Web to Watch: 5 Best videos of the week
In case you missed them, here are some of the best original videos and series that graced the Internet this week. There's Michelle Obama taking over a grocery store with Big Bird and Billy Eichner, deep culinary thoughts with Cookie Monster and a look back at the early roles of the 2015 Oscar nominees. Take a break from whatever you are doing and watch the five best videos of the week.
Billy On The Street with First Lady Michelle Obama, Big Bird, And Elena!
Michelle Obama will do just about anything to get kids to eat fruits and vegetables. In a special segment of Billy on the Street, the first lady plays a game called "Ariana Grande or eating a carrot" and slow-dances with Big Bird as Eichner sings Aerosmith's I Don't Want to Miss a Thing.
Simply Delicious Shower Thoughts with Cookie Monster
"Your stomach thinks all potatoes are mashed." Cookie Monster reads aloud some profound thoughts to chew-on, sourced from Reddit's r/ShowerThoughts.
A rarely heard interview with Lou Reed reveals that the Velvet Underground frontman once pointed his shotgun at a few nosy college kids and thought that the Beatles were "garbage." The 1987 interview gets animated in the latest installment of the Blank on Blank series.
The Early Roles of Your 2015 Oscar Nominees
Before Julianne Moore was an Oscar nominee, she slapped Madonna in the 1993 movie Body of Evidence. Flavorwire takes a look back at all of the early film and television roles of the 2015 Oscar nominees.
Web Series to Watch: Behind the Tweet
Forget music: VH1 is now going Behind the Tweet. Featuring Brooklyn Decker, Key & Peele and more, the parody series goes behind the scenes of some of the most "important" 140-character missives of our time.