What was your favorite scandal of 2011?

Anthony(‘s) Weiner. Jesse James’ 19 women. Ashton wants Moore than just Demi.

What was your favorite scandal of 2011? Here are the biggest and the best.

Ah-Nold’s Uh Oh

I still cannot determine what is more mystifying – the fact that a live-in maid can have a kid by Arnold Schwarzenegger without Maria Shriver knowing, or the fact that someone can be married to Maria Shriver and yet have an affair with…ummm…someone as…aesthetically challenged as Patty Baena.

The Lohans

This family requires a timeline (and a Silkwood scrubdown after physical contact of any kind with any of them). February Lindsay is charged with the theft of a necklace from a jewelry store the month before. March Lindsay fails a mandated alcohol test. June The fifth season of Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew airs, with Michael as one of the addicts receiving treatment. October Lindsay’s probation is revoked and she is sent back to jail. Meanwhile, Michael is arrested for smacking around his on again/off again girlfriend. Two days later, he is arrested again (after jumping from a window to elude police) for contacting the alleged victim. December Lindsay appears nude in the Jan./Feb. 2012 issue of Playboy.
And of course, all throughout the year, Dina desperately continues to haunt the “cool kids” hangouts, dressing like a 16-year-old shiny girl and performing her best lobotomy patient imitation.

Sheen: The Dean of Crazy

Only one meltdown of 2011 can boast it actually created buzzwords that will live in the American language for years to come. Charlie Sheen’s cocaine- and manic state-fueled rants gave us such gems as “tiger’s blood,” “bitchin’ rock star from Mars,” and the enduring “winning,” which captures an entire dictionary of dysfunction in just one word.
Sheen’s breakdown, which lasted months in the tabloid headlines as well as on the talk show circuit, will no doubt continue to be debated for its authenticity and impact on the public’s consciousness of drug addiction and mental illness.

But what was the most explosive, dramatic, culture-altering event of 2011? What continues to receive the lion’s share of hits on YouTube? What do people still discuss on a daily basis? What 2011 controversy will become its own college course in the future, to be discussed, dissected and delved into for generations?

Why, it’s Rebecca Black’s video for “Friday,” of course.

Here is a link to the classic pop ditty that started it all.

Come on…I know you want to click it. How long has it been since you have seen “Friday“? One week? Two? You finger is just itching to click the link, isn’t it? Go on…no one is watching. Click the button, turn up your speakers, and dance around your office like it’s…well…Friday. After all, tomorrow is Saturday, and Sunday comes afterwards.