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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: arasina; cyborg
I just watched the guy's performance twice.
Lol, I liked it....
Yeah, the eyebrow-raise was a nice quirk.
To: arasina
Let's see... fat kid or metrosexual poser...I think I know which one I like better *LOL*
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posted on
02/25/2005 8:16:01 PM PST
by
cyborg
(http://mentalmumblings.blogspot.com/)
To: Cableguy
The Numa Numa kid is no doubt artistic. And artists are usually flighty. He probably desperately seeks attention but hates it for the greater meaning of his craft. They don't respect me. They don't love me. They love the Numa Numa Dance. I'm more than Numa. I won't be typecast or pigeon-holed. I'm Gary! Love me. Love me.
On a wholey unrelated subject when I read "..."Whenever there were computer problems, Gary [the Numa Numa Dance kid] and Corey would fix them for the school," she said..."
When I read this I immediately thought of the Gore Tax. We're linking schools to the internet using billions of dollars in grants for computer hardware, wiring, and the only ones that can fix the computers (and hack them) are the children, not the teachers. Isn't that like a student aiding the auto shop teacher after his car gets a flat, or a student finishing the chemical equation that the chemistry teacher doesn't understand, or a child showing the art teacher how the color wheel works?
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posted on
02/25/2005 8:21:06 PM PST
by
sully777
(It's like my momma always said, "Two wrongs don't make a right but two Wrights make an airplane.")
To: Cableguy
This kid needs a fan club. He is wonderful! Thanks for the link.
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posted on
02/25/2005 8:21:49 PM PST
by
Lady Jag
(Honor)
To: Slings and Arrows
Watch what you ask for, S&A. I'm one of dem 'bad' girls who would do such a thing. LOL
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posted on
02/25/2005 8:24:59 PM PST
by
arasina
(So there.)
To: Lady Jag
Is this cute or what? I have it bookmarked now. It's like watching Radar O'Reilly cut loose. LOL!!!
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posted on
02/25/2005 8:25:04 PM PST
by
wizardoz
(I'd still like to stuff the Washington memorial right up that Eiffel tower.)
To: Cableguy
Now THIS is a guy I could play D&D with!
Oh for the good old days..... /sigh
(You should note the lack of sarcasm.)
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posted on
02/25/2005 8:25:19 PM PST
by
Dr.Zoidberg
(Children classics updated for Islam, "Allah loves me this I know, For the Koran tells me to explode")
To: Cableguy
Hey, he was down with, and obviously having a good time...more power to him.
That being said, I'm glad there's no audio of me bellowing in the shower.
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posted on
02/25/2005 8:26:11 PM PST
by
506trooper
(No such thing as too much guns, ammo or fuel on board...unless you're on fire)
To: Cableguy
In a Dieter (Michale Meyer's character on SNL) sort of way, I thought he was pretty cool.
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posted on
02/25/2005 8:26:15 PM PST
by
tang-soo
(Prophecy of the Seventy Weeks - Read Daniel Chapter 9)
To: Dr.Zoidberg
Innocence. That's what we're missing and what this fellow is exhibiting.
It's happy and rousing...like a good Hava na gila!
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posted on
02/25/2005 8:27:55 PM PST
by
arasina
(So there.)
To: Cableguy
I'll say one thing, whether he regrets it or not now, he was having a ball when he made that video! He honestly had fun with that. He is probably a load of laughs to have a beer or two with.
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posted on
02/25/2005 8:28:55 PM PST
by
speed_addiction
(Ninja's last words, "Hey guys. Watch me just flip out on that big dude over there!")
To: arasina
The song's called 'Dragostea Din Tei'.
What a catchy song! I'll have it in my mind for ATLEAST THREE DAYS!!!
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posted on
02/25/2005 8:29:34 PM PST
by
CarrotAndStick
(The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
To: CarrotAndStick
Okay, so what does 'Dragostea Din Tei' translate to in English? Anyone?
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posted on
02/25/2005 8:30:53 PM PST
by
arasina
(So there.)
To: arasina
It's happy and rousing...like a good Hava na gila!My favorite all-time version of Hava Nagila is by speed surf guitar legend Dick Dale.
Imagine a surf-guitar version of Hava Nagila. Very campy.
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posted on
02/25/2005 8:31:35 PM PST
by
Petronski
(Zebras: Free Range Bar Codes of the Serengeti)
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; AZamericonnie; beachn4fun; bentfeather; Bethbg79; blackie; ...
Here's a cute one for ya. He's so hot everybody wants him! See post #1 for video (swf) link.
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posted on
02/25/2005 8:32:15 PM PST
by
Lady Jag
(Honor)
To: arasina
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posted on
02/25/2005 8:33:35 PM PST
by
CarrotAndStick
(The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
To: martin_fierro
I think SW kid had a more embarrassing video, but still, he did a pretty good imitation of Darth Maul.
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posted on
02/25/2005 8:33:35 PM PST
by
Brett66
(W1 W1 W1 W1 W1 W1 W1 W1)
To: Mount Athos
He's better than Milli Vanilli was....:)
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posted on
02/25/2005 8:33:47 PM PST
by
Salamander
(A stranger wandering an even stranger land.)
To: Petronski
Hava na gila sounds good to me with whatever instrument. It's kind of like true 'soul' music to me. But I'm a very strange person I suppose. :o)
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posted on
02/25/2005 8:34:53 PM PST
by
arasina
(So there.)
To: wizardoz
Not only did I bookmark it, it is save on my hard drive. It's cute, it's fresh . . . it's a great exercise tape (LOL!).
He should come out of hiding and make the circuit, get famous with some interviews.
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posted on
02/25/2005 8:35:16 PM PST
by
Lady Jag
(Honor)
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