In 2003, Matt Harding decided he wasn't enjoying what he was doing anymore, so he quit his job and started traveling the world. He took his digital camera with him and grabbed random strangers on the street to video tape him in the various locales he visited. But after a while, he felt like just video of him standing there waving at the camera wasn't very interesting, so he made up a little dance instead. When he got home, he edited it into a video, and what resulted is the first true YouTube phenomenon. After the first video, Matt was offered corporate sponsorship from Stride Gum, of all people, to make a second. The second remains one of the most watched videos in YouTube history, logging over nine million views. The third was released this morning, and in the course of less than 24 hours (as of this writing) it has already logged 302,000 views.
It is perhaps one of the simplest, most brilliant and inspiring things you may ever see, and it inexplicably makes me cry every time I see it.
Where The Hell Is Matt?!?
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A one-man diplomatic mission.
We must be related.. I'm sitting here laughing and sobbing all at the same time - and clutching my belly so my guts don't come spilling out.
A text-book illustration of the power of one.
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