Video: Kitschy flash mob performance impressive, horrifying
posted at 5:45 pm on June 8, 2009 by Allahpundit
Impressive and horrifying, that is, for the same reason the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics was: When people with ideas this bad are capable of coordinating so beautifully, who knows what evil they might do? Why, it’s like a pop-cult Blitzkrieg.
If I’m wrong about the afterlife, this is what hell will be like. Except the “break it down” part will go on forever, until you go mad from the synchronicity of twirling gold lamé balloon pants and chilling demonic cries of “oh! oh!”
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Its a Sign!!
canopfor on June 8, 2009 at 5:48 PM
If that is what Hell is like, I’m going to focus more and more on being very good.
myrenovations on June 8, 2009 at 5:48 PM
Love the old dude with a head band on!
Odie1941 on June 8, 2009 at 5:49 PM
Lemmings.
lorien1973 on June 8, 2009 at 5:49 PM
Where the hell do you even get that many pairs of gold hammer pants?
trubble on June 8, 2009 at 5:49 PM
Scary on so many levels…
SkinnerVic on June 8, 2009 at 5:50 PM
Like the worshipping of the shoe part,
in Life of Brian,
follow the gold pants and…..
canopfor on June 8, 2009 at 5:50 PM
Americorp under Obama really has taken a strange turn.
rob verdi on June 8, 2009 at 5:50 PM
Ok for those who can’t watch the video. How about a description?
upinak on June 8, 2009 at 5:50 PM
If this stunt was any lamer, it would be on crutches.
Let’s see them pull a stunt like this at some local biker bar on a hot Saturday night. These gold pants goofs would be lucky if they got out alive and in one piece.
pilamaye on June 8, 2009 at 5:51 PM
Wow, I thought that was cool.
Then again, I thought the Electric Slide was cool too, first time I waw it.
UltimateBob on June 8, 2009 at 5:52 PM
Where might I sign up?
bloggless on June 8, 2009 at 5:52 PM
I conceal/carry for a reason.
Bishop on June 8, 2009 at 5:53 PM
How about a description?
upinak on June 8,2009 at 5:50PM.
upinak: Can’t you get the video to work
Geo-Magnetic Storm,Solar-Flare!:)
canopfor on June 8, 2009 at 5:53 PM
Ahh folks, lighten up. The subways of NYC have some pretty off the wall, yet impressive stuff like this. There is (was) a group of kids who would do a subway car roof/wall/floor dance that got a couple of bucks from me each and every time.
Odie1941 on June 8, 2009 at 5:53 PM
NASA developed the space blanket for this?
Western_Civ on June 8, 2009 at 5:53 PM
Are these sort of people included in the reported unemployment numbers?
Because anyone with a job doesn’t have time to engage in this sort of crap.
SPCOlympics on June 8, 2009 at 5:53 PM
With this Flash mob sort of thing, why couldn’t evil occur with the same ease as the silly? Isn’t this how they attacked in India for an evil purpose. Not knocking the silly and fun, but kind of scary if some group can do that in a metropolitan area.
StuLongIsland on June 8, 2009 at 5:54 PM
Falls under the category of “Is this a Great Country or What?” ……
The flash mob… not so much. But no one died either. So i guess it belongs in the win column then.
LOL.
Subsunk
Subsunk on June 8, 2009 at 5:54 PM
Oh holy heck.
Run Away!
Chaz706 on June 8, 2009 at 5:54 PM
You know that tax dollars were somehow involved in this.
Actually, about 15 years ago that would have been entertaining.
SteveMG on June 8, 2009 at 5:54 PM
I think it would be a blast to do one of those things…get a bunch of us not-so-young folks randomly dancing somewhere public.
It looks like so much fun!
Bob's Kid on June 8, 2009 at 5:55 PM
Awesome job!
Thriller is much more entertaining. Especially done in a Filipino Prison.
portlandon on June 8, 2009 at 5:55 PM
How many Obama-bucks did this cost us I wonder….
TheBigOldDog on June 8, 2009 at 5:55 PM
Large group of people (50 or so) of every age, color and size, all dressed in loose gold lame parachute pants, bust into what looks like a department store and do some kind of synchronized dance to the amazement of the shoppers and store employees.
UltimateBob on June 8, 2009 at 5:56 PM
A flash mob wearing gold lame parachute pants suddenly appears and dances like MC Hammer in a mall clothing store.
Karl on June 8, 2009 at 5:56 PM
If M.K.Hamm wasn’t involved, she should have been… Hammer Time!
E L Frederick (Sniper One) on June 8, 2009 at 5:56 PM
I just hope this is a level in Left 4 Dead 2.
TexasDan on June 8, 2009 at 5:58 PM
That was great.
Google “Improv Everywhere” for more funny stuff like this. Their impromptu fake rooftop U2 concert is a favorite.
brak on June 8, 2009 at 5:59 PM
Pretty good when you can get even Los Angelenos to stop and gape like that.
flipflop on June 8, 2009 at 6:00 PM
LMFAO.. gold lame` parachut MC Hammer style pants and bust out dancing?
Was the song Hammer time?
upinak on June 8, 2009 at 6:00 PM
Great minds…..
Your timing was impeccable!
UltimateBob on June 8, 2009 at 6:00 PM
All of these kids – their parents were all hippies who took too many drugs in the ’60s, right?
“This is your brain. This is your brain on drugs.”
“Any questions?”
Yeah – use this for a PSA.
Timothy S. Carlson on June 8, 2009 at 6:01 PM
And with the distraction they cleaned out the cash registered, credit card receipts and a bunch of merchandise!
Mr. Joe on June 8, 2009 at 6:02 PM
Young, bored, stupid and a waste of time…
Sounds like what I used to do….
izoneguy on June 8, 2009 at 6:04 PM
I think Ruth Bader Ginsburg was wearing gold lame Hammer pants under her robe today.
msmveritas on June 8, 2009 at 6:04 PM
I’m surprised there are that many people that would willing own and wear gold lame parachute pants….
Canadian Imperialist Running Dog on June 8, 2009 at 6:05 PM
This is actually a promotion for the MC Hammer’s reality show on AETV starting this sunday. It was funny though…
Chudi on June 8, 2009 at 6:06 PM
Well that takes some of the fun out of it.
It was good while it lasted.
UltimateBob on June 8, 2009 at 6:07 PM
I did worse….. and I have the dead brain cells to prove it.
UltimateBob on June 8, 2009 at 6:08 PM
Hint to the dancers, they were laughing AT you not WITH you.
LOL
sonofdy on June 8, 2009 at 6:09 PM
Ah reminds me of my wedding day when friends shoe polished “Hammer time legally” on the car windows…
Rockygold on June 8, 2009 at 6:09 PM
That was awesome.
Now I’ll have that song in me head the rest of the evening.
I remember my mother got my daughter an MC Hammer doll for Christmas one year so he must have been big once. And only once, I guess.
scalleywag on June 8, 2009 at 6:10 PM
I’ll lend you one of mine. Send your waist size and preferred alloy.
Cicero43 on June 8, 2009 at 6:10 PM
Yeah, man… where can I get my brain on drugs with a side of scrapple?
JohnGalt23 on June 8, 2009 at 6:11 PM
NOT. ANOTHER. DAMN. REALITY. SHOW!!!!
ugh
sonofdy on June 8, 2009 at 6:12 PM
Well, she dropped da Hammer today, dat’s fer sher.
JohnGalt23 on June 8, 2009 at 6:12 PM
Stimu- jobs, gold lame balloon pants required!
d1carter on June 8, 2009 at 6:12 PM
I have already warned my husband that if I find out about this sort of thing happening AHEAD of time in Chicago…I WILL try to be involved.
It looks like fun.
annoyinglittletwerp on June 8, 2009 at 6:13 PM
Hell to me is a Literal version of Rick Astley’s video.
blatantblue on June 8, 2009 at 6:15 PM
Ouch, my head hurts.
4shoes on June 8, 2009 at 6:16 PM
ROTFL. Awesome.
The Apologist on June 8, 2009 at 6:17 PM
Gawd…I hope they stay out of The Valley.
I already get my weekly dose of flash mobs at the Starbucks on Laurel Canyon Blvd, thank you very much.
The Ugly American on June 8, 2009 at 6:17 PM
Somewhere out there, in Southern California, there’s a flock of shorn sheep who could use their gold lamé back….
Lockstein13 on June 8, 2009 at 6:18 PM
That was cute.
baldilocks on June 8, 2009 at 6:18 PM
I prefer the Antwerp train station dance…
Patrick S on June 8, 2009 at 6:18 PM
Do Re Mi at the Antwerp train station was better.
The Monster on June 8, 2009 at 6:22 PM
Take a guess which party they voted for….
Speedwagon82 on June 8, 2009 at 6:23 PM
“If I’m wrong about the afterlife, this is what hell will be like. Except the “break it down” part will go on forever, until you go mad from the synchronicity of twirling gold lamé balloon pants and chilling demonic cries of “oh! oh!””
I agree. Even worse, they don’t at least have the skill to use “Super Freak”.
Rode Werk on June 8, 2009 at 6:23 PM
With apologies for my background:
The most effective anti-drug presentation I ever saw was a guy who drew 2 circles, large and small, on a whiteboard, with the line “This is your brain” (pointing at the large circle,) and “This is your brain on drugs” (pointing at the small circle.)
He was followed by an ex-con, who said “This is your a**hole” (pointing at the small circle,) and “This is your a**shole in prison” (pointing at the large circle.)
Big laugh, followed by an extremely thoughtful silence.
warbaby on June 8, 2009 at 6:25 PM
That looks like fun. Heh.
ronsfi on June 8, 2009 at 6:29 PM
The Hammer pants Czar? ROFLMAO!!!!
capejasmine on June 8, 2009 at 6:29 PM
For a second there I thought they were going to tell me how to quit smoking or something.
Codec717 on June 8, 2009 at 6:31 PM
I’m relieved that I don’t go to places where such things happen. God bless the burbs.
disa on June 8, 2009 at 6:33 PM
“Hell” must be staging a comeback.
CO2 Producer on June 8, 2009 at 6:36 PM
Loved that! And to think they all took time to learn the choreography.
I’m as uptight as the next gun/Bible-clinger, but that looked like great fun to me.
jazz_piano on June 8, 2009 at 6:38 PM
Come on, I think some of you are missing a funny bone. It’s nice to know that I am still able to laugh, good stuff. :)
TampaBayBull on June 8, 2009 at 6:38 PM
Too many people with waaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much free time.
dentalque on June 8, 2009 at 6:40 PM
Loved that one.
This was great. I want some gold Hammer pants..
BakerAllie on June 8, 2009 at 6:40 PM
These are some of the 600,000 super stimulus jobs Obama created…..
ctmom on June 8, 2009 at 6:40 PM
I wonder if this is the same group that did the stunts at Home Depot and Best Buy.
Scrappy on June 8, 2009 at 6:40 PM
The worst part is they probably got a NEA grant for this….
Our tax dollars once again put to “good” use.
By the way, NASA called and it wants the gold foil taken from its space helmet visors back.
Bubba Redneck on June 8, 2009 at 6:41 PM
It could be fun!
albill on June 8, 2009 at 6:41 PM
They were sewn together, I must’ve gone to at least five Hancock fabric sto…
I mean, I don’t know.
rihar on June 8, 2009 at 6:41 PM
I think that was his tie.
JeffWeimer on June 8, 2009 at 6:44 PM
Were these people hired with Obama’s stimulus money? And were these jobs created? or saved?
Now if only DISCO would make a comeback.
Bicyea on June 8, 2009 at 6:44 PM
Was that Oswald Spengler who wrote THE DECLINE OF THE WEST, or Lee Harvey Oswald?
doesn’t matter: the Decline is real…….
Janos Hunyadi on June 8, 2009 at 6:44 PM
You can just imagine………..
Seven Percent Solution on June 8, 2009 at 6:47 PM
Wish they would pull this stunt in Tiananmen Square. And if they get rolled over by a tank…who cares?
GreenBlade on June 8, 2009 at 6:49 PM
Uh people complaining that these ppl don’t have a job or too much time . . . you do realize this is a publicity stunt for Hammer’s new show right?
- The Cat
P.S. +1 for the Redhead even though she wasn’t involved.
MirCat on June 8, 2009 at 6:50 PM
Antwerp train station.
Arguably the most beautiful IN THE WORLD.
Do re mi!
Lockstein13 on June 8, 2009 at 6:53 PM
Death squads, because sometimes they’re the only answer.
Mason on June 8, 2009 at 6:56 PM
WOOT!!!!
This must be some of that ‘Funemployment’ I’ve been hearing about.
Strange, you would never know California was about to go tits up with all the whoopin’ it up going on….
BigWyo on June 8, 2009 at 7:01 PM
How can you remain a committed atheist when signs of the looming Apocalypse grow louder and more garish with each increasingly horrifying YouTube moment? Confess your faith now, my friend, or face an eternity in flashy gold sweatpants doing things which Dante himself could never conceive.
OC Sandman on June 8, 2009 at 7:03 PM
The musical stylings of one Sir Hammer hath contributed much to this world.
Grafted on June 8, 2009 at 7:05 PM
You know, I believe you’re right. I was just reading about that yesterday…didn’t even think about it.
…
Lemme reevaluate- fairly well planned, everyone seemed to know what they were doing…
This could not possibly have anything to do with the Obama Admin.
BigWyo on June 8, 2009 at 7:06 PM
I guess the best you can say is that they didn’t appear to steal anything…
redfoxbluestate on June 8, 2009 at 7:06 PM
So much gold, so few it looked good on!
InTheBellyoftheBeast on June 8, 2009 at 7:09 PM
sigh….just a promotional video for reality show on A&E called “Hammertime…”
cynccook on June 8, 2009 at 7:13 PM
If it was really a flash mob – and not a commercially choreographed stunt – than it was legitimately impressive.
And pretty cool. Well, assuming time stopped in 1989 it would be cool. But whatever.
Professor Blather on June 8, 2009 at 7:19 PM
At least they’re not wearing Obama armbands…
…yet.
FloatingRock on June 8, 2009 at 7:20 PM
That was delightful! I loved it!
They’re part of the “funemployment” numbers!
The horde! Yes!
Kensington on June 8, 2009 at 7:21 PM
That. Was. Freaking. Awesome.
And if you don’t agree, i don’t think we can be friends anymore.
madne0 on June 8, 2009 at 7:25 PM
HMMMM
No wonder we got “O” Dumbo ears.
Rick007 on June 8, 2009 at 7:29 PM
This madness must end.
Eventually, the Village People will strike a deal and we’ll all be Y.M.C.A.’ed to death.
sulla on June 8, 2009 at 7:44 PM
With a few exceptions, reality shows budgets are notoriously tightfisted….especially now.
I seriously doubt that A&E or 3Ball Productions paid all those people.
They were probably lucky to get crafts service donuts and coffee.
The Ugly American on June 8, 2009 at 7:45 PM
Double click the video and see where it takes you.
- The Cat
MirCat on June 8, 2009 at 8:15 PM
I liked it! Then again I do live in a suburb of L.A.
CCRWM on June 8, 2009 at 8:16 PM
There sure are a lot of sticks-in-the-mud around here.
baldilocks on June 8, 2009 at 8:26 PM
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