The Most Annoying Little Fruit on YouTube

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The Annoying Orange in 'Kitchen Intruder'

(SALEM, Ore.) - Every now and then we receive an unsolicited story contribution that begins with something like... "Here's something to break up the dark cloud that accompanies most Salem-News.com reports" and I have to smile, because I understand. The world is a very troubled place and our team has experienced a lot of it. We aren't worried about what is going right, we are worried about the myriad things going wrong.

But, we all have our reprieve and they come in all shapes and sizes. One of my typical favorites is a real fruit and an incredible hit on YouTube: "The Annoying Orange".

I know there are a lot of people involved in the creation of this crackup character with yellow teeth, and if someone had described it for me I probably never would have searched it out, but my nieces love the crazy stuff on YouTube like "Gummy Bear" and somewhere between searching for that video and "funniest cats", this silly orange popped up; I was skeptical but all of us were laughing quickly and watching one brief episode after another.

I suspect it is the utter ridiculousness of it that appeals to me. I am so tired of the raucous humor of Family Guy and the spin off shows. I'll admit they're funny, but the really super over the top sexual innuendos are little more than a trap for American families.

I won't go on too much about it, but it strikes me time and time again that there is little forethought toward the long term consequences of some of these prime time adult themed cartoon shows viewed literally, by millions and millions of kids who haven't even hit puberty.

Sex is a subject that families are already stigmatized over and large portions of the American population are programmed in all the wrong ways. Now we have to explain things that we would never have anticipated due to the perverted nature of these programs, thanks Family Guy creators.

The Annoying Orange is hilarious and I am curious to know what other people think. It does have an occasional violent scene, but we're talking about fruit being sliced! Apples, pears, kiwi and bananas are not safe on this show, but that is as far as it goes.

It almost seems like one of the only times that violence is truly allowed to be funny.

And then I watch the episode included with this video and thought there was more to it than the average "Annoying Orange" episode. You have to watch this video first, and then the one below it. Trust me, you will get the same experience that I did and I found it all very memorable.

Real Annoying Orange - YouTube

The Annoying Orange on Facebook

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Tim King is a former U.S. Marine with twenty years of experience on the west coast as a television news producer, photojournalist, reporter and assignment editor. In addition to his role as a war correspondent, this Los Angeles native serves as Salem-News.com's Executive News Editor. Tim spent the winter of 2006/07 covering the war in Afghanistan, and he was in Iraq over the summer of 2008, reporting from the war while embedded with both the U.S. Army and the Marines.

Tim holds numerous awards for reporting, photography, writing and editing, including the Oregon AP Award for Spot News Photographer of the Year (2004), first place Electronic Media Award in Spot News, Las Vegas, (1998), Oregon AP Cooperation Award (1991); and several others including the 2005 Red Cross Good Neighborhood Award for reporting. Tim has several years of experience in network affiliate news TV stations, having worked as a reporter and photographer at NBC, ABC and FOX stations in Arizona, Nevada and Oregon. Serving the community in very real terms, Salem-News.com is the nation's only truly independent high traffic news Website. As News Editor, Tim among other things, is responsible for publishing the original content of 65 Salem-News.com writers. He reminds viewers that emails are easily missed and urges those trying to reach him, to please send a second email if the first goes unanswered. You can send Tim an email at this address: newsroom@salem-news.com