Dean's World

The New York Times has a great article about an average shmoe (and we DO mean "shmoe") who did a video of himself looking truly dorky lip syncing a Romanian folk song and how it has now gotten totally out of hand.

He decided to put his truly hilarious (almost professional looking) lip sync on the Internet. It was linked, and now he has become a monster celebrity, getting invitations from the network morning news shows, etc. Today he wants to get away from his new found fame as a overweight guy in a waving his arms and making faces and generally looking screamingly lame:

He has now sought refuge from his fame in his family's small house on a gritty street in Saddle Brook. He has stopped taking phone calls from the news media, including The New York Times. He canceled an appearance on NBC's "Today." According to his relatives, he mopes around the house.

The Times did some impressive reporting on this vital story, too:

"I don't know what's wrong with him," his grandfather, Kalman Telkes, a Hungarian immigrant, said the other day while taking out the trash.

You can see this classic video here (click on WATCH THIS MOVIE...Then Click on Watch Without Subtitles or Watch With Subtitles. Their "Original Version" has some adult stuff and other material inserted. Not as funny as Watch Withouth Subtitles so skip it) and remember: this could be YOU...

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Mike C (AKA Walter Sobchak) (mail):

That is just gobsmackingly hilarious.

2.26.2005 4:56pm

Christiana E. (mail) (www):

I feel really bad for him. I mean, I put the video on my own site as well, and really enjoyed it. Not in the sense that I was making fun of him, but because it's exactly the sort of thing that we've all done when we thought no one was looking. He's a bit of a geek, but then, so am I, and I thought he was really appealing, if a bit goofy, in that video. I'm sorry to hear that he isn't able to enjoy his 15 minutes in the spotlight.

2.26.2005 5:06pm

dgb (mail) (www):

I saw this from Jonah Goldberg, maybe a month, month and-a-half ago and I thought that this kid was one of the funniest people I have ever seen. What got to me was his unbridled joy at sitting in his room and lipsyching to this catchy tune. I couldn't take my eyes off him and ended up spending way too much time watching his video over and over. Christiana's so right: who hasn't done exactly the same thing?

Come back to us, Mr. Brolsma. We could all use a little bit of that dancing.

2.26.2005 5:28pm

jlb (www):

That's hilarious! I went ahead and watched the subtitled one after watching it without and discovered that the word that they spelled "haiduc" is pronounced the same as a friend of mine's last name which is spelled "hajduk". They translated it as "outlaw" - boy I am going to have fun teasing him now!
jan

2.26.2005 8:41pm

punkmom (www):

This is awesome. I don't know why he's embarrassed, I really, honestly, think it's a cool web video. And very addictive! I guess maybe he feels like he's another William Hung and people are laughing at him. I mean, I laugh, but it seems the intent is to be a fun thing, he seems to be having a lot of fun. I can see why it was such a hit, and I, too, wish he was enjoying his 15 minutes.

2.26.2005 8:49pm

I've got a bigger version of the video on my site, along with a few other links associated with the song, if anyone is interested. You can also save the flash file onto your hard drive from there. It's right here, if anyone is interested.

2.26.2005 8:59pm

Dan Riehl (mail) (www):

I linked to that a while back, too. Ha. Didn't realize he had gotten this kind of attention, or that he was so close. Saddle Brook is only about 20 minutes form me.

2.26.2005 11:57pm

Dean Esmay (www):

He shouldn't be embarassed. It's hilarious, and well-done.

I think maybe he's young and sensitive about being teased. Too bad. If I'd done something like that I'd show everyone. Life's too short to be so self-conscious. (But I admit that if I were in my early 20s I probably would be pretty uptight too.)

2.27.2005 12:29am

Jim Ausman (mail):

I actually think he is proud of himself. If you go to his website, he has a link to it. Good for him!

2.27.2005 5:32pm