Bad publicity > No publicity?

April 25, 2006 9:49 AM

Drunken idiot Shawn Seamus hopes an embarrassing video circulating on the Internet will lead to his big break in show business. Hey, it worked for this guy, right? Right?
posted by Dr-Baa (19 comments total)

If he had actually cleared a stage while Celtic step-dancing, he might have had a chance at fame.
posted by Prospero at 10:01 AM on April 25, 2006

Why would someone want to hire him as a dancer when he totally falls over on top of the other guy? That can't be a good quality in a dancer, can it?
posted by xmutex at 10:10 AM on April 25, 2006

Drunken Celtic dancing, with the dance-offs culminating in fist-fights would be good entertainment. This guy should be punched in the nose.
posted by banished at 10:10 AM on April 25, 2006

Wow, what a total arse. I was sort of hoping the DDR kids would give him a kicking. Maybe there's scope there for a second video...
posted by terpsichoria at 10:11 AM on April 25, 2006

Fake.
posted by tkchrist at 10:20 AM on April 25, 2006

Shawn unfortunately appears to be slightly disconnected from reality. Its more sad than anything else. Sort of like the ugly babies link.
posted by bhouston at 10:30 AM on April 25, 2006

Looks like a crappy art school graduate student project to me.
posted by R. Mutt at 10:40 AM on April 25, 2006

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"Hi. My name is _____, and I'm an ameteur _____ trying to blank into the industry, and I've created this _____ to help me do it. I'm super confident, only I don't seem to realize that I have no skill whatsoever."

Done, and not funny the first 50 times. I mean, maybe this would have been clever back when Riverdance was relevant, but now?
posted by ChasFile at 10:41 AM on April 25, 2006

It's no William Hung and his Hung Jury, that's for sure.
posted by illovich at 10:50 AM on April 25, 2006

file under: not funny
posted by gnutron at 11:01 AM on April 25, 2006

The guy is obviously kidding. The other videos he has on his site are hilarious.
posted by thekilgore at 11:02 AM on April 25, 2006

"Drunken Celtic" is redundant, isn't it?
posted by mr_crash_davis at 11:16 AM on April 25, 2006

File under: Refuse to watch the monkey dance.
posted by fenriq at 11:24 AM on April 25, 2006

video circulating on the Internet

Right, just like the weekly newsletter I print out of my house. I hand out free copies if you stop by. I'd say that's circulating the world, but I don't like to brag.
posted by prostyle at 11:25 AM on April 25, 2006

I call shenanigans. This guy may have watched Riverdance once or twice, but nothing more than that. He's fundamentally clueless; if he's trying to hoax people, he should've put more work into it, and if he's trying to make a joke, it's not funny.
posted by booksandlibretti at 1:45 PM on April 25, 2006

what tkchrist said. It's easy to spot a fake nowadays with our years of conditioning watching America's Funniest Home Videos. Watch how he "slips" so conveniently, gets into a "shoving match" that's way too short.

People, if you make fake videos like this, you're gonna have to be a good actor, too.
posted by zardoz at 5:14 PM on April 25, 2006

You suck!
posted by furtive at 5:37 PM on April 25, 2006

"if he's trying to hoax people, he should've put more work into it, and if he's trying to make a joke, it's not funny."

Or, if he's acting like a drunk idiot, then it works!
posted by UseyurBrain at 7:46 PM on April 25, 2006

But seriously, what is the deal with that shirt? It's like a puffy shirt gone bad.
posted by captainscared at 1:59 PM on April 26, 2006