4 Past Viral Videos That Still Have Us Laughing Out Loud!

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August 21, 2014 2:41 PM

We go back in time and relive video trends that kept us hooked...and in stitches!

Social media is currently awash with the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Ice Bucket Challenge. From Twitter to Instagram, the news feeds are buzzing with video after video of fully clothed folks (mostly celebrities) emptying buckets of freezing cold water on themselves while they nominate someone (usually another celebrity) to do same within 24 hours or donate money to the ALS Association.

While the Ice Bucket challenge started out as a tool to raise awareness/funds for ALS - which is really a term to describe Motor Neurone Disease (MND), a condition which affects a person's ability to move voluntarily, its quickly become a trend which has caught on the world over.

So in honour of this world wide trend, we've decided to go back in time and relive some of such trends and videos which not only went viral but also had us in stitches.

Harlem Shake: Who can forget the infectious Harlem Shake that held us in its spell for months back early 2013. It involved one person usually wearing a mask, standing in the middle dancing alone for the first 15 seconds of the "Harlem Shake" song while others around act oblivious to the dancer, then 15 seconds later, a free-for-all dance ensues as others join in the dance!

Oliver Twist: Back when Mo' Hits was the music label to beat and Don Jazzy and D'Banj were BFFs, the duo came up with the Oliver Twist dance challenge which quickly went viral spurning hundreds of entries all vying to win the $2500 cash prize.

Oga At The Top: When the Lagos state commandant of the Nigerian Security Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Mr. Obafaiye Shem left for the Channels television studio in March 2013, he had no idea that he would walk out to become one of the most spoofed Nigerians on account of his infamous "Oga at the top" interview.

Patience Jonathan's "There Is God o": First lady, Patience Jonathan had the entire country cringing and in stitches after the video of her meeting with the principal of the Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok and other related stake holders hit the internet. The infamous video yielded the now widely used phrase "There is God o!"

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