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viral video
Dov Charney Will Make Middle America Sexy
Dov Carney is an entrepreneur who takes "classic, everyday American items" like t-shirts and "makes them sensual." Now he's determined, in this hilarious parody video anyway, to make middle America sexy, just as he did with "skinny dork" hipsters. More »
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Comment by ♥Anti-Social Socialite♥: fake dov was a contestant on beauty and the geek a few seasons ago. i'm sorry for knowing that. :( 1 Responses | Other threads
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internet famous
The Flimsiness of YouTube Celebrity
YouTube promises a chance at instant viral fame. But what's that worth in the real world? Ask the guy with 109 million views who can't get recognized at a nerdfest. More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by Almostbanned: 'People Jam' Really? Is it green? 7 Responses | Other threads
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Matt Harding
Viral-video dancer on the lazy way to become a star
Matt Harding, the guy who travels around the world taking videos of people dancing with him, knows how to work the system without doing much work. First, he got Stride gum to sponsor his video-making trip around the world. Since the result went viral, he's milked his fame on the speaking circuit. First he made yet another "dancing" video at Yahoo's Sunnyvale headquarters. Last week, he spoke at nerdy-person gathering Gnomedex in Seattle. Watch his talk and learn all about how much — or rather, how little — work went into the popular "Dancing" video. Or, skip to 4 minutes in if all you're interested in is yet another crowd of people doing Harding's funny-looking jig. More »
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Comment by raincoaster: Judson Laipply actually makes it TWO viral video dancing fools who make a good living showing up and talking about... more » | Other threads
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clips
Secrets of viral video revealed, from "Chocolate Rain" to Cory Worthington's sunglasses
Think Tay Zonday came up with that whole breathing-away-from-the-mic thing on his own? Think that gopher came up with his dramatic look all on his own? Think again, buster. Eat your lunch, watch the clip from Revision3's Internet Superstar embedded above and learn about the Encino School of Viral Video. More » -
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Facebook's biggest threat could be visual image of retirees "poking" each other
There's little in this world that turns off the hardbodied young crowd faster than the the thought of anyone over the age of 30 bumping uglies. Hence, this sketch from New York's People's Improv Theater isn't just funny — it demonstrates the unintended consequences of opening up the social network beyond the confines of college cloisters. As Fadbook ages, both literally and figuratively, it's fate could be to serve as just another dated reference — like Myrtle's comeback in the sketch: "Friendster? What is this, 1908?" -
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Kobe Bryant and Jackass Team Up For Fun Marketing Stunt
Kobe Bryant, Wee Man, and a pool full of snakes got together for Nike's latest viral marketing campaign, the results of which just hit the Net. Sure, it's an ad, but I can watch anything Jackass-related all day, which I do as often as possible. The same can't be said for that stupid Bam show. Man, I can't stand that kid! More »
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Comment by Streeter: okay. I tried to watch it but I could not get past those damn snakes. Whatever the psycho-babble term for... more » | Other threads
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Weezer's "Pork and Beans" deconstructed
Want to understand the viral-video references in Weezer's "Pork and Beans" without having to actually play all 24 source videos? Video whiz Nick McGlynn has pared them down to just the essential moments, in one video. Click for an instant YouTube education. You can thank us later for the hours of your life we've given back to you.
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Comment by sample032: If only someone could explain why some of these are funny. more » | Other threads
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clips
Weezer understands how to work YouTube: allude to these 24 viral videos
Weezer has been geek rock since before I was logging onto the Internet using Prodigy in fifth grade. And who among us never wondered: what's with these homies, dissing my girl? Point is: the band gets the geeks. So it's no surprise that they understand one of the easiest way to go viral on YouTube and across the Web is to make multiple references to videos gone viral before. Check out the band's latest video above, "Pork and Beans," and then below, embeds of all of the viral videos referenced.More »
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Comment by CA5El3EER: I believe I have assembled the full list of included videos. there are two that I did not know... more » | Other threads
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"Facebook Gangster" confirms Facebook has displaced MySpace
"Facebook Gangsta" is a transparent exercise in white guys parodying white guys parodying black guys. But note that there are no inside jokes about Beacon or shout-outs to Mark Zuckerberg. Just as Facebook is jumping the shark in Silicon Valley, it's crossing over into the mainstream, and displacing MySpace as a place for dating, mating, and relating. What this video really tells us: Zuckerberg's highbrow, Harvard-born creation is set to become just as ubiquitous, and just as stupid, as its social-networking rival.
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By Owen ThomasComment by wutwutinmybutt: There are shoutouts to Zuckerberg all over the place. FBG is fucking Mark Zuckerberg for crying out loud! more » | Other threads
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How Many Viral Ads Have Copied The One That Got Three Million Views?
Apparently there's only one script for viral ads on the Internet: Guy does small trick with product, guy does bigger trick with product, guy's friends tell camera, each other, bystanders and guy how awesome he is. There's always music in the background and you can always tell it's fake. I just explained how the same ad agency that did this for Ray-Ban last year just did it for Levi's; apparently Coors hired someone for a cut-rate version in this terribly staged YouTube "viral video" of Coors can tricks, shown below (along with a cute little parody). More »
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By Nick DouglasComment by EllieCal: looks like the coors crew has a new video, and this time the crowd shows real distaste. Note the... more » | Other threads
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How Levi's Jeans Duped The Internet With Their New Secret Ad
My friends are blogging about this viral video of guys doing backflips into their jeans. So neat! So shareable! So worth the million views the three-day-old clip already earned! But I could tell instantly (and I have no idea why no one else did) that this was a stealth ad — because it's a direct copy of a stealth ad that got over 3 million views last year. More »
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By Nick DouglasComment by Nick Douglas: @nyoung79: Yeah, I didn't go into it but watch the video posted by @JmoneyGangsta. more » | Other threads
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disasters
Sensational Viral Mystery Eating L.A. Not Such a Mystery After All
Not to be outdone by the swift, shaky-cam destruction of its transcontinental nemeses in Cloverfield, Los Angeles is getting its own taste of catastrophe in the latest viral sensation to hit YouTube. At least we think it's L.A.; some have suggested that Case 1017 — the grainy home video of HazMat-suited CDC officials and semi-automatic weapons fire that has attracted 1.1 million views since Saturday — is a tease for Cloverfield 2 or M. Night Shyamalan's forthcoming Philly disaster epic The Happening. Follow the jump, however, for what turns out to be a much simpler explanation. More » -
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The puppy torture video will end the Iraq war. [Fimoculous]
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acquisitions
eBaum's World gets a buyout with strings attached
How much would you pay for a viral-video site which some have charged with stealing clips? Depends on who you ask. eBaum's World has just sold for $15 million. Or is it $17 million? Or $67.5 million? HandHeld Entertainment, the San Francisco-based developer of the ZVUE portable media player, has agreed to shell out $15 million in cash and $2.5 million in stock for the Rochester, N.Y.-based website. The rest will come over the next three years, if eBaum's World meets traffic targets and other conditions. The conditional nature of the deal reflects the buyer's shaky finances — and also, a growing hesitancy to splash cash on websites with uncertain futures. More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by burdine: If anyone wants to know the story about why people hate eBaum's World, here's the story, in song! [www.ebaumsworldsucks.com] more » | Other threads
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