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215. Asian Experience

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214. Dan Deacon, police commissioner

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213. Russian Roulette

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212. Zach is out of control

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211. The Office Asshole

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210. WIFE NEEDED

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209. v4 Launch Eve

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208. Like a wicker cabinet

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207. My brunch with Zach

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206. Stranded in Grand Junction

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205. Laser Fight 2500 (very loud!)

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204. Haircut for Jake: A Love Story

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203. Bus Dodge 2000

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202. Telly

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201. Kat hoops!

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200. News Report: Scarlett Snowhansson!

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199. Subway action music!

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198. The Doorknob Installer

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197. Staining the stairs

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196. Painting the USA

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195. Waking up in Aspen

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194. We saw a bear in Aspen!

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193. Kat teaches hooping

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192. Scientology in the subway

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191. Awful car alarm

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190. Video goggles

by Jake Lodwick

4 years ago

The title is a joke - this clip is so old, that when I made it in 1999, the year 2000 was still the future.

I had just gotten a copy of Adobe After Effects and wanted to play with the masking tools, so I went with a few friends to a road on the RIT campus, set up a tripod, and recorded cars going by. I also recorded myself running into the road, and later I composited all that footage together. When it was finished I posted it to my website.

This was one of my first videos, and one of the first "fake viral" clips to ever appear on the Internet. It has appeared on hundreds of websites and probably been seen millions of times.

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keepitsmooth 4 years ago

thats effin cool
Dobbsie 4 years ago

lol, you need to upload more classics from your back catalogue
Jake Lodwick 4 years ago

I plan on it. thanks.
jimnellis 4 years ago

very cool.
Gentry 4 years ago

Wow, I remember this on CH from a while ago. Then again, didn't know it was you (or who you were) and I thought it was real (o_O)
Cait Oppermann 4 years ago

Yes! Please please upload more like this.

Do you like after effects? I've never used it.
andrea 4 years ago

Haha this makes me feel nostalgic! I remember seeing it on various websites where they thought it was real and commented how stupid and reckless this kid must be.
Joel Curran 4 years ago

Great stuff! Had you not said it wasnt real I would have believed it!
F.o.l.l.y 3 years ago

For realz!!!
iaremcgoover 4 years ago

Nice? did you use two different masks on the bus? One for the near side and one for the far side wheels?

That looked so real!
Morgan Tepsic 4 years ago

just think of all drunken college kids who attempted this. haha, i love it! I had no idea it was you!
Marisa Gesualdi 4 years ago

Woah, I remember seeing this ages ago and many times since. In 7th grade the cast of our school play watched it in the dressing rooms before having to go on stage. We had huge debates about wether or not it was real. That was early 2004...lol
Paul McClintock 4 years ago

Okay. New BEST CLIP EVER.
johnbmx4christ 4 years ago

.this was like the very first clip i ever saw on the net.
Paul McClintock 4 years ago

So... old BEST CLIP EVER. But still... BEST CLIP EVER.
Joel Curran 4 years ago

Actually you could say - New Best old clip ever.
Tina Mosh 4 years ago

I thought it was real. My sister hit me and told me I was an idiot. How embarassing for me!
charlie 4 years ago

Whaha, you reckless!
JRWebb 4 years ago

I'd love to be able to produce stuff like that!
calvo 4 years ago

oh man...this was you?! I see you were influencing the internet from a young age
Jen Dunlap 4 years ago

Millions of times!!!
charliesteadman 4 years ago

Vimeo master dodgin' traffic. The dodgemeister.
kalojado 4 years ago

That was freakin great! Good job!
Roddyvons 4 years ago

I couldn't believe my eyes....then I read the description. That was beautiful.
Konopiera 4 years ago

Amazing stuff.
Joel Curran 4 years ago

They had a story on kids doing this kinda stuff for real on a current affair show last night - and i missed it!
patrick siemer 4 years ago

you should work in visual effects, if you don't already.
Great work!
dailey 3 years ago

haha..so funny that MSNBC used it. nice
mobtown 3 years ago

Seven years later and MILLIONS of views- (and they think it's real!)
stevegarfield 3 years ago

I wanna try that now.
MPG Digital Filmworks 3 years ago

The Best! Was that out before 405?
binjam 3 years ago

MILLIONS OF TIMES moi aussi! (me too)

^.^
Caroline Martin 2 years ago

OH MAN, is that K LOT? Dude, I can see that exact place out my window right now.
Jake Lodwick 2 years ago

I believe it is, though I forget the name of each RIT lot. This is coming up on 8 years ago, I can hardly believe it. The video was quite a phenomenon at RIT when it came out, partly because nobody else knew how to make videos, period.
justin katz 2 years ago

that is so true it hurts
Joshua R 2 years ago

i remeber this when it was big. nice
nathan d 2 years ago

Dude, that's funny i remember this clip!

Rock on.
Nick Wiesner 2 years ago

i do remember this! no idea it was you, executed very well.
Caroline Martin 2 years ago

So, I broke character briefly and went to myspace and on the front page, I find this. vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=6976461

Kick some ass.
Jake Lodwick 2 years ago

haha, thanks for linking me.

My hard work has generated 340 thousand page views for my competitor and attracted the comments of almost 2000 of the dumbest people on earth.

obeastiality.com/post/9242065
Caroline Martin 2 years ago

I think it's funny how most people are just completely wrong about how it's done (aka- ZOMG ITS ANEMATED).

Hooray vimeo!
goldentouchfarm 2 years ago

they are just living up to the competitor's expectation of average user intelligence
brandon schaaf 2 years ago

this is my favorite comment on that myspace video:

"haha, nice try we arent tht stupid he was just on the other side, DUHHHHHH!!!! !!!!!!"
duplo 2 years ago

Fake.
Andrea Allen 2 years ago

sorry to ruin everyones hopes but he runs past the bus and it just looks like it is going over him. but he is actually just laying beside it. make sense...
Adam Holwerda 2 years ago

NO, no. It's teh realz!
Andrea Allen 2 years ago

i wanted to c him get hit by that car... that wudda been great

and to that dope under me... shutup, i wudnt trust u with my sewerage let alone wat i believe they were both there, u can tell.
Jake Lodwick 2 years ago

:)
Jimi Heffernan 2 years ago

i think i saw this before i had an acount, and now your tumblr returns it to me...i love it.
Roberto Faria 2 years ago

same for me...
finally something better than his pics in the morning.
Jake Lodwick 2 years ago

haha, you don't like my pics but you read my site anyway
Jimi Heffernan 2 years ago

haha i like them jake, it's like watching Noah Kalina's video in real time...one frame at a time.
Scruff_E_Guy 2 years ago

aw man, u sukzorz.... dis is like no way u wuld liv tru dat
Roberto Faria 2 years ago

I prefer youtube too
Scruff_E_Guy 2 years ago

Please tell me you're kidding....I certainly was
Roberto Faria 2 years ago

you're kidding....I certainly was

told. satisfied?
:D
Scruff_E_Guy 2 years ago

lol....yes....that will do nicely.... Rof!
Roberto Faria 2 years ago

lol... i was in a funny mood.

vimeo rulez.
Someone called youtube pootube in a comment somewhere.
I totally agree
David Marcus 2 years ago

My first time seeing this. Very cool.
Roberto Faria 2 years ago

my first time was in my parents room
Nick Douglas 2 years ago

Jakob, what was your reaction to seeing this on commercial banners? It seems that's even more litigable than the copies on MySpace and YouTube, and more offensive to the creator.
Jake Lodwick 2 years ago

I haven't seen it on any banners lately. I talked to the company that was using it about a year ago (Zango?) and they replaced it with a remake.
Spinning Blade 2 years ago

holy cow, I remember you from RIT. I dont think we actually met, but my freshman year, I was computer science and you were New Media and i saw some video of you doing a fake infomercial which ends with the line "I got a blowjob while taking a crap". I switched to New Media the next year. Best of luck. Take care.
jparryhill 2 years ago

That would be Alcohol: Nature's Poison.

I still enjoy watching Death Chaos 9000 once a year or so.
Matt Brian 2 years ago

Haha, you made that? That is definitely one of the first viral videos. Props to you man..
MADLIFE ENTERTAINMENT 1 year ago

i added your video to motion graphics artist group.
MandaMay 7 months ago

'Bus dodge 2000'
haha best name ever for this video.
it sounds all high tech or something
zach armstrong 2 months ago

Blumpy for life.