The Grapefall Video
After 4 years of broadband internet video searching, i think that this is still the funniest video online. If you haven't seen it, click the movie below to check it out, and then continue reading.
So why is this the funniest video online?
The sounds
This woman makes the most inhuman, hilariously gutteral sounds that anyone could imagine. And once a large enough base of friends has seen this clip, you can drop the "Ooohh, oooh oooooooh, I'll stop, I'll stop" into your stories or converstation, and indefinitely prolong the minutes of pain experienced by this woman.
The reaction by the news reporters
I know that i would be laughing, so i have to give them some credit. However, their words do seem to have a certain degree of mock concern to them.
"oh no, oh dear."
"boy, i think she's actually hurt."
"no, i think she is."
"yea, she's hurt, she took a hard fall of that."
"gosh, i hope she's okay."
And, the woman chuckles a little bit at the end.
The music
da, da da, da da, da da. Kind of catchy, and really the perfect backdrop to this fiasco. Because that's what this is.
The "stop"
When the fall lady says "stop" and puts up her hands and freezes, she looks fairly stupid. That is all.
The step-out
After the lady crashes to the ground, the camera captures the perfectly graceful exit of the second woman from her own grape bucket. The contrast is . . . stark.
The controversey
After putting the video on its website, Ebaum's World received a legal notice from Fox saying, "your use of the Fox Copyrights is a serious violation of Fox’s valuable rights." The video has been removed from the site, and was actually difficult to acquire for a year or so after this notice. Now, however, it is shared on lots of personal blogs and i don't think Fox has the energy to deal with getting it offline.
The rumors
Perhaps most intriguing, the movie resulted in a series of rumors involving the grape fall woman, Fox, and various legal entities. Some people thought Fox demanded that the footage be removed because the woman died after complications due to the fall.
Some viewer responses:
"Personaly I think she was just over reacting (sic)."
"I think her left arm is broken."
"The woman died shortly after."
"Was the file name changed after finding out that the woman apparently died?"
"Wow, you guys are taking this thing a little too seriously, she didn't really die, It was just a joke, I even said I was kidding."
"i first saw this vid at a friends house, and belive me we couldnt stop laughing, even at work we always imitate the sounds she makes."
"she would have never fell if she wouldn't have tryed to cheat."
The backstory
"I'm always looking for the backstory to hilarious video. Here's the story on the Winery's website:
We felt it important to address the concerns many have had for the FOX reporter that fell from a wooden platform here on property. This occurred 7 years ago, and we want to assure you the woman is fine. Her fall was the result of the platform being filmed from the back instead of the front where hand-rails are provided. Safety is of great concern to us, and no similar incident has occurred before or since.
So this was a fairly old clip that, fortunately for us, some schmuck was good enough to tape and save.
What I love is that we have generated enough buzz and concern around the story that a high end, four star (literally) winery has been forced to release a statement about a 7 year old news clip. Good for us."
So why is this the funniest video online?
The sounds
This woman makes the most inhuman, hilariously gutteral sounds that anyone could imagine. And once a large enough base of friends has seen this clip, you can drop the "Ooohh, oooh oooooooh, I'll stop, I'll stop" into your stories or converstation, and indefinitely prolong the minutes of pain experienced by this woman.
The reaction by the news reporters
I know that i would be laughing, so i have to give them some credit. However, their words do seem to have a certain degree of mock concern to them.
"oh no, oh dear."
"boy, i think she's actually hurt."
"no, i think she is."
"yea, she's hurt, she took a hard fall of that."
"gosh, i hope she's okay."
And, the woman chuckles a little bit at the end.
The music
da, da da, da da, da da. Kind of catchy, and really the perfect backdrop to this fiasco. Because that's what this is.
The "stop"
When the fall lady says "stop" and puts up her hands and freezes, she looks fairly stupid. That is all.
The step-out
After the lady crashes to the ground, the camera captures the perfectly graceful exit of the second woman from her own grape bucket. The contrast is . . . stark.
The controversey
After putting the video on its website, Ebaum's World received a legal notice from Fox saying, "your use of the Fox Copyrights is a serious violation of Fox’s valuable rights." The video has been removed from the site, and was actually difficult to acquire for a year or so after this notice. Now, however, it is shared on lots of personal blogs and i don't think Fox has the energy to deal with getting it offline.
The rumors
Perhaps most intriguing, the movie resulted in a series of rumors involving the grape fall woman, Fox, and various legal entities. Some people thought Fox demanded that the footage be removed because the woman died after complications due to the fall.
Some viewer responses:
"Personaly I think she was just over reacting (sic)."
"I think her left arm is broken."
"The woman died shortly after."
"Was the file name changed after finding out that the woman apparently died?"
"Wow, you guys are taking this thing a little too seriously, she didn't really die, It was just a joke, I even said I was kidding."
"i first saw this vid at a friends house, and belive me we couldnt stop laughing, even at work we always imitate the sounds she makes."
"she would have never fell if she wouldn't have tryed to cheat."
The backstory
"I'm always looking for the backstory to hilarious video. Here's the story on the Winery's website:
We felt it important to address the concerns many have had for the FOX reporter that fell from a wooden platform here on property. This occurred 7 years ago, and we want to assure you the woman is fine. Her fall was the result of the platform being filmed from the back instead of the front where hand-rails are provided. Safety is of great concern to us, and no similar incident has occurred before or since.
So this was a fairly old clip that, fortunately for us, some schmuck was good enough to tape and save.
What I love is that we have generated enough buzz and concern around the story that a high end, four star (literally) winery has been forced to release a statement about a 7 year old news clip. Good for us."
posted by Reed Harrison at 2:46 PM
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