The Gutierrez family of St. Paul – mom Karen and kids Christina, 14, Rafael, 13, and Marco, 9 — emailed to tell me about their homemade online videos, as part of my quest to track down fun Minnesota-originated clips on YouTube. Their offerings include a flippin’ sweet (if murky) impression of Napoleon Dynamite. But my favorite is the boys’ silly World Championship Finals 1 (with friend Sam Gagnon), in which “the old man from Germany” faces off against Kangaroo Ninja, “the best one we’ve had — in all!” The minutelong clip isn’t anything special by itself, but it features a great unintended punch line in the old German’s victory cry: “Bonjour!” To which one of the boys says, doubled over in laughter, “That’s French!”

It’s the Old German, left, vs. Kangaroo Ninja in World Championship Finals 1.

I’ll be featuring other Minnesota-made YouTube clips regularly in the Technobabble blog. If you have created one or have a favorite, email me at rasalas@startribune.com and let me know what it is and why you like it, and I’ll add it to the roster.

I love tracking down Minnesota-made clips on YouTube. A few months ago, I took a look at several locally made clips that have gone viral on the Web. But others have been popular, too, and even ones that haven’t received a high number of views are worth watching.

Please stop for pedestrians in the crosswalk — no matter how long it takes.

One of my favorites, Crosswalk Madness, focuses on a group of student pranksters in Austin, Minn., whose high school is housed in two buildings that are separated by a city street. To get between them, the kids must take a crosswalk across the street or use an underground tunnel that connects the buildings. For the prank shown in the five-minute clip, the students created a seemingly endless stream of pedestrians by continually crossing the street, circling back through the unseen tunnel and then crossing the street again. Ingenious! As an extra bonus, watch for the chicken and the cow during the shenanigans, which created a mini-traffic jam.

I’ll be featuring other Minnesota-made YouTube clips regularly in the Technobabble blog. If you have created one or have a favorite, email me at rasalas@startribune.com and let me know what it is and why you like it, and I’ll add it to the roster.