Our Favorite YouTube Videos This Week: The Friday Edition

First, I apologize profusely for this. But it had to be done. The cultural zeitgeist required it. This week’s YouTube Roundup Theme is: Friday.

And with that, I will cease and desist with all coverage of this phenomena — unless something of note happens… Like if Sleigh Bells decides to cover “Gang Fight.” Which would be rad.

Happy Friday, everyone! Never fear, Saturday is just around the corner!

View As Slideshow » Tamar Weinberg: Because this parody needs as many views as the original. Rebecca Black, "Friday" (Brock's Dub)Matt Silverman: This one's my new fav. Rebecca Black, "Friday" as Interpreted by a Bad Lip ReaderZachary Sniderman: Probably the only way I can even like this song a little bit. "How am I going to show this cowboy I'm alive?" The Cure, "Friday I'm In Love"Amy-Mae Elliott: In my youth I sang this at a country and western karaoke night. It went down like the proverbial lead balloon. Sarah Kessler: Thursday. So under-rated. Todd Wasserman: Here's a young Larry David & a young Michael Richards in a somewhat-funny sketch from the long-defunct ABC show Fridays, which was that network's response to Saturday Night Live. It takes a bit too long (about two minutes) to get to the punchline, but it's not bad and sort of gives a hint of what David would later do on Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm. Adam Ostrow: I'll go with the "Best of Chris Tucker" from the movie Friday. NSFW Epic Mullet Guy Covers Rebecca Black's "Friday" Ada Ospina: My love for Friday and NES combined (although I've never beat the game). Jenn Van Grove: Me me me so excited about this much angrier version. "Days of the Week (clap clap!)" [to the tune of the Addams Family]Ben Parr: This is what Rebecca Black should have sung. Josh Catone: It's Friday night. We all know what that means. TV really peaked in the '90s. Rebecca Black, "Friday" (cover)Erica Swallow: Friday! Fried egg! Rebecca Black, "Friday" (Music Video Parody)Erica Swallow: Hey, wow. Some good may come from this... this cover sounds beautiful.

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Ask a VC: The George Zachary Edition

With the Crunchies later tonight, TechCrunchHQ is a bit of a mad house today. Paul Carr and I are MC’ing, so we’ve got interns sorting M&Ms by color, per our rider, while we try to figure out the line between “Oh that’s a funny joke” and “you’re fired.” Laura is polishing Monkey statues. Heather is counting and recounting and counting votes again. There are so many flowers and gift baskets from hopeful nominees, we can barely walk through the office. And at noon today the TechCrunchTV studio will be ripped asunder so the cameras can go to the Palace of the Fine Arts for comprehensive Crunchies coverage.

That gives us just enough time to do this week’s episode of Ask a VC, starring George Zachary of CRV. Zachary’s investments include Twitter, Yammer and Crunchies nominee Millenial Media. Zachary is deeply connecting in the industry and can regale you with stories about working with everyone from the iconic Jim Clark to Elon Musk to Evan Williams and Jack Dorsey. He also spent some time in Hollywood producing movies with other ex-PayPalers, so questions about the Hollywood-Silicon Valley cold war are fair game too.

We film in just two hours so get your questions in NOW to askavc(at)techcrunch(dot)com

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