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Tomorrow is the 4th of July, when Americans celebrate their independence from the UK by paying ridiculous costs for healthcare, grilling like manly men, setting off fireworks in dry areas where they probably shouldn’t, and generally being our giant, gregarious selves. And most folks, including me, have the day off. Woo!

So since today is a Thursday pretending to be a Friday, Friday Videos are pretending too. This video comes from Barb Ferrer, who says, “Don’t be drinking anything” when you watch it.

I stumbled upon this one myself, and it’s full of win and excellence just for the URL at the end, to say nothing of the lyrics.

Two videos full of WTF. One is just tutti-fruity fun. The other… I’m still not sure what’s going on there.

First, from Brandi, a Busby Berkeley routine so full of ruffles and bananas, it would, as Brandi says, give Freud conniptions:

To celebrate all things me, here are two of my favorite YouTube videos of the moment, and a new one that cracked me up hard. Yay! Happy Friday the 13th, y’all! What’s your favorite? Share share!

Lucinda Betts forwarded me a link to cuteness merged with misheard Motown, and I’ve been grooving in my seat all morning.

And if the Shirelles aren’t to your liking, how about Divine covering Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons?