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Ohmygod, Food

Posted By Chris Beam On March 28, 2007 @ 11:04 am In Uncategorized | 56 Comments

How do you know when a viral video is done, done done? When a Yale student group spoofs it. First their Senior Class Gift fund brought us “Senior Gift in a Box.” Now their women’s crew team has applied the winning formula to comedian Liam Sullivan‘s ubiquitous “Shoes” video.

The original “Shoes” (2006) tells the story of Kelly, a blonde ingenue who, stifled by the tedium of family life, sets out to “get what I want.” Namely, shoes. She embarks on a journey that takes her from store to store, where she offers pointed, often devastating, critiques of various types of shoes. It eventually devolves into a decadent Boschian fantasy with flaming hula hoops and big stuffed purple dragons. If you haven’t seen it, you’re either dead or you’re J.D. Salinger. (Don’t play, Jerry, you know you read us.) In either case, watch it here.

The YWC’s homage borrows the original’s structure and spirit, but adds a thematic twist. Rather than combing the town for shoes, the crew team roams Yale’s campus in search of food. The result, while unappealing in most every way, is impressive as a shot-for-shot remake a la Gus Van Sant. We’ll leave the criticism at that, seeing as any one of those mustachioed women could absolutely manhandle us. If you find yourself getting the point, fast forward to the end: you’ll see one girl bench-pressing another.

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#1 Comment By NiceTry On March 28, 2007 @ 6:09 pm

The best part is where they suggest that they have a chance at the NCAA Championship. They should stick to hoping for food.

#2 Comment By NiceTry On March 28, 2007 @ 2:09 pm

The best part is where they suggest that they have a chance at the NCAA Championship. They should stick to hoping for food.

#3 Comment By y’08 On March 28, 2007 @ 6:16 pm

these monsters make dartmouth girls look cute… so sad.

#4 Comment By y’08 On March 28, 2007 @ 2:16 pm

these monsters make dartmouth girls look cute… so sad.

#5 Comment By D’07 On March 28, 2007 @ 6:22 pm

As if a gay yalie knows anything about Dartmouth girls. I haven’t seen a fat or seriously ugly girl in my over 3 years here. Nice try, go grab a New Haven hooker.

#6 Comment By D’07 On March 28, 2007 @ 2:22 pm

As if a gay yalie knows anything about Dartmouth girls. I haven’t seen a fat or seriously ugly girl in my over 3 years here. Nice try, go grab a New Haven hooker.

#7 Comment By Dee Oh Five On March 28, 2007 @ 6:26 pm

D’07…do you find that you run into things when you walk around with your eyes closed?

#8 Comment By Dee Oh Five On March 28, 2007 @ 2:26 pm

D’07…do you find that you run into things when you walk around with your eyes closed?

#9 Comment By D’06 On March 28, 2007 @ 10:38 pm

I can confirm that while Dartmouth girls may be grimmer than average, they are not generally super fat; rather, throughout their four years they develop, much as the guys tend to, Keystone-light related guts. Moreover, our women’s crew team is better looking than Yale’s, although that is not saying much.

#10 Comment By D’06 On March 28, 2007 @ 6:38 pm

#11 Comment By P ’10 On March 28, 2007 @ 11:04 pm

I’m sorry. Can you guys tell me where to pick up some Haterade? I’m running low, but you kids seem to have plenty.

#12 Comment By P ’10 On March 28, 2007 @ 7:04 pm

I’m sorry. Can you guys tell me where to pick up some Haterade? I’m running low, but you kids seem to have plenty.

#13 Comment By Agreed. On March 28, 2007 @ 11:42 pm

I am with P ’10 on this one. I thought it was a good spoof. Well done.

#14 Comment By Agreed. On March 28, 2007 @ 7:42 pm

I am with P ’10 on this one. I thought it was a good spoof. Well done.

#15 Comment By Y’10 On March 29, 2007 @ 12:10 am

I think they’re hot. especially the one pole dancing with the oar

#16 Comment By Y’10 On March 28, 2007 @ 8:10 pm

I think they’re hot. especially the one pole dancing with the oar

#17 Comment By Y ’10 On March 29, 2007 @ 12:14 am

I am pretty sure the one under the -sniderman- tag towards the end, not to mention the one in the fur-lined coat, was pretty hot.

Also, the one that could do a crunch a second and who looked like she had read many of the foundational texts of the western canon– she was hot too.

#18 Comment By Y ’10 On March 28, 2007 @ 8:14 pm

I am pretty sure the one under the -sniderman- tag towards the end, not to mention the one in the fur-lined coat, was pretty hot.

Also, the one that could do a crunch a second and who looked like she had read many of the foundational texts of the western canon– she was hot too.

#19 Comment By Y’10 On March 29, 2007 @ 1:15 am

oh yeah. i agree. and also the girl who says “let’s party” and definitely that little blond one

#20 Comment By Y’10 On March 28, 2007 @ 9:15 pm

oh yeah. i agree. and also the girl who says “let’s party” and definitely that little blond one

#21 Comment By B’08 On March 29, 2007 @ 1:16 am

oh yeah. i agree. and also the girl who says “let’s party” and definitely that little blond one

#22 Comment By B’08 On March 28, 2007 @ 9:16 pm

oh yeah. i agree. and also the girl who says “let’s party” and definitely that little blond one

#23 Comment By Y’10 On March 29, 2007 @ 1:25 am

the “kelly” character is pretty hot. The way she says “deck” adds new meaning to the word. Stroke on, Yale Women’s Crew (strong and wet)!

#24 Comment By Y’10 On March 28, 2007 @ 9:25 pm

the “kelly” character is pretty hot. The way she says “deck” adds new meaning to the word. Stroke on, Yale Women’s Crew (strong and wet)!

#25 Comment By HotYaleRower On March 29, 2007 @ 2:17 am

I’m really glad that the most lastingly important things about YWC are the 1 second shots of rediculously dressed appearance rather than their clear ability to enjoy life more than people who as P’10 so nicely put it, like to drink the haterade. It’s too bad it doesn’t give you the energy to get across that line. Rock on YWC.

#26 Comment By HotYaleRower On March 28, 2007 @ 10:17 pm

#27 Comment By Cornell On March 29, 2007 @ 3:13 am

Nice to see the Sabres jersey in there.

#28 Comment By Cornell On March 28, 2007 @ 11:13 pm

Nice to see the Sabres jersey in there.

#29 Comment By ViolentQuaker On March 29, 2007 @ 12:26 pm

i want those 3 minutes of my life back.

#30 Comment By ViolentQuaker On March 29, 2007 @ 8:26 am

i want those 3 minutes of my life back.

#31 Comment By Columbia 08 On March 29, 2007 @ 12:41 pm

HotYaleRower – how can you accurately guage whether or not people “enjoy life” based on criticism directed towards an amateur video?

#32 Comment By Columbia 08 On March 29, 2007 @ 8:41 am

HotYaleRower – how can you accurately guage whether or not people “enjoy life” based on criticism directed towards an amateur video?

#33 Comment By PENN ’12 On March 29, 2007 @ 1:26 pm

HotYaleRower spelled “rediculous” wrong and Columbia 08 spelled “guage” wrong. These are not difficult words. “Guage” may have been a typo, but even most state-school kids can spell “rediculous” correctly. I bet you also write “definately” as well.

#34 Comment By PENN ’12 On March 29, 2007 @ 9:26 am

#35 Comment By Y’10 On March 29, 2007 @ 1:40 pm

PENN ’12, I’m just wondering why it’s going to take you so long to graduate. Or if you are a junior in high school who thinks he’s/she’s going to get into Penn. Either way, good luck with that. Go play with your ribbons from your elementary school spelling tests.

#36 Comment By Y’10 On March 29, 2007 @ 9:40 am

#37 Comment By UIUC On March 29, 2007 @ 3:31 pm

Ouch, I’m sure that “definately” remark hurt. If we start criticizing spelling, though, let’s look at grammar as well and avoid repeating ourselves as well, too, also, okay?

#38 Comment By UIUC On March 29, 2007 @ 11:31 am

Ouch, I’m sure that “definately” remark hurt. If we start criticizing spelling, though, let’s look at grammar as well and avoid repeating ourselves as well, too, also, okay?

#39 Comment By B’10 On March 29, 2007 @ 5:09 pm

The Brown spoof for the housing lottery (“Rooms”) was better, though still cringeworthy.

#40 Comment By B’10 On March 29, 2007 @ 1:09 pm

The Brown spoof for the housing lottery (“Rooms”) was better, though still cringeworthy.

#41 Comment By D’14 On April 8, 2007 @ 1:14 am

THIS VIDEO ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!

#42 Comment By D’14 On April 7, 2007 @ 9:14 pm

THIS VIDEO ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!

#43 Comment By H”08 On April 8, 2007 @ 3:26 pm

Stuuuupid Boys!
What does it matter if they are “hot” or not?
They have enough confidence and guts not to put on make up and “dress sexy” for this video, rather spoofing themselves and having a good time. YWC Rules. Critical people suck. Oh…and by the way..Bitch…Fuck you!
Oh, and by the way…

#44 Comment By H”08 On April 8, 2007 @ 11:26 am

#45 Comment By H”08 On April 8, 2007 @ 3:27 pm

#46 Comment By H”08 On April 8, 2007 @ 11:27 am

#47 Comment By jesse On April 8, 2007 @ 3:38 pm

H’08 – “critical people suck”

the irony is so thick I could cut it with a knife . . .

#48 Comment By jesse On April 8, 2007 @ 11:38 am

H’08 – “critical people suck”

the irony is so thick I could cut it with a knife . . .

#49 Comment By IntoThinAir On April 8, 2007 @ 11:40 pm

YWC won this weekend, and from the looks of those girls, they seriously think most if not all food rocks. They could eat any average-sized human.

#50 Comment By IntoThinAir On April 8, 2007 @ 7:40 pm

YWC won this weekend, and from the looks of those girls, they seriously think most if not all food rocks. They could eat any average-sized human.

#51 Comment By champion On June 23, 2007 @ 6:37 pm

oh wait- nice try….

they did win the NCAA championships.

go get some food.

#52 Comment By champion On June 23, 2007 @ 2:37 pm

oh wait- nice try….

they did win the NCAA championships.

go get some food.

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