FAIL Blog Community Names United States Congress the Kings and Queens of FAIL for 2011
FAIL Blog Announces the Third Annual Top Ten Lists of the Biggest FAIL People, the Biggest FAIL Moments and the Biggest FAIL Videos for 2011 as Voted On by the FAIL Blog Community
(firmenpresse) - SEATTLE, WA -- (Marketwire) -- 12/08/11 -- In the year of , a high-profile , the , an brouhaha and , could there be a more colossal embarrassing moment for the United States Congress this year? According to the () community, that answer is yes with the entire U.S. Congress beating out Kim Kardashian, Rebecca Black, Muammar Gaddafi, and even the universally detested Westboro Baptist Church, as the . Justin Bieber, , can now happily transfer his FAIL prize to the politicians in Washington, D.C.
While Kris Humphries is looking for a way to wipe away his 72-day marriage to Kim Kardashian through an , their marriage will forever live on as the biggest FAIL moment in 2011, which beat out the moment Congress declared pizza a vegetable and . The results, highlighted in this YouTube , were compiled from over 60,000 votes cast on FAIL Blog over a 2-day period where fans voted on their most memorable FAIL people, moments, and videos.
"Every year, we have one person who really stands out as the biggest FAIL person of the year, but this year 535 members of Congress get to share the crown," said Ben Huh, CEO and founder of Cheezburger, a network of more than 50 humor and meme sites that include , , , and . "We try not to take ourselves too seriously, so it's somewhat painful to see Congress win this award when you have people like Kim Kardashian, Rebecca Black and Charlie Sheen on the list."
Huh continued, "How bad is Congress' reputation if people think that the Westboro Baptist Church fails less? I'm afraid that Congress may even be ruining our sense of humor. However, our fans have spoken and it has to be somewhat expected in a year of D.C. scandals, gridlock, crises, and a Gallup approval rating of ."
Of course the FAIL list wouldn't be complete without ranking the FAIL Blog videos submitted by users from around the world of people doing dumb things. The winner of the Top 10 FAIL Videos is the that shows a Fourth of July celebration gone wrong. ranks second and follows closely behind.
Here are the top funniest gaffes and craziest antics that happened around the world in 2011 according to the FAIL Blog community:
1) Unites States Congress 19%
2) Westboro Baptist Church 15%
3) Kim Kardashian 12%
4) Rebecca Black 11%
5) Charlie Sheen 10%
6) Muammar Gaddafi 7%
7) Casey Anthony 6%
8) Jerry Sandusky 5%
9) Lindsay Lohan 4%
10) Anthony Weiner 3%
1) Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries' marriage 24%
2) Congress declares pizza a vegetable 13%
3) Harold Camping's prediction of the Rapture 12%
4) Occupy Protests 11%
5) The Internet Censorship Bill 10%
6) Mariah Yeater accuses Justin Bieber of fathering her baby 7%
7) The GOP debates 5%
8) Anthony Weiner shows his wiener 4%
9) Trump raises questions about Obama's birth certificate 3%
10) Sony gets attacked by LulzSec 2%
1) 13%
2) 11%
3) 9%
4) 8%
5) 7%
6) 6%
7) 5%
8) 4%
9) 3%
10) 2%
Launched in January 2008, FAIL Blog features pictures and videos of the well-intentioned failing at something they are supposed to do, or displaying blatant stupidity or incompetence. FAIL Blog won back-to-back and made Internet history by being the first comedy channel on YouTube to rack up more than 1 billion video views. FAIL Blog's second book, "Fail Harder: Ridiculous Illustrations of Epic Fails" is currently available in most bookstores and .
Cheezburger, the company which publishes popular sites such as , , , , and is one of the largest online humor publishers in the world where millions of people come every month to get their 5-minutes of happiness. Cheezburger counts a passionate fan base of 24 million people who upload more than 500,000 pictures and videos as well as view 500 million pages and 110 million videos each month.
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