Double Rainbow (viral video)

For the song, see Double Rainbow (song).
Paul Vasquez in June 2012

Double Rainbow is a viral video filmed by one-time MMA fighter[1] Paul "Bear" Vasquez (born September 5, 1962). The clip, filmed in his front yard just outside Yosemite National Park, in the U.S. state of California, shows his ecstatic reaction to a double rainbow which he described as the "Eye of God". As of December 2015, the 53-year-old farmer's video has accumulated more than 42.6 million views on YouTube.[2]

History

Paul Vasquez posted the video to YouTube himself as user Hungrybear9562 (now Yosemitebear62) on January 8, 2010. On July 3, comedian and late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel linked to the video in a post on Twitter,[3] saying that he and a friend had declared it the "funniest video in the world." The video quickly gained over one million views.[4]

A July 16 feature on the video by CNN.com stated that the video had gained 4.8 million views.[5] The video gained Vasquez a feature on the comedy show Tosh.0.

On July 26, 2010,[6] Bear was interviewed by Jimmy Kimmel on Jimmy Kimmel Live! On the December 16th episode[7] he was awarded Video of the Year and appeared in a video short created by the show for the event.

In popular culture

On July 5, 2010, the Gregory Brothers auto-tuned the video under the name "Double Rainbow Song". Their video has since gotten over 34 million views and has become a viral video in itself, almost surpassing the original in number of views.[8] The song has been covered by Amanda Palmer, Jimmy Fallon (as Neil Young) and The Axis of Awesome during a live recording of a charity show in the UK.[9]

The video appears as the first scene of the 2013 movie We're the Millers.[10] Two years earlier, Bear had appeared in Jennifer Aniston's ad for smartwater.[11]

SnoopaVision

This Video is featured in 2016 YouTube's April Fool prank and it can be watched with Snoop Dogg in 360* view.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Paul "Hungry Bear" Vasquez MMA Stats, Pictures, News, Videos, Biography". Sherdog.com. Retrieved 2013-10-29.
  2. ↑ "Yosemitebear Mountain Giant Double Rainbow 1-8-10". YouTube. 2010-01-08. Retrieved 2012-06-24.
  3. ↑ "Twitter / Jimmy Kimmel: my friend Todd has declare". Twitter.com. 2010-07-03. Retrieved 2011-03-26.
  4. ↑ "Double Rainbow Meme Takes Web by Storm". Mashable. July 8, 2010. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
  5. ↑ Brown, Damon (2010-07-16). "How the 'double rainbow' video blew up". CNN.com. Retrieved 2010-07-26.
  6. ↑ "IMDb / Jimmy Kimmel Live! Johnny Knoxville/Amanda Crew/Ali Fedotowsky/Grace Potter & the Nocturnals". 2010-07-26. Retrieved 2016-03-13.
  7. ↑ "IMDb / Jimmy Kimmel Live! Episode #9.56". 2010-12-16. Retrieved 2016-03-13.
  8. ↑ "Internet Meme Hall of Fame: Double Rainbows". Nerve.com. Retrieved 2010-08-03.
  9. ↑ "The Five BestÇFunniest Double Rainbow Covers". Cover Me. 2010-08-02. Retrieved 2010-12-02.
  10. ↑ "We're the Millers Review". IGN. 2013-08-06. Retrieved 2016-03-13.
  11. ↑ "Jennifer Aniston Has Dancing Babies, Cute Puppies, and a Double Rainbow in Her Smartwater "Sex Tape"". POPSUGAR. 2011-03-11. Retrieved 2016-03-13.

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