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Vin Diesel Teaches You To Break Dance

Sean — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 03:27:10 +0000

First it was Alfonso Ribeiro. Now it’s Vin Diesel. Apparently break dancing videos were HUGE back in the day, because both of them made videos to teach you how to be the hippest of hoppers. Looking back on this it’s hard to believe anyone actually thought this was cool…

Dancing to Spoon

Sean — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 03:19:08 +0000

This video is very simple: it’s a little yellow robot (think an animated Peep) dancing to Spoon’s “I Turn My Camera On”. Sounds dumb right? Well it should be. But for some reason I can’t stop laughing…

That little limbless robot has far better moves than I do.

But wait, there’s more, and this time it’s a public performance:

More info on the videos over at Pitchfork

Carlton Teaches You To Breakdance

Sean — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 04:02:09 +0000

Alfonso Ribeiro, best known as Will Smith’s dorky cousin Carlton on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, pitches his instructional breakdancing book in this vintage YouTube gem. That’s right, an instructional breakdancing book. A book. Not a video. A book. Because 9 out of 10 experts agree that the most effective way to learn how to dance is from a book. Luckily the book also comes with a breaking board, a rap sheet, an instruction poster, AND “the right kind of music, Rap Attack” (actually BOTH volumes of Rap Attack). Oddly enough Tom Jones isn’t included on Rap Attack…

Because That’s How We Dance in Baltimore…

Sean — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 20:03:52 +0000

No idea what the backstory is. I just know that if these guys were on The Wire they would have gotten the bats a long time ago.

Props to Crazy Joe for the tip