Safari and (less so) Firefox freeze when watching video

I'm having crashes, more often in Safari, when I am watching videos from websites. It just happened with Jon Stewart and the Daily Show, so that was annoying. The pinwheel comes on, things freeze, then--poof- and the "do you want to make a report" message comes on. I don't know much about what I am doing, so simple, clear advice would be more helpful.
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