Remember the double rainbow guy?
He, like many before him and many after, became an Internet sensation after discovering a double rainbow, freaking out about it and posting the video on the popular, Google-owned YouTube. Jimmy Kimmel even tweeted about it. (I actually miss when a sentence like that wouldn't have made sense.)
The Second City Network certainly remembered him — and the team behind Sassy Gay Friend sought to parody the video with a Hollywood-style spoof. It features a lesbian kiss — or rather, did, until YouTube censored the liplocking.
The video is still available, and the "clean" version is still available, complete with the following description: "YouTube decided that two girls kissing is inappropriate, and flagged our video! So we uploaded a 'CLEAN FOR YOUTUBE' censored version. If you think YouTube is Homophobic, leave a comment below!"
So what do YOU think? Is YouTube homophobic — or was the shot pornographic, violating YouTube's user terms? You can still view the uncensored video on the site via logging in, thus verifying your age. Check out the video below.
This article appears in Jul 29 – Aug 4, 2010.