A Temecula, California local news station may be among the first to put various news segments up on YouTube. And it's doing so in a very smart way. KZSW uploads popular video segments to YouTube because it's cheaper than burning the stories to DVD for the viewers who call and request a copy. The station also encourages viewers to subscribe and receive notices whenever KZSW has uploaded new content to the video site.

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]