>> reporter: or jean-claude van damme rocks with volvo trucks.nded on your point of view. >> what made ads buzz-worthy this year, they were longer. they had better narrative. they used viral pranks to get people to share them with each other online. >> reporter: like this much-buzzed about kmart commercial. >> you can ship your pants. >> i can't wait to ship my pants, dad. >> i just shipped my pants and it's very convenient. >> very convenient. >> reporter: appealingly funny or appallingly vulgar. this geico humpday spot make you laugh. >> guess what today is. >> it's humpday. >> reporter: or long for the gecko. >> looking a little more business-like might help, too. >> reporter: it was a year for ad epics like this one. a two-minute super bowl spot for ram trucks, the late paul harvey's ode to a farmer. best of the year ads may be rare. but could flourish in any medium. >> somebody would seed, weed, feed -- >> reporter: chris connelly, abc news, los angeles. >> our thanks to chris this morning. we asked you at the home to tweet us the favorite c

" wrecking all " robin thicke and p harrells huge popular blurred lines, doves, s , show, jean claude van dammesolvo truck ad. the above a row and dance craze " harlem shake " also made the list which attracted a totaled 850 million news. >> we are getting you in the holiday spirit with another kron4 special. our one hour show takes you live all around the bay to bring you some of the spectacular holiday lights. kron4 is amazing holiday lights, this friday night december 13th at 9:00 p.m.. i love watching tv outside. and why can you move the tv out here? the wireless receiver. i got that when i switched to u-verse. but why? because it's so much better than cable. it's got more hd channels, more dvr space. yeah, but i mean, how did you know? i researched. no, i-i told you. no. yeah! no. the important part is that you're happy now. and i got you this visor. you made a visor! yes! that i'll never wear. ohh. [ male announcer ] get u-verse tv for just $19 a month for two years with qualifying bundles. rethink possible. he loves me. he loves me not. he loves me. he loves me not. ♪ he loves me! that's

only jean claude van damme. >> they were going very slowly backwards. this to us. it was an epic year for viral videos. >> buzz feed has a lot of other lists, check them out. >> 2013 lists. >> you could mach a list of lists. >> they did, i think. >>> that's all for us here on "new day," time for "newsroom" kyra fiphillips is in for carol costello. >> happy monday. "newsroom" starts right now. . >>> a second terror attack in russia, sochi games 39 days away. growing concern about the safety of athletes. >>> i think we don't see an attempt on the olympics i'd be surprised. >> paralyzing cold gripping the midwest, 45-mile-per-hour winds, sub-zero temps and it's only going to get worse. >>> plus -- >> the weather is minus 1 and blowing snow. >> another setback for the latest rescue mission in antarctica. we got word some of the passengers and crew on board that recertain ship will be evacuated by helicopter as soon as the weather improves. mean while, their spirits are high. >> sun on the horizon, chris, what is

. >>> and you probably remember this, the jean-claude van damme volvo ad.hink, between two moving trucks. and now a georgia congressional candidate's making his own ad. republican mike collins promotes his campaign, slams obama care and does a split all at the same time. watch. ♪ >> now i stand here before you, what you see is a small businessman confronted with obama care, a disastrous government plan that defies the laws of the market in a mindset that government knows better. >> i don't know if that's really a split, but we'll see. what do you think? do you think that counts? >>> coming up tonight, does president obama have a rebellion of sorts on his hands? why a lot of young people, according to some very interesting, new polls, seem to be changing their mind about the president. that's coming up. we'll be right back. test test >>> you know how many promises are in the campaign that he hasn't been able to keep? >> i think a younger president could understand what younger people needed, but i think we've seen a complete shift in his ability to follow th

. >>> so by now you probably have seen jean-claude van damme doing a split on top two of moving trucks makes me feel uncomfortable. in the event you didn't see it, here's a quick look. ♪ >> all right. so there it is. vandam's commercial for volvo trucks. >> not to be outdone ever, chuck norris has his own split. >> so gracious is the time. >> yep. that is chuck. doing a split between two fighter jets while balancing 11 people standing in the shape of a christmas tree on top of his head. that's the way chuck does it. they later light up like a normal christmas tree would. >> just so you know, this isn't real. in case you thought it was. >> i don't know if anybody thought that chuck norris was really doing this stunt. >> don't put it past chuck norris. he may have used a little help can graphics to make this all happen. but you know, still funny and only a matter of time before we saw a parody. >> there is a book out there with the chuck norris does this and does that. it's hail airous. my favorite is chuck norris doesn't do pushups, he pushes the earth down. the book is hilarious to me.

who is stronger and meaner than jean claude van damme you ask?t man, chuck norris, one-upping the muscle from brussels with a split stunt of his own. he splits between two -- wait for it. airplanes with a squad of special forces on his cowboy hat. >> lit up like a christmas tree. >> i don't need to tell you it's all cgi because you know that, created by a hungarian production house. it is still as my friend stephanie elam would say, awesome sauce. i bet chuck norris could pull this off. >> i don't like chuck norris and awesome sauce. >> thumbs up. >> you know how you know it's fake? the split is too even. >> that's awesome and our gift for the holidays. >> he says so much by not saying a damn word. he's amazing. >> learn something from that. >> starting with small women with blonde hair. >> or large men that have the last name cuomo. >> continue. >> okay. >>> coming up next on "new day," could the hit show "duck dynasty" be over? the show's stores are threatening to walk over the suspension of robertson, the pay tree ak of t -- patriarch of the f

. >>> chuck norris -- remember jean-claude van damme did the truck spread. >> did the spread with the height. this is van damme. and this is chuck norris. on a jet, balancing 11 soldiers on his head. >> that's pretty funny. >> you win, chuck. >> advantage, chuck. >> lit up like christmas. >> very merry christmas. happy new year to you all. >> used, obviously, a little cgi help there. a hungarian animation firm spreading a little christmas cheer. >> cgi'd the lights. they just added the lights. >> the soldiers were on his head. >> clearly. >>> finally, now's your chance to maybe purchase some amazing hollywood memorabilia. george, christmas idea? the auction house is selling, among other things, the lifeboat from "titanic," used to rescue rose. expected to go around $40,000. indy's whip from "indiana jones and the last crusade." $12,000 to $15,000. the dress worn by judy garland during wardrobe tests for "the wizard of oz." that's going to be $200,000. and how about this? michael keaton's batman clothes, from "batman returns" if you have around $60,000. that's all tomorrow. you last-mi

. >> kate thinks jean claude van damme is a fraud, she just said it. >> no!ad youtube channels >> this is ap. increasing trend with the popular videos, coming from channels they have a lot of different videos they're kipt y consistently creating things, they have a fan base. millions of subscribers are tuning in every week. >> kevin the next time you come on the first question is going to be as the head of culture and trends on youtube what do you do with your day? hold that, next time. >> that's a whole other segment. >> i love the way they told you to pronounce the name. alokka, like shock-alokka. >>> we told you about a very bad interpreter this week. now you'll meet a very good one but it's why she's signing in the first place that makes her a straight up beautiful little dose of the good stuff. ♪ morning, turtle. ♪ my friends are all around me ♪ my friends, they do surround me ♪ ♪ i hope this never ends ♪ and we'll be the best of friends ♪ [ male announcer ] the 2014 chevrolet traverse... all set? all set. [ male announcer ] ...with three rows of spaciou

. >>> by now you've probably seen jean-claude van damme doing that splip between the two moving trucks's take a look. ♪ who can say where the road goes ♪ where the day flows ♪ only time ♪ >> that's van damme's commercial right there from volvo trucks. >> and as provided by enya. i love enya. not to be outdone, chuck norris has his own split. >> so hallowed and so gracious is the time. ♪ who can say >> yeah, that's chuck. doing his split between two fighter jets while balancing 11 people standing in the shape of a christmas tree on top of his head. they letter light up with christmas lights. you know that whole line of jokes with chuck norris. he doesn't do push-ups. he pushes the earth down. >> well, so not surprising, i guess, he's involved with this spoof. only a matter of time until this happened. the parody of the van damme ad makes use of graphic technology. not surprising there either. >> still funny, though. good job. >>> thanks for staying with us this morning. >> the next hour of your "new day" starts right now. >>> all right. we're looking at rick and mike. they are the two a

jean-claude van damme doing this epic split in a commercial for volvo. gentlemen. mr. texan, chuck norris, check him out. >> the bird of dawning and then they say no spirit can walk around. [ inaudible ] >> oh, yeah. >> yes. >> how does he get back up? i don't know. >> al, where is he flying the weather's so nice? >> chuck norris, 73 years old. and that is real. >> no. >> that's real. >> no. >> and those are soldiers. >> two jets. >> this was done by a hungarian animation company and obviously cgi. >> it's real according to al. >> i want to see splits also. >> that would be good. now let's switch gears and talk about a touching love story rooted in tragedy. the boston marathon bombing is a day no one wants to remember but for one victim this was a day both his recovery and his love story began. >> reporter: it's a photo we will never forget. especially james costello who was with friends cheering on runners at the boston marathon finish line when two bombs exploded. moments before this photo of costello was snapped, he had pulled two rusty nails from his

. >>> pretty awesome volvo commercial with jean-claude van damme doing a split. i don't believe i. don't think they messed with the video. it was one of the most trending of the year. from harlem shaking to firefighters, kittens, a lot of viral videos that got people talking. women who tech, besides van damme, it was cool. no words. >> very cool. >> really fantastic. one of your favorites was from dove. >> yes. >> they basically asked women to describe themselves for a sketch artist. i want people to take a look. >> tell me about your chin. >> it kind of protrudes a little bit, especially when i smile. >> your jaw. >> my mom told me i had a big jaw. >> what would be your most prominent feature. >> a fat, rounder face. >> today i'm going to ask you questions about a person you met earlier, and i'm going to ask you general questions about their face? >> she was then. you could see her cheek bones. >> her chin, it was a nice, thin chin. >> this is the sketch that you helped me create, and that's the sketch that somebody described of you. >> yeah. that's -- >> people got emotional when