A while back, I blogged on the idea that the Internet might be starting to become a dominant cultural form because other media were referencing it. However, while that example clearly fell into the category of "referencing", one I saw tonight was closer to a shameless rip off. Nonetheless, it still speaks about the influence that YouTube is having on popular culture.

So here's the amazing original - one of the most viewed videos in YouTube history.

33 million views later, here's what the advertisers came up with.

All I can say is I hope that got paid a big wad of cash.

Update on 2008-04-29 23:07 by Nick Anstead

Here's another good example of this process at work, particularly appropriate today.