"Her stunning, passionate performance was the talk of people across the world. Video circulated on YouTube and was viewed by thousands, every minute for days on end. Offers for TV appearances, movies, reality shows and promotions flooded in. She was an instant star. But enough about Chris Crocker. (What? You thought I was talking about Susan Boyle?)
You might be asking: who is Chris Crocker? Three words, for those who easily forget: Leave. Britney. Alone.
Just like Crocker (the self-proclaimed Queen of Ghetto) a few years ago, Susan Boyle is experiencing her own 15 minutes of fame. Her stunning, passionate performance on Britain’s Got Talent has been viewed tens of millions of times online. Offers for TV appearances, movies, reality shows and promotions have flooded in. She is an instant star, it seems.
Boyle, in fact, is merely the latest in a long line of Internet sensations, following the footsteps of Brian Collins ( aka “Boom goes the dynamite.”), Caitlin Upton (aka Miss Teen South Carolina) and Matt Harding (aka Where The Hell is Matt?), all of whom were here today and (almost) gone tomorrow.
Thanks to the ’net, though, they all live on at the click of our fingers. So, in honour of Boyle’s new-found (and, perhaps, fleeting) fame, I present the biggest and best Internet phenoms. (Just don’t expect to get much work done) . . ." Filed under: Dave Deibert, http://communities.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/blogs/ilovelamp/archive/2009/04/24/it-s-the-greatest-internet-videos-ever.aspx
You might be asking: who is Chris Crocker? Three words, for those who easily forget: Leave. Britney. Alone.
Just like Crocker (the self-proclaimed Queen of Ghetto) a few years ago, Susan Boyle is experiencing her own 15 minutes of fame. Her stunning, passionate performance on Britain’s Got Talent has been viewed tens of millions of times online. Offers for TV appearances, movies, reality shows and promotions have flooded in. She is an instant star, it seems.
Boyle, in fact, is merely the latest in a long line of Internet sensations, following the footsteps of Brian Collins ( aka “Boom goes the dynamite.”), Caitlin Upton (aka Miss Teen South Carolina) and Matt Harding (aka Where The Hell is Matt?), all of whom were here today and (almost) gone tomorrow.
Thanks to the ’net, though, they all live on at the click of our fingers. So, in honour of Boyle’s new-found (and, perhaps, fleeting) fame, I present the biggest and best Internet phenoms. (Just don’t expect to get much work done) . . ." Filed under: Dave Deibert, http://communities.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/blogs/ilovelamp/archive/2009/04/24/it-s-the-greatest-internet-videos-ever.aspx
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