JACOB SOBOROFF: Hey, it's Jacob.
Today , we got
third-degree sound burns,
trike drifting through
Taiwan, and weapons of chalk
destruction.
A few months ago,
80-year-old, Betty Belden
was diagnosed with
terminal lung cancer.
And her great grandson decided
to do something about it.
JEREMIAH WARREN: My
family and I were
trying to come up
with a way to kind
of document Grandma's last days.
And one of the things that
popped up was Instagram.
JACOB SOBOROFF: She's become
an Instagram sensation
with over 600,000 followers,
including pharrell.
JEREMIAH WARREN: It has changed
her personality for the better,
I think.
She's more outgoing.
She's more active
than she usually is.
JACOB SOBOROFF: Despite
how positive and upbeat
she's been through this whole
thing, she needs your help.
Betty's family created
an IndieGoGo campaign
to help brighten up
her remaining days.
One of the requests--
you're going to love this--
is a lifetime
supply of Diet 7UP.
BETTY BELDEN: You
have to love people.
I mean, from your heart out,
just not from your mouth.
JEREMIAH WARREN:
She's very selfless.
And she does not think
of herself, at all.
She thinks of everyone else.
JACOB SOBOROFF: I'm
sure a lot of you guys
want to become one of
Betty's Instagrandchildren.
We put a link her campaign for
you in the description below.
CARLY: We all have guilty
pleasure video niches.
Ernest is watching
little kids get
hit in the face
with exercise balls.
But for me, it's
definitely ballet.
The New York City Ballet
just posted this preview
for a new ballet with
music by Sufjan Stevens,
and I'm completely
in love with it.
It premieres in May.
If you've never heard of Sufjan,
he's an indie folk wizard.
And this is the
second time that he's
teamed up with the company.
I danced for eight
years, and this instantly
made me feel like I
was back in the studio.
But if you've never
danced, I think
you're still going to love it.
MALE SPEAKER 1: Yeah, go for it.
Whoa!
[LAUGHTER]
JACOB SOBOROFF: In
case you're wondering
what the heck you're
looking at, that
is an open flame responding
directly to music.
It's called a Pyro Board.
It was created by a
graduate student in Denmark.
Here's how it works.
VERITASIUM:You may have
seen a Rubens' Tube before--
a pipe with a bunch
of holes in it,
and you pump in a flammable
gas and light it on fire.
Play some sounds into the
tube, and you can actually
set up standing waves.
There are patterns of the
vibration of the air, where
there's a lot of vibration in
some parts and not very much
vibration in other parts.
JACOB SOBOROFF: Veritasium
just posted this video.
It might be one of our
favorite ones of theirs yet.
If you haven't already,
make sure to subscribe
to Derek's channel.
He's headed to the
Czech Republic next.
ALEX: If you ask me,
the coolest video today
comes and Sam and Eric,
two high school students
from South Carolina who
are incredibly talented.
What I love is it they turn
to their subscribers for ideas
and crowdsourced all the weapon
suggestions for the video.
Did you see the energy sword?
Ahh!
Head on over to their channel
to see two more chalk wars.
JACOB SOBOROFF: In case
you're looking for a new way
to waste time your cubicle,
turns out competitive pen
twirling is a thing.
This video is a few
months old, but it's
trending all over
the place right now.
One of these guys
made it all the way
the semi-finals of the
2014 world Pen Spinning
Championships.
This channel has been
killing it recently.
It's two brothers from Utah, who
spent the last year and a half
in Taiwan capturing some of the
most fascinating fringe sports
that I have ever seen,
like trike drifting.
Oh, that kid would kill
me in trike drifting.
These guys have
already collaborated
with Red Bull and EpicTV.
They are going to be huge.
Go subscribe.
This is the part of the
show where you guys tell us
what to watch.
OWEN: Hey, YouTube Nation,
my name is Owen Weber.
I'm a comedian and filmmaker.
And I made a video called "How
to Piss Off Your State Farm
Agent."
It's a parody of those State
Farm commercials, where people
sing the jingle and then summon
their agent wherever they are.
MALE SPEAKER 2: Like a good
neighbor, State Farm is there.
MALE SPEAKER 3: What the hell?
I was in Tahiti, man!
MALE SPEAKER 2: Like a good
neighbor, State Farm is there.
MALE SPEAKER 3: [BLEEP] dammit!
JACOB SOBOROFF:
Hey, thanks Owen.
We want to see you guys
right here on the show.
Film yourself talking about
a video that you love,
or maybe that you made, and
post it with the hashtag YouTube
Nation.
And please don't
forget to subscribe.
Now, play us out--
HeartsRevolution.
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