Back in April, I posted a link to the funny Gratitude Dance, 2 fellows from Victoria named Brad and Matt. This evening, some friends and I were watching some YouTube videos on their new flat screen TV. One clip somebody suggested was Matt, doing the same silly dance at remarkable places all over the world. Only it wasn’t the same Matt. This guy lives 3 hours south in Seattle. Huh?
Matt of Seattle is clearly the first with Videos from 2005, 2006, and 2008. The “Gratidudes” of Victoria are doing something similar but frame it as a dance of gratitude.
What’s really funny is Matt is being paid to travel the world to do this. Why? The videos have over 30 million hits.
2008, the third, in groups:
http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1211060
2005, by himself:
http://www.youtube.com/v/7WmMcqp670s
How does he get people to dance with him:
http://www.youtube.com/v/ue1GZ4IUFiU
More videos and his site:
http://wherethehellismatt.com/videos.shtml
Technology is bringing us some truly remarkable occupations.
Davidya
Last Updated on April 27, 2018 by Davidya
Sheer joy to watch! Thanks David. I will forward this to my friends who danced in the desert in Morocco for New Year. Now if we could only get them dancing in Gaza!
Shelora
Seems Matt has a biting sense of humor. Here, he says its all a hoax, done with animatronics…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogcqFaNbah4
Thanks Davidya – I enjoyed watching these. Just in case anyone was unsure, it wasn’t all a hoax! Quoth Matt: “The dancing video is not a hoax. The EG lecture announcing a hoax is itself a hoax.” (http://wherethehellismatt.typepad.com/blog/2009/01/san-francisco-california-.html)
Hi Jacob
Thanks for the feedback. Yes, I mentioned this. Perhaps my comment was not explicit enough either. (laughs) If you pay attention to the video its very clear he’s being sarcastic & ironic. The shadow example he gives is probably due to a wide angle lens which distorts the foreground.
I think the edge was because he’s getting a bunch of negative feedback which tends to feed on itself. Some people are completely missing the point of it.