The weirdest internet video meme mashup ever

August 23, 2009 @ 8:49 pm

Like all weird stuff on the internet, this video above has a backstory. According to ‘halcy’ on Reddit:

It’s a combination of several 2channel / Nicovideo memes. The ones I recognize:

Overall, the thing is a parody of (a parody of, see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8FfUqZSWJw) the racing scenes from the racing anime Initial D, which all look kind of like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fv020dZXOrY. There is also a “Gutter run” in there, which is kind of the main characters signature move, where he hooks his wheels into the gutter to be able to go around the curve faster.

The dudes on the bike are from a gay wrestling porn movie. It’s popular on nicovideo and has sparked things like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9PFoBNuNMw (NSFW, duh.)

The steamroller is from Jojos Bizzare Adventure. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbArvIqZzkI

The person driving the Steamroller is Kagamine Rin, a Vocaloid personification. She and Len are somehow associated with steamrollers now, presumably because both are yellow.

The background music is also a pretty distorted Vocaloid song, see that first youtube link up there.

And with that, I hope this doesn’t ruin the rest of your weekend… [via]

Sweet Georgia Brown accompanied by a tractor

January 28, 2009 @ 2:00 pm

Gordon shared this amusing video of a band playing Sweet Georgia Brown while being accompanied by a beat-keeping tractor.

I’m officially calling this one the happy Doobybrain.com video of the day! Enjoy!

MAN truck on ice with ESP

January 5, 2009 @ 3:53 pm

This MAN truck with a trailer attached to it can be seen in this video doing a demonstration of its Electronic Stability Program on an ice surface. The truck’s ESP figures out which direction the truck is sliding and adjusts the spin of individual tires so that the truck does not lose control.

However, as you can see in this video, even the best ESP computers cannot assist with a truck driver who doesn’t slow down on icy roads. Of course, this is a test of extreme conditions, so in that respect, I guess MAN did pretty well here.

Front loader poppin’ wheelies!

December 14, 2008 @ 10:58 pm

This is fun to watch! [via]

I can’t believe somebody had enough time to perfect this. Imagine how many times this person must have messed up before getting it right just once!