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Internet Fame Is Cruel Mistress for Dancer of the Numa Numa (funny video of kid singing)
NY Times ^
| 2/26/05
| ALAN FEUER and JASON GEORGE
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.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons; US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: blogpopculture; dork; dragosteadintei; garybrolsma; india; lipsync; nerd; newjersey; nj; numa; numanuma; pudgyguy; romania; romanianpoptune; saddlebrook; staples; video
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To: Cableguy
Could have been worse, Paris Hilton could have been signing backup.
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posted on
02/26/2005 10:37:32 AM PST
by
Doctor Raoul
(Support Our Troops, Spit On A Reporter)
To: Cableguy
I wonder if a video clip of a middle aged chubby white guy doing the dance routine from Britney Spears' "Oops I Did it Again" video would make someone famous?
Just asking.
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posted on
02/26/2005 10:40:03 AM PST
by
socal_parrot
(Tryin' to reason with El Nino season.)
To: Slings and Arrows
Please add me to your list too.... This guy is a cutey!
143
posted on
02/26/2005 10:42:13 AM PST
by
Freedom2specul8
(Please pray for our troops.... http://anyservicemember.navy.mil/)
To: ~Kim4VRWC's~
You're added - subtraction, multiplication, and division are out of this listowner's jurisdiction.
To: CarrotAndStick
Yes....it cool in the same way as that feakin Tunak Tunak Tun song is.You don't want to like it but once you hear it.....
145
posted on
02/26/2005 10:57:58 AM PST
by
Psycho_Bunny
(“I know a great deal about the Middle East because I’ve been raising Arabian horses" Patrick Swazey)
To: Cableguy
146
posted on
02/26/2005 11:01:09 AM PST
by
KimmyJaye
(Susan Estrich: A face for radio and a voice for pantomime.)
To: 1rudeboy
Try associating .swf files with Internet Explorer. You may get a security warning when you try to play it, but if so just click on the play-it-anyway (or whatever it's called) button.
To: bd476
If William Hung can get a record deal, this kid should be able to get something. The Groundlings is a great idea.
148
posted on
02/26/2005 11:40:10 AM PST
by
Deb
(Beat him, strip him and bring him to my tent!)
To: Slings and Arrows
LOL And a big thank you bump!
149
posted on
02/26/2005 12:06:08 PM PST
by
Freedom2specul8
(Please pray for our troops.... http://anyservicemember.navy.mil/)
To: Cableguy
150
posted on
02/26/2005 12:06:10 PM PST
by
lilmsdangrus
(hard work musta hurt somebody, somewhere....)
To: Cableguy
Collegehumor.com occassionally has videos of people dancing.
Just hilarious stuff!!!
151
posted on
02/26/2005 12:09:22 PM PST
by
rwfromkansas
("War is an ugly thing, but...the decayed feeling...which thinks nothing worth war, is worse." -Mill)
To: rwfromkansas
152
posted on
02/26/2005 12:31:47 PM PST
by
rwfromkansas
("War is an ugly thing, but...the decayed feeling...which thinks nothing worth war, is worse." -Mill)
To: bd476
To: Psycho_Bunny
And for some reason, that animated Kenya song popped into my head:
"We got tigers in Kenya..."
154
posted on
02/26/2005 12:41:50 PM PST
by
bootless
(Never Forget - And Never Again)
To: nutmeg
poor kid couldn't take the fame, too bad..
I guess he'll think twice before he does something like that again...
He could have seized the moment, and made a fortune like that Asian dude who can't sing or dance.
155
posted on
02/26/2005 1:22:27 PM PST
by
Coleus
(Brooke Shields aborted how many children? http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1178497/posts)
To: nutmeg
156
posted on
02/26/2005 8:44:52 PM PST
by
lainde
( ...We are NOT European, we are American, and we have different principles!")
To: Slings and Arrows
Try associating .swf files with Internet Explorer. I forgot how to do it, and I still cannot get this to play from my hard drive. I'm mystified.
To: lainde
158
posted on
02/27/2005 5:20:16 AM PST
by
wtc911
("I would like at least to know his name.")
To: Cableguy
He could kick the ass of the Star Wars kid.
159
posted on
02/27/2005 5:32:49 AM PST
by
finnman69
(cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestus globus, inflammare animos)
To: Deb
This was funnier than SNL last night.
160
posted on
02/27/2005 5:48:03 AM PST
by
finnman69
(cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestus globus, inflammare animos)
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