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07/18/2007
The Search for Diddy's Assistant
Last week, music mogul/rapper/clothing designer/nouveau-Gatsby P. Diddy put out the call for a new assistant, encouraging anyone who thought they had the right stuff to make their case in three minutes or less, and upload their "video interview" to his group on YouTube. 10,000 application videos later, an exhausted-looking Diddy's back with an update and a bit of clarification on what he's looking for.
Listen up, kids: If you want to assist Diddy -- a job which involves everything from getting him ready for the red carpet to aiding in billion dollar deals to helping him jump out of planes in movies -- you need to actually be able to do a few things. You need to be able to read, write, and count, for instance. (I'd think Diddy was being facetious, but just the number of videos that run well over three minutes is evidence enough that he's right to put his foot down on the counting issue.) You also need a college degree. Geez. What is this, a real job?
The full slate of videos can be found here. Presentation styles range from the zany to the down to earth, but if you plan on watching them all ... you'll probably need to hire an assistant.
11/20/2006
Modern Day Robin Hood
Featured on the cover of today’s New York Post, the Modern Day Robin Hood's mission is to open “minds up to a better world and a better way of living and be good to others.”
This video, currently holding YouTube’s top spot, is rough footage of two self-proclaimed “absolutely mad English guys” tossing money about the streets on New York. Dressed as Disney-esque versions of the heroic criminal, Robin Hood, these two blokes appear to be taking from the rich and giving to the…innocent bystander.
It's amazing how a cloud of cash turns a passive crowd into a mob of city-folk clawing at each other over a few bills.
