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Not too long ago I mentioned that CBS and YouTube had struck a deal where clips from various CBS shows would become available on a special YouTube channel. That channel, which you can find at youtube.com/cbs doesn't have a ton of clips on it just yet, but you can catch bits from Late Show with David Letterman, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, NCIS, Jericho, and clips from CBS News. The deal also includes content from CSTV and Showtime, though currently it looks like the majority of the content is from the CBS network. The deal with YouTube also allows CBS to keep or remove copyrighted content from the site if the network so chooses, which I assume is a way to get people to watch CBS content through this specific channel, only. I think now that networks are offering full episodes, a few small clips aren't going to impress Web surfers too much. What do you guys think?

As I mentioned already, Tom Goes to the Mayor is returning with new episodes on June 4. Right now you can check out a couple preview clips over on YouTube. While it looks as if the show will continue with the idea of Tom coming up with not-very-good ideas and pitching them to the vacuous Mayor, based on these clips it seems the show has increased its funny dosage quite a bit, not to mention more celebrity guests. I was rather excited to see Bob Balaban, most noticeable from his roles in Christopher Guest's ensemble projects such as Waiting for Guffman and Best in Show, playing Tom's father in one clip. Oh yeah, and ignore the "June 18" at the end of the clip. The season really does start on June 4.

Thanks to Vito, who mentioned this on my other post.

I know a lot of people praise YouTube, but it's well-deserved praise. The site has become a depository for just about any old clip from any show, commercial, or video you can think of. In fact, there's a huge amount of Sesame Street clips on there, and one person has taken it upon themselves to provide links to almost one hundred classic and not-so-classic clips from the show. I'd like to say I was the one with that kind of time on my hands, but I wasn't. I mean, I have that much time on my hands, I'm just too lazy to actually compile all those videos. The clips include some favorites of mine, such as the Alligator King, Ladybug Picnic, Mahna Mahna, and Kermit's "News Flash" segments, which I always thought were some of the funniest segments on Sesame Street. No Muppet plays the straight man better than Kermit. Well, maybe Bert. Anyway, enjoy them all.

[via Waxy]