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Thursday, March 31, 2011
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  1. MagazineMarch 31, 2011 at 10:33 PM

    Hilarious!

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  2. Dessicated CorpseMarch 31, 2011 at 11:24 PM

    You do realize that was the biggest fail of an April fools joke ever, and that it's not even funny.

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  3. AnonymousMarch 31, 2011 at 11:56 PM

    The one thing I remember from the 100 years of Youtube's presence on the inter-webs was the viral video hit during WWII. It involved dubbing various speeches by Hitler into various other speeches. It always tickled by funny bone. :P

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  4. SPF at Theatre Off JacksonApril 1, 2011 at 12:50 AM

    Awesome. Happy April fools!

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  5. Sylvain BarréApril 1, 2011 at 1:57 AM

    Dailymotion make a powered one too :
    http://www.dailymotion.com/fr?editor=x2a

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  6. Sylvain BarréApril 1, 2011 at 1:58 AM

    And congratulation for Youtube 2011

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  7. DanApril 1, 2011 at 3:06 AM

    Bloody good show mates. Some truly epical memes pulled off with a most witty of fashions.

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  8. infoApril 1, 2011 at 3:37 AM

    WHY DOESNT IT WORK!

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  9. AnonymousApril 1, 2011 at 3:51 AM

    Why is the 1911 site design / button on the videos not available worldwide / outside the US? Everybody is confused now, Americans talk about the button, others ask where the button is, and Americans reply that these others must be stupid not to see it.
    Doesn't even work when the language/location prefernces are set to US-English and worldwide.

    That's not fair!

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  10. AndyApril 1, 2011 at 5:52 AM

    Good Stuff.....

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  11. DaveFlashApril 1, 2011 at 7:08 AM

    why can't i see the 1911 mode. I just get the regular youtube page, please tell me how to enable it.

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  12. guitarhero12346April 1, 2011 at 7:15 AM

    lol nice one youtube

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  13. AnonymousApril 1, 2011 at 7:43 AM

    LOL, you think we're that dumb to believe that? Goodness, I hate April Fools day...

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  14. AnonymousApril 1, 2011 at 7:55 AM

    #EpicFlummox!

    -- MrJM

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  15. imanotsoangrybearApril 1, 2011 at 8:51 AM

    uhhhhh

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  16. leonidasmarkApril 1, 2011 at 9:05 AM

    Happy April Fool's!

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  17. HotApril 1, 2011 at 9:44 AM

    woaaa I love it

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  18. JGApril 1, 2011 at 10:04 AM

    Here's another classic W. Howard Taft video for all you Taft connoisseurs:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jnSHV4slhw

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  19. AnonymousApril 1, 2011 at 12:00 PM

    Great Scott Marty! The DeLoren has sent us to 1911! A simpler, better time when memes were safe from 4Chan!

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  20. AnonymousApril 1, 2011 at 12:02 PM

    Happy birthday!
    So now youtube is 100 years AND 5 years at the same time?

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  21. mariofan48April 1, 2011 at 12:17 PM

    i know i dont usually like the changes google has made to youtube, i am being honest when i say this:
    can you please keep the feature of the 1911 button on some videos?
    maybe you can make it possible for the video creator to choose if this button appears on the video they are editing the in the video editing page?

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  22. jmans25April 1, 2011 at 12:59 PM

    lol youtube is not 100 years old this is an april fools joke!

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  23. .April 1, 2011 at 1:12 PM

    The scary part is I wonder how many people will take this as serious, and not as a parody. I mean, I still have some faith in people, but every day a little more of it dies. I'm glad I read this before those people came out, so I don't have to be sure that anyone would take it seriously.

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  24. SpencerApril 1, 2011 at 1:47 PM

    This.. Is.. Wonderful.

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  25. GustavoApril 1, 2011 at 2:49 PM

    I don't know.... I think it was pretty dumb... actually very much retarded...What am I saying? It was utterly stupid!!

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  26. bblhedApril 1, 2011 at 3:34 PM

    You know that Taft was the only President that was Both a Mason and in Skull and Bones right?

    You are so screwed.

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  27. tylerkochmanApril 1, 2011 at 4:45 PM

    Funny, hate how these buttons never last long enough (World Cup horn, Light Switch, etc.). Irksome citrus, funny as hell!

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  28. MariaApril 1, 2011 at 5:01 PM

    I can't see the button! I live in the US and it's set to 'worldwide.' I don't know what's wrong! I really want to see the button. help?

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  29. AdrianApril 1, 2011 at 5:17 PM

    I like this April Fools' joke YouTube has done. Last year's TEXT mode was cool too with applying video effects. I like the color correction, layers and gradients, and scratches on the 1911 mode. The music going along with it is nice too, though I'm kind of sad it muted the original audio. At least all the things done were fairly accurate of a real 1911 movie. Great work YouTube, you've shown you can power your video player with ASCII generation and even advanced effects like the ones stated.

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  30. benderfv@yahoo.comApril 1, 2011 at 5:47 PM

    I loooove the Kaiser Wilhelm parody videos

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  31. MattApril 1, 2011 at 5:49 PM

    I love the "1911 effect" we can add to our videos. I wish there was a way to save that, to send a link to a friend.

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  32. AnonymousApril 1, 2011 at 5:57 PM

    Thank you for the trip down memory lane! p.s. Loved the ads! And I want a buggy horn!

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  33. prmass1April 1, 2011 at 6:00 PM

    You tube is the best thing that happened to the internet. I see you tube celebrating its true 100 years some time in the future. I children will probably see us then too.

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  34. TakezoApril 1, 2011 at 6:34 PM

    sounds like it is celebrating the centenial of the m1911 though.

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  35. LorenzoApril 1, 2011 at 7:35 PM

    1911 Mode is WONDERFUL!!!!!!!!!
    Please,please keep it as a feature!
    Maybe make other buttons too like a Groovy 1960's Button?

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  36. pApril 1, 2011 at 8:09 PM

    We need a new Howard Taft! Listen to the man.

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  37. AdamApril 1, 2011 at 9:56 PM

    to enable 1911 mode, add &vintage=1911 to the end of a video URL.

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  38. Carl G.April 1, 2011 at 10:07 PM

    LOVE IT!!! Not only is it making me LMAO, but it also just goes to show how much we have progressed in the last 100 years! OK... in the last 25 years even. This was SO funny! THANK YOU!

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  39. BeloreApril 2, 2011 at 9:20 AM

    Happy birthday Youtube !

    I asked my grandmother but she didn't have the internet in 1911... Too bad, I would like to see screenshots of the beginning ! Videos were in black and white, right ?

    I hope to see you another 100 years !

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  40. Mike TayseApril 2, 2011 at 11:46 AM

    It does my heart good to hear president Taft speak such encouraging words. His ability to capture our collective interest along with providing us with such a first rate blog is truly inspiring! I was think'in we had another president currently, but I'd be the first to admit I really don't follow politics all that much.

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  41. SpritemoneyApril 2, 2011 at 3:47 PM

    They had the internet in 1911 :D

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  42. RahumanApril 4, 2011 at 2:31 AM

    Nice try :D Youtube

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  43. jason24589-68April 5, 2011 at 12:09 AM

    The video's grandparents:

    5. The Annoying Orange's grandfather, The Irksome Citrus
    4. Antoine Dodson's grandfather, Antonio Dodson.
    3. The first Fail Blog is Swing Flummox
    2. Rick Astley's grandmother, Ruth Astley
    1. Fatso Schmidt (Keyboard Cat)'s grandcatfather, Thinso Schmidt and Charlie Schmidt's grandfather, Charles Schmidt.

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  44. JanneApril 5, 2011 at 10:58 AM

    Haha, funny :D

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  45. neriza_alicoApril 15, 2011 at 6:55 AM

    We've been YouTube-rolled!

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  46. extremenichempiresApril 22, 2011 at 11:55 PM

    Wow! Thats some funny shiznit
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsxNxnnhOKI

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  47. Bedava diziJuly 2, 2011 at 12:23 PM

    :):)

    www.bedavadizi.net

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  48. Ilmu KomputerJuly 26, 2012 at 5:28 AM

    since google bought youtube in october 2006, this site become a no1 video site. until today, youtube reach to top5 in alexa rank from hundred milion websites in the world.

    but this site (youtube) reported as a most unprofitable to google itself due to the cost for maintain this site, like server, hosting, etc compared to other google's business.

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