I was browsing through Twitter recently
and I found a video of a dog in slow motion trying to catch different
food items tossed to him by his owner. It is a simple concept but
what makes it funny is you think the dog is going to catch the food,
but every time he misses it. The video also has encouraging
background music that works perfectly with it and adds to the
enjoyment.
It turns out, the dog is named Fritz
and he and his owner Evan Ball have a Youtube channel with many
videos like this. His first compilation video has had viral success
with over 7 million views and the channel has a fair amount of
subscribers.
As I watched a few more of his videos,
I wondered if anyone else had made a parody of it or made their own
version. It turns out there are a few, but not nearly as many as I
would have expected. Here is an example of one by comedian Scout
Durwood:
I soon realized the concept of the
Fritz dog video would make for a great viral trending video challenge
much like we have seen with the Harlem Shake and the Mannequin
Challenge. It is a video that is easy to replicate, can be customized
with unlimited possibilities, and has a catchy song that can be added
to tie them all together.
Here are the proposed guidelines for
this challenge:
1. Video is of an animal or person
trying to catch different foods in their mouth.
2. The video is in slow motion.
3. The video uses the same background
music (Fritz the Conqueror by Evan Ball)
The Fritz videos are a couple years old
so they are not new, but I still think it has the potential to catch
on again as a challenge video. What do you guys think? If you decide
to make one, feel free to share the link in the comments below!
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