How To Get Famous in 30 Seconds
Oct. 6, 2001, was the night that would make David Bernal famous, although he didn't know it at the time. He was 21 and a senior at California State University at Long Beach, majoring in art and illustration and doing a little break dancing on the side. On the night in question he had been hired to perform at a Korean-American talent show in Los Angeles. There's a grainy amateur video of the event in which you can see him mumble his name into the microphone and then do his thing for about 60 sec.
- The viral video probably began with the infamous Dancing Baby, which surfaced in 1996.
- Viral videos are powerful, but that power can be a little scary.
- The vast majority go nowhere--YouTube
full story via time.com
