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Five Things You Had to See Online This Week

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This week in “Thanks, Internet” — Sesame Street regulates, sea otters make music, and Ben Affleck is sadto win the internet this week.

1.Sesame Street Regulates

Bert and Ernie as Warren G. and Nate Dogg? The internet is trying to tell us that “Sesame Street” should do so much more rap. They can make that happennow that they’re on HBO, right?

2.SeaJazz

Give sea otters a Casio keyboard and they will give you some far out free jazz.

3.Hugh Glass and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

This honest trailer for that Irrituflick starring the sky, Academy Award winner Leonardo DiCaprio, and Sad Max is absolutely brilliant.

4.You Say Rhode Island, I Say Reykjavik

Toto, I don’t think we’re in Providence anymore. This week, the state of Rhode Island released a new tourism video, starring the state-of-the-art Harpaconcert hall and conference center in Reykjavik, Iceland. A Rhode Island Commerce Corporation representative quickly blamed the editing company. But really, shouldn’t someone atthe Rhode Island Commerce Corporation have realized there’s nothing that looks remotely like thisin Little Rhody? Iceland: nowthat’s an island!

5.#SadAffleck

The critics were merciless in their reviews of “Batman vs. Superman,” andthat made Ben Affleck sad. But as we found out, both Ben Affleckand Batmanhave been sadfor a long time.

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