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June 2, 2009

What One Man Can Dance Another Can Dance

Watch it all. Every drop.

At first you assume that this is just another surreptitiously recorded video of a man making a fool of himself in a public setting. "Surely," you think, "it is only a matter of time before he gets naked and tazed." But that is not what this is. What this is is a reminder that we all hold within our tiny shorts the power to change the world. All it takes is one man carrying the torch of the party alone with grit and determination, to START A FIRE! Let's paint, exercise, and have an impromptu dance party. We can do it all! (Thanks for the tip, Michael.)

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Don Draper

if guy b did not now guy a then i give guy b all the credit for starting this revolution of a dance party. cause if i didnt know guy a there is no way i would start dancing with his shirtlessness all over.

Posted by: Don Draper profile link at 06/02/09 12:53 PM | Reply
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Calliwell

How dare you ruin Dick Whitman's new identity with your horrible typing!

Posted by: Calliwell profile link in reply to Don Draper's comment at 06/02/09 1:26 PM | Reply
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Don Draper

horrible typing? not even close to da cake eatur....

Posted by: Don Draper profile link in reply to Calliwell's comment at 06/09/09 2:10 PM | Reply
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Da Cake Eatur strikes again, I suppose.

Posted by: joshua in reply to Don Draper's comment at 06/02/09 4:11 PM | Reply
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practicallyinformation

feel good clip o' the day.

Posted by: practicallyinformation profile link at 06/02/09 12:55 PM | Reply
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tastystuff1

I love you Sasquatch

Posted by: tastystuff1 profile link at 06/02/09 1:00 PM | Reply
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Jeb

it's just like when patrick dempsey introduced the african anteater ritual dance to the cool kids in can't buy me love.

Posted by: Jeb profile link at 06/02/09 1:01 PM | Reply
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This was my bad y'all--too many little green pills that day. Thought I was at Eminem's house.

Posted by: TheJesusCodpiece profile link at 06/02/09 1:04 PM | Reply
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Carrie

Kahdooz to everyone in this video! Wish I was there.

Posted by: Carrie profile link at 06/02/09 1:04 PM | Reply
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ber

If that's not a Dance Dance Revolution, I don't know what is.

Posted by: ber profile link at 06/02/09 1:25 PM | Reply
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isaidwhat25

I love that woman at the end yelling "HOW DID HE DO THAT?!" It's the power of dance lady.
And beerz. Let's not forget beerz. The guy in red at 2:17 knows what I'm talking about.

Posted by: isaidwhat25 profile link at 06/02/09 1:32 PM | Reply
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Awesome video, too bad the music sucksss.

Posted by: Ugah profile link at 06/02/09 1:36 PM | Reply
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MediaGay

How does Santogold suck? And yes, I know she changed her name but she'll always been Santogold to me.

Posted by: MediaGay profile link in reply to Ugah's comment at 06/02/09 1:44 PM | Reply
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kate

I love this video. Smiles all around. I want to go to there.

Posted by: kate profile link at 06/02/09 1:43 PM | Reply
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so we don't think this is fake?

Posted by: chickchick at 06/02/09 2:04 PM | Reply
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sarah palin

Everything is fake
No seriously what are you talking about
A bunch of happy kids at an outdoor concert in the northwestern region of the United States start to dance together? This doesn't seem plausible to you?

Posted by: sarah palin profile link in reply to chickchick's comment at 06/02/09 2:34 PM | Reply
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i was just waiting for a carefully-placed pepsi can at the end of the video. the internet's made me so cynical.

Posted by: chickchick in reply to sarah palin's comment at 06/02/09 2:56 PM | Reply
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My thoughts too. Somewhere there is a Mountain Dew ad exec who needs the rights to a big beat song and a greener light.

Posted by: jdar in reply to chickchick's comment at 06/03/09 7:04 PM | Reply
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I PEE GOLD

It's true, I can tell you by experience that Washington is to frenzy dancing like Muhammad Ali is to boxing. Adequate.

Posted by: I PEE GOLD profile link in reply to sarah palin's comment at 06/02/09 3:36 PM | Reply
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aaron

This video made me smile all over. :)

Posted by: aaron profile link at 06/02/09 2:31 PM | Reply
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billypilgrimisunstuck

Can't wait for the movie adaptation about this.

Posted by: billypilgrimisunstuck profile link at 06/02/09 2:34 PM | Reply
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lemmings anyone?

Posted by: susan profile link at 06/02/09 2:43 PM | Reply
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Deezey

That's great! I wish I were uninhibited enough to dance like nobody's looking when everyone is looking.

Posted by: Deezey profile link at 06/02/09 2:48 PM | Reply
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Now whenever people ask me why I lose hundreds of dollars and five pounds to go to Coachella every year I'm just going to show them this video. MIRACLES DO HAPPEN AT MUSIC FESTS.

Posted by: zik at 06/02/09 3:42 PM | Reply
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hlebtastic

Except at Sasquatch you have impromptu dancing circles, at Coachella you have small peened wizards getting tazed. Pacific Northwest what what.

Posted by: hlebtastic profile link in reply to zik's comment at 06/02/09 3:45 PM | Reply
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Becca

the coachella version of this is a 500 person game of telephone. first line: who's got the coke?

the pitchfork version is just a bunch of strangers huddling together shivering because it's FUCKING CHICAGO and they manage to hold pitchfork on the 3 coldest days of summer every year.

Posted by: Becca profile link in reply to hlebtastic's comment at 06/02/09 7:19 PM | Reply
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just_the_tip

I thought the dancing man was part of the Verizon network

Posted by: just_the_tip profile link at 06/02/09 3:57 PM | Reply
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this is basically the hipster susan boyle

Posted by: devin at 06/02/09 4:57 PM | Reply
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That man is a shepard.

Posted by: KVN at 06/02/09 5:45 PM | Reply
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lemonne

Part of me is insprired to actually join society now, while another part of me is :( that this really began because the first guy/two guys were just making fun of him. It was like a big making fun of him party. :(

Posted by: lemonne profile link at 06/02/09 6:04 PM | Reply
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caringiscool

i think the fact that it started out mean spirited and then became a genuine impromptu group dance party is what makes it so awesome.
it's like the power of everyone else unabashedly flocking to one totally joyful solo dancing guy completely exorcised all the snark out of the video.

Posted by: caringiscool profile link in reply to lemonne's comment at 06/28/09 11:48 PM | Reply
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Chris

Mr. Beer Gut made me smile.

Posted by: Chris profile link at 06/02/09 6:05 PM | Reply
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Becca

DANCE, HIPSTERS, DANCE!!!!


these are all my boyfriends and girlfriends. we're polyamorous.


also, I would like to roll down that hill.

Posted by: Becca profile link at 06/02/09 6:37 PM | Reply
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tastystuff1

I was so close to rolling down the hill during Animal Collective, but then the part of my brain that makes smart decisions stopped me.

Posted by: tastystuff1 profile link in reply to Becca's comment at 06/02/09 6:48 PM | Reply
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Becca

also, what's the street name for what that first guy's got in his system - we need to weaponize it, STAT!

Posted by: Becca profile link at 06/02/09 6:49 PM | Reply
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sarah palin

A happiness, sunshine, beautiful scenery, and bong hits ray?

Posted by: sarah palin profile link in reply to Becca's comment at 06/02/09 8:23 PM | Reply
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Gina

acid.

Posted by: Gina profile link in reply to Becca's comment at 06/03/09 4:20 PM | Reply
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Elliot

oh my gosh, i smiled through this whole thing.

Posted by: Elliot profile link at 06/02/09 6:58 PM | Reply
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ladders

Dance party critical mass: 5 people
Now you know, it's Mike's super short show!

Posted by: ladders profile link at 06/02/09 7:15 PM | Reply
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armyofwires

Replace current music with Polyphonic Spree, and you've just made their newest music video.

Posted by: armyofwires profile link at 06/03/09 1:34 AM | Reply
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Becca -

Have you been to Pitchfork? Because the first three years it was hotter than Dan Deacon's ballsack in hipster jeans.

Posted by: Ascender at 06/03/09 8:02 AM | Reply
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Whats the name of the song in the vid?

Posted by: PadMcSham at 06/03/09 2:35 PM | Reply
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tastystuff1

Unstoppable

Posted by: tastystuff1 profile link in reply to PadMcSham's comment at 06/05/09 8:07 PM | Reply
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Maybe Lollapalooza will have throngs of dancers getting tazered?
(See the analogy?)

Posted by: Malcolm Gladwell profile link at 06/04/09 9:56 PM | Reply
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i hope that arm flailing jackass got trampled by a thousand fucking sandals.

Posted by: dave at 06/06/09 10:42 PM | Reply
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caringiscool

this post totally wins my monster's ball contest for this week.
the title, the heart-warmth, the surprise turn around of the movie itself...
save this one for your reel, gabe, because it's solid blogging gold.

Posted by: caringiscool profile link at 06/28/09 11:51 PM | Reply
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