Normally YouTube Funny Video Clips focuses on videos that reflect the title – funny video clips that are featured on YouTube. Today, however, we are breaking away from that. We have for you an inspirational story of ultimate sacrifice and it’s a news video, not a YouTube video. However, we felt so strongly about sharing this story that we are briefly breaking away from the norm. This story is about 34 year old Ryan Arnold, a healthy husband and father of three living in Colorado. Ryan’s brother, Chad, was in need of an emergency liver transplant. Ryan was a match and didn’t hesitate to agree to do the transplant. He wanted Chad to be able to live a normal healthy life. Ryan new there were some risks, but the procedure is generally very safe. And that’s especially true since a news crew was documenting the story.

Sadly, after Ryan donated part of his liver to save his brother, he unexpectedly died a few days later, apparently from complications associated with the transplant (Editor’s Note – Aug 18: See Comment from Sarah in Comments section for clarification). In the end, he gave his life to save his brother. For that, we acknowledge him as a hero and our prayers go out to the family. If you’d like to make a donation to the fund set up in his name (for his children’s education and to build a well in Africa), you can visit http://www.ryanarnold.org

Here’s the story:

(Amazing Videos) Last night’s America’s Got Talent tied the show and YouTube together by featuring only talent that auditioned on YouTube and was voted by America to represent the best YouTube talent. Up until the last performance, many of the acts had been buzzed by at least one judge. No one stood out. But the very last performer, 10-year old Jackie Evancho, stunned the judges, audience, and America with the amazing voice that came from such a small girl. At the end of a mediocre 2-hour show, Jackie Evancho emerged as a contestant that could possibly win the whole thing. All three judges (along with the audience) gave her a standing ovation. We’re pleased to be able to share Jackie Evancho’s performance with you today. Here is 10-year old Jackie…

When a guy took his girlfriend to a major league baseball game, she became worried when she saw where their seats were. She told him, “baby, I’m gonna get hit.” But the boyfriend reassured her saying that if a foul ball came their way he would make sure she was protected and didn’t get hit. So when a foul ball was hit their way, what does the boyfriend do? He moves out of the way, letting the foul ball hit his girlfriend. Here is video from the game…

(Wizarding World of Harry Potter) Today we have two interesting videos for you from the Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey ride at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios in Orlando. The first video is a rare one. It’s what you see when the lights are on and the ride isn’t functioning correctly.  The ride was halted when a woman vomitted on the ride and on her child. The lights on the ride were turned on, the animatronics stopped, and then the ride slowly continued so that people could disembark at the exit. A quick thinker grabbed his camera and started videotaping, giving you a look at the ride with the lights on.

The second video is a news story about Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey having a hard break down whereas not even the individual cars on the ride could move. It’s a news story about more than 130 people being trapped on the ride and one of the riders even calling 911.

News Story on Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey Breaking Down with Riders Trapped:
Note: It looks like WESHTV has disabled embedding (shame on them -- no wonder their videos get so few views). Instead of just removing the video and story from our site, we’ve decided to link to it so that you can still see it - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOWTlZBXeb4

(Today Now) Below is an inspirational video by the TV Show Today Now that examines some new ways of reducing stress. We live in a technologically advanced rush-rush society and as a result our stress levels, as a society, are higher than ever. In this Today Now segment, the author of the book “The Solution: Kill All the Grabblers”. The interview reveals stress free ways to cope with reducing stress. Here’s the video…

(Stupid People Videos) A woman is serving time in jail after she went into a rage over learning that she couldn’t get Chicken McNuggets from McDonalds because they were serving their breakfast menu at the time. The woman got out of her car and started to assault the employee that told her they weren’t serving Chicken McNuggets. The rage lasted for a minute and a half and ended with the woman reaching into her car, grabbing an object, and smashing the drive thru window at McDonalds. The incident happened in Toledo, Ohio. Below is unedited security camera footage of the entire incident, which does not contain audio.

(News Videos) A reporter was doing a story on a new advanced crashproof motorcycle that notifies the rider of hazards in order to prevent crashes. The reporter explains the process then sets it up for a demonstration. The only problem is that when the rider takes off to do the demonstration, he is hit by a truck and both the bike and rider are thrown. There has been some debate as to whether or not this video was staged. We’ll let you decide…

(Reporter Videos) It takes a long time to get the perfect sculpture made out of ice. Time and talent. At the Orange County Fair, one such sculptor, named Roland Hernandez, was showing off his work. A news reporter was interviewing Roland about his work on ice sculptors. The particular sculptor in this video, that the reporter is talking to Roland about, had already been worked on for more than eight hours. Yet all it takes is a clumsy reporter to completely destroy eight hours of hard work in just a few seconds. Here’s the video (which was being aired live on TV)…

(Scott Pilgrim Versus the World) A couple of days ago we published the official movie trailer for Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. Today we have a more in-depth Scott Pilgrim Versus The World video clip. This video features clips from the movie as well as interviews that provide more depth to the movie. Scott Pilgrim Versus the World hits theaters in one week -- August 13, 2010…

(Vampires Suck) A few days ago we posted the official movie trailer for Vampires Suck. It’s a movie that is a spoof of the Twilight saga and even includes a “team edward” and “team jacob”. Today we have for you a clip from the movie several weeks before the movie comes out. This clip spoofs the first Twilight movie when Bella and Edward first meet at the school. Edward walks into the school and Bella asks her friend who it is. Only it doesn’t quite go the same way as the movie as you’ll see. From Vampires Suck…