Sesame Street Takes “On” Old Spice Guy Dan Koelsch, October 9, 2010 Between the Muppet viral videos and Sesame Street’s YouTube page, Jim Henson’s legacy continues to stay modern. Despite a controversial Katy Perry video, Sesame Street isn’t backing away from pop culture now, as Grover talks about the word “on” while imitating the Old Spice Guy commercials that have become their own meme. Watch the video after the break. This is one of the funniest clips I’ve ever seen of Sesame Street, and Grover’s last line and the look on his face are priceless. Viral Marketing Viral Videos Old SpiceSesame StreetThe MuppetsViral video
$300 YouTube Video Lands Filmmaker a $30 Million Movie Deal December 19, 2009December 19, 2009How’s this for the power of the Internet? Federico Alvarez, a Uraguayan filmmaker, posted a video on YouTube in early November titled “Ataque de Panico” (Panic Attack), and within days received a slue of offers from Hollywood studios to make a feature length film. He eventually settled with Ghost House… Read More
Brace Yourself, The Year-End Film Mash-Up Videos Are Coming December 5, 2011December 5, 2011Around this time every year, at least since uploading videos to the Internet became common, we start to see many mash-up videos that are a compilation of the movies that came out that year. This year looks to be no exception as we have our first video, titled “The 2011… Read More
American Idol Audition Clip Goes Viral, Gets Parodied January 15, 2010January 15, 2010Since there has been a YouTube, there has always been an outlet for television clips that would otherwise go unnoticed and wash away into the abyss. Sometimes it can be hurtful to a television show to have clips leak online, but usually it’s a great way to get more eyes… Read More
My wife commented that she wondered what Old Spice thought of this. I said, “Sesame Street does what Sesame Street wants to do. Everyone else just goes with it.”