BuzzFeed - Buzz Tagged "viral video" http://www.buzzfeed.com BuzzFeed, Find Your New Favorite Thing en Copyright 2012 BuzzFeed, Inc. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:18:21 -0500 editor@buzzfeed.com (http://www.buzzfeed.com/about) info@buzzfeed.com (http://www.buzzfeed.com/about) Marcel The Shell: The Book http://www.buzzfeed.com/sly/marcel-the-shell-the-book

Marcel, the little guy with an exoskeleton who charmed the internet with his debut video Marcel the Shell with Shoes On , has made the leap from viral video star to children's book author. Marcel The Shell With Shoes On: Things About Me is due out Nov 1 and looks like it will be a thimbleful of adorableness.

The Best Links:

  1. Jezebel Interview with Marcel the Shell authors
  2. Marcel the Shell Artwork by Amy Lind

Via: jezebel.com

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/sly/marcel-the-shell-the-book Mon, 03 Oct 2011 15:05:28 -0400 <b>Marcel, the little guy with an exoskeleton who charmed the internet with his debut video <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/awesomer/marcel-the-shell-with-shoes-on">Marcel the Shell with Shoes On</a>, has made the leap from viral video star to children&#39;s book author.</b> <i>Marcel The Shell With Shoes On: Things About Me</i> is due out Nov 1 and looks like it will be a thimbleful of adorableness. sly nonadult The BuzzFeed Interview: The Chuck Testa Phenomenon http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrismenning/buzzfeed-interviews-chuck-testa-rhett-and-link How did Chuck Testa's local TV spot turn into a full-fledged participatory meme ? And does Chuck Testa even know what a meme is? I asked the man himself, as well as the guys behind his commercial — producers Rhett and Link — to see if they could help shed some light on the road to viral fame.

Chuck Testa was only looking for a low budget, local TV ad to promote his taxidermy business. He ended up becoming an Internet legend.

The campy ad for his Ojai, CA, taxidermy business, with its meme-ready "Nope, it's Chuck Testa" refrain, has been online for months, but a post on Reddit last week brought it to the point of virality.

It was a huge surprise for Testa, but Rhett and Link have an established track record of making videos and commercials that rack up hundreds of thousands, if not millions of views. It's that proven record of going viral that earned them their own TV show, "Commercial Kings," on IFC. Although their videos go viral regularly, its not every day that one of their spots becomes an internet meme in its own right.

Source: youtube.com

BuzzFeed: Your commercial has made you into something of a star on the web. How has becoming an Internet meme impacted your business?

Chuck Testa: It happened so fast. I haven’t really gotten new clients since the commercial. I mean, I’ve been doing this for years, and the Internet has changed things for taxidermy already. When I started it used to be really competitive. If you ran into another guy who was in the business you’d compete over everything. Now everybody’s sharing their techniques and teaching each other. So I’ve seen how that’s changed things. I’ve had a lot of clients and done a lot of really good projects for public displays and universities.

BuzzFeed: Had you seen many viral videos before this?

Chuck Testa: Let me put it to you this way. I don’t even have a cell phone. I hadn’t even heard the word, what do you call them? Mimes? Memes?

BuzzFeed: Yup. Memes.

Chuck Testa: (laughs) Yeah, they’re fun. I didn’t even know this kind of thing existed, but I love seeing all the pictures and the positive support from everybody.

Chuck Testa Interrupts The Emperor

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrismenning/buzzfeed-interviews-chuck-testa-rhett-and-link Thu, 22 Sep 2011 10:11:51 -0400 <b>How did Chuck Testa&#39;s local TV spot turn into a <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/jpmoore/meme-alert-the-10-best-examples-of-chuck-testas">full-fledged participatory meme</a>?</b> And does Chuck Testa even know what a meme is? I asked the man himself, as well as the guys behind his commercial -- producers Rhett and Link -- to see if they could help shed some light on the road to viral fame. chrismenning nonadult Chuck Testa was only looking for a low budget, local TV ad to promote his taxidermy business. He ended up becoming an Internet legend. The campy ad for his Ojai, CA, taxidermy business, with its meme-ready "Nope, it&#39;s Chuck Testa" refrain, has been online for months, but a post on Reddit last week brought it to the point of virality. It was a huge surprise for Testa, but Rhett and Link have an established track record of making videos and commercials that rack up hundreds of thousands, if not millions of views. It&#39;s that proven record of going viral that earned them their own TV show, "Commercial Kings," on IFC. Although their videos go viral regularly, its not every day that one of their spots becomes an internet meme in its own right. nonadult nonadult <b>BuzzFeed:</b> Your commercial has made you into something of a star on the web. How has becoming an <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/jpmoore/meme-alert-the-10-best-examples-of-chuck-testas">Internet meme</a> impacted your business? <b>Chuck Testa:</b> It happened so fast. I haven&rsquo;t really gotten new clients since the commercial. I mean, I&rsquo;ve been doing this for years, and the Internet has changed things for taxidermy already. When I started it used to be really competitive. If you ran into another guy who was in the business you&rsquo;d compete over everything. Now everybody&rsquo;s sharing their techniques and teaching each other. So I&rsquo;ve seen how that&rsquo;s changed things. I&rsquo;ve had a lot of clients and done a lot of really good projects for public displays and universities. <b>BuzzFeed:</b> Had you seen many viral videos before this? <b>Chuck Testa:</b> Let me put it to you this way. I don&rsquo;t even have a cell phone. I hadn&rsquo;t even heard the word, what do you call them? Mimes? Memes? <b>BuzzFeed:</b> Yup. Memes. <b>Chuck Testa:</b> (laughs) Yeah, they&rsquo;re fun. I didn&rsquo;t even know this kind of thing existed, but I love seeing all the pictures and the positive support from everybody. nonadult <i>Chuck Testa Interrupts The Emperor</i> nonadult <b>BuzzFeed:</b> You do some impressive work. In that ad I saw a Cheetah... <b>Chuck Testa:</b> A leopard. <b>BuzzFeed:</b> Yeah a leopard, a rhino... What are some of the most exotic or out-of-the-ordinary requests you&rsquo;ve received in your time as a taxidermist? <b>Chuck Testa:</b> Well, you know the leopard was at one of my clients&rsquo; houses. The rhino&rsquo;s a long story. Rhett and Link, they don&rsquo;t have a lot of people. So, You know, three guys lugging those things around to the deer lodge... (laughs) <b>BuzzFeed:</b> What would you say is the most bizarre thing someone has asked you to mount? <b>Chuck Testa:</b> Oh well, sometimes I&#39;ll get someone asking if I can do their grandmother. <b>BuzzFeed:</b> Do their grandmother? <b>Chuck Testa:</b> Yup. nonadult nonadult <b>BuzzFeed:</b> The episode of &ldquo;Commercial Kings&rdquo; with Chuck Testa&rsquo;s Ojai Valley Taxidermy ad first aired back in July, right? <b>Rhett:</b> Yeah, I believe it was one of the first episodes of the season which began in July. As for the delay between airing and the meme...What we do is we make a local commercial for free, which we then include as a part of the show, and we give it to the client. We upload some of the commercials to our <a href="%E2%80%9Dhttp://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE5E7F99D70D6C2A2&amp;feature=plcp%E2%80%9D">YouTube channel</a>, but not all the time. I mean, people see this funny video online, and then they see that it was made by a couple of comedians, and they sometimes assume that it&rsquo;s just a sketch. But these are real commercials for real businesses. In August, [Chuck] made the decision to upload the commercial to <a href="%E2%80%9Dhttp://www.youtube.com/user/ojaivalleytaxidermy%E2%80%9D">his own YouTube channel</a>, and it slowly gathered some views. And then another four weeks passed, and someone <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/kg4ur/this_is_probably_the_funniest_lowbudget/">uploaded it to Reddit</a> where it really became what it has become. nonadult <i>Epic and Honest Mobile Home Commercial</i> nonadult <b>BuzzFeed:</b> Were you hoping that the punchline -- <a href="%E2%80%9Dhttp://www.buzzfeed.com/jpmoore/meme-alert-the-10-best-examples-of-chuck-testas%E2%80%9D">&ldquo;Nope, it&rsquo;s Chuck Testa&rdquo;</a> -- would turn into the kind of thing that people would quote themselves and incorporate into their own jokes? Were you aiming to make a meme? <b>Link:</b> We definitely scripted and conceptualized the repetition of the &ldquo;Nope, it&rsquo;s Chuck Testa&rdquo; line in a way that people would find funny. I had the concept but we did not anticipate how people would react. That said, what we&rsquo;ve learned from this experience will definitely inform how we make commercials in the future. I couldn&rsquo;t predict how Chuck would say &ldquo;Nope.&rdquo; I had an idea for how I wanted him to sound, and we got there, but the online reaction is the kind of stuff, what people do with it, that you can&rsquo;t predict. <b>Rhett:</b> The approach is always to make something that people latch onto. <b>BuzzFeed:</b> A lot of people don&rsquo;t want to get laughed at, but you find a way to get people to laugh at themselves, bringing them in on the joke in a way that they might not have been comfortable with before. <b>Rhett:</b> If we were to pick one of the best, it was Robert Lee, the owner of Cullman Liquidation. We won some advertising awards for that one. I think it was Ad Age Magazine that called it the Best Ad of the Year. <b>Link:</b> I read in another article recently that if Robert Lee had a catchphrase like Chuck Testa, it would have been even bigger. I mean, that ad earned over 2 million views, and Chuck Testa got over three million in just a few days, plus it grew into this big meme. I think that had we designed the ad with a catch phrase like Chuck&rsquo;s it might have been... well... even bigger. nonadult nonadult nonadult Full House On Acid http://www.buzzfeed.com/provincialelitist/full-house-on-acid

I want to marry this video.

Via: blog.suchmann.com

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/provincialelitist/full-house-on-acid Wed, 21 Sep 2011 11:14:07 -0400 <b>I want to marry this video.</b> provincialelitist nonadult NYPD Gone Wild http://www.buzzfeed.com/provincialelitist/nypd-gone-wild

Some fun-lovin' NYPD officers are caught on video doing some “daggering ” at Brooklyn's West Indian-American Day Carnival.

Source: nypost.com  /  via: gothamist.com

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/provincialelitist/nypd-gone-wild Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:14:02 -0400 <b>Some fun-lovin&#39; NYPD officers are caught on video doing some <a href="http://www.hulu.com/watch/263871/parks-and-recreation-the-complete-jean-ralphio">"daggering</a>" at Brooklyn&#39;s West Indian-American Day Carnival.</b> provincialelitist nonadult Bystanders Lift Burning Car To Save Trapped Motorcyclist http://www.buzzfeed.com/provincialelitist/bystanders-lift-burning-car-to-save-trapped-motorc The two people doing the play-by-play during the recording of this video really should have left the mic off.

Via: mediaite.com

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/provincialelitist/bystanders-lift-burning-car-to-save-trapped-motorc Tue, 13 Sep 2011 12:22:11 -0400 <b>The two people doing the play-by-play during the recording of this video really should have left the mic off.</b> provincialelitist nonadult nonadult nonadult Serena Williams Loses It, Calls Umpire A 'Hater' http://www.buzzfeed.com/provincialelitist/serena-williams-loses-it-calls-umpire-a-hater Williams loses a point for yelling and then loses her cool during the changeover. She ended up losing the U.S. Open Championship to Samantha Stosur, by the by.

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/provincialelitist/serena-williams-loses-it-calls-umpire-a-hater Mon, 12 Sep 2011 07:10:48 -0400 <b>Williams loses a point for yelling and then loses her cool during the changeover.</b> She ended up losing the U.S. Open Championship to Samantha Stosur, by the by. provincialelitist nonadult Boehner And Biden Get Chummy Over Golf And Barbarians http://www.buzzfeed.com/provincialelitist/boehner-and-biden-get-chummy-over-golf-barbarians

ABC News captured a 'hot mic' moment with the VP and the Speaker last night before Obama's big jobs speech. If you enjoy watching two old rich guys do the alpha male handshake and talk about golf then this video is for you!

Via: huffingtonpost.com

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/provincialelitist/boehner-and-biden-get-chummy-over-golf-barbarians Fri, 09 Sep 2011 17:31:10 -0400 <b>ABC News captured a &#39;hot mic&#39; moment with the VP and the Speaker last night before Obama&#39;s big jobs speech.</b> If you enjoy watching two old rich guys do the alpha male handshake and talk about golf then this video is for you! provincialelitist nonadult Oprah Vs. The Yelling Goat http://www.buzzfeed.com/mrbabyman/oprah-the-yelling-goat-b7t

You get a laugh! And you get a laugh! And you, and you…everybody gets a laugh!

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/mrbabyman/oprah-the-yelling-goat-b7t Fri, 02 Sep 2011 10:29:26 -0400 <b>You get a laugh! And you get a laugh! And you, and you...everybody gets a laugh!</b> mrbabyman nonadult How To Explain What A Meme Is In One Image http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrismenning/how-to-explain-what-a-meme-is-in-one-image

Sick and tired of people calling any and every image macro or Rage cartoon a meme? Show them this image and they should finally get it once and for all.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrismenning/how-to-explain-what-a-meme-is-in-one-image Thu, 28 Jul 2011 14:03:32 -0400 <b>Sick and tired of people calling any and every image macro or Rage cartoon a meme?</b> Show them this image and they should finally get it once and for all. chrismenning nonadult Two Girls On The Kiss Cam http://www.buzzfeed.com/provincialelitist/two-girls-on-the-kiss-cam

OMG, will they or won't they?!?! (via SportsGrid )

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/provincialelitist/two-girls-on-the-kiss-cam Fri, 15 Apr 2011 13:02:11 -0400 OMG, will they or won&#39;t they?!?! (via <a href="http://www.sportsgrid.com/media/two-girls-on-kiss-cam-video/">SportsGrid</a>) provincialelitist nonadult How To Go Viral: What Spreads Where? http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrismenning/how-to-go-viral-what-spreads-where BuzzFeed founder Jonah Peretti is on stage right now giving a talk on “How To Go Viral” at the Respect The Internet event . Here's what he is presenting…

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrismenning/how-to-go-viral-what-spreads-where Fri, 03 Dec 2010 14:15:21 -0500 <b>BuzzFeed founder Jonah Peretti is on stage right now giving a talk on "How To Go Viral" at the <a href="http://newsroom.ketchum.com/events/ketchum-hosts-respect-internet-event-and-webinar-dec-3">Respect The Internet</a> event</b>. Here&#39;s what he is presenting... chrismenning nonadult Devo Records An Ode To &#39;Don&#39;t Tase Me Bro&#39; http://www.buzzfeed.com/bigcrush/devo-records-an-ode-to-dont-tase-me-bro

Devo's awesome new track 'Don't Shoot (I'm A Man)' actually features a chorus dedicated to the viral video 'Don't Tase Me Bro .' I think it's safe to say tasing is the 21st century version of whipping it .

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/bigcrush/devo-records-an-ode-to-dont-tase-me-bro Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:09:11 -0400 <b>Devo&#39;s awesome new track &#39;Don&#39;t Shoot (I&#39;m A Man)&#39; actually features a chorus dedicated to the viral video <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bVa6jn4rpE">&#39;Don&#39;t Tase Me Bro</a>.&#39;</b> I think it&#39;s safe to say tasing is the 21st century version of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xbt30UnzRWw">whipping it</a>. bigcrush nonadult How To Go Viral http://www.buzzfeed.com/awesomer/how-to-go-viral

In order to help people get the most out of their posts for Feed Battle , here are the BuzzFeed editors' favorite tricks for making things go viral. Just remember, with great power comes great responsibility.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/awesomer/how-to-go-viral Wed, 07 Apr 2010 15:15:11 -0400 <b>In order to help people get the most out of their posts for <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/feedbattle">Feed Battle</a>, here are the BuzzFeed editors&#39; favorite tricks for making things go viral.</b> Just remember, with great power comes great responsibility. awesomer nonadult Terry Tate's Journal Of Pain http://www.buzzfeed.com/scott/terry-tates-journal-of-pain

In a new cut of Sarah Palin’s interview with Katie Couric, the governor gets a brand new subscription (go ahead and skip to about the 40 second mark).

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/scott/terry-tates-journal-of-pain Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:11:48 -0400 In a new cut of Sarah Palin's interview with Katie Couric, the governor gets a brand new subscription (go ahead and skip to about the 40 second mark). scott nonadult "Hot Live Chat" The Musical http://www.buzzfeed.com/peggy/hot-live-chat-the-musical

Girls in a whore cam live chat enact a musical.

The Best Links:

  1. Watch the First Episode: Hot Live Chat #1
]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/peggy/hot-live-chat-the-musical Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:08:54 -0400 Girls in a whore cam live chat enact a musical. peggy adult Nancy Grace: FAIL http://www.buzzfeed.com/eliot/nancy-grace-fail

The CNN sqwawkbox gets owned on her own podcast… by her own staff!

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/eliot/nancy-grace-fail Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:16:45 -0400 The CNN sqwawkbox gets owned on her own podcast...<i>by her own staff!</i> eliot nonadult If Fonts Were People http://www.buzzfeed.com/blanca/if-fonts-were-people

Font Conference is a witty viral video that transforms fonts into people based on their style and significance in the world of word processing.

The Best Links:

  1. Watch “Font Conference”
]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/blanca/if-fonts-were-people Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:53:27 -0400 <i>Font Conference</i> is a witty viral video that transforms fonts into people based on their style and significance in the world of word processing. blanca nonadult Dating On Demand http://www.buzzfeed.com/peggy/dating-on-demand

A national VOD service offered by cable provider Comcast that airs three to five minute-long profiles of those who are single and looking.

The Best Links:

  1. Singles Take On-air Shot at Love With Comcast’s Dating On Demand
  2. Dating on Demand is Fodder for YouTube GOLD - Some Favorite Clips
  3. Dating On Demand - Official Website - Upload a Video and Get Started!
  4. YouTube - Dating On Demand - Trenita
]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/peggy/dating-on-demand Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:27:44 -0400 A national VOD service offered by cable provider Comcast that airs three to five minute-long profiles of those who are single and looking. peggy nonadult Dr. Horrible http://www.buzzfeed.com/peggy/dr-horrible

The first trailer from Joss Whedon’s web-only super-villain musical Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog has officially landed.

The Best Links:

  1. Mathematically Improbable that This Will Suck
  2. Hardcore Whedon Fans Comment On Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog - the Comic Book.
  3. Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog on MySpace
  4. Something Good DID Come out of the Writer’s Strike
  5. Dr. Horrible: The Official Website
  6. Watch the Teaser on Vimeo
]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/peggy/dr-horrible Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:40:48 -0400 The first trailer from Joss Whedon's web-only super-villain musical <i>Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog</i> has officially landed. peggy nonadult Stripper Fail http://www.buzzfeed.com/peggy/stripper-fail

Watch for the M. Night Shyamalan style surprise ending (hint: it involves FAILURE).

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/peggy/stripper-fail Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:46:57 -0400 Watch for the M. Night Shyamalan style surprise ending (hint: it involves FAILURE). peggy adult