Lazy Sunday: Top Viral Videos of the Week
LOS ANGELES (CBS) - No one could ignore our first online breakout star of 2011, Ted Williams, otherwise known as the man with the golden voice. Williams, who has been homeless for the past four years, was discovered by a reporter from the Columbus Dispatch off Ohio's I-71. The reporter's video interview with Williams was then thrown online and the rest is history.
In just a week Williams has become an international sensation. He's since been hired as the voice of the Cleveland Cavaliers, for a Kraft campaign, msnbc, and has appeared on "The Early Show" and "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon":
Kanye West's latest music video for his single, "Monster," was given a treatment by YouTuber Bobby Miller who replaced the rapper with The Muppets. Unlike the Sesame Street's typical videos, this is not rated G:
Superheroes really do exist! That's according to a man from Lynwood, Wash., who claims that someone dressed in a "black and gold suit" and identifying himself as "Phoenix Jones" chased a burglar away who was attempting to break into his car. The real life superhero is reportedly part of the Rain City Superhero crime fighting movement in Seattle:
Jim Carrey hosted "Saturday Night Live" this weekend and brought his take to the much buzzed-about Oscar-worthy film, "The Black Swan":
Speaking of the Oscars, Roger Ebert claimed this web video, "Man In Blizzard," shot during the "Blizzard of 2010" deserves one. You be the judge:
Finally, here's a time lapse video of one year in two minutes. The video was created by Eirik Solheim using 3500 high resolution photos, all shot from the same location during 2010: