Speaking of YouTube: who knew the popularity of farting videos?

I was browsing through boing-boing and came across an entry on “the original” farting preacher video:

Okay, it’s kind of funny– probably not four minutes worth of funny, but still.

And then I looked at the “related videos,” and saw that there was something like 40 related videos. It would appear that they all have the same premise: television preachers accompanied by strategically placed farting noises. And then I did a search for “farting,” and it appears this is a cottage industry on YouTube, farting noises accompanying politicians, actors, other celebs, movies, cartoons, you name it. Weird.