Originally Posted By CuriousConstance What is there to get? It's cute little kids dressed as Dapper Dans singing like a Dapper Dan? There doesn't need to be some elaborate back story does there? It's just something that was meant to be cute, either you like it or you don't. But there really isn't anything to get or don't get.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan The whole thing is a play on words. Dapper vs. Diaper. The hope is it will go viral. It gets a shrug from me. Maybe if they had come up with some clever lyrics or something? I dunno. Cute babies though. I like the idea that maybe it could have been a flashback to a hospital nursery, and the four babies start crying in harmony, notice it, and next thing you see, they're the Diaper Dans. Later they become the Dapper Dans, entertain millions for many years, and eventually we seem them in a home for aged barbershop quartet singers, where once again they become the Diaper Dans. Now THAT'S overthinkin' it!!!
Originally Posted By FerretAfros ^^That may be overthinking it, but I think it would have made for a cute video. Clearly they put some effort into this one, but there just doesn't seem to be any 'there' there
Originally Posted By matthewdort Creepy is an understatement for this video: it borders on child exploitation.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan FWIW the video now has over 20,000 views.<< Yes. It has cute babies and Disney. But this has over 7 million views… <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwYKqlz59lo">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...Kqlz59lo</a>
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA Seems that 'creepy' and 'meaningless' are currently beating out 'adorable' and 'clever' #DiaperDansIsCreepy
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "it borders on child exploitation." Lord. Leave it to LP posters to blow a harmless little Disney promo video completely out of proportion. Or maybe you were joking, I can't tell.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>Leave it to LP posters to blow a harmless little Disney promo video completely out of proportion.<< But, my dear, it's what we DO…. ; ) But seriously, I enjoy nitpicking things like this. For the record, I don't get the endless fascination and amusement with Grumpy Cat either. I mean, I "get" the joke, it's just that after the hundredth time, how is it still funny? A running gag can be run into the ground and eventually you'd think people would be sick of it. Something is funny a time or two, and after that, to keep dragging out similar punchlines again and again is a sign of a weak mind or an individual whose creativity has run dry. However, Grumpy Cat is not on trial here. (you see what I did there? That's comedy, people!)
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>Yes, but how many of those came from you, kar2oonmam?<< At least 5 million! It's so awesome!!! ; )
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance I can't help but notice that the Fox video you linked is the Just Dance version of that song. The CuriousConstance household has just recently gotten into Just Dance, and it's been a real shocker and blow to the self esteem to realize just how horribly I dance. My husband was doing it one evening, and I told him he looks exactly like Herman Munster trying to dance. LOL
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>I told him he looks exactly like Herman Munster trying to dance<< HEY, THOSE ARE MY DANCE MOVES. I'LL SUE!
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan True Confessions: I have only one little stiff box step thing I do when I am forced to dance. When I get really funky, sometimes I will attempt to snap my fingers or clap to the beat. It's really sad to see. If I drink a lot, I dance exactly the same but in my drunken stupor, I *think* I'm dancing really great. But it's the same little box step.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Back in the 70s my mother used to say that the people who hated disco were the people who couldn't dance. The secret to basic dancing is moving your feet AND your hips in a rhythmic fashion. Spastic stomping, hopping, kicking and doing odd things with your shoulders and arms is not dancing. Witness Leonardo DiCaprio at Coachella: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYecAwtxtqo Actually, he looks like he's having fun. lol
