Call a doctor- there’s a lot of blood, but the virals are still strong

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Two major virals hit it this week, both somewhat British: first, Asa Bailey’s breakdancing spot for the bi-annual Comic Relief event Red Nose Day. Comedian Paul Kaye shows up among breakdancers in a club and goes Norman Bates on the dance floor… a little too enthusiastically, as Comic Relief asked the Red Nose Day logo to be removed from it for being too violent. Ah, parents just don’t understand. Paul Kaye actually headbutted himself a split nose while filing it.. on an ad for Red Nose day. Seems like a wasted moment in advertising to us.

British Breakdancing [Asa Bailey]

Also the British Parliament riff on 9/11 How Safe Are We, which turns out to be a viral for Atari’s “Act of War”. Bother site Kotaku’s got the skinny.
9/11 as Game Ad [Kotaku]