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There are only so many inane cat and/or giggling baby videos we can watch on YouTube.

Actually, that's not true. I could watch inane cat and/or giggling baby videos on YouTube all day long - I've lost many a perfectly innocent day that could have been the very model of production and work thanks to those things - and I know that so could you. But still, I'm trying to make a point here.

Watch these Tulsa-flavored videos I found on YouTube last night while I attempt to figure out just what that point is.

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Remember when I featured <a href="http://www.tatur.org/PolarPlunge.html">the 2011 Polar Bear Plunge</a> here on TDT for New Years Day? Here's the tape from the video that was set on the second of three pools into which race participants were required to jump to complete the race (feel free to skip ahead to 2:25):

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Yeah. Brr. I'll go ahead and stop complaining about <a href="http://krmg.com/weather">our current weather conditions</a> now.

Her fans were sad to hear that <a href="http://krmg.com/localnews/2011/01/longtime-tulsa-broadcaster-and.html">Tulsa TV legend Betty Boyd</a> passed away earlier this month. Here's a video from the vault over at <a href="http://www.tulsafilms.com/">Tulsa Films</a> that captured some of her on-screen magic, both then and more recently:

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Cheeky little lady. She and that wink of hers will be sorely missed.

If you missed <a href="http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/12/tulsa-blogger-meetup-movie-night-edition/">last week's showing of The Rock 'n' Roll Dreams of Duncan Christopher with the Tulsa Blogger Meetup</a>, you missed some of this:

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That was the video Duncan Christopher character Simply Irresistible - S.I. for short - recorded for the screening that was held for Tulsa's Young Professionals (TYPROS) this week.

I still think the one he recorded for the bloggers was funnier.

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As I said at our showing of the film, I think I got pregnant just from watching that.

Hey. Have you met Phil?

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Phil has become the unofficial spokesperson of sorts over at the <a href="http://www.philbrook.org/">Philbrook Museum of Art</a>. He's pensive, he's worldly, he's wayward, he's on fire about Philbrook - all qualities I can appreciate.

That he's hilarious, too, just adds to his likability.

Here's the most recent Phil video, uploaded five days ago:

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And here's <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AObEIzl2WA">another one that I can't help but love</a>.

Thank you, Philbrook, for your sense of humor and for being part of our community, rather than just another art museum on a hill.

I swear, I could watch the <a href="http://www.tulsaballet.org/">Tulsa Ballet</a> YouTube channel all day long. Here's a reason why:

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That's from The Taming of the Shrew (my favorite of Shakespeare's works, in case you're out of questions for your next trivia night), and it opens Feb. 4 at the <a href="http://www.tulsapac.com/">Tulsa Performing Arts Center</a>.

And I'm going to go see it, thanks in part to the fact that if you have a certain secret passcode, all tickets are 50 percent off from now until Thursday night.

Let's just say that it pays - literally - to sign up for local e-mail lists.

Ever hear of Art Untamed? It's a fundraiser for <a href="http://www.tulsazoo.org/">Tulsa Zoo</a>, and the second collection is hanging now:

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I love the way Terri Hood says, "Meerkat Monet??"

And in case you've been wondering about the <a href="http://www.gowestrestaurant.com/">Go West Restaurant</a> that just opened off Route 66 in Sapulpa:

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Thanks to <a href="http://www.tulsafood.com/">Tulsa Food</a>, now you know. And you probably want to go nom, nom, nom crazy on that place this very evening.

Where can we find some of your favorite local channels/videos on YouTube?