From Wikipedia:

Judson (Jud) Laipply is an American motivational speaker and comedian from Cleveland, Ohio.^[1] He is best known for his performance in the Evolution of Dance clip, which is currently the #1 Most Viewed (All Time) Video, #1 Most Favorited (All Time) Video, and #8 Most Discussed (All Time) Video on YouTube.

45,272,574 VIEWS!

13,987,249 Views

10,937,424 Views

I guess people just love babies. I personally loved this one:

Oh, and I almost forgot this one:

By any standard, having 45 million viewers on YouTube, makes you a star, no doubt about it.

According to wikipedia, this guy hit about 19,000,000 viewers on YouTube in 1 year.
Wikipedia also says:

“Chocolate Rain” is ranked as the hottest viral video of Summer 2007 by CTV.ca^[2] and as the number 2 viral video in the world by utalkmarketing.com.^[3] It was the winner in the Music category in the 2007 YouTube Awards.^[4][5]

On the same page, Tay sais:

I’m pretty sure the “Chocolate Rain” attention started as a joke at 4chan.org, an image board that is credited with starting lots of popular internet phenomena. It spread to a general audience and people started uploading spoofs. I don’t know what causes people to listen to my music. If I could speak it, there would be no reason to write songs.^[11]

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I don`t know what’s the story behind this guy yet, but he`s been a superstar since before youtube! Gotta love this guy, and the fact that he`s just as popular as he`s always been.

If I`m not mistaken, he`s also called “Kung Fool”, which is a pretty nifty “codename” to have!

This dude, got signed with Fatboy Slim`s record label. He also got to play Communications Officer in Hamlet A.D.D., and Adonis in Modus Operandi, two feature films that are due sometime in 2008.

He even was referenced to in SouthPark, when butters made a remake of the vid, (the one below), and posted it on YouToob, were it also bacame an instant hit.

Taken from Wikipedia:

Leeroy Jenkins, sometimes mis-spelled Leroy Jenkins and often elongated with numerous additional letters, is an Internet phenomenon named for a character created by player Ben Schulz in Blizzard Entertainment’s popular MMORPG World of Warcraft. The character has become popular thanks to a machinima video of the game that circulated around the Internet. The phenomenon has since spread beyond the boundaries of the gaming community into other online and mainstream media.

Origin

The following is one among many rumors of the origin of Leeroy Jenkins. There are many versions of this tale, and no one but the creators of this phenomenon will ever know for sure what is true.

The video is of an actual event. It takes place in Upper Blackrock Spire (UBRS) in World of Warcraft, inside the Rookery room, one of the most notoriously difficult sections for newcomers to the game and responsible for countless wipes and other mishaps similar to the one depicted in the video.^[1] It opens with the guild members discussing an impending raid via audio teleconferencing, complete with regimented battle plan and statistical breakdown of their survival. The fastidiousness of their preparations is ruined by the sudden and unexpected actions of Leeroy Jenkins, who was away from his computer. After missing the entire conversation, Leeroy suddenly charges into the Rookery, yelling, “Let’s do this! LEEEROOOOOOYYY JEEEENNNNKIINNSS!” There is about a second of stunned silence from his companions, followed by carnage when they proceed to hastily attempt the attack (as Leeroy’s actions have now alerted the monsters). The attempted raid (and video) is filled with alot of confusion from the team to mount their original plan, as well as insults at Leeroy, with Leeroy calling out, “It’s not my fault”. The battle ends disastrously, with all the guild members lying dead on the floor, screaming at Leeroy for his brash decision. Leeroy’s only response is “At least I have chicken”, as he had spent the party’s planning time reheating chicken in his father’s kitchen. he now remains on Server Sargeras with the raid leader Happyjack.

Phenomenon

This Internet phenomenon started with the release of a video clip online to the World of Warcraft forums. The video was released by the World of Warcraft Alliance player guild PALS FOR LIFE on the Laughing Skull PvP realm.

The publication of an article in the August 2005 issue of PC Gamer UK, entitled “The Ballad of Leeroy Jenkins” created greater awareness. The article claims that the original video was designed as a negative commentary on the kind of “nerd-guilds” that meticulously and statistically plan out raids the way Leeroy’s guild was apparently doing. Leeroy is in fact the hero of the piece, acting against the geekiness of his guild.

These two guys crack me up!

Their names are Wei Wei and Huang Yi Xin (a.k.a. "Back Dormitory Boys") and are graduates of the Guangzhou Arts Institute, and now, they are both doing great, as they have started their career in china as spokesmen for Sina.com, a major Chinese portal. Anyway, I hear they are making Pepsi commercials over there too. And no matter if these are facts or just plain gossip, they are doing fine, that’s for sure. At lease, that’s what E! TV says.

Chinese Backstreet Boys - That Way

This guy is a legend He was having fun one evening with his webcam, next thing he knows, he’s being harassed by TV stations at his door. He now has a show on TV somewhere, making a lot of money, all due to a few minutes of fun on a webcam. By the way, that’s Ozone’s tune "Dragostea din tei" - meaning "linden tree love"

Numa Numa Guy

Excerpt from wikipedia:

"The Bus Uncle" is a Cantonese video clip of a quarrel between two men aboard a bus in Hong Kong on April 27, 2006. While the older man (Chan), who came to be nicknamed the Bus Uncle, scolded the man seated behind him (Ho), a nearby passenger used his camera phone to record the entire incident to provide evidence for the police in the event of a fight. The resulting six-minute video^[1] was uploaded to the Hong Kong Golden Forum, YouTube, and Google Video. The clip became YouTube’s most viewed video in May 2006, attracting viewers with its rhetorical outbursts and copious use of profanity by the older man, receiving 1.7 million hits in the first 3 weeks of that month.^[3]

The video became a cultural sensation in Hong Kong, inspiring vigorous debate and discussion on lifestyle, etiquette, civic awareness and media ethics within the city, eventually attracting the attention of the media around the world.

Turns out, the Bus Uncle became a star, having quite a screen presence in Hong Kong, being at a certain point employed by a restaurant because of his fame, and then being beaten up by a few "friends" that he didn’t even know he had. Amazing story, you can find it all on wikipedia.

Here is the video, and if you want more info on that subject, as well as the rest of the story, visit this page on wikipedia.

The Bus Uncle