Happy Monday, everyone! Sure, I’m posting this on a Tuesday but if you were lucky enough to have the holiday weekend off then this is the start of your work week. If you did have to work Easter weekend then no worries, you can just pretend that it’s Monday all over again. With the proper attitude every day can feel like a Monday!

My god, what a horrible thought – a lifetime of nothing but Mondays! We’re going to fix that right now with the second installment of Monday Morning YouTube, you may never want to avoid Mondays again…

Celebrity Endorsements:
My favorite TV series Entourage started its new season this week. In catching up on the story I was reminded of an episode in which the lead character shot a Chinese energy drink commercial:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKJ16TcLZMM
In honor of that I thought I’d post some clips from other celebrities who have done the same. It’s the dirty little secret of Hollywood that celebrities earn big money making commercials for foreign (typically Japanese) television, often in the hopes that no one in America would ever find out. But in the internet age there are no secrets…
Ben Stiller
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bW_cHfnOXM
Keifer Sutherland
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hFEORdg_98
Madonna
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Q3TTgcbRjA
Brad Pitt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiUeNTA2sE4
Jennifer Lopez
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLQjmZ-nqqI
As you would expect Arnold Shwarzenegger is the master:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY5xIavvl6Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2fmLICuZPQ

Japanese Television:
The Japanese are clearly light-years ahead of us when it comes to trash television. Here’s a clip from one of their crazy game shows. I assume the title translates to “Ow, my balls!”:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlAkOhH9eek

Starbucking
This guy is trying to visit every Starbucks on earth and is now the subject of a documentary. Considering how new Starbucks stores are opening at the rate of dozens every day, he’s got a lot of lattes in his future.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49_gfg_bufo

Human Space Invaders
This is the craziest, coolest animation I’ve seen in a long time:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyzStoxnTKs
The video was produced in response to this “real world” Tetris video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zq5vXqrIwjE

Punchy
This has been on YouTube for a while, but it’s worth a view for those who’ve missed it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofZww-HCJSo

Remember to e-mail us with your likes, dislikes and any cool clips you find.

See you next week!

Kyle, Monday Morning YouTube