Jonathan Schoenberg is in the midst of a very long 15 minutes of fame.
A video clip featuring the creative director at Boulder-based TDA Advertising & Design has spent 11 months on the popular video-sharing site YouTube.com and has been viewed more than 2.8 million times.
It shows a staged confrontation between Schoenberg and a student who takes a cellphone call during class at the University of Colorado at Boulder. When his lecture is interrupted by the phone call, Schoenberg walks over to the student, grabs the phone and slams it onto the floor. Then he calmly continues the lecture.
Schoenberg and a colleague staged the outburst and filmed it for TDA's website as an example of viral communications. Then someone uploaded it to YouTube.
Since then, the clip has been picked up on ABC, Fox and MSNBC broadcasts to illustrate stories about students who secretly tape angry teachers.
"It has all been really bizarre," Schoenberg said. "I've even gotten marriage proposals from YouTube."
Wow! Did you get any marriage proposals from Prom Basketball, Tor??
xoxo
AL
2 comments:
I found the video!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=hut3VRL5XRE
People really proposed? Seriously?
tori: will you marry me? I saw you in your prom gown playing basketball, and now I know that I can not live without you and your mad skillz. Love, your potential bride/groom/love of life/partner
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