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And Now Let's Go to Balki Bartokomous with the Weather

Today in viral videos: Balki Bronson Pinchot hijacks the forecast, Savannah Guthrie's middle finger that wasn't, a dopey wisdom teeth murderess, and more.

By Alexander Abad-Santos
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We realize there's only so much time one can spend in a day watching new trailers, viral video clips, and shaky cellphone footage of people arguing on live television. This is why every day The Atlantic Wire highlights the videos that truly earn your five minutes (or less) of attention. Today:

We'll be honest. We don't really tune into the local weather reports anymore, mainly because we have iPhones and we can always ask Siri obvious questions about the weather like Zooey Deschanel does. However, all that would go out the door should Bronson Pinchot ever land a full-time meteorology gig — it has been a while since the heyday of Perfect Strangers, after all:

The most important question of this Friday is whether Savannah Guthrie gave Matt Lauer the finger on air. It has now been answered:

Here's the alleged bird-flipping in question:

Remember, Jay Leno is less funny than this:

And finally, here's more proof that dentists have the best drugs:

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