Hooping For His Life
March 12, 2009 11:15 AM Subscribe
Talent-show Filter: 14-year-old Kepa Police versus 30 hula hoops. (SLYT)
That makes my stomach/abs hurt just watching. Also makes me want to pop Wii Fit in the Nintendo.
posted by educatedslacker at 11:27 AM on March 12, 2009
posted by educatedslacker at 11:27 AM on March 12, 2009
That kid is gonna be a hit at Bonnaroo some day.
posted by msali at 11:27 AM on March 12, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by msali at 11:27 AM on March 12, 2009 [1 favorite]
i have seen many more hoops on one person...i also have a friend who can strip while hooping...sometimes i think my life is too colorful...
posted by sexyrobot at 11:40 AM on March 12, 2009
posted by sexyrobot at 11:40 AM on March 12, 2009
actually, now that i think about it, i actually have TWO friends who can strip while hooping...and both in drag (one ftm, one mtf)...ok, one's really just an aquaintance...but still...
posted by sexyrobot at 11:44 AM on March 12, 2009
posted by sexyrobot at 11:44 AM on March 12, 2009
Sandstorm! It's like being nineteen again.
posted by Caduceus at 11:48 AM on March 12, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by Caduceus at 11:48 AM on March 12, 2009 [1 favorite]
If you're not rocking back and forth in your chair while watching this, you may not be human....
posted by seanmpuckett at 11:49 AM on March 12, 2009
posted by seanmpuckett at 11:49 AM on March 12, 2009
One hula hoop, I could see.
Two hula hoops: Sure, why not?
Three hula hoops: OK, but that's it.
Four hula hoops: You're pushing it.
Five hula hoops: See? Now you've gone too far.
Six hula hoops: Enough already! We get your point.
Seven hula hoops: Alright, now you're just being stubborn.
Eight hula hoops: Stop.
Nine hula hoops: No, seriously.
Ten hula hoops: Quit it.
Eleven hula hoops: I said quit it.
Twelve hula hoops: That's it—I'm ignoring you.
Thirteen hula hoops.
Fourteen hula hoops.
Fifteen hula hoops: I can't see you!
Sixteen hula hoops.
Seventeen hula hoops.
Eighteen hula hoops: La la la la!
Nineteen hula hoops.
Twenty hula hoops.
Twenty-one hula hoops: Anyone see a guy doing hula hoops around here?
Twenty-two hula hoops.
Twenty-three hula hoops.
Twenty-four hula hoops: OK, give me those.
Twenty-five hula hoops: GODDAMN IT I SAID GIVE ME THOSE HULA HOOPS!!
Twenty-six hula hoops: Ow, my migraine.
Twenty-seven hula hoops.
Twenty-eight hula hoops.
Twenty-nine hula hoops: I'm gonna go lie down for awhile.
Thirty hula hoops.
posted by Atom Eyes at 12:03 PM on March 12, 2009 [1 favorite]
Two hula hoops: Sure, why not?
Three hula hoops: OK, but that's it.
Four hula hoops: You're pushing it.
Five hula hoops: See? Now you've gone too far.
Six hula hoops: Enough already! We get your point.
Seven hula hoops: Alright, now you're just being stubborn.
Eight hula hoops: Stop.
Nine hula hoops: No, seriously.
Ten hula hoops: Quit it.
Eleven hula hoops: I said quit it.
Twelve hula hoops: That's it—I'm ignoring you.
Thirteen hula hoops.
Fourteen hula hoops.
Fifteen hula hoops: I can't see you!
Sixteen hula hoops.
Seventeen hula hoops.
Eighteen hula hoops: La la la la!
Nineteen hula hoops.
Twenty hula hoops.
Twenty-one hula hoops: Anyone see a guy doing hula hoops around here?
Twenty-two hula hoops.
Twenty-three hula hoops.
Twenty-four hula hoops: OK, give me those.
Twenty-five hula hoops: GODDAMN IT I SAID GIVE ME THOSE HULA HOOPS!!
Twenty-six hula hoops: Ow, my migraine.
Twenty-seven hula hoops.
Twenty-eight hula hoops.
Twenty-nine hula hoops: I'm gonna go lie down for awhile.
Thirty hula hoops.
posted by Atom Eyes at 12:03 PM on March 12, 2009 [1 favorite]
I like the bored look of his assistant--it has to be his older brother. That was a bizarre and cool little video. I do not understand the "Kepa police" thing.
posted by mecran01 at 12:05 PM on March 12, 2009 [2 favorites]
posted by mecran01 at 12:05 PM on March 12, 2009 [2 favorites]
I'm fairly certain the kid's name is Kepa Police, mecran01.
This makes me all the sadder that I've never been able to keep up even one hula hoop.
posted by ocherdraco at 12:08 PM on March 12, 2009
This makes me all the sadder that I've never been able to keep up even one hula hoop.
posted by ocherdraco at 12:08 PM on March 12, 2009
Sandstorm! It's like being nineteen again.
Thanks to a frequently aired commercial for some crap dance music CD compilation, I cannot listen to the Dtdtdt-dt! Dtdtdt-dt! of that song without saying, in my mind at least, "... And Sandstorm! by Daruuude" in a really cheesy Chris Sheppard-esque voice.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 12:13 PM on March 12, 2009 [1 favorite]
Thanks to a frequently aired commercial for some crap dance music CD compilation, I cannot listen to the Dtdtdt-dt! Dtdtdt-dt! of that song without saying, in my mind at least, "... And Sandstorm! by Daruuude" in a really cheesy Chris Sheppard-esque voice.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 12:13 PM on March 12, 2009 [1 favorite]
actually, now that i think about it, i actually have TWO friends who can strip while hooping...and both in drag (one ftm, one mtf)...ok, one's really just an aquaintance...but still...
Pshh, that's nothing. I have a friend who could hoop while giving birth. Out of his urethra!
posted by Christ, what an asshole at 12:16 PM on March 12, 2009
Pshh, that's nothing. I have a friend who could hoop while giving birth. Out of his urethra!
posted by Christ, what an asshole at 12:16 PM on March 12, 2009
Also, I keep hearing that kid's name to the, erm, tune of "Fuck tha Police."
Kepa Police! Kepa Police!
posted by ocherdraco at 12:17 PM on March 12, 2009
Kepa Police! Kepa Police!
posted by ocherdraco at 12:17 PM on March 12, 2009
You see kids, that works much better than any fedora, any day of the week.
posted by chillmost at 12:38 PM on March 12, 2009
posted by chillmost at 12:38 PM on March 12, 2009
I like the bored look of his assistant--it has to be his older brother. That was a bizarre and cool little video. I do not understand the "Kepa police" thing.
Each member of the Kepa Police Department is equipped with thirty hula hoops to apprehend goofs, dinglelings, and shenanigan'ers.
posted by jdotglenn at 12:39 PM on March 12, 2009 [1 favorite]
Each member of the Kepa Police Department is equipped with thirty hula hoops to apprehend goofs, dinglelings, and shenanigan'ers.
posted by jdotglenn at 12:39 PM on March 12, 2009 [1 favorite]
Born to be a porn star.
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 12:52 PM on March 12, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 12:52 PM on March 12, 2009 [1 favorite]
I'm at work where I can't view YouTube links (which is ridiculous, considering the number of other things that aren't blocked, but I digress...)
Anyway, given the last name of Police (as in being questioned by them) and the title "Hooping for His Life" and the fact that I assumed this was from a "America's Got Talent" type show when I saw the phrase "Talent Show Filter", I've decided that the backstory of this clip, which I'll remind you I've yet to see, is far more interesting than we realize, and I'm basically re-writing Slumdog Millionaire in my head. Except with hula hoops. The addition of each hoop has a story behind it.
The moral of this story: YouTube would be a lot less distracting to me getting work done than my own imagination.
posted by MCMikeNamara at 1:23 PM on March 12, 2009 [1 favorite]
Anyway, given the last name of Police (as in being questioned by them) and the title "Hooping for His Life" and the fact that I assumed this was from a "America's Got Talent" type show when I saw the phrase "Talent Show Filter", I've decided that the backstory of this clip, which I'll remind you I've yet to see, is far more interesting than we realize, and I'm basically re-writing Slumdog Millionaire in my head. Except with hula hoops. The addition of each hoop has a story behind it.
The moral of this story: YouTube would be a lot less distracting to me getting work done than my own imagination.
posted by MCMikeNamara at 1:23 PM on March 12, 2009 [1 favorite]
Almost as cool as three convicted criminals in two hula hoops.
posted by ...possums at 1:25 PM on March 12, 2009
posted by ...possums at 1:25 PM on March 12, 2009
Actually MCMikeNamara, the video is from a plain old middle-school talent show. Considering that's the sort of venue where lip-syncing to a recognizable pop song will get you a standing ovation, being able to keep hoops moving as they're thrown at you five at a time is downright unprecedented. This is rather more impressive to me than all the stripping trannies in the world.
I will grant you, though, that each hoop probably has a story behind it.
posted by hermitosis at 1:43 PM on March 12, 2009
I will grant you, though, that each hoop probably has a story behind it.
posted by hermitosis at 1:43 PM on March 12, 2009
Kepa Police, arrest this boy
He rotates his hips
To spin the hoops around
He's like a dashboard ornament
This is what you get
This is what you get
This is what you get
When you hula hoop
posted by owtytrof at 2:00 PM on March 12, 2009 [1 favorite]
He rotates his hips
To spin the hoops around
He's like a dashboard ornament
This is what you get
This is what you get
This is what you get
When you hula hoop
posted by owtytrof at 2:00 PM on March 12, 2009 [1 favorite]
He reminds me a bit of the kid at my school who always juggled at the talent shows (right down to the music). People would cheer for him while he was juggling but other than that they just thought he was a little weird. I mean, hula hooping is not a skill that your typical 14 year old puts much time into cultivating.
posted by martinX's bellbottoms at 2:42 PM on March 12, 2009
posted by martinX's bellbottoms at 2:42 PM on March 12, 2009
Suggestion for budding performers; if your stunt involves copious quantities of something, if possible, hide the total quantity from the audience.
When the assistant walks on stage in this video, we instantly known how many hula hoops he's going to attempt. If the assistant somehow hid the hoops, we would keep being amazed at the addition of each one, thus building the tension.
When I was performing, many of my props were contained withing a box on top of a stool, so the audience couldn't see what was inside until I pulled them out. The audience had no idea of what was going to happen next.
posted by Tube at 6:06 PM on March 12, 2009 [1 favorite]
When the assistant walks on stage in this video, we instantly known how many hula hoops he's going to attempt. If the assistant somehow hid the hoops, we would keep being amazed at the addition of each one, thus building the tension.
When I was performing, many of my props were contained withing a box on top of a stool, so the audience couldn't see what was inside until I pulled them out. The audience had no idea of what was going to happen next.
posted by Tube at 6:06 PM on March 12, 2009 [1 favorite]
I REALLY have to get around to converting my old talent show VHS tapes into digital. On of my favorites was the finale one year, my friend Erik, who also went by "The Vomiteer" doing esophogeal battle with "the pointiest vegetable known to man!!" Thus Spake Zarathustra played as he slowly, dramatically, in a poet shirt open to bare his scrawny chest, tied his long wavy platinum hair back, blindfolded himself and swallowed a whole raw carrot.
Ta DAAAAH!!
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 6:43 PM on March 12, 2009 [1 favorite]
Ta DAAAAH!!
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 6:43 PM on March 12, 2009 [1 favorite]
Crowd quite vocally excitable. Hula hooping seems to really get them going! Either that or there was a free all-you-can-drink Gatorade stand at the venue.
posted by asok at 4:28 AM on March 13, 2009
posted by asok at 4:28 AM on March 13, 2009
When I was performing, many of my props were contained within a box on top of a stool...
Wait, so Tube is Carrot Top?
posted by Purposeful Grimace at 9:10 AM on April 7, 2009
Wait, so Tube is Carrot Top?
posted by Purposeful Grimace at 9:10 AM on April 7, 2009
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