CHUNG Parody Is A Serious Hit On YOUTUBE

(From The Baltimore Sun -- By Joe Burris)

The three-minute parody video featuring CONNIE CHUNG as a lounge singer in pink lace atop a piano, bungling a melody about the recently canceled MSNBC show she co-anchored with husband MAURY POVICH is intentionally silly and insipid.

Yet, unlike WEEKENDS WITH MAURY AND CONNIE, the video has drawn a steady audience. The clip of the crooning journalist logged more viewers than show.

In fact, it's one of the most viewed clips on YouTube -- a popular free video screening site on the Internet that gives new meaning to short-attention-span theater.

YouTube appears to have picked up where Web logging, cell phone cameras and MYSPACE have left off -- satisfying an all but insatiable need for individual expression.

And like the popular MySpace, YouTube is not only a video viewing site but a social networking site, allowing users to create profiles, post films and leave comments.

The Connie Chung clip -- which had more than 400,000 views by early this week, according to THE ASSOCIATED PRESS --
is right there on the most-viewed list with soccer footage from packed stadiums, raunchy amateur films, a six-minute review of pop music dancing called THE EVOLUTION OF DANCE, animated cartoons and personal ads on working from home.

Chung Parody Is A Serious Hit On YouTube

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