more on each sensation, click on the titles in blue.)
Ted Williams, a homeless man with a pitch-perfect radio voice and a long history of drug and alcohol abuse, gained world-wide attention when a video of him exercising his "golden" pipes as he begged on the side of the street went viral. See Williams's story below.
Planking, or as it's also called "The Lying Down on Stuff Game," is a very special activity in which people lie face down with their hands at their sides so as to resemble a plank of wood. Also, an important part of the game is to lie down in a place one normally wouldn't lie down. So, you can't plank in, say, a bed. Beer container? Totally fine.
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The band GAG Quartet's musical ode to the inter-webs mashes together more than 40 different internet memes into one ground-breaking song. How many can you spot in the video?
Attention cat owners! Halloween may be over, but you probably still may get a kick out of dressing your cat up in adorable costumes. Well, cats everywhere want you to know that they don't share your enthusiasm for the holiday. Furthermore, they don't want people to wear costumes that perpetuate cat stereotypes. Thus, they're speaking out in this hilarious parody public service announcement.
Since being drafted by the Denver Broncos in the 2010 NFL Draft, Tim Tebow has been one of the most talked-about quarterbacks in professional football -- and after leading the team to a fourth-quarter comeback against the Miami Dolphins last week, he's hotter than ever.
It wasn't enough for Tebow to take over the Broncos offense -- now he's taking over the 2011 photo meme craze that gave us planking, stocking, horsemaning and batmanning. That's right, folks: We've moved on to Tebowing.
Have you ever wondered what your face would look like on a piece of currency? While that probably won't happen, you can at least mash your face up with the faces of dead presidents.
There's a strange, yet completely awesome Tumblr blog called Selleck, Waterfalls Sandwich. It's exactly what it sounds like - Tom Selleck, in various poses from 'Magnum, P.I.,' is superimposed into photos of waterfalls and a variety of sandwiches. Oh, the internet.
On a recent 'Conan,' the host introduced Selleck to the site.