Posted on 02/25/2005 7:50:34 PM PST by Cableguy
There was a time when embarrassing talents were a purely private matter. If you could sing the Star Spangled Banner in the voice of Daffy Duck, no one but your friends and family would ever have to know.
But with the Internet, humiliation - like everything else - has now gone public. Upload a video of yourself playing flute with your nose or dancing in your underwear and people from Toledo to Turkmenistan can watch.
Here, then, is the cautionary tale of Gary Brolsma, 19, amateur videographer and guy from New Jersey, who made the grave mistake of placing on the Internet a brief clip of himself dancing along to a Romanian pop song. Even in the bathroom mirror, Mr. Brolsma's performance could only be described as earnest but painful.
His story suggests that the quaint days when cultural trinkets, like celebrity sex tapes, were passed around like novels in Soviet Russia are over. It says a little something of the lightning speed at which fame is made these days.
To begin at the beginning:
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OMG
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I love this kid. He's adorable and the world can see it.
I always wondered what became of the "Star Wars lightsabre" kid.
I swear, it's not me!
Very very funny, though. Can't breathe...
actually that's not bad! The fellow really knows how to boogie.
Have you seen this guy? I love him.
Absolute genius!
What can I say, I'm stuned! And I can't even find my beeber! LOL
I don't know why gary is hiding out. He should just ride out the wave or he'll wipe out. He actually has a good sense of rythm. People will forget him again after another video becomes popular next week. It's not too incriminating.
Well, I think this guy is very entertaining, I would definately take an Oscar and give it to him. More entertaining than anything you'd find on MTV that's for sure. I like the spirit!
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hilarious!
A loser would let this get to him; a winner would laugh and make a few bucks and get on the tube and write a book and make a movie about it. If all that sounds unlikely, consider that a movie was made about Chuck Barris.
I do too. Love the eyebrow thing at one point in the song! He's so full of life!
(And who among us hasn't done something like this but just not put it on video or the internet, hmmm?)
Oh man that IS funny... But 'Numa Numa' is forever ruined for me (just kidding, I've never heard of that song).
Aiya HOO, aiya HA HA! LOL Catchy.
add me to your list please
I like it. Wonder why he's embarassed? He has more talent than some folks I know who think they have talent and they're not funny.
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