4:37 of joy and happiness on this Friday morning

[underpants]

Where the hell is Matt?
http://www.vimeo.com/1211060

Yes mods this is cross-posted. What, you don't like with the happy? :-)

[PeaceNikki]

1. I love this.

Thanks. :)

[underpants]

4. You are welcome

[MissMillie]

2. you have no idea how much I needed that

I hope lizziegrace sees it.

[underpants]

3. Pretty cool huh?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Harding

he was a video game developer who came up with a game called "Destroy all humans!" and realized that there had to be something else to do with his life. The sponsorship came after the first homemade video and is limited. Basically he does it for the joy.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

5. where do I apply to be his camera man?

[redqueen]

6. You've been duped into being happy.

Because it's an ad campaign, it is bad and no one should be happy after watching it, much less pass it around.

I'm not sure how exactly that works, but I learned it on DU!

[MrCoffee]

8. You know what I have to say to those people?

"Have some gum and shut the hell up."

[underpants]

9. No

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Harding

he was a video game developer who came up with a game called "Destroy all humans!" and realized that there had to be something else to do with his life. The sponsorship came after the first homemade video and is limited. Basically he does it for the joy.

[underpants]

11. NO

As I watched, I couldn’t help but wonder when the sponsor’s ad was going to appear. What are they trying to sell? A video like this needs funding, right?

Well, the sponsor was finally listed in the final 2.5 seconds, after the credits.

This is an incredible (and commendable) show of restraint by the sponsor, I’d say. Given the nature of the video, I’d argue they’ve built significant good will.

http://responsiblemarketing.com/blog/?tag=matt-harding

[underpants]

12. No

Stride is the chewing-gum company that underwrote Matt's last two expeditions, just because they thought his ideas were kind of funny. McGrath marvels at the anti-advertising advertising that ensues: "Amazingly, in this era of shameless commercial tie-ins, Mr. Harding is not obliged to wear a Stride T-shirt or deliver a little pitch for the product."

But Stride has the last laugh! First of all, it cultivates the image of itself as the model of a modern company, funding the excursions of fun-loving goofballs, while getting its brand name in front of 4 million viewers (and plenty of New York Times readers). (On the other hand, they've likely now had to field pitches from scores of other slackers with their own bright ideas of ways to spend Stride's money.) Plus, it sort of seems like maybe Matt Harding is — if unconsciously — delivering little pitches for the product that sent him around the world. "I’m happy with what there is," he tells McGrath when asked if another Web video lies in his future. "I don’t want to pop the bubble."

http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2008/07/youtube_dancer_matt_harding_ta.html

[redqueen]

13. Those dancers were paid with bracelets with Stride's logo on them.

That's exploitation! They've all been duped!

We're all being played for suckers, being made happy by Stride's capitalist, exploitative propaganda! :o

[underpants]

14. Oh yeah I was wondering why I *SO* wanted some Stride gum

must have been from those bracelets that I didn't even notice

:P

:bounce:

[redqueen]

15. They got you!

:o

Do you see now how they do it? How they get you? Open your eyes, man!
















:P :D

[Rhythm]

7. Beautiful... thank you...

Just when i come close to losing what faith i have in humanity... this.

[KitchenWitch]

10. Wow

:D:D:D:D