Where Are They Now: 6 "Stars" of Embarrassing Viral Videos
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Melissa Sander, Grape-Stomper
If you haven't seen the video ...
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Her walrus-like screams, while obviously amusing to her co-workers in the studio, seemed to indicate a serious injury. Everywhere this video appears, there's somebody in the comment section claiming Sander broke several ribs and almost died, presumably because they think it's funnier that way. But people at the winery where she fell said she was fine and oh-by-the-way it was basically her fault because they chose to film facing the side without railings. According to bloggers who've tried to track her down, shortly after the incident Sander left Atlanta for Albany, which we're sure had nothing to do with the fact that the in-studio reporters were barely holding back giggles at her pained yodeling. Her bio page at Albany ...
... makes no mention of a near-death experience due to a pierced lung, which further supports the fact that she probably just had the wind knocked out of her on the fall. In fact, while the bio mentions her time at WAGA-TV, it makes no mention that she's the grape-stomping lady, which is like a biography of Kobe Bryant forgetting to mention he plays basketball.
Sander is no longer at that job, and has pretty much dropped off the grid. If her post-stomping career trajectory remained on the path it was following when she went from "live feature reporter for Good Day Atlanta" to "weekend meteorologist" in Albany, she's probably in a small market busily not being allowed on television. We're not sure why she'd be so secretive, all we want to do is follow her around town shouting "Grape Lady!" and imitating that horrible sound. #2.
Lee Paige, Glock .40 Expert
If you haven't seen the video ...
The Rest of the Story: Paige's injury was not life-threatening, but that's only because another bullet in his pocket stopped the fired round from hitting his femoral artery. So it was probably a millimeter away from making that bullet discharge, at which point we like to think it would have gone flying out of his pants, ricocheting around the room until it came back to hit him in his ass.
The DEA immediately suspended Paige's pay for five days, and according to Paige and his lawyer, took possession of the videotape. A short time later, the clip found its way onto the internet and became a viral video hit, which would seem to imply that once again some nameless person risked their job for a chance to entertain the internet. Paige filed suit against the DEA, claiming they "improperly, illegally, willfully and/or intentionally" allowed the footage to become public, pointing out that he really can't do undercover work any more since most of the computer-owning world knows his face. Though it seems like having the reputation as being bulletproof can't hurt (he continued giving his lecture after taking the shot).
In the lawsuit, Paige was also claiming the video harmed his reputation as "one of the best undercover agents, if not the best, in the DEA." No, we're not making that up. The man who took a bullet the last time he made such a boast was right back to his braggart ways. Does fate need to shoot you a second time, Mr. Paige? #1.
Mark A. Hicks, Afro Ninja
If you haven't seen the video ...
Oh yes, that. You attempt a complicated stunt and flub it badly, careening across the room like a drunken imbecile. Such was the case of Mark A. Hicks, who is better known by his internet-appointed nickname: Afro Ninja.
The Rest of the Story:
All sorts of back stories have been invented for the clip, but it was actually an audition for this Nike commercial. And get this: Hicks got the job.
Still, the Afro Ninja clip hurt his career (he believes it's the reason he didn't get the call to work on Rush Hour 3) since those who have seen the video are reluctant to hire a guy best known for perfectly executing a face plant. Unless that happens to be what they need, and as far as we're concerned you don't really see enough of those in movies these days. Hicks started to turn things around by embracing his internet alter ego, he got hired by Hewlett Packard to do a spoof of the video (he had to recreate the face plant in a studio) and recently appeared in a Weezer video doing the same stunt. Still, his IMDB page says he has plenty of stunt work lined up, so it's not like he's completely shed of his dignity. Wait, did we mention he's producing an Afro Ninja movie?
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I love Mr. Glock Fo-tay, butt of the joke on every gun forum in existence. He absolutely cracks me up. I still feel bad for the kids in that room though, bet their ears were ringing for hours.
He really needs a refresher course on safe gun handling.
Synner, pardon my reference to youn in my previous post. It was actually meant for Yaridovich.
Synner, there are actually two professional soccer players who go by the name of Ronaldo. One, once a brilliant player for a few European clubs, is now a lot heavier than he used to be and is with Corinthians in Brazil.
Cristiano Ronaldo plays for Manchester United in England and holds the current best player in the world crown. When people talk about Ronaldo these days they are likely referring to him.
Ronaldinho is NOT a nickname for either Ronaldo. Ronaldinho is a different man altogether and currently plays for AC Milan in Italy. Google them all and you will find I am correct.
juju69: I can safely say you are a moron. This guy was an undercover DEA agent, so my point is HE HAD THE TRAINING MORON.
A trained officer should NOT put his finger anywhere on the trigger, not only that, he was in a class full of children, which Danger response was he reacting to that he instinctively went to the trigger? He was a showoff a*****e is exactly the point I was making and if he was so "qualified" to use the weapon, he shouldn't have had any chance of a discharge occurring. There were several people beneath you who posted that Glocks have NO safety whatsoever and are essentially accidents waiting to happen. Also, what moron pulls out a weapon to show anyone without dropping the mag and clearing the barrel. Maybe he needs a refresher on the 4 basic firearm rules:
Treat every weapon as if it were loaded.
Never point at anything you do not intend to shoot.
Keep weapon on safe until ready to fire.
Keep finger off Trigger and out of the trigger guard until ready to fire.
Frankly this man should have had his weapon and badge stripped from him and been given some equipment he could more safely handle, like a mop and bucket, but to blame the gun design is retarded.
This reminds me of two recent viral videos that were recently released on Youtube.
The first one is about people on the streets being asked about the performance of the famous soccer player Ronaldo (also known as "Ronaldinho" or "Ronaldo Fenômeno", which would translate to "Ronaldo Phenomenom"). One of the men in the interview only replied "ronaldo" to the question, which made absolutely no sense at all and thus became something to joke about.
The second one was about a guy named Milton, who is also know in the Internet as "Universal Guardian". In a small town in Brazil, a man who Milton claims to be a wife-and-children-beater was attacked by Milton with a knife and nearly lost his ear. A reporter went to the man's home to interview him about the attack and the man claimed Milton was a satanist, and suddenly, Milton himself shows up. The reporter them interviews Milton about what happened, and Milton answered with about 3 of 4 minutes of a big load of nonsense crap. He even used Exterminator as an argument for attacking the man. After blabbering a lot of nonsense, he was suddenly attacked by one of the man's relatives, who I think must be his brother, and then the man himself (the one with the injured ear) joins the fight and hits Milton in the head with a hammer. One of the women in the house gets desperate and tells Milton to leave, while Milton bleeds badly from the wound in his head, and even that doesn't stop him from spitting out his nonsense crap. Even a friend of Milton, who didn't have anything to do with the confusion, somehow got hit in the middle of the fight and was bleeding badly too.
Milton also recorded some short-length videos talking about all the crap he has in mind and showing off some lameass moves like he's some brazilian version of Bruce Lee.
Even though Milton's intentions was good - he wanted to protect a woman and her daughters from an abusive father - the stupid things he was talking about and his agressive way of solving his problems transformed him into one of Brazil's biggest jokes.
The Afro Ninja movie looks so freakin awesomely bad that I really really have to see it!
where the f**k is Bunny the Tap Dance? besides haunting my dreams every single night and every single time I see skinny legs in oiled up oxfords.
Irony aside, dude #2 redeemed himself by doing a Teddy Roosevelt, imo.
When I see #6, I would say the problem is not Aleksey Vayner being a douchebag (which he obviously is), or investing so much time, money and effort to demonstrate his douchebaggery in every little detail. At least, he made a fool of himself and didn't get the job.
No - the problem in today's world is all these little Aleksey Vayners who actually *get* hired. I'm sure everyone knows one or two at his/her job. Or more, depending on the company.
Knowing this, it becomes easy to understand why the economy is going down the drain.
i love how they charged the taser guy with two things he did after the police confronted him
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now why the hell had i never seen that weezer video before? wait don't post that, s**t too late
Taserboy screwed it up. He should have said something like:
"MOMMY! HELP!"
"Make me squeal like a pig!"
"Free donuts at the Krusty Kreme!"
juju
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Synner read the comment b4 you call people morons. Your finger DOES instinctively go to the trigger, thats why you train to overcome your tendency, HENCE my original "It is a function of training to overcome this" comment. Every1 has a tendency in crisis to "Lock on" to the threat. This is called target focus. It is a result of the primal aspects of your brain taking precedence over higher brain functions when involved in a situation where you are under stress. It is why people make bad decisions in these type of situations. When the "Primal" aspects of your brain take over, motor skills suffer as a result and you are significantly less aware of where your fingers and other things are.In conclusion even if you are trained you still have a subconcious tendency to place your finger on the trigger. Its why you train to counter that. You will also be quite unaware that your finger is on the trigger, often when it does occur you will become aware as the threat subsides and your brain returns to a more normal resting state and higher brain function comes back into play that your finger has been on the trigger the whole time.
Dont just repeat other peoples comments saying the same thing as them and then criticise them. You should UNDERSTAND what another person says before you call them morons.
Synner you are the moron!
I might not be the first to mention this, but, the Grape Stomping Lady should win hands down, seeing as the kind folks at 'Family Guy' turned that clip into a wonderful parody featuring Stewie. Very funny stuff.
disturbing the peace? the guy asked a question at a forum. and it wasnt even like he just shouted it out randomly, he was at the microphone. and resisting an officer? the officers had no reason to touch him in the first place. trumped up bull s**t. i woulda faught that to the bitter end.
i would have liked to have seen star wars kid in this list
Afro Ninja Destiny is going to be the biggest thing since Snakes on a Plane.
#4 is confusing as hell. First of it shows a video of dude getting bit by a snake, which is clearly identified as a snake in said video, and then goes on to talk about getting bit by geckos and lizards and shows a picture of some dude that is not featured in the video. Nice one cracked.
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