To paraphrase my colleague Judy Newmark: They can make a musical about anything. And they usually do.

I love this parody of “West Side Story,” which tells the tale of courtship in the age of the Interwebs. From the brains at College Humor, here’s “Web Site Story.”

(Take this opportunity to turn off your cell phones and to unwrap your candies. And the taking of photographs is strictly prohibited by Actors’ Equity.)

Thanks to my colleague Erica Smith for sharing this.

Most of Michael Jackson’s official music videos on YouTube can’t be embedded here, but this video of a performance in 1992 seems fitting:

And here’s an interesting note, brought to my attention by my colleague Erica Smith: Michael Jackson holds the patent for the “Smooth Criminal” lean — or the “method and means for creating anti-gravity illusion.”

One of our favorite evil geniuses is celebrating a birthday today. We think she’ll enjoy this video of our other favorite evil genius.

Happy birthday, Erica!