Posted by Filup on Sat, May 17, 2008
Internet Killed the Video Star
Filed under: Rants & Raves, PSA, The Future, Stardom, The Internets, Our Videos
As you can cleary see, as we dance past the 60s and 70s, there is a slow, but steady increase of the number of Sonny Bonos and Scott Baios in the world. Late in the 80s, as cable television becomes more popular* and everyone has the option of viewing endless movies on their very own betamax, we see the number of celebrities more than double. After that is when it gets interesting. Over the course of the 20 years that followed, every comedian got a sitcom deal, regular nerds made giant leaps in computing and become ubernerds, and the internet revolution began.
*- 1981: MTV gives a face to Elvis Costello, millions boycott the network.
Thanks to the internet, it seems as if we're getting to a point where celebrities are so numerous, they're the #6 ranking minority in the country (behind Pacific Islanders, ahead of Werewolf Americans). These days, with a webcam and a free YouTube account, any Tom, Dick, or Harry (by way of his little brother, Charlie) can become a mega-celebrity.
It's many a-child's dream to become a star one day, but with the ease of digital video and the speed of broadband, it might happen sooner than they'd like (and for something they'd rather not be famous for). Remember Gellieman (the Aicha kid)? Well TSF decided to take a guess* at what his life might be like after
being thrust into internet celebrity at such a young age. Check it out.
*- No, I didn't write this incredibly long entry just to pimp a TSF sketch. But check it out anyway.
Gellieman - Aicha - Where Are They Now? (Part 1)
Part 2
Part 3
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